Good traditions with Russia, bad with Scandinavian
Tradition says that with half of the rivals from Group B in Seville Macedonia have a negative balance. Scandinavian handball its every time difficult for us, but there are exceptions that show that we have quality to defeat the complex. With Denmark the balance is two defeats in as many official matches.
In our history we have 10 times Iceland as a rival. In the official matches Macedonia has two wins, against eight for Iceland. In five play-off matches, Macedonia celebrated once, and Iceland four times. With Russia, the balance is positive. With one win and one draw, proudly we can say that we never lost with Russia. Against Chile and Qatar in Andalusia we sill play for the first time in an official match.
Here is the detailed history of official matches with our group opponents in Spain 2013
World Championship - Croatia 2009
Quarterfinals Group (Zadar)
Denmark - Macedonia 32:24 (13:12)
European Championchip - Serbia 2012
Quarterfinals Group (Belgrade - Arena)
Macedonia - Denmark 32:33 (16:19)
European Championship - Croatia 2000
Play-off
Iceland - Macedonia 32:23 (16:8)
Macedonia - Iceland 32:29 (13:13)
World Cup - France 2001
Play-off
Macedonia - Iceland 25:26 (9:14)
Iceland - Macedonia 38:22 (15:10)
World Cup - Portugal 2003
Play-off
Macedonia - Iceland 30:35 (14:18)
Iceland - Macedonia 33:28 (15:17)
World Championship - Croatia 2009
Play-off
Macedonia - Iceland 34:26 (18:13)
Iceland - Macedonia 30:24 (13:13)
European Championships - Austria 2010
3 qualification group
Macedonia - Iceland 26:29 (10:13)
Iceland - Macedonia 34:26 (17:13)
European Cup - Italy 1998
A Group (Merano)
Macedonia - Russia 26:26 (10:16)
World Championship - Croatia 2009
C group (Varazdin)
Macedonia - Russia 36:30 (15:14)
