Norway defeated Serbia in the semifinals

Norway defeated Serbia in the semifinals

Handball team of Norway won Serbia with 32:27 in the first match of the second phase of the European Championship in Croatia, within Group 1.

In the first half of the game in Zagreb, spectators saw an equal match in which both teams scored 17 goals.

However, in the second half, the game of Serbia was completely disintegrated, and the Norwegian handball players had a big seven goals advantage ten minutes before the end of the match, and then the winner's issue had already been resolved.

The most successful in the winning team with eight goals scored were Sander Sagosen and Kristian Bjornsen, while in the team of Serbia were Zarko Sesum and Bojan Beljanski with five goals scored.

Serbia lost this chance to qualify for the semifinals of the competition.

Tables of the second stage of the competition and the first round:

Group I (Zagreb):

January 18:
Serbia - Norway 27:32
Croatia - Belarus (20.30)

Table:
1. Sweden 2 2 0 0 65:56 4
2. France 2 2 0 0 64:56 4
3. Norway 3 2 0 1 96:87 4
4. Croatia 2 1 0 1 63:57 2
5. Belarus 2 0 0 2 53:65 0
6. Serbia 3 0 0 3 74:94 0

Group II (Varaždin):

January 19:
Slovenia - Denmark
Germany - Czech Republic

Table:
1. Macedonia 2 1 1 0 50:49 3
2. Spain 2 1 0 1 54:40 2
3. Denmark 2 1 0 1 52:50 2
4. Germany 2 0 2 0 50:50 2
5. Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 43:59 2
6. Slovenia 2 0 1 1 49:50 1