Now the EM handball starts: here's all you need to know

This edition of handball EM will take place from November 30 to December 16. The opponents of Norway are Romania, the Czech Republic and Germany.

• December 1st at 15h: Norway – Germany
• December 3 at 9 pm: Czech Republic – Norway
• December 5th at 9 pm: Norway – Romania

The other matches of the Norwegian group are:

• 1st to 18th December: Romania – Czech Republic
• December 3 to 18: Germany – Romania
• December 5 at 18: Germany – Czech Republic

The top three teams qualify for the intermediate game from December 6th.

The semi-finals will take place on December 14, while the finals and the bronze final will take place on December 16 in Paris.

The best place of the German Women's World Cup in a Championship of Europe is a silver medal in 1994 at home. They finished in sixth place in 2016.

On Sunday, they played against Poland, where they finally won 28-27. Earlier in the championship race, they lost 19-20 against Brazil and 20-22 against Spain.

Czech republic:

The best place of the Czech Women's World Cup in a European Championship is an eighth place since 2002. She finished tenth in 2016.

The Czech Republic won Saturday 22-20 against Slovakia. They participated in a tournament four times and also beat Switzerland 34-25, and Croatia 21-19.

The best place of the Romanian women's team in an emerging country is a 2010 home bronze medal. They finished fifth in 2016.

The team played 33-24 in an internal training match against Team B on Saturday. Friday, they won 29-26 against Serbia.

Other groups:

Group A: Denmark, Poland, Serbia and Sweden

Group B: France, Montenegro, Russia and Slovenia

Group C: Croatia, Netherlands, Spain and Hungary

Between game:

Three teams pass each group. Group A and B play in Group 1, while Norway and the rest of Team C and D play in Group 2.

Expert forecasts:

Viasat's chief commentator, Daniel Høglund, thinks that Norway will fight to the end.

"I think we have the same chances as the previous championships, and I see no reason why we should not be the big favorite, with France at home," said Daniel Høglund.

"It's not a simple group, but it's certainly not far from it, it's a very decent group we have, Romania has given us problems earlier." Germany did not elevate the team to the next level.It's a full-fledged group, where Norway will come out with a full pot, "Høglund said.

Co-author Geir Ostrup hopes that Thorir Hergeirsson has ensured that handball players do not use all cups at the start of the tournament, as he thinks during the previous championship.

"The team is good enough to play in a semifinal, so we'll see." Norway, with France, is the big favorite. That has not happened so much since last year's World Cup, Ostrup said.

Randi Gustad, handball specialist on TV 2, thinks the handball men are motivated to give everything to win the championship.

"I still think they have a good chance of winning gold, they lost two" championship titles "at the Olympics and at the World Cup, so the defense of the EM title is a good motivation. in itself and a first chance to qualify for the Olympics in 2020.

But she is still a little worried about the damage that the troop was exposed before the championship.

"Norway's attack game is clearly weakened without the explosiveness and characteristics of Nora Mørk and Amanda Kurtovic's servers," she said.

places:

The matches of the Norwegian group are played in the arena of Brest, in Brest.

Brest is a city of about 150 000 inhabitants located in northwestern France.

The matches take place in the arena of Brest, with a capacity of 4500 spectators. The hall is a multipurpose hall and houses Brest Bretagne Handball.

If Norway leaves the group, she will be transferred to Nancy.

Nancy has about 100,000 inhabitants and is located 40 km east of Paris. The matches will be held at the Palais des Sports Jean Weille, a covered arena with 6027 seats. This is the home of the SLUC Nancy basketball team.

The other sites are the XXL hall in Nantes, Axone in Montbéliard and the AccorHotels Arena in Paris.

Handball EM on TV:

This is TV3 who has the rights to the European Handball Championship. As in the men's championship earlier this year, Christian Ramberg is in charge of the program and he takes Frode Kyvåg and Karoline Dyhre Breivang to the studio.

– Karoline Dyhre Breivang is present for the first time. I am very excited about it. She had some Champions League shows this fall and was a little hot in the jersey, so I think it will be a great addition to our studio show, "said Daniel Høglund.

Karoline Dyhre Breivang is the player who has recorded the most national matches for Norway, with 305 matches that she won before her arrival in 2017.

Høglund himself is the main commentator. He is accompanied by Larvik's coach, Geir Oustorp, as an expert commentator. Frode Scheie commented on the other matches at Viasat 4 and Viaplay.

Ørjan Bjørnstad and Kaja Snare are journalists.

Here is the Norwegian troop in France:

guards:

Silje Solberg and Katrine Lunde.

: Outfield players

Henny Ella Reistad, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Veronica Kristiansen, Heidi Løke, Stine Bredal Oftedal, Malin Aune, Kari Brattset, Linn Jørum Sulland, Sanna Solberg, Thea Mørk, Marta Tomac, Marit Røsberg Jacobsen, Vilde Mortensen Ingstad

book: Ingvild Bakkerud and Moa Högdahl.