ANÁLISE DO EUROPEU DE 2007 EM ITÁLIA (VERSÃO INGLESA)

EHF NEWS:

2007 Men’s and Women’s Beach European Handball Championships

The 2007 European Beach Handball Championships are over. The
last day brought spectacular matches and the usual shoot-outs to
decide the medals.
It is important to underline that the top teams of European Beach
Handball proved once again that high quality handball and fair play belong together: all decisive encounters were extremely fair.

The Italian women clinched fifth place after winning against FYR Macedonia and gave reason to celebrate in front of the enthusiastic Italian supporters. The Norwegian women beat Russia and finished their almost perfect championship in the third place. The Hungarian men took the bronze medals after defeating Serbia on shoot-outs.
Both finals were decided on shoot-outs.

Croatia beat Germany in the women's final,
while Russia won the men's tournament.

The European Championships ended with a spectacular show from the Parachuters of the Italian Army, but the real spectacle was provided by the 36 teams who played 178 matches during this fantastic week in Misano Adriatico, Italy.

Men’s ranking: Women’s ranking:
1. RUS RUSSIA 1. CRO CROATIA
2. CRO CROATIA 2. GER GERMANY
3. HUN HUNGARY 3. NOR NORWAY
4. SRB SERBIA 4. RUS RUSSIA
5. TUR TURKEY 5. ITA ITALY
6. UKR UKRAINE 6. MKD FYRO MACEDONIA
7. ESP SPAIN 7. ESP SPAIN
8. BLR BELARUS 8. UKR UKRAINE
9. SUI SWITZERLAND 9. SRB SERBIA
10. GER GERMANY 10. TUR TURKEY
11. DEN DENMARK 11. BUL BULGARIA
12. ITA ITALY 12. HUN HUNGARY
13. CYP CYPRUS 13. SVK SLOVAKIA
14. GRE GREECE 14. GRE GREECE
15. NOR NORWAY 15. DEN DENMARK
16. MKD FYR MACEDONIA 16. SWE SWEDEN
17. MNE MONTENEGRO 17. SUI SWITZERLAND
18. BUL BULGARIA 18. AUT AUSTRIA

Men’s special prizes:
Best scorer: ÖZCAN Müjdat /TUR (168 points)
Best specialist: POLETAEV Vladimir /RUS
Best goalkeeper: HOCAOGLU Nevzat /RUS
Best left wing: VAZQUEZ DIZ Juan Antonio /ESP
Best right wing: GRIGORIEV Alexey /RUS
Best pivot: VLADUSIC Andro /CRO
Fair play team: Spain (9 suspensions)

Women’s special prizes:
Best scorer: SULLAND Linn /NOR (149 points)
Best specialist: LOVRIC Ivana /CRO
Best goalkeeper: OEDEGAARD Ingrid /NOR
Best left wing: KOCEVSKA Natasa /MKD
Best right wing: ONNIS Carmen /ITA
Best pivot: HARTENSTEIN Katarina /GER
Fair play team: Italy (5 suspensions)