Men's Handball IHF World Championship 2025

[hoversaBR 613]

I said that Portugal would beat Germany.

 

 

[kungshamra71 948]

What a match! Didn’t expect the win after the superb performance from the German gk, but they actually did it!! 
 

[El Analyzer 308]

Yesterday results:

 VS  33-21,  team continued their unbeaten record (35 game without losing in WCh since 2017) the game started for  and score reached 10-3 after 15 min, better performance from  team led to closing the gap to 15-12 by half time, the 2nd half had a margin favor for  till minute 40 when the Danish team start scoring 8 consecutive goals without response, 12 minutes until Brazil scored again, during that blackout time  GK Martins did really well but his team mates were not able to break the great wall of Nielsen.

hard luck for  and wish they continue such great performance in next tournaments. 

 

 VS  31-30, the most improved and best performer so far  (except  for sure) had a great night yesterday. to get the summary of the game,  were playing  GK Wolff who made 21 saves in the game !! 21 !!! I believe at least 17-18 of them were one on one. on the other hand both  GKs did well saving 12 shots (Marques saved 7 while Capdeville saved 5). the game  started with  leading till end of first hal 13-9 ..  in second half ..ah ..sorry ..I will say Wolff not   ...Wolff in 2nd half managed to close the gap and even lead by 2 goals, but Portela and Francisco Costa were able to finish the time draw 26-26.

the extra time started with  heading again thanks to :Francisco Costa and  Martim Costa .. Knorr and Zerbe managed to draw for the team Wolff ... but 4 seconds before the end Martim Costa scored the golden goal to secure the first ever  semifinal spot in a well deserved game with huge frustration from Wolff against his team mates.

 

in 2019  U21 team finished 4th in WCh ( finished 3rd in the same tournament) in the same year  U 19 team finished 4th too in Wch ( won that tournament) now  in the semi final with amazing performance and mix of mostly young players and few experienced.

 

Semi Final Games:

 

30th of Jan

 

 VS

 

31st of Jan

 

 VS  

 

 

 

[kungshamra71 948]

On 1/28/2025 at 3:41 PM, rafalgorka said:

I will be cheering for Portugal because i want to see another A Bola cover with handball players on 👍 @kungshamra71

well, here you have it.

 

this time is extra especial because this happened at the same night as champion league matches of two main Portuguese football clubs, so was not expecting this cover at all.

 

 

 

 

and they even made it to the national general newspapers:

 

 

[copravolley 498]

There is information about Juventus's catastrophe with Benfica

[El Analyzer 308]

Semifinal 1 result  vs  31-28

very tense and physical game (with a lot of simulation)..  started the game strong and extended their lead to 9 goals sometimes..  had a very poor performance specially from the GKs

congratulations fir

 

Semifinal 2

 VS

 

[El Analyzer 308]

 

 

Semifinal 2

 VS  40-27, first half was really good from  (taking into consideration they are facing the best team in the world).. the game was close but  Managed to win by 4 goals (20-16) .. 2nd half was superb from the  specially the Fantastic Four (Gidsel, Nilsen, Rasmus and Pytlick)

 couldn’t beat the concrete defence and keeper and couldn’t stop Gidsel’s right left right  three steps 

 

good tournament for  But they were unlucky to face the amazing  Team in the semifinal 

 

3rd position game

 VS  

 

Final:

 VS  

 

[kungshamra71 948]

No newspaper main page for handball today of course, but still what this guys did was incredible, to end up at the top 4 at the World Cup! 
 

And another good thing is the visibility for handball in Portugal: besides the headlines in newspaper and tv news, the interest has been so big that the prime minister will be there Sunday in Oslo for the bronze medal match.

 

 

[kungshamra71 948]

Really proud of this guys, gave a big fight this afternoon against the mighty France.

 

Top 4 in a World Cup, who would imagine! Amazing this Portugal 

[El Analyzer 308]

 VS  35-34, dramatic win for  with a last second save.. the drama started when Richardson scored a penalty for  giving them the lead with only 20 seconds to go

smart tactic from  coach during the timeout allowed the team to create a gap for the right winger Areia who was unlucky but also was facing the smart french GK Bolzinger who open the far angle and blocked it at the end giving  a save deserved Bronze medal

 

technically the shot from the wing can be saved but I think Areia lost his technique when he didn’t catch the pass correctly then his focus was more on his steps and not to step on the line instead of looking at the goal.. anyway ..  deserved great appreciation in this tournament and  as a more experienced team deserved the bronze medal