As of: January 28, 2024, 5:38 p.m
By: Niklas Kirk
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The star ensembles from France and Denmark will meet in the final of the European Handball Championships.
The final now here in the live ticker.
Handball European Championship: France against Denmark |
January 28, 2024, 5:45 p.m
After a win against the DHB selection: Denmark wants to get German fans on board
This live ticker is continuously updated
Update, 5:35 p.m.:
The tension is now slowly increasing, there are still ten minutes until kick-off.
The first award was given before the game for third place. The final participants Mathias Gidsel, Magnus Saugstrup and Ludovic Fabregas found a place in the European Championship All-Star Team.
France – Denmark 0:0 (-:-)
France: |
Bellahcene, Desbonnet - Lenne, Descat, Kounkoud, Nahi - Tournat, Fabregas, Konan - Remili, Prandi, Mem - N. Karabatic, Mahé, L. Karabatic, N'Guessan |
Denmark: |
Landin, Nielsen - Landin, Jakobsen, Lindberg, Saugstrup, Jörgensen, Hald Jensen, Kirkelökke, Lauge, Gidsel, Möllgaard, Mensah Larsen, Hansen, Damgaard, Pytlick |
2 minute penalties: |
France: Denmark: |
7 meter throws: |
France: -/- Denmark: -/- |
Venue: |
Cologne, Lanxess Arena |
Update, 5:27 p.m.:
Since the squads of both teams are available, a quick look at the Bundesliga participation in this final.
There will be a lot of familiar faces again, especially among the Danes.
The biggest block is made up of the SG Flensburg-Handewitt players around Emil Manfeldt Jakobsen, Simon Pytlick, Mads Mensah Larsen and Lukas Jörgensen.
Followed by Magnus Saugstrup and Michael Damgaard from SC Magdeburg, as well as Mathias Gidsel and Hans Lindberg, who are at home with the Füchse in Berlin.
The field of Germany legionnaires is completed by the Kiel goalkeeper Magnus Landin and Niclas Kirkelökke from the Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
For France, only Samir Bellahcene is active in Germany.
Here the direct duel between the two goalkeepers from THW Kiel against Landin beckons.
Update, 5:13 p.m.:
One person to pay particular attention to today is France's former champion Nikola Karabatic.
As is well known, the tournament is his last European Championship, which is why the superstar will be particularly keen to win a gold medal as a farewell.
It would be his fourth.
Update, 5:01 p.m.:
Before we get started, a little information in advance.
This is the seventh time the two nations have met at a European Championship.
An encouragement for the French: Denmark has only been able to win one of six games against France, almost exactly two years ago when the two teams met in the game for third place.
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Update from January 28th, 4:38 p.m.:
Hello and welcome to the live ticker for the final of the European Handball Championship!
After the German team's nerve-wracking defeat for bronze, the duel here is France against Denmark in just over an hour.
First report from January 28th:
Cologne – The European Handball Championship in Germany is coming to an end.
In the fight for the final, two teams that had started the European Championship as co-favorites finally won the race.
After a confident performance in the semi-final against Germany, Denmark will face France this Sunday (5.45 p.m., TV information can be found here), who only had to make it to the final against Sweden.
Even though people in this country were hoping for German participation in the final until the very end, the fans can at least look forward to top-class handball.
Nothing less than the new edition of the 2023 World Cup final awaits the fans in the Cologne Arena.
Filled with stars on both sides, including many current and former faces from the Handball Bundesliga.
Final of the European Handball Championship: French with respect for Danish offensive power
Accordingly, there is great mutual appreciation and the knowledge that both have the biggest work ahead of them after exhausting semi-final games.
France in particular is expecting a “versatile” and “dangerous” opponent, as coach Guillaume Gille describes the Danes: “They are a really good team, with a very strong pair of goalkeepers and amazing offensive power,” with reference to Mathias Gidsel, Mikkel Hansen and Simon Pytlick.
Nevertheless, Nikola Karabatic, for example, is looking forward to the outsider role after the heart-stopping final against Sweden, which would suit the French.
Nedim Remili even goes one step further and sees the momentum on the French side, also because they learned from the lost final last year.
Two leading wolves in the final: Nikola Karabatic meets Denmark in France with Mathias Gidsel © Own editing: left - picture alliance/dpa/Tom Weller right - picture alliance/dpa/Sven Hoppe
Final of the European Handball Championship: Gidsel wants to get German fans on board
On the Danish side, however, they are exercising restraint.
Emil Nielsen, who stopped the German attack in the second half of the semi-final, speaks of a “50/50 game”.
If his team wants to win, they have to “physically push themselves to the limit” as they did against Germany.
However, it is also clear from the starting point that the Scandinavians, with the tailwind of three world championship titles in a row (2019, 2021 and 2023), finally want to take home the crown of European handball again after a twelve-year break.
In addition to strong goalkeepers and well-organized defenses, Mathias Gidsel also brings the audience into the game as a tip of the scales.
In the mixed zone of the Cologne Arena on Friday he said with a wink: “I hope the German fans are on our side on Sunday.
That would be helpful because the next final against France will be really difficult."
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Kickoff is at 5:45 p.m.
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