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19.2.2021 Round of 16 Preview

The start of the knockout stage of the last unofficial edition of the EHF Euro is starting tonight. We have the best 16 teams after the group stage facing each other and let's take a look at three of the most interesting matches.

We start off with the Philippines, who play against Oceania. Both teams entered the tournament with wildcards and now will be battling to progress further in the knockout stage. Philippines got second in group C as they lost their last match against Austria. Oceania won group F with 3 wins out of three games. Although Oceania are undefeated their average hatstats is slightly lower than the Philippines. It's hard to say that there is a favorite in this game. The winner of this match will face the winner between Luxembourg and Hungary, where Hungary are the big favorites as they're the team with the best average hatstats in the tournament so far.

In the other match on our radar we have Azerbaijan playing against the Netherlands. The winner of this match will most likely play the hosts from Slovakia in the quarter-finals. Azerbaijan managed to win Group B after some drama in the last round. Their opponents finished second in group G. Both teams have won 6 points in the group stage, so in case of a draw in this one Azerbaijan will progress as they finished first in their group. Azerbaijan have also won their last two games of the competition, but the Netherlands have slightly better average hatstats. Tonight we'll see if Azerbaijan will continue their winning streak or Netherlands will build on that last win against Ghana in the third group stage round.

The last match we'll focus on is between Finland and Cyprus. Finland have the tournament's top scorer Luka Heritty (4) in their squad currently and he'll be looking to add more goals to his tally and help his team progress to the quarter-finals. Cyprus have higher average hatstats (439-432), but Finland have achieved a higher hatstat rating in a match (459-445). Of course those differences are very slim and we can't point out a favorite in this game. Finland have won all of their group stage games in group E and Cyprus on the other hand finished second in group D after the draw with Scotland in the last group stage round. If the match ends as a draw, Finland will be the team that will progress through.

STANDINGS

	Group A	P	+/-	Pts		Group E	P	+/-	Pts
1.	Saudi Arabia	3	5	6	1.	Finland	3	8	9
2.	Luxembourg	3	1	6	2.	Mozambique	3	1	6
3.	Norway	3	-1	4	3.	North Macedonia	3	-4	1
4.	Greece	3	-5	1	4.	Northern Ireland	3	-5	1
	Group B	P	+/-	Pts		Group F	P	+/-	Pts
1.	Azerbaijan	3	3	6	1.	Oceania	3	4	9
2.	Faroe Islands	3	3	6	2.	Wales	3	2	6
3.	Lithuania	3	1	3	3.	England	3	-2	3
4.	Armenia	3	-7	3	4.	Andorra	3	-4	0
	Group C	P	+/-	Pts		Group G	P	+/-	Pts
1.	Austria	3	5	9	1.	Georgia	3	5	7
2.	Philippines	3	4	6	2.	Netherlands	3	2	6
3.	Spain	3	-3	3	3.	Albania	3	-2	2
4.	Latvia	3	-6	0	4.	Ghana	3	-5	1
	Group D	P	+/-	Pts		Group H	P	+/-	Pts
1.	Slovakia	3	5	6	1.	Hungary	3	2	7
2.	Cyprus	3	-1	4	2.	Belarus	3	4	5
3.	Scotland	3	-2	4	3.	France	3	3	4
4.	Liechtenstein	3	-2	3	4.	Denmark	3	-9	0

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Group stage

Matchday 1 - 29 January
Matchday 2 - 5 February
Matchday 3 - 12 February

Knockout phase

Round of 16 - 19 February
Quarter-finals - 26 February
Semi-finals - 19 March

Final

Final - 26 March

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