Overview
- EHF data confirms the 81-goal tally as a new European Championship single-game record, eclipsing the previous mark of 77 from Belarus–Iceland in 2016.
- The total also tops the World Championship regular-time best of 80 from 2003, with a higher 83 in 2007 recorded only after extra time.
- Montenegro’s Branko Vujović led all scorers with 11 goals and was named player of the match in Oslo.
- The win strengthens Slovenia’s prospects of reaching the main round, with only the top two in each preliminary group advancing and fixtures against Switzerland and the Faroe Islands still to come.
- In the parallel opener, Italy fell 26–39 to Iceland in Bob Hanning’s European Championship debut as national coach, marking Italy’s first EM match since 1998.