Semi Finals are clear - Hosts Egypt can still dream of the Championship title
Cairo. The Semi Finalist in the XVII Men’s Junior World Championship is ready. Denmark won their group after a 30:25 victory against Slovenia, who up until then had all points. Denmark’s Brian Sörensen had an outstanding performance, shooting 9 goals. The Egyptians are waiting the Scandinavians in the Semi Finals. In front of 20.000 cheering fans, the hosts had no problems to win 28:22 against France. The Egyptians only had problems with the l’equipe tricolore in the first 15minutes. However, lead by excellent goalkeeper, Karim Hendawy, the team improved their play, and the victory was safe. Despite the clear victory, it was only good enough for second place in the group, as Germany won 31:29 against Brazil. The Europeans benefited from their good defense play yet again. Still, the Brazilians were dangerous all the way to the end phase of the game.
Since Germany won the battle against Egypt in the Preliminary Round, they are group winners even though they have less goal difference. Germany and Slovenia will play the match of entering the finals on Monday.
Spain tied the first match in the last day of Main Rounds 22:22 against Argentina, getting one point from the South Americans. For the team from the Iberian Peninsula this was the first point in the Main Round. The Czech Republic won their first match in the Main Round against Estonia (38:30), and Sweden finished their group play with 30:23 against Portugal. This means, the “Tre Kronors” will meet Argentina on Monday, playing for the 5th place. Spain will fight for place 7 against Portugal, Brazil and the Czech Republic for place 9 and the two teams without victory in the Main Round – France and Estonia, will play for the 11th place.
From : IHF site
