No championship medal in ten years. And frustrated fourth in the last two. Will it be third time lucky for the handball national team in the European Championship? Here is everything you need to know ahead of the championship.
SportsSome percentage quality improvement and there are good opportunities for a European Championship medal. This is what the handball women's national team captain Tomas Axnér is convinced of. It is with this ambition that we are going to this championship, to take a medal, he says.
SportsSofia Hvenfelt is back in the national handball team after the knee injury that made her Olympic Games debut end after just 25 minutes. It was incredibly tough, of course. Terrible, she says about the memories from Paris last summer.
SportsNina Dano didn't feel well last season and she was eventually stopped from playing in the Olympic Games. But soon the right-back is back in Blågult. Dano is selected in the squad for the national team matches against Spain later in October.
SportsSweden took their second straight victory in the Olympic Games handball. After the upset win against Norway in the premiere, it became 31-28 against Germany. I am pleased with much, but there are certain phases with potential for improvement, says national team captain Tomas Axnér in Max.
SportsAfter just 25 minutes, the Olympic Games were over for the national handball team's Sofia Hvenfelt due to a knee injury. I'm doing okay, there have been very many different emotions and thoughts, says the 28-year-old.
SportsSofia Hvenfelt injured her knee in the OS premiere against Norway. Now the news comes that the Swedish midfielder will miss the rest of the tournament, announces the handball national team. "I'm extremely disappointed and sad", says Hvenfelt in a statement.
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