Huge blunder by the organizers on the first day of the European handball! They confused the flag and scandal came out: “Shame!”
Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Thursday, January 15, 2026, 9:46 p.m. / Updated Thursday, January 15, 2026 9:56 p.m.
The European men's handball championship started with a scandal right from the first matches. At the break the match between Spain and Serbiaended 29-27, the EHF posted an image of the halftime score on social media, but the organizers messed up the Serbian flag.
At halftime, Spain led 19-15, again next to her appeared the flag of the Czech Republic.
PHOTO. Mistake on the first day of the European Handball Championship » The Serbs caught fire after the organizers confused their flag
The mistake made by the EHF at halftime of the match Spain – Serbia
Immediately after the post started making waves on social networks, the media in Serbia reacted. Those from sportal.blic.rs captioned: “Shame: The flag of Serbia does not look like this! The organizers messed it up.”
“Serbian handball players started their participation in the European Championship in Denmark with a match against Spain, and the tournament organizers committed a scandalous blunder at halftime.
More precisely, the organizers of the European Handball Championship published on their official X account, at halftime, the score of the match between Serbia and Spain, but instead of the flag of our country, they put the flag of the Czech Republic.
This, of course, did not go unnoticed by the users of this social network in Serbia, thus the embarrassing blunder of the EC organizers quickly attracted the attention of the domestic public“, the Serbian journalists noted.
Spain and Serbia are in Group A of the European Men's Handball Championship, along with Austria and Germany. The Serbians will play Germany on January 17, from 21:30 and Austria on January 19, from 19:00.
Groups of the European Men's Handball Championship:
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Group A: Austria, Germany, Spain, Serbia – (Herning, Denmark);
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Group B: Denmark, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania – (Herning, Denmark);
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Group C: Czech Republic, France, Norway, Ukraine – (Baerum, Norway);
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Group D: Montenegro, Slovenia, Switzerland, Faroe Islands – (Baerum, Norway);
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Group E: Croatia, Georgia, Netherlands, Sweden – (Malmo, Sweden);
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Group F: Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland – (Kristianstad, Sweden).
In parentheses, the city and country where the matches will be played.
