Slovakia

Egypt and Korea in the President’s Cup final

Karolina Berg — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:34:27 +0000

The President’s Cup final contains two continents, as Egypt and Korea have won their opening matches in the President’s Cup and meet for the final on Monday.

President’s Cup, match day 1:

Group I:

Egypt – Japan 34:28 (17:14)

The Egyptians needed some time to cope with the speedful match play of the Japanese, but after the 8:8 they had found their pace and extended the gap to 12:8 and 17:12 right before the break. Even as Egypt had gone away to a six goal distance twice, Japan was strong enough to close the gap again in the middle of the second half. But by extending the lead from 27:24 to 32:26 the Northern Africans decided the match and reached the final, which will be played on Monday in Skövde. Top scorers were Belal Mabrouk (8 goals for Egypt) and Makuoto Suematsu with seven goals for Japan.

Algeria – Korea 24:29 after extra time (12:17, 23:23)

Double victory for Asia

Karolina Berg — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:03:29 +0000

Japan and Korea took the first victories of the last match day of the Preliminary Round. Japan secured the fourth place in group B, as Korea still can hope for the Main Round.

Group B:

Brazil – Japan 32:33 (12:13)

Tough fight for the fourth place in this group with a Japanese victory: The first half was on low level, as Japan was in lead only twice with a two goal distance (7:5 and 13:11). And nothing changed after the break, as everything remained absolutely close. But as Daisuke Miyazaki scored the 31:29 and Hidenori Kishigawa hit the back of the net for the first three goal lead (33:30) 90 seconds before the final whistle the match had been decided. Top scorer was Makoto Suematso with outstanding twelve goals for Japan. Brazil finish the Preliminary Round with 0:10 points and play for the places 21 to 24, as Japan took the fourth rank and go for the rankings 13 to 16.

Norway and Poland in the Main Round

Karolina Berg — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:33:12 +0000

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)

Gauchos ride over Slovaks, easy victory for Hungary

Karolina Berg — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:02:17 +0000

Group B:

Hungary – Brazil 36:24 (18:11)

Thanks to their second victory Hungary still have good chances to qualify for the Main Round – but Brazil only showed little resistance in this one-sided game. In the upcoming games against Japan and Austria they can book their ticket, as Brazil will have to make their way to the President’s Cup with still no point on their account. The match was quite close until minute 19 (9:7 for Hungary), then the Europeans increased the gap to seven goals at the break. And the run-down remained the same in the second half, as Hungary was clearly dominant. 1500 spectators saw the first ten goal gap in minute 45 and the score of 28:18. Top scorer was Gergely Harsanyi with ten goals.

Group D:

Slovakia – Argentina 18:23 (9:7)

Sweden like a blizzard, Austria overrun by Japan

Karolina Berg — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:18:17 +0000

As the groups A and C had a match free day on Saturday groups B and D were playing – and Japan was the big surprise as they beat Austria. Poland had enormous problems to beat Argentina and host Sweden overran Slovakia like Iceland did against Brazil.

Group B: Japan – Austria 33:30 (18:11)

We welcome nine more teams!

Ola Richardsson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:03:00 +0000

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.