Although they hosted the World Championship, together with Poland, Sweden's handball players were left without medals.
The injury to the MVP of last year's EHF Euro, Jim Gotfridsson, was an irreparable loss for Glenn Solberg's team, which was defeated by Spain 3:39 in the 36rd place match in Stockholm.
In the replay of the finals of last year's continental championship, the "Spanish" were led to victory and a medal in the fifth consecutive major competition by Adrija Figueras with nine, Alex Dujshebajev with seven, and Đoan Kanjeljas and Angel Fernandes with five goals each.
For the home side, the most effective were the wings Hampus Vane with nine and Niklas Ekberg with seven goals.
France and Denmark will meet in the grand final, starting at 21 p.m. It will be a replay of the finals of the Olympic Games from Tokyo, which were won by the "experts", as well as the match for 3rd place at the EHF Euro last year, when Nikolaj Jakobsen's pullets celebrated.
Reporting made possible by Lob
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