Handball World Cup: Croatia throws France and stands in the final

Fitforit France missed the final at the men’s World Cup and has to cope with the second disappointment within six months of his zero number at the Olympic home game in Paris. The second of 2023 lost 28:31 (11:18) in his sixth World Cup semi-final in his sixth World Cup semi-final against co-cups Croatia and has to continue to wait for his seventh World Cup title. The Croatians, on the other hand, can continue to dream of the second title triumph after 2003.

In the final, the Balkan team either meets defending champion and Olympic champion Denmark or Germany’s quarter -final converter Portugal, who will play the second preliminary round on Friday (8:30 p.m.) in Oslo. The medals will also be played in the Norwegian capital on Sunday. After the match for bronze (3 p.m.), the two semi -final winners determine the new title holder in the final (6 p.m.).

In the atmospheric arena in Zagreb, the Croatians took over from the command. The French, which was undefeated in the previous course of the tournament, were not able to take the lead once in the duel led by the German referee team/Tobias Tönnies. After a nine-goal lead, the home side, which was coached by the former national coach Dagur Sigurdsson Most recently in a World Cup final 16 years ago, with a calming lead into the break.

In the second section, “Les Bleus” tried to catch up in the second section, but the Croatians saved their upholstery over time. The most successful throwers in the Croatians were the seven -time goal scorers Marin Jelinic and Zvonimir SRNA. Ivan Martinovic from the Rhein-Neckar Löwen scored six times. Dika Mem scored eight goals for France.