Live blog: Main round gets going in Malmö on Friday
Iceland, Croatia, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia and Sweden start their Men's EHF EURO 2026 main round journeys on Friday: Iceland, Slovenia and Sweden all have two points, while the other teams want to get on the board in the day's games. Follow us for live coverage of the matches from 15:30 CET!
They can be unpredictable. It’s important we do our things good and we don’t allow them to get into the game with very many technical faults and they are scoring the fast breaks. We need to find solutions on their defence, because that is the best thing about the Croatian team.
We need two points for the beginning. Now it’s a new phase, new points are available for us. We are in a tough position after a hard loss against Sweden. We need to bounce back; this is our first opportunity and I think and hope we will take all of it.
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Eric Johansson is on point here - will he be on such good targeting form tonight against Slovenia?
14:30
Statistician Julian Rux has looked at the respective performances of Hungary and Switzerland's goalkeepers, Kristóf Palasics and Nikola Portner, and particularly how they save the most difficult shots. Palasics comes out on top of all goalkeepers so far, saving over 40 per cent when difficulty is adjusted.
14:15
Hungary have been tuning up for the match against Switzerland with a reactions game - the Swiss can be speedy on the court, so this practice might come in useful!
13:50
Iceland are playing in the first match today, against Croatia - here's how they've spent the past few days.
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Also this morning we published a lovely piece talking to Norwegian Handball Federation president Randi Gustad about the federation's 'Heart League' initiative, which aims to enable players of all ages with disabilities to take part in handball. Two Heart League players took part in an interviewing programme in Oslo where they got to sit down and interview players - see them in action!
