Denmark had never been world champions before 2019, losing the final and semi-finals, and then that year in Herning they put on the crown for the first time and never took it off again.
The incredible handball team from northern Europe is once again the best on the planet, reaching its fourth consecutive World Championship title with dominance like never before - in Berum, in the grand final, not even Croatia had a chance 32:26.
The best indication of how far Denmark was ahead of everyone else is the fact that Nikolaj Jakobsen's team, except for the final and the match against the Czech Republic (28:22), which was not significant in terms of results, won all the others by a margin of ten points or more.
In the end, during nine matches at the World Cup, Matthias Gidsel, Simon Pitlik and his teammates scored 330 goals and conceded 217.
The fact that this team's last defeat at the World Championships was in the round of 2017 in XNUMX against Hungary sounds terrifying.
Croatia held their own during the first half, but even then it seemed like it was only a matter of time before the Scandinavian machinery would start grinding down their opponents.
Gidsel didn't stop, scoring a total of 11 goals, and for a long time he was without a miss. He was followed by Emil Jakobsen (five goals), Emil Madsen and Pitlik (four each), so with 20 minutes left the score was already plus 10 (24:14) and then the final was practically and officially decided.
Emil Nilsen was also great on the winning team with 13 saves, while Ivan Martinović scored six times for the Croatians.
Besides being incredible champions, the Danes also showed at the end of the final that they are great athletes.
In the final moments, they allowed Domagoj Duvnjak to score his last goal for Croatia, as it is known that the great handball player officially said goodbye to the national team today. And then, before the big and well-deserved celebration, they first congratulated him for everything he had done for handball.
Denmark continued their dominance, and regardless of the result in the suburbs of Oslo, Croatia will have a memorable January and the fact that they are next to untouchable. Incidentally, our western neighbors played in the World Cup final for the fifth time, and were defeated for the fourth time.
Earlier today, third place was won by France in a dramatic match - the European champion defeated the most beautiful story of the championship, Portugal (35:34).
The rest of the world will have their next chance to "take the crown" off Denmark in two years at the World Cup, which will be played in Germany.
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