December 20, 2020 - The Croatia women's handball team topped Denmark in the bronze medal fight at the European Championships in Denmark!
The Croatia women's handball team played their last match of the European Championships against the host of the tournament, Denmark, at 15:30 on Sunday.
Croatia lost in the semi-final to the powerful France, which dominated every part of the game and celebrated 30:19.
Denmark offered much more resistance in the semi-final match to Norway but eventually lost 27:24. Denmark was the favorite for the bronze.
Croatia v. Denmark Recap
Croatia scored the first goal of the match with a seven-meter shot for 1:0. Croatia scored for 2:0 in the 3rd minute and 3:0 in the 4th. Denmark scored their first goal in the 6th minute for 3:1 and came back for 3:2 in the 8th minute.
Debelic increased Croatia's lead to 4:2 moments later. Denmark equalized for 4:4 in the 10th.
Denmark took the lead for the first time of the match in the 12th minute - 4:5. Denmark was up by two in the 14th - 4:6.
Debelic brought Croatia back to -2 in the 19th minute - 5:7, and a stellar Pijevic save stopped Denmark's next attack. Jezic scored for -1 in the 21st - 6:7.
Croatia equaled the score for 7:7 in the 23rd - and Posavec put Croatia back in the lead one minute later - 8:7!
Denmark took back the lead in the 26th - 8:9, but Croatia equalized seconds later.
With three minutes to go in the first half, it was 10:10. With two to go, Posavec gave Croatia the lead again for 11:0.
The first half ended at 11:11.
Croatia opened the first half with a goal for 12:11. Posavec scored for 14:12 in the 33rd.
Croatia maintained the lead for the minutes that followed and were up by four in the 48th minute for 21:18. In the 50th minute, Posavec scored for 22:18!
Simara scored for +5 with just over five minutes to go - 23:18 Croatia! Pijevic remained spectacular in goal.
Croatia was up by 6 goals with just over three minutes to go, and it was 25:19 in the 57th.
Pijevic gave Denmark no hope - and Croatia held their 25:19 lead until the end! Katarina Jezic was named the player of the match.
This is the first medal in the history of the Croatia women's handball team!
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