From the special reporter "Vijesti"
Round before the end of the main stage of the 28th World Championship, the names of the six participants in the quarterfinals are known.
France, Spain and Sweden were joined today by Germany and Norway from group 3, i.e. Egypt from group 4.
The Germans were convincing against the Netherlands (33:26), thus maintaining a perfect score and theoretically leaving Serbia without a quarter-final.
And Norway has the maximum performance, because they were better than Qatar 30:17.
In the last round, Serbia and the Netherlands will decide in a direct duel who will be 3rd in group 3, but it is unlikely that the winner of that duel will win the 10th place overall, which will most likely lead to the Olympic qualifications.
Considering that France, as the host of the OI, and Egypt, who will probably be the champion of Africa, entered the quarter-finals, the 9th place at the WC in Sweden and Poland certainly leads to the Olympic qualifications.
And if the champion of Europe is one of the giants fighting for medals at this championship (France, Sweden, Spain, Germany), or Denmark and Croatia, the 10th place from this championship will bring qualification for the OI.
Candidates for that place are teams that have four points and need wins in the last round. The closest are Slovenia (group 1) and Iceland (group 2), who have a goal difference of plus 17, and will play tomorrow with Montenegro and Brazil.
In group 3, Serbia has plus 12, and the Netherlands plus four, while in 9th place is a safe selection from group 4 - Croatia or Denmark.
Today, the "Fiery" defeated Belgium 34:26, and if they justify their role as favorites against Bahrain in the last round, they will have seven points.
If they triumph very convincingly, they will impatiently wait for Egypt's victory over Denmark, in order to reach the quarter-finals at the last minute. Although, it all seems very far away, because the two-time consecutive world champion has two more points and a better goal difference by 22 goals...
Tonight, the Danes defeated the USA selection 33:24.
Reporting made possible by Lob
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