European Men's Handball Championship to tie the game at full-time, and two 10-minute extra periods were required before Sweden won 32–31 after Magnus Wislander scored the deciding goal. Three-time champions Sweden were the next to host the European Championship, in 2002. This was the first tournament with 16 teams, an expansion from 12 in the previous four instalments. The Swedes won their first seven matches, and had already qualified for the semi-finals when they lost 26–27 to Denmark, having led 17–11 at half time. In the other main round group, Iceland became the third Nordic team to qualify after defeating Germany in the final
Israel at the European Baseball Championship before coming back to win their final two games, against Serbia and Lithuania. Israel competed in the qualification for the 2012 European Baseball Championship. In addition to competing, Israel hosted one of the qualification pools from July 26–29, 2011. Israel was eliminated from the tournament after going 2-1, finishing in second place behind Great Britain who went 3-0. Israel won their first game against Georgia, lost their second game against Great Britain, before coming back to beat Lithuania in their final game. Israel went on to compete in the home/away finals against Great Britain, where they won the first game