EHF EURO 2022: Strong France to play for the medals
France are almost at Women’s EHF EURO 2022 semi-final after beating Montenegro 27:19 in Skopje.
WCh 2019 finalists Netherlands and Spain played very interesting match without winner, even Spaniards had +6 in the first half.
France – Montenegro 27-19 (12-9)
France: Pauletta Foppa 6, Chloe Valentini 4, Laura Flippes 4, Orlane Kanor 4, Alicia Toublanc 3, Grace Zaadi 2, Tamara Horacek 2, Onacia Ondono 1, Oceane Sercien 1.
Montenegro : Jovanka Radicevic 6, Ivona Pavicevic 3, Tatjana Brnovic 2, Milena Raicevic 2, Djurdjina Jaukovic 2, Matea Pletikosic 1, Ivana Godec 1, Itana Grbic 1, Djurdjina Malovic 1.
Netherlands – Spain 29-29 (15-17)
Netherlands : Merel Freriks 6, Inger Smits 6, Laura Van Der Heijden 5, Estavana Polman 4, Zoe Sprengers 2, Antje Malestein 2, Nikita Van Der Vliet 1, Rinka Duijndam 1, Bo Van Wetering 1, Catharina Molenaar 1.
Spain : Paula Valdivia 4, Alexandrina Cabral 4, Paula Arcos 3, Arrojeria Arantzazistro 3, Jennifer Gutierrez 3, Soledad Lopez 3, Silvia Arderius 2, Nicole Wiggins 2, Carmen Campos 1, Maitane Echeverria 1, Alba Spugnini 1, Kaba Gassama 1, Lysa Tchaptchet 1.
STANDING:
1. | France W | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88:64 | 6 | |
2. | Montenegro W | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78:75 | 4 | |
3. | Spain W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 102:108 | 3 | |
4. | Netherlands W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 110:119 | 3 | |
5. | Germany W | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82:80 | 2 | |
6. | Romania W | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77:91 | 2 |