France Clinches Thrilling Overtime Victory, Defeating Denmark 33-31 in European Championship Final

enmark dropped the gold in the very last minutes after the European Championship final in Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany had gone into overtime.

Denmark got off to a good start, but around the 10-minute mark, Denmark ran into trouble with sloppy play – despite having a numerical advantage, the Danes failed to capitalize on the opportunity, allowing the French to stay in the game.

Halfway through the first half, Denmark was ahead 6-8.

In the 21st minute, the score was tied at 9-9, and national coach Nikolaj Jacobsen chose to take a timeout in an attempt to get the Danish game back on track.

The game ebbed and flowed, with Denmark and France taking turns with good play.

Denmark got a free throw after time, but Mikkel Hansen couldn’t get the ball over the French wall.

The two teams could therefore go to halftime with a score of 14-14.

The second half had just started when Denmark got a penalty shot that Mikkel Hansen ensured found the back of the French goal, giving Denmark a 14-15 lead.

Eleven minutes into the second half, Denmark was ahead 17-19, and France was at a numerical disadvantage.

Denmark had a good game going, but couldn’t put decisive distance between themselves and the French. With 10 minutes left, Denmark was ahead 21-23.

In the 52nd minute, France equalized to 23-23.

With five minutes left, France took the lead 25-24 with a penalty shot. This prompted Nikolaj Jacobsen to take a timeout. After the timeout, Mikkel Hansen scored to make it 25-25, and Landin made a save at the other end when France launched a quick counterattack. In a new attack, Mikkel Hansen put Denmark ahead 25-26 with under four minutes left.

Kirkeløkke was expelled, putting Denmark at a disadvantage for two minutes. The French did not take advantage of the numerical superiority, and with just over a minute left, Nikolaj Jacobsen took another timeout.

With under half a minute left in the game, France equalized to 27-27. Denmark got a free throw after time, but Mikkel Hansen failed to score, and the game went into overtime.

After the first five minutes of overtime, the score was 29-29.

France gave it their all in the last five minutes and won 33-31 in a hectic ending to an exciting and closely contested match,