Heiner Brandt will leave with head up, as his Germany beat Austria in Innsbruck, and with this they have qualified for the Euro 2012. Innsbruck was ready for the greatest surprise ever, but Gensheimer, Kraas and brilliant Heinevetter made sure that it won’t happen, and Germany will now pack their luggage to Serbia. The second qualifier, will be known after the game Iceland-Austria in few days.
Apart from them, Denmark and Russia both won, and both are going to the European Championship. Norway is through as they beat Netherlands, while the Czech will have to wait until the next game at home against Netherlands when they need a draw at least. Sweden trashed Montenegro 38:29 and booked their ticket for Serbia. In group 3, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia all have chances to qualify, and the last round will decide which teams will go, although the Polish are the nearest to go. In the group 1, Estonia failed to capitalize on great two wins against Bosnia and beat Macedonia and be sure to go, as the Macedonians proved their quality, and won comfortably with 31:25, and only a draw in Skopje will be enough for them to be qualified, also Estonia plays at home against the best team in the group Hungary, so it will be hard to see a surprise here.