Croatia – France. Find out all the information about this qualifying match for the 2022 Women’s Handball Euro between Croatia and France.
Two months after winning the silver medal at the last World Championships two months ago, the players of the French team are back this Thursday, March 3 to face Croatia in the second qualifying campaign in Euro 2022 (November 4-20, 2022) which will take place in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. Deprived of certain players for injuries (Pauletta Foppa, Kalidiatou Niakaté and Orlane Ahanda) and sports choices (Allison Pineau and Catherine Gabriel), Olivier Krumbolz has selected new players including Déborah Lassource and Sarah Bouktit who will honor their first selection this Thursday.
The coach of the French women’s handball team is restarting a cycle that extends until the Paris Olympics in 2024: “We’re going back to a thirty-month cycle. We’re at the start, it’s always time to experiment, see where the young people are”. Les Bleues have the opportunity to qualify on Sunday evening if they win the two confrontations against Croatia this week (Thursday March 3 and Sunday March 6).
The kick-off of this qualifying match for the 2022 Women’s Handball Euro is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. from the Fran Galovic Sports Hall in Koprivnica, Croatia.
Holder of the rights, the BeIn Sports 1 channel will broadcast the meeting of the French handball team.
If you want to watch the match between Croatia and France in the context of qualifying for Euro 2022, you will need to subscribe to the MyCanal or BeIn Connect application.
Here are the groups of the France and Croatia team for this meeting:
Croatia: Kapitanovic (L) – Pijevic (L) – Posavec – Senvald – Krsnik – Milosavljevic – D.Kalaus – Jezic (cap) – K.Pavlovic – Buric – Franusic – Simara – Debelic – Turk – Mamic – Barisic – Blazevic – Prkacin.
France : Glauser (G) – Darleux (G) – Nocandy – Toublanc – Valentini – C.Lassource (cap) – Zaadi – Sercien-Ugolin – O.Kanor – Horacek – Edwige – Jacques – Nze Minko – Granier – Bouktit – D.Lassource
First in their group to qualify for Euro 2022, France is the favorite against Croatia. If you want to bet for Grace Zaadi and his partners, the odds of winning vary between 1.04 (NetBet) and 1.12 (Betclic). But if you rather believe in a Croatian feat, know that the odds of a local victory fluctuate between 5.50 (Bwin) and 7.00 (Betclic).