Germany’s U21 handball players have reached the World Cup quarter-finals and can continue to dream of a gold coup like two years ago.
The team of national coach Martin Heuberger, which continued in the tournament, prevailed in the last main round game against Egypt with 29:25 (13: 9) and now meets on Thursday at the start of the co-phase in Sweden.
After 35:35 the day before against Spain, the DHB offspring in the duel with the North Africans already qualified for the quarter-finals needed at least one draw to progress. The German team began accordingly concentrated.
After 23 minutes, a preliminary decision seemed to be made in the 13: 5, but then the Egyptians came up with a 4-0 run until the break.
After the change, Germany claimed the upholstery so that victory was never in danger. The best thrower at the winner was David Móré from the Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen with eight goals.