2023-12-10 11:37:25
To finish with its preliminary round before embarking on the knockout matches, the France team challenges Norway this Sunday (8:30 p.m., live on BeIN Sports). Both teams have already qualified for the quarter-finals of this World Championship. Only first place in the group is at stake with the possibility, for the winner, of facing Spain or the Czech Republic rather than the Netherlands in the next round.
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This duel is not, however, without interest. France is challenging the best nation on the planet. Reigning world and European champion, Norway remains more than ever the ultra favorite to succeed itself. Seven months before the Olympic Games, Norway is also the number 1 favorite to steal the gold medal from France in Villeneuve-d’Ascq next summer. In Tokyo in 2021, the Norwegians lost in the semi-final against Russia (27-26) and came home with a bronze medal, as in Rio five years earlier.
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