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EHF EURO FEATURE: From zero to hero — how a country with 52,000 inhabitants left their mark on the European handball map

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It was maybe the loudest roar during the Men’s EHF EURO 2024, and it was not the goal of the century by Elohim Prandi for France in the semi-finals or an action by Mathias Gidsel. It was the second match day of the preliminary round, in Berlin, when the crowd erupted in the Mercedes-Benz Arena as Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu scored the buzzer-beating equaliser for the 26:26 against Norway and made history.


TEXT: EHF / Björn Pazen
 
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