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Only a victory against Denmark would have seen Tunisia through to the main round, but the European team won and will start the main round with four points.
Reigning champions also helped Belgium, who stayed third-placed and progressed alongside the Danes and Bahrain. Tunisia finished bottom of Group H with one point and will proceed to the President's Cup.
Group H
Tunisia vs Denmark 21:34 (14:19)
For the seventh time in a row, Chile are present at the IHF Men’s World Championship, a streak dating back to 2011, when the South American side first announced themselves to the world of handball.
Back then, the side was hardly known but featured players like the Feuchtmann brothers, Emil and Erwin, line player Marco Oneto and a young stalwart right back who went by the name of Rodrigo Salinas Munoz.
48 games are now elapsed at the 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship, with 24 teams progressing to the main round, while eight are heading to the President’s Cup. It is high time we get into what has happened over the first week of handball at Poland/Sweden 2023, talking about handball, numbers and trends.
Five continents represented in the main round
The first group phase of the International Handball Federation Men's
World Championship drew to a close in Poland and Sweden, with the
final five teams securing their place in the main round.