EHF EURO 2022: Montenegro historic win over Croatia – Sweden beat Russia
Montenegro celebrated the first ever win over Croatia and in Main Round of EHF EURO. Montenegrian goalkeeper Nebojsa Simic was outstanding with 14 saves.
Montenegro – Croatia 32-26 (15-9)
Montenegro : Branko Vujovic 7, Milos Vujovic 7, Nemanja Grbovic 5, Vasko Sevaljevic 4, Stefan Cavor 4, Marko Lasica 2, Bozo Andjelic 1, Radojica Cepic 1, Vasilje Kaludjerovic 1.
Croatia : Ivan Cupic 7, Luka Cindric 5, Marin Sipic 3, Ante Gadza 2, Veron Nacinovic 2, Tin Lucin 2, Marin Jelinic 2, Ivan Martinovic 1, Marino Maric 1, David Mandic 1.
Russia – Sweden 23-29 (13-16)
Russia Aleksandr Ermakov 5, Pavel Andreev 4, Dmitrii Santalov 3, Dmitry Kornev 3, Igor Soroka 2, Dmitry Zhitnikov 2, Nikita Kamenev 2, Mikhail Vinogradov 1, Roman Ostashchenko 1.
Sweden: Hampus Wanne 9, Valter Chrintz 5, Albin Lagergren 3, Jim Gottfridsson 2, Fredric Pettersson 2, Felix Claar 2, Eric Johansson 2, Jonathan Carlsbogard 1, Isak Persson 1, Oscar Bergendal 1, Lukas Sandell 1.
STANDING:
| # | GROUP 1 | MP | W | D | L | G | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30:21 | 2 | |
| 2. | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27:22 | 2 | |
| 3. | Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29:28 | 2 | |
| 4. | Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53:56 | 2 | |
| 5. | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:29 | 0 | |
| 6. | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48:59 | 0 | |
| # | GROUP 2 | MP | W | D | L | G | ||
| 1. | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30:23 | 2 | |
| 2. | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32:28 | 2 | |
| 3. | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57:55 | 2 | |
| 4. | Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46:51 | 2 | |
| 5. | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:23 | 0 | |
| 6. | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:30 | 0 |
