EHF EURO 2024 race: Greece is coming!
Team of Greece made the biggest surprise at the Men’s EHF EURO 2024 Round 2 by beating Netherlands 32:28 (15:12) at home.
This is a huge step forward for the team who never played at EHF EURO events and the only appearances were at Olympic Games 2004 as a host and World Championship 2005 in Tunisia.
Greece : Nikolaos Liapis 5, Dimitrios Tziras 5, Achilleas Toskas 5, Christodoulos Mylonas 5, Charalampos Mallios 4, Nikolaos Passias 3, Anastasios Papadionysiou 2, Evangelos Arampatzis 2, Christos Kederis 1.
Holland :Â Kay Smits 7, Niels Versteijnen 5, Samir Benghnem 4, Dani Baijens 3, Ivar Stavast 3, Bobby Schagen 2, Rutger Ten Velde 2, Jeffrey Boomhouwer 2.
GROUP 8 – 2. ROUND
Italy – France 29:40
Latvia – Poland 19:37
GROUP 7 – 2. ROUND
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Montenegro 25:36
Kosovo – Slovenia 24:29
GROUP 6 – 2. ROUND
Georgia – Hungary 24:41
Lithuania – Switzerland 26:27
GROUP 5 – 2. ROUND
Belgium – Croatia 27:30
Greece – Netherlands 32:28
GROUP 4 – 2. ROUND
Faroe Islands – Austria 28:30
Romania – Ukraine 34:26
GROUP 3 – 2. ROUND
Israel – Czech Republic 19:29
GROUP 2 – 2. ROUND
Finland – Norway 22:35
Slovakia – Serbia 21:27
GROUP 1 – 2. ROUND
Luxembourg – Portugal 21:32
Turkey – North Macedonia 27:36
GROUP 3 – 2. ROUND
Estonia – Iceland 25:37
STANDING:
| # | GROUP 1 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76:48 | 4 | |
| 2. | North Macedonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74:51 | 4 | |
| 3. | Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45:70 | 0 | |
| 4. | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54:80 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 2 | MP | W | D | L | G | ||
| 1. | Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73:48 | 4 | |
| 2. | Serbia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61:45 | 4 | |
| 3. | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47:65 | 0 | |
| 4. | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46:69 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 3 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
| 1. | Iceland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73:46 | 4 | |
| 2. | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60:42 | 4 | |
| 3. | Estonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48:68 | 0 | |
| 4. | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40:65 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 4 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
| 1. | Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66:60 | 4 | |
| 2. | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66:62 | 2 | |
| 3. | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55:59 | 2 | |
| 4. | Faroe Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53:59 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 5 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
| 1. | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63:52 | 4 | |
| 2. | Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57:61 | 2 | |
| 3. | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53:56 | 2 | |
| 4. | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51:55 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 6 | MP | W | D | L | G | ||
| 1. | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77:47 | 4 | |
| 2. | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51:49 | 4 | |
| 3. | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49:63 | 0 | |
| 4. | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47:65 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 7 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
| 1. | Montenegro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65:45 | 4 | |
| 2. | Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57:44 | 4 | |
| 3. | Kosovo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44:58 | 0 | |
| 4. | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45:64 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 8 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
| 1. | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75:47 | 4 | |
| 2. | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67:42 | 4 | |
| 3. | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52:70 | 0 | |
| 4. | Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37:72 | 0 |
