Norway and their handball-stars are in the final of the European Beach Handball Championships.

They beat the Ukraine in front of a capacity crowd in the Larvik Beach Arena this afternoon (Saturday).

Norway were helped to the final by the shooting of two-point specialist, Linn Joerum Sulland (14 points) and the superb two-pointers from 6 metres by Ane Brustuen (15 points).

They will play Italy in the final at 3.00 pm (CET) following their defeat of Croatia in a shoot-out on Court 2.

The two sides played a close match 15-16 in the first period and 11-10 in the second, a golden goal decided both periods.