Denmark, winner of Bahrain, and Germany, victorious in the shock against Serbia, obtained their ticket for the main round of the Men’s World Cup on Sunday, like Norway, Qatar, the Netherlands, Egypt and Croatia.
The Danes, double defending champions, made the hole from the start of the match (8-1) to qualify at a slow trot. Right-back Mathias Gidsel scored nine goals. In this Pool H, Belgium surprised Tunisia trained by former French international Patrick Cazal (31-29). The Belgians, who are taking part in their first World Cup, are not yet qualified, but it’s just like: they will be, whatever happens if Tunisia does not beat Denmark in the last group match. In Katowice, in front of a warm public won over to their cause, the Germans won the top of Group E against Serbia, partly thanks to their substitute goalkeeper Joel Bihrlehm, author of 8 saves on 25 shots, including two in the last five minutes (56th and 58th), to allow them to maintain a two-goal lead.
In this same group, Qatar also obtained its ticket for the main round after its success against Algeria (29-24). The pair of Egyptian porters stood out in Jönköping (pool G) during the victory against Morocco (30-19): 58% of parries (21/40) including 14 (out of 24) for Abelrahman Homayed. In this pool G, Croatia largely beat the United States (40-22) to also join the main round. Finally, two other teams also qualified for the main round in Krakow: Sander Sagosen’s Norway (32-21) and the Netherlands, winners of North Macedonia (34-24) thanks in particular to ten goals from Magdeburg right-back Kay Smits.