Thursday, 16th August, was an intensive day, where we could see all the teams in action for the last time. There were many emotions and surprising results, after which we got to know the winners of the President’s Cup and four semi-finals equipes of the World Championship in Poland!
PRESIDENT’S CUP RESULTS
SVK – ARG 29:28
EGY – KAZ 31:25
ANG – CHN 22:28
CHI – MNE 16:30
After quite one-sided game the President’s Cup was won by Montenegro. The trophy was given to the captain of the team by the member of the IHF Executive Committee, Narcis Lecusanu and the vice-president of the PHF, Zygfryd Kuchta.
PLACEMENT MATCHES 9 – 16 RESULTS
NOR – CRO 27:20
POL – JPN 22:19
AUT – TUN 32:25
ROU – FRA 30:29
FINAL RANKING
24. KAZAKHSTAN
23. EGYPT
22. CHINA
21. ANGOLA
20. ARGENTINA
19. SLOVAKIA
18. CHILE
17. MONTENEGRO
16. TUNISIA
15. AUSTRIA
14. JAPAN
13. POLAND
12. CROATIA
11. NORWAY
10. FRANCE
9. ROMANIA
1/4 FINALS RESULTS
NED – SWE 17:27
DEN – RUS 25:29
HUN – ESP 33:20
GER – KOR 29:30
Sweden, Russia, Hungary and Korea will play in the Saturday’s semi-finals, while Nedherlands, Denmark, Spain and Germany will take part in placement matches 5-8. The weekend rivalry will take place in the Hall Legionów only.
HALL LEGIONÓW, SATURDAY (18.08.) SCHEDULE
PLACEMENT ROUND 5-8
12:30 ESP – GER
15:00 NED – DEN
The winners will play for the 5. place and the losers for the 7. place on Sunday.
SEMI-FINALS
17:30 HUN – KOR
20:00 SWE – RUS
The winners will fight for the gold medals and the losers for the bronze ones.
