Overview
- Slovenia edged Montenegro 41:40 in Oslo to set a new single‑game scoring record for major tournaments, eclipsing previous EM and WM marks at 81 total goals.
- Borut Mackovšek netted Slovenia’s late winner and Montenegro’s Branko Vujović led all scorers with 11 goals.
- Host nation Denmark opened with a 36:24 win over North Macedonia, highlighted by standout scoring from Mathias Gidsel and Simon Pytlick.
- Germany, based in Herning for Group A, won its opener against Austria and faces Serbia on January 17 at 20:30 local time on ARD, with the Spain game on January 19 scheduled for ZDF.
- ARD assigned Alexander Schlüter to host Germany’s broadcasts on January 15 and 17, as the public broadcasters share free‑to‑air coverage and Dyn streams every match of the tournament running January 15 to February 1.