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The Swedish team have high hopes for the semi-final – even as they have to face the reigning European, World and Olympics champion France. “We hope for a great support from the stands – and the pressure is on France, not us,” says head coach Staffan Olsson.

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Thanks to their 28:24 victory against Poland in the decisive Main Round match in Malmö Croatia finish the group ranked third – and booked their ticket for the Olympics qualification tournament in April 2012. In the placement match 5/6 the Croats will meet Iceland, which can’t overtaken as group third in group I in Jönköping after Hungary lost against Spain. Iceland are also qualified for this tournament directly, no matter how they play against France later. Hungary and Poland play for the decisive seventh place on Friday – and only the winner is qualified for the Olympics qualification tournament. Spain remained unbeaten with their seventh victory in their eighth match. Depending on the result France –Iceland they finish first or second in their group.

Group I in Jönköping:

Spain – Hungary 30:24 (13:13)

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Update 1: Those who have a 'Ticket Fast' ticket (e-ticket – in PDF format) for the semi-final in Malmö and like to exchange this for the semi-final in Kristianstad are now able to do this by calling Call Center at +46 77 170 70 70. You have to state your order number.

Update 2: Here is another way to try to exchange tickets:

Those who have tickets for Malmö and like to attend to the match in Kristianstad can send an e-mail to semimalmo@handball2011.com and state your name, e-mail address, telephone number and the number (and category) of tickets that you would like to exchange.

Those who have tickets for Kristianstad and like to attend to the match in Malmö can send an e-mail to semikristianstad@handball2011.com and state your name, e-mail address, telephone number and the number (and category) of tickets that you would like to exchange.

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Each 12 women’s and men’s team will compete in the Olympics handball tournament in London 2012. Host Great Britain is directly qualified for both tournaments, same as the World Champions 2011 (Sweden for men and Brazil for women).

Additional four direct qualification places are given to the Continental Federations from Europe, Asia, Africa and Pan America. As the Women’s EURO has already been played as the first Continental qualification tournament, the others will follow until the Men’s EURO in January 2012. The winners of those Continental tournaments are directly qualified for the Olympics.

The remaining six places for London will be decided in each three IHF Olympics Qualification Tournaments in 2012 – the men’s tournaments will be played in April 2012, the women’s tournaments in May 2012. The each two best ranked teams of those tournaments are qualified for the Olympics.

How to qualify for those qualification tournaments?

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