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[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Predictions for today's matches:

Group E:
Hungary-Angola 38:24
Denmark-Norway 30:23

Group A:
Kuwait-Greenland 28:25
Tunisia-Slovenia 26:30

Group B:
Ukraine-Australia 39:17
France-Iceland 29:24

Group C:
Germany-Poland 31:20
Brazil-Argentina 22:23

Group D:
Egypt-Qatar 35:19
Spain-Czech Republic 31:24

Group F:
Morocco-Republic of Korea 27:27
Croatia-Russia 30:28

[Krys TOFF]

Why France can win the men handball World Cup ?
- France is Europe champion,
- France is World champion each 6 years (1995, 2001 => 2007 ),
- World Cup is in Germany and numerous French players play in Germany, so it's almost like playing at home stadiums for France.

Why France can't win the men handball World Cup ?
- Spain want a revenge of European championship,
- Germany plays at home,
- Denmark plays almost at home,
- Russia, Croatia and Hungary are always difficult to beat,
- German beer will make French players drunk.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Germany - Poland 25:27 OOOOOPS!!! What a surprise!

Hungary leads 26:23 that's also far from impressive, against Angola...

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

31:29 WHAT THE skid???!!! 

[BonzaiJoe]

It's no surprise that Hungary is taking it very easy in this match, to save strength for the next round.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

34:31 in the end. 4 of our key players sat on the bench throughout the whole match. Yes, power had to be remained for the oncoming matches, so we took it a bit (too) easy.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

France-Iceland 8:18!!! 

[Krys TOFF]

Predictions for today's matches:
Group B:
Ukraine-Australia 39:17

Nice tip : Ukraine 37-18 Australia

France-Iceland 8:18!!! 

Yes, this is half-time. We still have time to take back the lead...
I can't believe it...
but of course this is also because France is already qualified and that Iceland need a victory to be qualified as Ukraine won versus Australia.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

But with losing against Iceland, France won't carry any points into the main round... So they have to do something really special to avoid this...

[BonzaiJoe]

Too late, 24-32 for Iceland....

Denmark - Norway 18-19 :-S not looking good...

[BonzaiJoe]

23-22... exciting!

[BonzaiJoe]

aaaand Denmark wins

[BonzaiJoe]

We're going to the same one?

[Krys TOFF]

Too late, 24-32 for Iceland....

Yep, there was a reaction at the beginning of 2nd half but then Abati got a red card. With one less player, France lost versus an opponent that had no other choice than winning to be qualified. Iceland players' motivation was underestimated by French team.
Hopefully, our group is not as strong ad the other one, it should help France to reach semi-finals anyway (or so I hope).

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Group standings

Group ABC:
Slovenia, Iceland and Poland: 2 pts
Germany, France and Tunisia: 0 pts

Group DEF:
Hungary, Croatia and Spain: 2 pts
Denmark, Russia and Czech Republic: 0 pts

My tips for final main round group standings:

1 France 8 pts
2 Germany 6pts
3 Slovenia 6 pts
4 Iceland 6 pts
5 Poland 3 pts
6 Tunisia 1 pts

1 Spain 10 pts
2 Croatia 8 pts
3 Denmark 4 pts
4 Hungary 4 pts
5 Russia 4 pts
6 Czech Republic 0 pts