Spain and Denmark hit hard this Thursday evening. Respectively winners of Germany (32-28) and Qatar (32-23), they have a step towards the quarter-finals. Unlike their opponents, for their part almost eliminated from the World in Egypt.
The Spanish selection had entered the tournament badly, hooked by Brazil (29-29). But like her basketball counterpart, she is building up game after game. And it is the Mannschaft, already deprived of its European champions in Kiel (Hendrik Pekeler, Patrick Wiencek, Steffen Weinhold) who declined the invitation to Egypt because of the pandemic, which paid the price.
Spain still ahead of Hungary in its pool
In the first period, the former Parisian goalkeeper Rodrigo Corrales, now at Veszprem, and the winger Ferran Solé, him still at PSG, made the Germans live an ordeal, who managed to regain the upper hand after the break to finally give in in the last quarter of an hour (32-28).
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If the Germans are out of the race for the quarter-finals, it is because before Spain, they had already lost to Hungary (29-28). It advances as a serious outsider after confirming against Brazil (29-23).
The Magyars are still at the top of Group I (6 points) ahead of Spain (5) and Poland (4), still in contention after an easy success against Uruguay (30-16). Germany (2 points) no longer has its destiny in its hands and Brazil (1) no longer has any hope.
Croatia-Argentina will be expensive
In Pool II, the defending Danish champions made a strong impression against Qatar (32-23), their first test after a too easy first round. They are only one success away from securing their ticket to the quarters, like Croatia which quickly extinguished all suspense against Bahrain (28-18).
But if Denmark (6 points) will have the right to make mistakes against Japan (1 point) on Saturday, Croatia (5 points) will play a real round of 16 against Argentina (4) who dominated the Japanese ( 28-24). A success of the Argentines could offer a last chance to Qatar (2 points), which will have for its part a revenge to be taken against Bahrain, his neighbor who deprived him of a qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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