Tskhovrebadze secures Georgia’s first EHF EURO ticket

GROUP 6
Switzerland vs Lithuania 26:19 (16:6) 

Hungary had been confirmed group winners before round 6 and Switzerland had been confirmed second ranked in this group.  Therefore, the only open question was whether either Lithuania or Georgia would make it among the four best ranked third placed teams. And, for Lithuania, this question was already answered at half-time in their away game at Switzerland: As Lithuania would have needed more points than Georgia to remain in the race of the EHF EURO and they were down by 6:16 after 30 minutes, their hopes were shattered. Aidenas Malasinskas (seven goals for Lithuania) and Lukas Laube (five for Switzerland) were the top scorers of the match 

Hungary vs Georgia 30:31 (14:17) 

In the other Group 6 match, Georgia fought like lions in Hungary. The hosts had won all their previous matches, but surprisingly, the visitors were ahead 17:14 at the break and kept this distance until the score was 20:17. Then, the hosts seemed to have more power and experience.  They levelled the score at 23:23 and then took the lead by two goals. Three minutes before the end, the deal seemed to be sealed at 30:28 – but then Georgia started their brilliant comeback, which provided them with the ticket for the EHF EURO 2024: Erekle Arsenashvili and a double strike from top scorer Giorgi Tskhovrebadze, including the buzzer-beater for the 31:30.