After a well-conducted preliminary round with three victories in three matches, the French team begins the main round of the World Handball Championship this Tuesday, January 21 against Hungary, in Varazdin in Croatia.
Adversity and the stakes will rise several notches for theFrench team handball in the main round of Handball World Cupwhich it will begin on Tuesday in Varazdin (Croatia) against Hungary in a position of strength, the only team in its group with the maximum points.
The defeat of the Netherlands on Sunday against Hungary (36-32) at the end of Group D is indeed the business of the Blues: they are alone at the top of Pool II (4 pts), one length ahead of the Hungarians and two ahead the Dutch and the Austrians. North Macedonia, which took the last ticket in Pool D by dominating Guinea (29-20), only has one point. Qatar brings up the rear without a point.
The opposition will move up a notch
A success this Tuesday at 9 p.m. against the Magyars and they would therefore open wide the door to the quarter-finals (which the first two will see) before facing the Dutch on Thursday then two days later the Macedonians, coached by the legend national Kiril Lazarov.
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After a diligent and easy first round (37-19 against Qatar, 43-19 against Kuwait and 35-27 against Austria), the opposition will however move up a notch for the French, without however They don't cross paths with candidates for the title.
The Hungarians will also play almost at home in Varazdin, a town located around twenty kilometers from the border and where the French arrived early Sunday evening after leaving Porec.
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