{"id":7048,"date":"2026-03-05T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/?p=7048"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:06:27","slug":"belgium-deservedly-beats-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/2026\/03\/05\/belgium-deservedly-beats-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"BELGIUM DESERVEDLY BEATS NORTH MACEDONIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7051\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:260px;height:260px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Black-Arrows-by-Wim-Van-Borm-32x21.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\">The Belgian women&#8217;s handball team beat North Macedonia 26\u201325 in Hasselt on Wednesday evening. Halfway through the match, the score was 14\u201315 in favour of the visitors. In the second half, the Black Arrows faced a four-goal deficit. But the Belgians continued to believe in their chances, gradually reducing their deficit to take the lead for the first time in the final moments of the match. The visitors came back once more, but with just over a minute to play, Fien Boons secured Belgium&#8217;s first victory in a European Championship qualifier.<br><br><strong>MORE INFO \u2013 NL:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/handbal.be\/nl\/news\/detail\/1596\/belgie-wint-verdiend-van-noord-macedonie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VHV HANDBAL<\/a><br><strong>MORE INFO \u2013 FR:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Belgique-Macedoine-du-Nord-FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LFH HANDBALL<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belgian women&#8217;s handball team beat North Macedonia 26\u201325 in Hasselt on Wednesday evening. Halfway through the match, the score was 14\u201315 in favour of the visitors. In the second half, the Black Arrows faced a four-goal deficit. But the Belgians continued to believe in their chances, gradually reducing their deficit to take the lead for the first time in the final moments of the match. The visitors came back once more, but with just over a minute to play, Fien Boons secured Belgium&#8217;s first victory in a European Championship qualifier. MORE INFO \u2013 NL:&nbsp;VHV HANDBALMORE INFO \u2013 FR:&nbsp;LFH HANDBALL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-arrows"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"C\u00e9dric Mouchette","author_link":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/category\/black-arrows\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Black Arrows<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Belgian women&#8217;s handball team beat North Macedonia 26\u201325 in Hasselt on Wednesday evening. Halfway through the match, the score was 14\u201315 in favour of the visitors. In the second half, the Black Arrows faced a four-goal deficit. 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