Romania 29-30, the decisive match for qualifying at the European Championship 2026

• Romania finished in the 3rd place, with 5 points, and qualifies at Euro 2026. From our group I go to the final tournament Portugal and Poland;

• Qualified for the final tournament The first two ranked in the 8 groups and the best 4 teams on 3rd places;

• The teams qualified at Euro 2026: Denmark, Norway and Sweden (host countries), France, en-Titre champion, Portugal, Holland, Faroe Islands, Spain, Montenegro, Georgia, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Iceland, Romania, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Lithuania

• The European Men's Handball Championship will take place in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, between January 15 and February 1, 2026;

• Romania has also participated 3 times in history in the European Championship: 1994 (11th place), 1996 (9th place) and 2024 (22nd place).

Final »Poland – Romania 30-29

Final party in Poland! Romania loses at the limit, at a goal, 29-30, but Portugal wins in the last second with Israel, score 34-33, and the tricolors qualify for the final tournament from the beginning of 2026

Minute 60: Poland – Romania 30-29. Incredible final. Romania misses 10 seconds before the end

Minute 60: Poland – Romania 30-29. The hosts register and the tricolors will have the last attack of the match. In the other match, Israel equals Portugal

Minute 59: Poland – Romania 29-29. Stanciuc equals, the 10th goal for him in this match. Portugal has only one goal advance

Minute 58: Poland – Romania 29-28. Hosts have an advanced goal again, Portugal remained with +2

Minute 56: Poland – Romania 28-27. Poland takes the lead, Portugal has +4 with Israel

Minute 55: Poland – Romania 27-27. The suspense increases at the end of the match. Poland equalizes, and in Constanța Portugal loses its gauge, and Israel is approaching two goals

Minute 53: Poland – Romania 26-27. Romania stays in front of 7 minutes before the end.

Minute 50: Poland – Romania 25-25. Equality in Poland. Portugal has 30-24 with Israel

Minute 49: Poland – Romania 24-25. Romania takes over the lead, after a partial 5-0 for our boys, from 6-5 did not run Romania

Minute 47: Poland – Romania 24-24. Equals Romania, better moments for our national. Time-Out requested by the hosts to interrupt the rhythm of the tricolor

Minute 45: Poland – Romania 24-22. In numerical superiority, Romania marks twice in a row. Portugal leads 29-23 with Israel

Minute 43: Poland – Romania 24-20. The hosts are detached, but Romania is in the graph at this time

Minute 40: Poland – Romania 22-19. Iancu saves from 7 meters, Romania remains at -3, but Portugal has +6 and we qualify for these results

Minute 39: Poland – Romania 22-19. Romania is trying to approach, but the Poles dominate these moments. But Portugal extends us a helping hand

Minute 36: Poland – Romania 20-18. The hosts are detached in two goals, but the result of the match Israel – Portugal, 18-24, helps us and we go to Euro 2026

Minute 35: Poland – Romania 18-17. Start balanced by the half. Andrei marks again

Minute 34: Poland – Romania 17-16. The hosts score once more, and in the next phase Andrei brings to Romania to a goal

Minute 32: Poland – Romania 16-15. Inscribes Stanciuc, Romania is approaching

Minute 31: Poland – Romania 16-14. Hosts open the score in this half

The second half began. Poland leads with a goal and has the first possession of the second part

Pause at Gorzow! The cold scores the last goal of the first part, and Romania is approaching 15-14. In the other match of the group, Portugal leads Israel, score 17-15. At this result, the tricolors are qualified at Euro 2026

Minute 30: Poland – Romania 15-13. Stanciuc also scores 30 seconds before the break. Time-Out Poland

Minute 29: Poland – Romania 15-12. Daszek marks from 7 meters

Minute 28: Poland – Romania 14-11. In numerical superiority, Romania is not found and Poland is detached to three goals

Minute 26: Poland – Romania 12-11. Buzle marks, Romania is approaching

Minute 25: Poland – Romania 12-10. Olejniczak is opponent's most dangerous player and scores once more

Minute 24: Poland – Romania 11-10. Stanciuc scores once more, the 5th goal for him in this match. Romania is approaching

Minute 23: Poland – Romania 11-9. Olejniczak defeats Iancu, and at the other gate Stanciuc also marks

Minute 22: Poland – Romania 10-8. Alexandru Andrei registers

Minute 21: Poland – Romania 10-7. Collapse for our national team and a partial of 6-1 for opponents

Minute 20: Poland – Romania 9-7. Iancu does not save again from 7 meters and the hosts come off. Buricea asks the first time-out of this match 10 minutes before the break

Minute 19: Poland – Romania 8-7. Poland again to the advantage that has the chance to break off, from 7 meters

Minute 18: Poland – Romania 7-7. In numerical inferiority, buzzle equals

Minute 17: Poland – Romania 7-6. The hosts take over the lead for the first time in this match

Minute 16: Poland – Romania 6-6. Szász also misses 1 to 1 position. Complicated moments for tricolors, which are saved by Iancu, the goalkeeper having a new intervention, from 7 meters

Minute 15: Poland – Romania 6-6. Stanciuc fails to bring Romania back to the management and sends far over the gate from 7 meters

Minute 14: Poland – Romania 6-6. The hosts equate. With the empty gate, the Poles enroll. Romania is in numerical inferiority at these times

Minute 12: Poland – Romania 4-6. Stanciuc is in the form of big days and marks again, the tricolors detach at +2

Minute 11: Poland – Romania 4-5. Iancu works wonders in the gate and saves two consecutive attacks of the Poles. Romania has the chance to detach

Minute 9: Poland – Romania 4-5. Stanciuc registers once more and Romania stays in the management in this game in which he does not have to lose to qualify for the final tournament

Minute 7: Poland – Romania 3-4. Nistor returns Romania to the advantage

Minute 6: Poland – Romania 2-3. Buzle scores spectacular, from a great distance, and at the other gate Iancu saves Romania

Minute 5: Poland – Romania 2-2. Tricolors miss an attack and Poland immediately equals the second consecutive goal

Minute 3: Poland – Romania 1-2. The hosts waste the first position, Romania comes off through Szász, but Jedraszczyk marks immediately

Minute 1: Poland – Romania 0-1. Szász has a first missed throw for tricolors, but Stanciuc scores and Romania starts well this game

Start of the party in Poland! Romania has the first attack

Before the last match in the group, Romania is in the second place in the group with 5 points, and Poland and Israel are on 3-4 places, both with 4 points each. In the first place with 7 points and already qualified in the final tournament is Portugal.

Dismissed Grigoraș / PHOTO: IMAGO

“A match that can keep us in 2nd place, but that can take us to 4! We come after a very good match in Constanța with Portugal, but which consumed us a lot, with a very long and heavy travel, but we are ready to give our best to go to the European Championship!

We are aware of the importance of the match and prepared to sacrifice ourselves for the final goal! Too bad we don't have to dismiss with us! We are sure that Poland will play at 100%, especially that they made a weak match with Israel! ”, Said for GSP.ro, the coach George Buricea.

Daniel Stanciuc: “I think we can win with Poland!”

The coordinator of Romania, the dynamovist Daniel Stanciuc, who played excellent with Portugal, a match in which he scored 13 goals out of 15 throws, is convinced that the team will know how to play the decisive match in Poland.

Daniel Stanciuc / Photo: Alexandru Obreja

“We come up with a good moral after the victory with Portugal and I think we can win, if we show the same attitude and desire. We meet a very good team, with claims and valuable players, but we are accustomed to this type of pressure and we go with a single thought, victory and qualification, which would mean a lot for all Romanian handball, ”said Daniel Stanciuc.

A first “7” possible for Romania: Iancu, Andrei, Buzle, Stanciuc, Stănescu, Grigore, Dedu.

Poland needs victory

The national team is in a transitional period, occupies the 3rd place in the group with 4 points and needs victory in the match with Romania to qualify for Euro 2026 .

In the last stage, Poland lost surprisingly with Israel, 31-33, a match played in Constanța and for this reason the match with Romania also became decisive for Poles.

A first “7” probably for Poland: Skrzyniarz, Czaplinski, Przytula, Jedraszczyk, Widomski, Daszek, Dawydzik.

The ranking in the Romanian group before the last match

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