MADRID, Jan. 20 (SportsFinding) –
The Spanish men's handball team fulfilled its tradition of recent years in the European Championships and after its victory this Monday against Belarus (28-37) he qualified for the semifinals for the fifth consecutive edition.
You have to go back to the 2010 European held in Austria to see Spain out of the fight for medals in a continental event, finishing in sixth position. Since that year, the national team has always been among the top four and only in 2012, in Serbia, was left without a prize at the end of fourth after losing to Denmark and Croatia in their last two games.
But from there, the double world champion has always been on the European podium. In 2014, on Danish soil, where he went after conquering his second world title, he scratched the bronze after not being able to win semi-finals with France and winning third and fourth places to Croatia.
Spain managed to climb steps in the next two editions where it reached the final with uneven results since in 2016, in Poland, it could not against Germany (24-17), and two years ago, in Croatia, it achieved its historic gold by beating clearly to Sweden (29-23).
Now, the goal of the selection will be to get the eighth continental medal of the medal winners (it has a gold, four silver and two bronzes), which in case of being gold would give the direct passport for the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer.