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Spain, Germany and Czech Republic book places in Sweden
- Updated: June 1, 2016
Czech Republic and Spain join the list of teams to compete at the EHF EURO 2016 in December in Sweden after claiming away victories against Italy and Austria in Round 5 of the qualification phase.
Denmark scraped a win against Turkey after a closer-than-expected 60 minutes and await the results of Portugal-Russia on Thursday to learn their fate, and Germany defeat Switzerland meaning they are safe to progress with France winning their tie in Iceland.
Group 2: Italy vs Czech Republic 19:29 (11:15)
As Czech Republic defeated Italy by more than 15 goals in their Round 1 meeting, they were confident of a victory in Conversano-Bari on Wednesday.
Almost every player on their start list contributed to the win against an Italian side that played their starting six through almost the entire match.
As expected, Cristina Gheorghe was the most powerful asset in Italy’s attack, scoring seven goals in the match.
After Italy trailed behind through the opening minutes it was Gheorghe who took them within one just after 15 minutes, with a penalty goal that closed the gap to 7:8.
But as Italy struggled to find the back of the net, missing half their shots, Czech Republic opened up an advantage again to lead by four at half-time.
After the break the visitors began to show their strength, though they also recorded unforced errors in attack and wasted shots that meant it took some time to create a commanding lead.
Still, their victory was never in question and when Czech Republic were in front 25:17 with 10 minutes remaining it was clear the two points would go home with the visitors.
The win means Czech Republic move up to seven points and secure Group 2’s second place at the final tournament, after Serbia defeated Ukraine earlier on Wednesday evening.
Group 3: Austria vs Spain 26:33 (12:16)
When Austria and Spain met in Round 1 in October last year Spain won 25:15 – a final score that indicated Austria could seriously challenge Wednesday’s visiting team if they could only fix their problems in attack.
The home team, led as usual by perennial high scorer Katrin Engel (nine …
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