Live blog: Rest and preparation the focus on Thursday

16:00

Over at the Jyske Bank Boxen, the semi-final press conferences are just beginning. Denmark and Iceland are first, then Germany and Croatia. Stay tuned for some of the best quotes from the players and coaches attending!

15:45

Ready for today's stat of the day?

Even though he is actually a back-court player that Nikolaj Jacobsen has retrained as a wing, Niclas Kirkeløkke has the highest scoring percentage on wing shots among the 25 players that took 10 or more wing shots with 92.9 per cent.

15:00

Iceland have made the EHF EURO semi-finals for the first time since 2010 - their best result since then was fifth in 2014 - but what has changed to get them this far? 

Julian Rux has looked at the data, and he says the answer is their offensive capabilities. Iceland are creative, accurate and have plenty of players who can score. Check out his article for more.

14:15

Making an EHF EURO semi-final means a lot to the players, and our fabulous photographers from kolektiff images were on hand to capture the moment each semi-finalist team qualified over the past few days. Take a moment to relive the moments with this gallery.

13:30

And we shouldn't forget the goalkeepers, who were outstanding in the main round. The best thing is, we get to see four of these guys in action again over the weekend!

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13:00

With the main round at an end, let's take a look at the top 5 goals.

12:30

You can now vote for your All-star Team! Open up the Home of Handball app and make your pick for the seven positions, plus best defender and best young player. There's 14 nations represented, and every player nominated has stood out during the past two weeks. 

12:00

Good afternoon from Herning, where we're taking a breather after the main round drama and before the semi-finals excitement tomorrow. 

The teams from Malmö are travelling into Denmark, and later today there are press conferences for both semi-final matches - we'll bring you some of the best quotes from those this afternoon. 

To start off the day, here's Andrea Lekić, Bengt Kunkel and Martin Vilstrup as 'The Spin' round up the last main round action.