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The highlight of another day of the Handball World Cup, which takes place in Egypt.
The handball teams of Portugal, France and Norway won on Friday Switzerland, Iceland and Algeria, respectively, and postponed the decisions on the passage to the quarterfinals until the last round of the main round of the World Cup.
On the way to the last round, on Sunday, with a final against France, leading with eight points, the seven Paulo Pereira showed a facet of security and reached six points, like the Norwegians, who close with the Icelanders.
The Portuguese were never at a disadvantage and ended up winning by four goals, although they went through moments of tension, in which the Swiss, who had surprised Iceland (20-18), could have tied.
Midfielder Andy Schmid, the match’s top scorer, with 11 goals, was another reason why the Swiss have resisted for so long, while center Víctor Iturriza was the most accurate of the Portuguese team, with seven.
Portugal’s six points were matched by Norway, who beat Algeria by an impressive 36-23, a 13-goal difference that reflects the absolute dominance of the Nordics.
At one point, the Norwegian lead was 15 goals, in the second half, which ensured that the aspirations of the European team remain impeccable, unlike the Algerians, the latter with zero points.
In the most balanced match of the round, France had to sweat to beat Iceland 28-26, with Elisson (eight goals) leading the Icelanders to a solid display, having already led by two goals (22-20), already well within the second half.
Still, the collective strength of the French eventually prevailed, with Mem (seven goals) propelling the Gauls to take the lead of the group, approaching the next stage of the competition.
The decisions of the pool, in which the first two advance to the quarterfinals, are thus postponed until Sunday, with Portugal against France, six times world champions, but who was eliminated by the Portuguese in Euro2020, and the Norwegian vice-champion. fighting with distant Iceland. The Portuguese team is destined to win.
In group IV, Sweden lost the lead in isolation, adding six points, when they drew against Slovenia (28-28), in a balanced game in which the Swedes, even so, were almost always ahead of the scoreboard, yielding equality in the final stage.
The result leaves the Nordics level in place of qualification with host Egypt, who today beat Belarus 35-26.
Uma vantagem of nine goals, for a final result of 35-26, confirms to boa exibição dos “faraós’, that ao interval was 21-14, against the Belarussians, who, with two points, are still prevented from continuing to the rooms’.
The final round will decide the two qualifiers, with the team representing the Russian Handball Federation beating North Macedonia (zero points) by an impressive 32-20.
The Russians reached five points, in third place, at the cost of a collective display, with 12 different scorers, and in the last round they face Sweden, with the Egyptians taking on the Slovenians.
In the President’s Cup, for the teams that did not reach the main round, Morocco ended a “quick” of world victories that dragged on from 2007, beating South Korea 32-25.
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