Final, Sao Paulo, Brazil: France – Norway 24:32 (13:19) Olympic Champions Norway have won after several first places at European Championships the gold medal at the World Championship. The only defeat Norway has suffered was against Germany in the opener of the tournament. In this final, the Scandinavians were superior in every aspect of the [...]
Match for 3rd place: Denmark – Spain 18:24 (9:9) The Spaniards deservedly celebrated big time the bronze medal, as coach Jorge Duenas´ team clearly defeated Denmark in a game that was only open in the first half. In the first 30 minutes the teams were on eye level, the lead has changed several times with [...]
Angola – Croatia 29:32 (12:14) Despite a slow start in the game, Croatia has turned the match and kept their lead till the dying seconds. In the first 10 minutes Angola has controlled the game, the Croats only woke up after being down by 3 goals. Then, Miranda Tatari and company gave their best and [...]
Match for 5th place, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Russia – Brazil 20:36 (11:18) Brazil have outclassed Russia and end up on 5th place in the World Championship. It was the game between two teams that both disappointedly lost its important quarterfinal match, Russia against France, and Brazil against Spain. Both of them were hoping for more, [...]
Semi-final, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Norway – Spain 30:22 (16:9) There was no doubt about the second finalist at the World Championship, as Norway outclassed Spain and reached the final. The Norwegians were very well prepared and didn´t give any chance to the Spaniards who had massive problems against the top attacking of the Scandinavians. Kikki [...]
Semi-final, Sao Paulo, Brazil: France – Denmark 28:23 (14:12) France have stopped the so far undefeated Danish team and reached as first team the finale of the World Championship. It were the Danes with the better start in the game, Jan Pytlick´s players established a 3-goals lead, whilst on the French side playmaker Allison Pineau [...]
Placement matches 5 to 8: Croatia – Brazil 31:32 (15:14) Brazil turned a match again after being down by several goals, coach Morten Soubak´s team has celebrated victory against Croatia and will face Russia for the 5th place game. Croatia looked stronger and more motivated in the first half, Brazil lacked the enthusiasm of the [...]
Placement matches 5 to 8: Russia – Angola 41:31 (17:18) After the disappointing quarterfinals, Russia looked more fresh and the Sbornaja has defeated Angola and will play for the 5th place, whilst Angola will meet the looser between Croatia and Brazil for the 7th place match. Coach Evgeny Trefilov´s team only had problems in the [...]
Quarterfinals, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Spain – Brazil 27:26 (19:17) After winning all of their games so far in the tournament, Brazil´s success story has been stopped, as Spain defeated the hosts and made it to the semi-final, where they will face Norway. The two teams have scored a great amount of goals in the first [...]
Quarterfinals, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Croatia – Norway 25:30 (12:16) Olympic Champions Norway is the third team in the semi-final, the Scandinavians followed France and Denmark who qualified earlier for the Top 4. Their semi-final opponent will be named after the final match today between Brazil and Spain. The other semi-final pairing will be France vs. [...]