Hungary vs Norway Prediction & Betting Tips - Women's EHF Euro

Prediction published on 11/12/2024, 11:45  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 12/12/2024 at 06:52 in Women's EHF Euro Predictions

Co-hosts Hungary are through to their first Women's European Handball Championship semi-final since 2012. They take on the defending champions Norway who have won eight of the previous ten tournaments. Here's our match prediction.

The Hungarians lost that semi-final 12 years ago. They haven't reached the final since the only time they won the title back in 2000. They have been in excellent form throughout these championships.

All three of their matches in the preliminary round were won. Victories came against Turkey, Sweden and North Macedonia and their good form continued in the main round. Wins came against Montenegro, Poland and Romania before losing to France by a three-goal margin.

Norway aren't just the defending European champions; they also won the Olympic title this summer. They also won all three of their matches in the preliminary round and scored 109 goals.  In the main round, their dominance continued with Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany being beaten before a 40-24 win over Switzerland on Wednesday. 

The victory over Switzerland was their ninth win in a row since a draw with Denmark last month. The Norwegians are unbeaten in their last 20 matches, their last loss being against Sweden in July. Their last match against Hungary was in April, winning by a 15-goal margin.

We tip Norway to win this on a -4 goals handicap.