Men's Handball IHF World Championship 2023

[Agger 1,664]

  On 1/21/2023 at 6:24 PM, Olympian1010 said:

This thread is really 18 pages of users hating on their own countries’ teams and getting into petty disputes. It’s so on-brand it hurts 

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Hey, a positive!: For the first time I've heard somebody shout USA in a handball arena!

[thepharoah 2,405]

  On 1/21/2023 at 6:24 PM, Olympian1010 said:

This thread is really 18 pages of users hating on their own countries’ teams and getting into petty disputes. It’s so on-brand it hurts 

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you definitely got a point  actually this's somehow ordinary in handball where many teams can defeat each other and we have a lot of close and tense matches with some referees'  mistakes so it happens 

[thepharoah 2,405]

C'mon Netherlands 

[thepharoah 2,405]

the worst thing u do while facing Germany is make Wolff enter the match that fast 

[Vektor 3,326]

Not much suspense left for the final round and almost everything has been very predictable so far.

 

           already qualified as it was expected since the start of the tournament.

 

 will very likely join them unless a miracle happens. 

 

So the only question left is this:  or . But that will be decided by a Swedish team who have nothing to lose or gain from that match. The Swedish coach already declared that he will rest his players against Portugal. So yeah. The only reason I think we still have a chance is because Sweden is at home, so they might still try to win that match, even if some key players will rest.

 

Anyway, this has been a very boring World Championships so far for the most part, the real event won't start until the QFs. 

[Vektor 3,326]

As far as I can tell the teams most likely to finish 9th and 10th are  and  right? 

 

That way is the how the OQT spots will likely go...

 

 - host

 - should be a direct qualifier from Africa

          (  or ) - one of them gets the WCh quota, another of them wins the ECh quota next year, rest go to QQT

    - last two OQT spots goes to them if four Top8 teams directly qualify to the Games

 

Now watch Egypt "mess this up" by stealing the WCh quota from Europe.  In that case two African teams would directly qualify to the Games, probably Egypt and Cape Verde.

Edited January 21, 2023 by Vektor

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Bad result for us against Germany, but not unexpected. We played a good tournament and will probably finish at the 11th place. So no OQT for us :-(

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

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[Vektor 3,326]

@Belle You will have a lot of supporters outside of your country tomorrow. 

 

The frontpage of the Hungarian National Sport with the headline: "Go Sweden!" 

 

[thepharoah 2,405]

  On 1/21/2023 at 9:41 PM, Vektor said:

Not much suspense left for the final round and almost everything has been very predictable so far.

 

           already qualified as it was expected since the start of the tournament.

 

 will very likely join them unless a miracle happens. 

 

So the only question left is this:  or . But that will be decided by a Swedish team who have nothing to lose or gain from that match. The Swedish coach already declared that he will rest his players against Portugal. So yeah. The only reason I think we still have a chance is because Sweden is at home, so they might still try to win that match, even if some key players will rest.

 

Anyway, this has been a very boring World Championships so far for the most part, the real event won't start until the QFs. 

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I agree , the last time we saw a lot more competitiveness and big matches , Russia defeated Slovenia , then Slovenia tied with Sweden and Belarus tied with Sweden , Egypt vs Slovenia , Croatia vs Argentina and Qatar vs Argentina , Egypt vs Sweden , Brazil vs Spain , Tunisia vs Brazil , Portugal vs Norway last edition was much more interesting 

Edited January 21, 2023 by thepharoah