The last four matches of the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 Round 1 on Thursday, four easy wins for the home teams. Clear favorites showed their class against the rival from the „second quality“ level. Croatia beat The Netherlands 35:24 (17:10) without any significant problem in front of 2.500 fans in Koprivnica. Ivan Cupic and Ivan Sliskovic scored 6 goals both for the winners.
Sweden beat Latvia 33:23 (18:8) with Petersen and Ekberg in the main roles (both 6 goals).
Mikkel Hansen scored 7 in the Danish victory over Lithuania 31:21 (16:8).
EURO title holder, France demolished Czech Republic 41:25 (21:10). Karabatic and Jolie (both 6) made this night boring for the French fans.
