Fiery derby as crunch time arrives in Malmö

GROUP II

Switzerland vs Iceland

Tuesday 27 January, 15:30 CET, live on EHFTV

H2H: 4-1-9

• Iceland lost their main round opener 29:30 to Croatia, ending their record winning run at the Men’s EHF EURO, which had stood at five games
• in main round 2, Iceland became the first team to defeat Sweden, 35:27, and now take the court against Switzerland with four points
• Switzerland are playing the main round for the first time since 2004 and enter the match with one point, their first ever taken in the stage; they drew with Hungary in their main round opener then lost to Croatia 24:28
• Iceland are regulars in this stage of the EHF EURO and have played every edition of the event since 2000; Switzerland are on their sixth participation overall and second consecutive
• all but two of the previous games between the sides were played in the 1990s; in the only recent encounter, at the 2021 World Championship, Switzerland won 20:18

Slovenia vs Croatia

Tuesday 27 January, 18:00 CET, live on EHFTV

H2H: 6-0-9

• a derby clash with big history; in their mutual clashes at the EHF EURO, Slovenia have taken two wins and Croatia three
• the teams have met in several big games, including two World Championship medal matches and the EHF EURO 2004 semi-final, won by Slovenia
• both sides lost to Sweden, with Croatia suffering that loss at the end of the preliminary round, while Slovenia had the defeat in the first main round game
• a victory over Hungary in main round 2 gave Slovenia their first points in this stage; Croatia opened their main round with a narrow but great win over Iceland, 30:29, then beat Switzerland 28:24 in the second match
• Slovenia backs Domen Makuc and Blaž Janc are among the top scorers of the EHF EURO 2026, sitting joint-third with 37 goals and seventh with 30, respectively

Sweden vs Hungary

Tuesday 27 January, 20:30 CET, live on EHFTV

H2H: 16-2-5

• both teams look to recover from defeat in the previous round; while Sweden bring four points into the encounter, Hungary are on one and sit at the bottom of the table
• prior to main round 2, Sweden had beaten Slovenia, Croatia, the Netherlands and Georgia; their first defeat of the EHF EURO 2026 occurred at the hands of Iceland, 27:35
• Hungary have defeated Poland and Italy, drawn with Switzerland and lost to Iceland and Slovenia
• Hungary have two players among the top individual performers at the EHF EURO 2026: wing Bence Imre is the sixth leading scorer, with 31 goals, and goalkeeper Kristóf Palasics has the joint-second highest number of saves, with 50
• the mutual record is long and overwhelmingly in Sweden’s favour; Hungary have never won against the Scandinavian side at the EHF EURO and last beat Sweden in 2009

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