German handball players now against the record world champion

World Cup quarterfinals are set

German handball players now against the record world champion

At the Handball World Championships in Sweden and Poland, the hot phase starts on Wednesday. Among the eight quarter-finalists are seven Europeans and Egypt.

Germany’s handball players suffer the first setback at the World Cup: The last group game against Norway is lost 26:28 – it is the first defeat for the reinvigorated European champions of 2016.

Second in the group, the Germans meet record world champions France (six titles) in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. The French prevailed on Sunday in a duel for group victory against Spain. The Iberians are now playing against Norway.