World Handball Championship – Semifinals:
Poland – Qatar 29 – 31 (13 -16)
Qatar is still living their dream in first semifinal game Qatar manage to beat Poland 31-29 and to go into the finals for the first time in history of World Handball Championships. This will be their fifth appearances in handball championship and so far their best rank was 16th place in Portugal (2003). Game start goal by goal, Poland manage to get first two goals lead in 9’ (6-4). Poland was holding the lead until the last 10 minutes of the first half and this is probably where they lost the game. In the last ten minutes Poland manage to score only 3 goals, while Qatar scored 6 and go on halftime break with 3 goals difference. Second half start similar as first end, Poland scores the opening goal but in next six minutes Qatar quickly scored 3 goals and in 36’ they had big 5 goals lead. Poland answer with two quick goals from Jurecki and Jurkiewicz but Qatar answer with their two goals and the difference in 41’ was again +5. Until the end Poland raise the tempo and try to reduce Qatar lead but with Danijel Saric on the goal Qatar wasn’t punish for their mistakes in the attacks. In the last 4 minutes we saw some quick handball since in the last 4 minutes we saw 10 goals. At the end Qatar took the win and will face France in the final of World Handball Championship.
Spain – France 22 – 26 (14 – 18)
France manage to beat Spain and since 2011 and World Handball Championship in Sweden they will be in the battle for gold medal. For this game we can say only one thing – Thierry Omeyer! He was magnificent today, especial in last 10 minutes. He was at 48% saves today (20/42) and drives crazy Spain players. Spain better opens the game and took the lead, but France never let them to go on two goals lead. France took the lead in 7’ when Porte scored for 5-4, from that point France never drops the lead. Spain had a black period from 9’ to 13’, in those 4 minutes France scored 4 goals (Karabatic, Narcisse and 2 x Guigou) and go on +4 in 13’ (10-6). In 16’ France had the biggest lead in the game +5 (12-7). Until the halftime Spain manages only to reduce the goal difference to -4. Spain better open the second half with two goals by Ugalde to reduce lead on only -2, after Joli goal for France Aguinagalde and Canellas again scored two goals for Spain and in 37’ score was 19-18 for France. In the next five minutes we didn’t see a goal and then in 43’ Sorhaindo and in 47’ Narcisse move France to 3 goals lead. Spain quickly replays with two quick goals and in 49’ it was again +1 for France. In last ten minutes only one player was on the field Thierry Omeyer. Omeyer gives the France chance to again move on +3 in 52’ and then he secure France victory with some spectacularly saves.
Final game of 24th edition of World Handball Championship between Qatar and France is schedule to be played on 1 February at 16:15 GMT.
WHC Semifinals: Qatar and France battle for gold on Sunday
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