Spain, two-time EHF EURO champions, suffered a record loss of 29:39 against Croatia, a game in which the duo of Perez de Vargas and Hernandez made just one save. It will be remembered. It was a completely Croatian night in Mannheim, with Martinovic and Sostaric scoring eight goals each, while Alex Duzhchebaev finished the game without a goal.
Spain – Croatia 29-39 (14-18)
Spain: Aleix Gómez Abello 8, Agustín Casado Marcelo 4, Imanol Garciandia 3, Abel Serdio Guntin 3, João Canela Reixach 3, Jorge Maceda 2, Angel Fernández 2, Ian Tarafeta 2, Adrian・Figueras Treja 1, Cauldí Odriozola 1
Croatian: Ivan Martinovic 8, Mario Sostaric 8, Tin Rusin 5, Beron Nacinovic 4, Zvonimir Srna 3, Luka Roble Clarica 3, Igor Karacic 2, Luka Cindric 2, Filip Grabas 2, Marin 2.
It was expected to be a tough battle between Hungary and Montenegro, but Branko Vujovic fired a shot 10 seconds before the end, and it was decided by a save from Parasics at 26:24, before Zoran Ilic ended the Balkan team’s hopes.
Hungary – Montenegro 26-24 (14-14)
Hungary Bence Banhidi 6, Mate Lekaj 5, Zsolt Krakowski 3, Bendeguz Boka 2, Zoltan Sita 2, Gabor Anshin 2, Adrian Sipos 1, Dominik Mate 1, Gergo Fazekas 1, Zoran Ilic 1 , Miklós Rosta 1, Egon Hanus 1
Montenegro: Arsenihe Dragasevic 6, Vuko Borozan 6, Milos Vujovic 4, Branko Vujovic 4, Aleksandar Bakic 1, Stefan Kavor 1, Luka Radovic 1, Nemanja Grbovic 1
