The French handball team was beaten in the final of the handball world championships on Sunday January 29 against Denmark.
Three in a row. On Sunday January 29, 2022, the Denmark team won their 3rd consecutive world champion title against a French team, never beaten in the final of a world championship since 1993. At the end of a one-way match, the Blues lost 29-34 and will have to wait to add a seventh star to their list. “We missed a lot of things, the start of the match put us in a lot of difficulty and conversely, the Danes found themselves in their comfort zone. We fought until the end, but we didn’t “We couldn’t be effective in the key moments. We must admit that Denmark had a great final and deserved their victory” explained coach Guillaume Gille after the match.
The course of the Blues had however started very well with a first round smoothly led. Facing Poland in the inaugural match, host country along with Sweden, the Blues had won by two goals (26-24) before going for a walk against Saudi Arabia and confirming against Slovenia for tackle the main lap with full confidence. In this second phase, where the competition really begins for some, the France team has gained strength by easily disposing of more than 10 goals against Montenegro then inflicting 41 goals on Iran before clearly displaying itself as a real contender for the title by beating Spain 28-26 to reach the quarter-finals.
What are the classifications of the groups of the World Handball Championship?
Here are the rankings of the four main round groups that determined the final phase of the World Handball Championship. As in the preliminary round, the Blues will have achieved a faultless.
During the final phase, France continued its faultless and fairly irreproachable run by having a German team that was always difficult to manage. With style, the band of Nikola Karabatic disgusted the Germans with a score of 35-28 to afford a prestigious semi-final against the Swedes, co-organizers of the World Cup with Denmark. In a room that was white-hot, France played the role of air conditioner by dominating this semi-final head and shoulders with a score of 31-26 to offer themselves a final against Denmark and a scenario that the we already know.
Handball World Cup results
Here are all the results of the French team and the other nations during this handball world championship which was played from January 11 to 29.
In the match for the Bronze medal, note that Spain for its part overcame Sweden (39-36) and therefore finished on the third step of the classification of this World Cup 2023.