Türkiye's Embassy in Vienna welcomed the men's national handball team, which travelled to Austria for a qualifying match in the 2028 Men's European Handball Championship (EHF EURO 2028). The embassy wished the national team success in its match against hosts Austria in Graz.
The delegation posed for photographs with embassy staff. Alongside the players in red tracksuits, the group included the technical staff and administrators in blue tracksuits. After arriving in Vienna, the national team unfurled the Turkish flag and took a commemorative photograph.
First group match in Graz
According to the European Handball Federation's (EHF) schedule, the Austria-Türkiye match will be played at Raiffeisen Sportpark in Graz on Wednesday, November 4, at 6 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Türkiye time). Türkiye and Austria are joined by Norway and Georgia in Qualifying Group 2. The return match between the two teams will be played in Türkiye in May 2027.

The teams finishing in the top two places in each of the eight qualifying groups, along with the four best third-placed teams, will qualify for the 24-team tournament to be co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Switzerland from January 13 to 30, 2028. The first two weeks of qualifying matches are being played in November, with the competition continuing in March and May 2027. Türkiye had beaten Bulgaria 37-35 in the first match of January's promotion round on the road to this stage.
Cover photo: Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in Vienna. Archive photo: Astro Medya / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)