Sweden claimed their fifth consecutive win at the World Championship and booked their ticket for the quarter-finals. Andreas Palicka between the posts became a nightmare for Iceland's attackers and helped his team to seal the comfortable win in front of more than 10,000 chanting fans in Scandinavium Arena.
Main Round Group II
Iceland vs Sweden 30:35 (16:17)
A simple look at the final ranking of the 2021 IHF Men’s World Championship for Iceland shows their worst ranking – a 20th place finish out of the 32 teams in Egypt.
However, as Iceland head coach Gudmundur Gudmundsson told ihf.info two years ago, the ranking bore little relevance as his squad was undergoing a generational player change.
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