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- Denmark – Sweden 26-24 (13-13)
Denmark was a huge favorite before the World Cup final against Sweden. And despite the impressive play of the surprise championship team Sweden, Denmark takes their second consecutive World Cup gold and defends the 2019 gold.
Therefore, there was no long-awaited gold medal for the Swedes. Norway’s Sweden coach Glenn Solberg can still cheer for the first Swedish championship medal since 2001.
– For a championship that Sweden has fulfilled. They gave the Danes a fight to the door, TV3 commentator Daniel Høglund said after the match.
– First of all, we have a chance to win today. We play a good game and we fight well. We played well, but in the end it is deserved that Denmark win. Today there are small margins, Glenn Solberg said after the game and continues:
– Of course it’s disappointing. They (the players, journal.anm) probably also think that today we had a chance. Today it seems that we had the opportunity, but we cannot take it.
Niklas Landin became the big man of the match for Denmark.
– That is amazing. Landin is absolutely fantastic, says TV3 expert Joachim Boldsen and praises Niklas Landin who is a fantastic match in goal for Denmark.
– We found some forces that we thought we did not have. It was a fantastic team effort, Landin told Danish TV 2 after the game, according to NTB.
Damn after this
Good start swedish
It was the scene of a duel between Scandinavians when Sweden and Denmark had to fight for the most precious metal in the final of the Handball World Cup. Sweden is the team of great surprise in this World Cup, while Denmark came to this championship as the reigning champion.
The final place meant that the Swedes’ Norway coach Glenn Solberg had in any case secured Sweden’s first World Cup medal since 2001. Denmark was the big favorite before the match, but it was Sweden who should start better. .
The teams followed closely in the first half and it was 13-13 when the teams went into halftime.
The Danes struggled midway through the round when Denmark’s only natural right winger, Lasse Svan, had to leave with injury. It was very bad news for the Danes, who had to play Mathias Gidsel to the limit.
– It’s critical, says TV 3 commentator Kristian Kjelling.
Denmark-gold
But the damage to Svan shouldn’t stop the Danes.
For Denmark it set the pace in the second round. And even though Sweden followed him for a long time, the Danes eventually got too strong.
Thus, Denmark defends gold from 2019.
These were the last five World Cup champions before Sunday’s Nordic duel in Egypt (NTB):
2019: Denmark
2017: France
2015: France
2013: Spain
2011: France
Norway finished in sixth place in the World Cup after a 26-31 loss to Spain in the quarterfinals.
The Spanish secured bronze by beating a small and tired French team 31-25.
