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German disaster against Norway

Tue Jan 25 2011

The next decision in group I is taken: Norway will go for the places 9/10 and Germany will play for 11/12 after their clear defeat against the Northern Europeans.

Main Round, Group I in Jönköping:

Germany – Norway 25:35 (13:17)

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France complete semi-finals

Mon Jan 24 2011

All four semi-finalists are known, but the composition has not been decided yet: Like Denmark, Spain   and Sweden before France has reached the round of the last four teams after their 31:26 victory against Norway. If the French team will finish first or second in Group I will be decided on Tuesday, same as the constellation of Sweden and Denmark in their direct duel. Before the final Match Day of the Main Round France and Spain are equal in points (7:1). 

 
Group I: France –Norway 31:26 (17:14)

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Spain, Sweden, Croatia and Germany start with victories

Sat Jan 22 2011

The Main Round started with a surprise: Germany beat Iceland, it was the first defeat for the Northern Europeans in Sweden. Aside Spain (against Norway) and Croatia (against Argentina) took clear victories. Sweden can hope for the semis after beating Serbia.

Group I:

Spain – Norway 33:27 (15:12)

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Nordic triple: Iceland, Denmark and Sweden win their groups

Thu Jan 20 2011

The final decisions in the groups B, C and D had been taken: Denmark (by beating Croatia), Sweden (by winning against Poland) and Iceland (by beating Norway) are the winners of the groups B, C and D. Iceland and Denmark start the Main Round with the optimum of 4:0 points, as Sweden arose like Phoenix from ashes.

Group B:

Iceland – Norway  29:22 (12:12)

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Norway and Poland in the Main Round

Tue Jan 18 2011

Group B:
Japan –Hungary 24:28(8:13)
Hungary opened the gateway to the Main Round widely with their third victory, as Japan remain with only one victory (against Austria). It took the Hungarians only ten minutes to change a 4:4 to a 12:4 and to get a comfortable cushion for the rest of the match with the half time score of 13:8.  After the break the Europeans left no doubt about the winner, as they increased the lead to 20:9. Feeling that they won the match already, the Hungarians lost their concentration, so Japan was able to reduce the gap, but could not endanger Hungary. Three minutes before the end the gap was only three goals (23:26), but the Japanese catch-up chase was much too late. Top scorer of the match was Gergö Ivancsik with nine goals for Hungary.
 
Norway – Brazil 26:25 (13:12)

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France and Croatia in the Main Round

Tue Jan 18 2011

Like Croatia in Group C before, France have already qualified for the Main Round in Group A after their clear (and third) victory over Bahrain. Host Sweden (against Korea), Iceland (against Japan) and Denmark (against Serbia) made huge steps to the Main Round after their each third victory, as they each only need one more point now. Norway have beaten Austria, as Egypt took their first points in the Northern African duel against Tunisia.

 

Group A:

Tunisia – Egypt 23:27 (10:11)

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Germany and Norway win after extra time

Thu Jan 27 2011

Both placement matches on Thursday evening had to be decided by extra time. Germany needed 80 minutes to beat Argentina to take the eleventh place, after 70 minutes Norway had beaten Serbia to rank ninth.

After two straight defeats in the Main Round, Germany finished the World Championship with a victory. By beating Argentina 40:35 after two extra times they luckily secured the eleventh place in the final ranking – which still means their worst result in the last 73 years. For the brave Gauchos from Argentina it was the fourth consecutive defeat after their fabulous Preliminary Round – and still rank 12 is the best result ever for them.

Placement match 11/12:

Germany – Argentina 40:35 after two extra times (31:31, 27:27, 13:12)

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World Cup

Mon Dec 06 2010

With beginning tomorrow four of the WCh teams will meet in a small tournament in Sweden. The participating teams are Sweden, Iceland, Norway and Denmark.

The tournament is kind of a pre championship with the kind of confusing name 'World Cup'.

The two first matches will be played Tuesday evening in Halmstad, Sweden. First is Norway vs. Denmark, followed by Sweden vs. Iceland.

On Wednesday the winners – and the loosers – will meet in Malmö Arena.

There are tickets left, for those who want to take the opportunity to see the Nordic Stars before the real championship starts. For tickets to Halmstad Arena, call +46(0)35-12 02 00. For tickets to Malmö, go to www.ticnet.se.

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We welcome nine more teams!

Mon Jun 21 2010

We welcome another nine teams to Sweden in January next year.

After the European qualification matches this weekend the nations in bold text have won their tickets to Men's Handball World Championship 2011.

Austria - Nehterlands 31-15, 28-34
Norway - Lithuania 27-19, 24-21
Slovenia - Hungary 27-25, 25-28
Germany - Greece 25-20, 27-20
Slovakia - Ukraine 25-30, 30-21
Serbia - Czech Republic 27-23, 22-25
Romania - Russia 28-32, 37-32
Denmark - Switzerland 32-27, 34-29
Portugal - Spain 26-27, 25-33

Now 21 of 24 teams are qualified. The three last nations will qualifiy during the Pan American qualification in Chile 22-26 June.

Picture: The Danish fans, and another eight nation's fans, are celebrating their team's ticket to Sweden 2011.

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