The European Men's Handball Championship started today!>1st Matchday>January 15thSpain - Serbia 29-27France - Czechia 42-28Germany - Austria (ongoing)Norway - Ukraine (ongoing)>January 16th>18:00Iceland - ItalyPortugal - RomaniaSlovenia - Montenegro>20:30Faroes - SwitzerlandHungary - PolandDenmark - North Macedonia>January 17th>18:30Croatia - Georgia>20:30Sweden - NetherlandsAll times CET
@HTGermany - Austria 12-8Norway - Ukraine 19-11
i fucking hate how i watch european competition and it looks like a normal sport and then i watch domestic league and it's all fake and rigged by crooked refs that direct the whole game no matter what's happening on the field :(
>>152987848Is it just me or are the groups kind of lopsided this time? The first groups look much more stacked all in all
Hair of the ref in the Germany - Austria game is identical to pic related
>>152988256Yeah, Norway and France should never be in the same group. Groups D and F are so much weaker
>how about another choke?It’s all so tiresome
>>152988320Germany’s expected second round group looks absolutely ridiculous, the other one looks much less threatening in comparison
Whew
Not whew
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Whew 2.0Wolff is such a beast, absolute king
WOLFF>>152988321A comfortable lead over the entire game wouldn't be as entertaining ;)
>>152988376I could definitely deal with one, though. Would be a nice change of pace for once
>>152988327>Germany’s expected second round group looks absolutely ridiculousWho's in it?
>>152988392France, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and … Spain, I guess?
>>152988409The other one could be Slovenia, Faroe Islands, Sweden, Croatia, Hungary, IcelandClear difference if you ask me
Good to start with a win, although anything else would have been a big disappointment. Against this opponent of all teams. Wolff‘s comments weren’t super smart, but he can back it up with performance. It was as challenging as he said, a lot of work
>>152988227Refs at the Euros are just more subtle with their rigging>>152988409>>152988421LOOOOL this is so rigged for Sweden
>>152988444Their group is the hardest among D, E, and F. They have Croatia and the Netherlands (and Georgia). But if they win these games, they basically get the easiest group possible, yeah
>>152988444Checked
Big handball tournaments are way too often. Nobody cares if it's every year.
>>152988613wrong
>>152988613Kinda agree. A cycle of four years wouldn't hurt at least. Having Olympics and Euros in a single year and the Worlds right after that is a bit strange for sure. And it's especially glaring because handball is so Euro-dominated, so a Euro is basically a World Championship as well
