Luxembourg's handball players lose in Cyprus

The handball women have to continue to wait for the longed -for sense of achievement. The national team around captain Tina Welter lost to Cyprus in the European Championship pre-qualification on Sunday after she was inferior to Belgium the previous day with 23:33. The campaign is over for the FLH team. The selection has not won since 2019.

In Nicosia, the Luxembourgers in Group 3 had a better start than in the game on Saturday. They stayed on the heels of the Cypric hosts. Half of the first half of the first half equalized to 5: 5. In the last minutes before the break, however, the FLH team fell back. When changing sides it was 8:12. After that, the deficit initially grew up, but Luxembourg in the meantime caught up (17:18). Finally, the team from Cyprus settled. Rijalda Cilovic was the best Luxembourg thrower with six goals.

It was the last international match for Captain Welter. She had previously decided to resign from the national team.

The Belgian team, which had won his first game against Cyprus on Friday with 21:18, was group winner and secured participation in the main round of qualification for the European Championship 2026.