The main stage of the 28th World Championship is not over yet, but the ranking from 17th to 24th place has already been decided.
At the end, Montenegro is 18th in the world, because it has the second best performance of the four teams that took 5th place in the group.
Namely, the "Lions" finished Group I with two points and a goal difference of minus 28, so they could finish the championship in 20th position.
But two surprises in the last round were enough to be placed four places better than at the World Cup in Spain in 2013, as Argentina defeated Qatar 26:22, and the USA confirmed that the refreshment of the championship was a triumph over Belgium (24:22 ).
If Qatar or Belgium were celebrating, Montenegro could have slipped, because the team from Asia before the last round had a goal difference of minus 29, and the debutant at the World Cup minus 30.
Brazil finished ahead of the "lions", taking three points in Group II.
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