EHF EURO 2024: France third semi-finalist!
France will play for the medals at the Men’s EHF EURO 2024 in Cologne.
The team led by Guillaume Gille won six match in a row at the tournament in Germany to secure final weekend presence a match before the end of Main Round phase at Lanxess Arena. France beat Austria 33:28 after biggest positive surprise of the tournament has been almost 50 minutes in balance with Karabatic and Co.
France will meet Sweden if Germany beat Hungary later tonight. In other case will fight with Hungary for the first place in the Group.
France – Austria 33-28 (15-16)
France : Dika Mem 7, Ludovic Fabregas 7, Hugo Descat 4, Nikola Karabatic 3, Kentin Mahe 3, Nedim Remili 2, Dylan Nahi 2, Benoit Kounkoud 1, Elohim Prandi 1, Melvyn Richardson 1, Luka Karabatic 1, Nicolas Tournat 1.
Austria : Mykola Bilyk 6, Lukas Hutecek 6, Robert Weber 5, Tobias Wagner 4, Janko Bozovic 4, Lukas Schweighofer 1, Sebastian Frimmel 1, Jakob Nigg 1.
Iceland beat Croatia 35:30 and now will face Austria in direct encounter for Olympic qualifications.
