Women's Handball EHF European Championship 2022

[Vektor 3,326]

Predictable preliminary round for the most part,  is the only nation that went into the Top12 over a "higher ranked" nation. But  over  isn't that surprising at all, it's more surprising that they already got 2 points in the main round. 

 

My guess for the SFs is...

 

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The Dutch can reach the Top4 if they beat Montenegro, that match will be very intense/close. 

[FireRun 197]

Important win against Croatia. It's always nice to win against neighbours. Hopefully they do it against Hungary too. 

[Vektor 3,326]

That win pretty much secures a Top8 placement for  and also a very likely spot at the OQT. Their best ECh ever and also best performance at any major tournament since the 2003 Worlds. 

Edited November 10, 2022 by Vektor

[Vektor 3,326]

If only our girls could consistently play like did today... One more defeat, but this one was very promising for the future, maybe there's still hope. I mean, there isn't much hope for anything at this ECh, that went away with that match against Croatia, but for next year's WCh we need what we saw today. That way there's a chance for an Olympic quota. 

Edited November 10, 2022 by Vektor

[Benolympique 2,414]

11 minutes ago, Vektor said:

If only our girls could consistently play like did today... One more defeat, but this one was very promising for the future, maybe there's still hope. I mean, there isn't much hope for anything at this ECh, that went away with that match against Croatia, but for next year's WCh we need what we saw today. That way there's a chance for an Olympic quota. 

yes this TQO will be very open, with the absence of russia and the host country quota for France, it frees up 2 places for the best teams.

[Vektor 3,326]

The strange thing is that we still have a very clear path into the Top6. We "just" have to beat  and . 

 

Because the rest of the matches have an obvious outcome in that group:

 

 will beat both  and , I don't have much doubt about that.

 

 and  will most likely beat  

 

So if everything goes as expected, we can jump over Sweden and Slovenia if we beat both of them. But the issue is that we have to play at the very least as well as we did against Denmark... It's a very slight chance, but at least it's not impossible. 

 

 

[CCB 607]

If  continue to play like they did yesterday against , we will finish 12th. In all those years I've seen handball from the Dutch team, this was by far the worst match. The players have zero confidence at the moment, which is pretty strange, because they played good against  .

[Vektor 3,326]

Everything is going perfectly for  in Group II. Still, they have to actually win their matches against  and  to get to the Final4, but they are definitely the favorites now for that spot. 

[vlad 392]

What a shot from Bazaliu in last second against Spain what a match, what a win

[vlad 392]

France beat Montenegro, Spain draw with Netherlands. Now we need to beat Montenegro and Germany and we play semis. The impossible might come true