Nio nya lag klara för VM

Nio nya lag klara för VM

I helgen avslutades det europeiska VM-kvalet med returmatcherna i dom resterande nio dubbelmöten som vi med skräckblandad förtjusning väntat på.

Resultaten blev följande:

Österrike - Holland 31-15, 28-34
Norge - Litauen 27-19, 24-21
Slovenien - Ungern 27-25, 25-28
Tyskland - Grekland 25-20, 27-20
Slovakien - Ukraina 25-30, 30-21
Serbien - Tjeckien 27-23, 22-25
Rumänien - Ryssland 28-32, 37-32
Danmark - Schweiz 32-27, 34-29
Portugal - Spanien 26-27, 25-33

Det var väntat men likväl en stor lättnad att Danmark, Norge och Tyskland vann sina matcher. Detta har oerhört stor betydelse för den publika framgången i vårt VM. Nästan lika betydelsefullt är att Serbien klarade kvalet då dom har en stor och trogen publikbas i närområdet.

Ungern har ett starkt landslag, vilket vinsten över Slovenien visar, och dessutom så har man ett starkt stöd på hemmaplan. Detta tillsammans med en ansenlig mängd första och andra generationens invandrare i Sverige borgar för ett starkt stöd under mästerskapet.

Att Ryssland inte klarade av att bevaka sin fyramålsvinst från första matchen i Bucharest var en sensation. Upplösningen blev dramatisk med röda kort och en avgörande straff med 12 sekunder kvar, se upplösningen av matchen här.

Spaniens vinst över Portugal var helt väntad men kanske förvånande liten marginal. Mats Olsson har uppenbarligen gjort ett bra jobb med det portugisiska landslaget, synd att det inte får krönas med ett VM på hemmaplan för Malmöpågen...

Störst vinstmarginal hade succénationen från årets EM, hemmalaget Österrike, föga överraskande då motståndet var Nederländerna. Alplandets söner lär inte kunna blanda sig i toppstriden i VM. Förhoppningsvis kan Sverige upprepa bedriften att utnyttja fördelen av hemmaplan till att lyfta sig ett par klasser båden under VM och i kommande mästerskap...

Slovakiens vinst över Ukraina var kanske inte helt väntad men positiv ur ett publikperspektiv, dock förväntar vi oss inte någon massinvation av supportrar från Bratislava med omnejd.

Nu återstår endast det Panamerikanska slutkvalet som spelas i Chile 22-26 juni. Vi förväntar oss att Argentina och Brasilien kommer att kvala in men den tredje nationen är mer svårtippad. För egen del gissar jag att Chile kniper tredjeplatsen med kraft av hemmaplan om inte Grönland eller Kuba förmår att prestera i nivå med sin absoluta förmåga...

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Good evening, dear sir Karl Lofmark. ROMANIA team qualify from playoff at WC Sweden,after they beat Russia like in the past, 37-32 in Russia, lost first in Bucharest 28-32/is the first time Russia will not participate at World Championship,this means Romania restored a feared force in men's handball, as in the time of GATU, OTELEA, BIRTALAN etc .I hope ROMANIA and SWEDEN will resume to dominate again men's handball, as did Romania between 1961-1990 and Sweden in '50s and '90s.However, these two teams were, are and will be the best in the world, 4 times world champions, together 8 world champions.Traiasca=Vivat Romania and Sweden. PS.We learned enough time handball others who have progressed in the meantime:Romanians taught French and Spanish, Swedes have taught Germans.It's time for a classic final , like in the past: ROMANIA with SWEDEN. At the Olympic Games at Moscow in 1980, ROMANIA lost with former Yugoslavia and need a victory with former Ussr to play for medals.After first half, ussr have 16-9, at the final ROMANIA won with 22-19.After , we won bronze medal, beating Hungary.interesting is that in the field were and coaches from today of Romania team, Two great handball players in '80, VASILE STANGA and goal-keeper NICOLAE MUNTEANU.
The text above it absolutely crazy to read. I'm so sorry, Romania, but you are not one of the best teams in the world and will not be that for a while, i'm so sure of that! Sweden will definitely be one of the world's best again, but Romania is to far behind and there are many teams which it a lot better than Romania today and they also have many talented young players. I actually can't think of any romanian players, that says a lot for me. So maybe you guys from romania thought the french to play handball, but that was such a mistake because they are gonna beat your sorry little asses if you meet at the World Cup. Same will Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, Korea and Iceland.
Oh, i forgot Poland.
denmark, do you know something about ROMANIA handball? At the senior men's ROMANIA dominated handball 30 years, between 1961 and 1990 and at the clubs teams, too-STEAUA BUCHAREST played 4 final CL-2 WIN, 2 LOST and Dinamo Bucharest won 1 CL etc.danish handball it IS A JOKE !!!!What are you meant in the male handball? NOTHING. First go to school "little denmark", learn something and then come back in front of computer, so can not write nonsense.Look first at the statistics before you open your mouth.
@denmark little denmark-and literally and figuratively- that is official statistics: GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 Sweden 4 3 4 11 2 Romania 4 0 2 6 ......................................................................................................... 13 Denmark 0 1 1 2 As we established , FIRST pass on to school and finish your studies before you think "smart".
To little denmark-and literally and figuratively- that is official statistics: GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 Sweden 4 3 4 11 2 Romania 4 0 2 6 ......................................................................................................... 13 Denmark 0 1 1 2 As we established , FIRST pass on to school and finish your studies before you think "smart".
I'm so sorry but that's years ago, you're nothing!
@Denmark, you can't call us nothing because: a) History is history and everybody has to respect it, even revere it and b) we are the ones because of whom Russia stays home for the 1st time in 49 years in this competition. Many will feel the bite of Vasile Stanga's new generation of Romanian players who will bring us back where we deserve to be. Respect us if you want to be respected!
Who are Romania??? The best teams in the world now are France, Denmark, Croatia, Iceland, Spain and Poland with Germany, Sweden little behind. Romaina used to be good when handball was played outside at slow tempo but after modern handball came with France and others in the 1990s Romania was left behind. I dont care about history, will the fact that Romania won the WC 30 years ago help you win the next WC. I think not. Russia is a in a downward slope and you beat their poorest team ever now. Get ready to be massacred at the WC as Romania is a poor team.
lagreu, ROMANIA was 4 TIMES WC INSIDE in 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974 and 2 times bronze medals-1967, 1990.tigan francez incult.france learn handball during the period 70-80 from ROMANIANS coaches, tigan borat.Ask your's French coaches about this, probably you are not born, poor french.stupid and uneducated arrogant man.