The German Handball national team missed the world Cup final. The Team of national coach Prokop has to be in the semi-final a highly effective opponents from Norway hit, the hits in the final to Denmark.
The German handball players have lost a thrilling semi-final Thriller on Friday night in Hamburg against Norway 25:31 (12:14) and enter their first world Cup final since twelve years missed. Rather than in the final against Olympic Champions Denmark, the team of national coach Christian Prokop will start on Sunday against record world champion France in the Bronze medal game. Despite the support of 12.500 spectators in the sold-out Hamburg Arena, the Norwegians were a size too big. In the extremely fast game of captain Uwe Gensheimer was with seven goals best thrower of the German team, revealed for the first time in the tournament weaknesses in the defense. The most successful Norwegian Magnus rod of the SG Flensburg-Handewitt, with the seven goals.
“No solutions found”
“We didn’t bring our best performance. We have not found any good solutions, and the uncertainty in the attack,” analysed the coach after the game in the ARD. “We have presented to us the different and a different result is desired. We gave everything, but it was not enough,” said a bitterly disappointed Finn Lemke, the not had taken by far as per capita income. “Thank you to all who have supported us in the last few weeks so great. Now we are going to put everything in,” said goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter with a view to the 3rd place game, where it comes as in the qualifying round of the duel with the freshly-dethroned world champion France.
It could be a nerve battle, already shown in the early minutes of the match. First of all, the German team led, but then the Norwegians turned the game. Constant strong German Defensive, in the national coach Prokop in the inner block, familiar again from the beginning, Patrick Wiencek and Hendrik Pekeler acted in the beginning. And what couldn’t block the defense, parried in the first minutes goalkeeper Andreas Wolff. Nevertheless, the Keeper had litters with the rear space of the Scandinavians permanent problems and was replaced with a loud Curse after around 19 minutes for the first time by Silvio heinevetter. In the semi-final of the European championship in 2016, both Teams had a Showdown to the end. At that time, the DHB had won selection in the extension paper-thin with a 34:33
Denmark dismantled France
The Olympic champion won on Friday evening in the first semi-final in Hamburg, in a surprisingly clear 38:30 (21:15) against defending champion France. In the final on Sunday (17.30 clock) in the Danish city of Herning, the Team of coach Nikolaj can Jacobsen for the first Time ever, champion of the world.
The best thrower of the two-time European champion at the ninth victory in the ninth game of the world Cup and the furios-play at the end of the Top Star Mikkel Hansen with twelve gates. The PSG-colleague of the German captain Uwe Gensheimer excelled at the highest world Cup semi-final victory for a team for 22 years, furthermore, many Allude to, and was not in control of the French defense at all. France missed the defeat to the title hat-Trick and the seventh world championship Gold. On Sunday (14.30) for the dethroned world champion in the game for third place, then to Bronze.
IPC/jk (dpa/sid)