Women's European Championship, 7th place match, Bucharest, Romania, December 15
YUGOSLAVIA - FYR MACEDONIA 39-38 (37-35, 32-32, 30-30, 29-29, 14-16)
Jon Cunet Germnescu Hall. Attendance: 600. Referees: Bord and Buy (both from France).
YUGOSLAVIA: Paplacko (12 saves), Medved 10 (2), Kolakovic 3 (3), Selmanovic 2, Jovovic 3, Jovanovic, Damjanac 9, Savic 4, Petrovic 6 (2), Celebic, Jeraminok 2, Milickovic.
FYR MACEDONIA: Masalova (7 saves), Naceva (3 saves), Todorovska, Crvenkovska, Platon, Tarculovska 7, Cupic 2, Abramova 5, Farzalieva 8, Papudzieva, Boeva 10 (7), Velkova 6.
7m: Yugoslavia 7 (7), FYR Macedonia 3 (3).
2mins: Yugoslavia 8, FYR Macedonia 12 minutes.
In the longest game at the European Championship, Yugoslav team managed to win Macedonia after four periods of extra time. After 60 minutes of playing the result was tied (29-29), although Macedonia had four goals more (15-11) at the end of the first half. Yugoslavia took the lead in the periods of extra time of 38-35. The combative opponents managed to tie the result, but the "girls in blue" reached the victory and seventh place at the championship thanks to Bojana Petrovic's goal in the very last minute.
All Yugoslavia's results at the European Championship
Group A - Day 1
YUGOSLAVIA - HUNGARY 33-33
Group A - Day 2
YUGOSLAVIA - FRANCE 19-26
Group A - Day 3
YUGOSLAVIA - RUSSIA 20-27
Group A - Day 4
YUGOSLAVIA - AUSTRIA 33-24
Group A - Day 5
YUGOSLAVIA - GERMANY 34-28
7th place match
YUGOSLAVIA - FYR MACEDONIA 39-38
Other results
1st place match: Hungary - Ukraine 32-30
3rd place match: Russia - Romania 21-16
5th place match: France - Norway 23-19
9th place match: Germany - Denmark 22-21
11th place match: Belarus - Austria 27-22
Final standings:
1. Hungary
2. Ukraine
3. Russia
4. Romania
5. France
6. Norway
7. YUGOSLAVIA
8. FYR Macedonia
9. Germany
10. Denmark
11. Belarus
12. Austria
