Handball World Cup
Denmark reaches the final-Germany-frosted
Updated on January 31, 2025 – 10:06 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The tournament favorite plays in the semi -final and is in the final thanks to a gala. In contrast, nothing works for the big surprise team of this World Cup in this game.
That was a demonstration: tournament favorite Denmark is in the final of the handball World Cup after a gala. In the semi-finals on Friday evening, the Danes dismantled the surprise team Portugal with 40:27 (20:16) and now meet Croatia on Sunday (from 6 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online). For Portugal, an impressive run ends at this World Cup, only in the quarter -finals did the team Germany defeat with 31:30.
The best Dane was once again goalkeeper Emil Nielsen with 15 parades. World handball players Mathias Gidsel contributed nine goals to the final. In the game for the gold medal, the apparently overwhelming team of coach Nikolaj Jacobsen now meets the Croatians, in which handball legend Domagoj Duvnjak plays his last game in the national jersey.
In the game for third place, the Portuguese will meet European champions France on Sunday. In a dramatic quarter-finals, the southern Europeans had prevailed after extra time against the DHB selection and the German dreams have destroyed the first World Cup medal since 2007.
For the first time in the course of the tournament, the Danes received resistance. The fast four-goal lead was destroyed by simple ball losses. After 20 minutes, the lead at 13:12 was much scarcer than expected. Because Nielsen thwarted several chances at the end of the first half, Denmark was able to break away again.
After the break, the approximately 8,500 spectators saw the expected one -sided game, in which Denmark dominated the outsider at will. Gidsel turned on, almost every attack led to a goal. In the goal, Nielsen was able to increase his already good performance again. The game was decided after 43 minutes and a 10-goal lead.