Japan’s handball players have secured the last main round ticket in Germany’s World Cup preliminary group F.
The Asians outclassed Iran 42:10 (20:3) and secured their place in third place after their first tournament victory.
However, because Japan lost both games against the also qualified selection of the German Handball Association (30:31) and Poland (30:32), the team starts the next phase of the tournament with 0:4 points.
Under the same conditions, the national teams of Cameroon, Angola and Argentina moved into the main round on Monday in preliminary round groups B, D and H.
Olympic champion France achieved the perfect result in Group D and is group winner. The tournament favorite defeated Slovenia 31:27 (17:15).
In addition, Montenegro secured first place in Group B with a 24:18 (7:10) against Hungary, and the Netherlands also achieved this in Group H with a 33:20 (14:8) against the Czech Republic.