The injustice has been rectified to some extent, the Swedish handball players won bronze at the 16th European Championship.
The "three crowns" team, which was deprived of a well-deserved victory against France in the final due to a series of mistakes by Macedonian referees Načevski and Nikolov, defeated Germany 34:31 (18:12) in a high-stakes matchup.
Glenn Solberg's team not only won 3rd place, but also secured a direct qualification to the Olympic Games in Paris.
Germany, on the other hand, had the same thing happen to its current rival at the previous World Cup - to win 4th place in the competition it hosted.
The Scandinavians led all the time, had seven points in the 1st half, and Andreas Palicka shone, making 30 saves and conceding only 14 goals in the first 12 minutes.
In the continuation, the Swedish goalkeepers had only one defense for a long time, which Germany used to get to 54:30 in the 29th minute.
Then Hampus Vane scored in 31:29, and Palicka announced the victory with two stopped shots in the same attack.
And then he put the full stop - in the counterattack, he phenomenally saved Kristoff Steinert's attempt, and Sebastian Karlsson scored the seventh goal in 32:29.
Palicka caught a "live ball" from Renars Uščins in the 58th minute, and Felix Klar made it 33:30 with his eighth goal.
The phenomenal goalkeeper finished the match with 18 saves.
The young right back Ušcins was the most effective in the home team with eight goals, Johannes Gola scored four, and more was expected from Andreas Wolff, who finished the match with nine saves.
Because of this defeat, Alfred Gislason's team will have to play in a very strong qualifying tournament 2 and fight for two visas to Paris with Croatia, Algeria and Austria.
The match was refereed by Ivan Pavićević and Miloš Ražnatović from Cetinje, who did a phenomenal job and proved that they are deservedly part of the elite.
Denmark and France will play the final, the start is scheduled for 17.45:XNUMX.
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