The Portugal National Handball Team won two of the three training games against Russia. The National Teams played this games in the Rio Maior Multisport Hall during the last week. On Thursday, Russia won the first game by 30 – 29, but in the next two games the Portuguese young players were stronger and won by 29 – 26 and 26 – 24.
The Portugal National Handball Team finished the training camp in Rio Maior after the last game, on Sunday. The National Team of Russia stills training in in Rio Maior until November 28, with one more training game scheduled training for Multisport Hall. This time before SL Benfica U18.
To the Portuguese team this is the first training camp of the season. The athletes and the technical team are in the preparation for the European Championship 2014 qualifying. Portugal will join the Group 1 qualifiers along with the national teams of Germany, Finland and Hungary.