The Germany handball team have missed out on a place in the final of the European Championship on home soil, after losing in the semi-final to Denmark on Friday. The team, led by trainer Alfred Gislason, lost to World Champions Denmark 26-29 and so will have to wait a bit longer for its third European title. The German team won in 2004 and 2016. "I'm very proud of the boys, they delivered a phenomenal first half. In the second half, we threw (the ball) away too much. In the end, Denmark's experi
21 Jan 2021 - 9:33
Qatar s Frankis Carol Marzo attempts to score against Croatia during their IHF Handball World Championship Preliminary Round Group C match on Tuesday.
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Doha: Asian Champions Qatar will meet the reigning Olympic and World Champions Denmark today when Al Annabi kick off their campaign in the main round of the 27th IHF Men s World Championship in Cairo, today.
The match will kick off at 10.30pm Qatar time at the Cairo International Stadium.
In the main round, Qatar s other Group 2 counterparts include Croatia, Japan, Argentina, and Bahrain.
The two teams ranked first and second in each group, qualify for the quarterfinals at the start of the elimination rounds in the tournament.
16 European teams remain in the quarter-final race EHF / Björn Pazen20 January 2021, 12:00 Share URL via E-Mail Copy URL to clipboard
16 of 17 European teams have qualified for the main round of the 2021 Men’s World Championship in Egypt. As four European teams clashed in group E - Switzerland had replaced USA after several COVID-19 cases in their team- it was obvious that one of them would miss the main round and would have to continue in the Presidents Cup for the positions 25 to 32.
Thanks to their outstanding playmaker Andy Schmid, Switzerland beat Austria in their opener 28:25, arriving directly from the airport to the playing hall, and managed to proceed in their first World Championship in 26 years.