IFK Kristianstad are Swedish handball champions in 2023

IFK Kristianstad drew the longest straw.
After a huge upset, IFK Kristianstad won 30-23.
– These are completely crazy scenes, says commentator Patrik Westberg in the broadcast.

It would take five matches to decide the SC final in handball between IFK Kristianstad and IK Sävehof. And it was even until the end in the decisive final match. In the first half, nothing could separate the teams. 12-12 was the score at the break.

IFK Kristianstad had a grip on the game at the beginning of the second half. But IK Sävehof came back and with just over ten minutes left, only one goal separated the teams.

Decided in empty cage

But the grip on the gold would be broken by IFK Kristianstad, who with six minutes left could score 25-22 in an empty cage. Then it was drumming for Skåneklubben, who thundered in with a goal in the final minutes.

With one minute remaining, the game was stopped in favor of Scanian jubilation. The score remained 30-23 until the final whistle and the title was a fact for IFK Kristianstad.

– It feels fantastic. It was more will than finesse, says one of the gold heroes Markus Olsson in Cmore’s broadcast.

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