CAIRO: Host nation Egypt became the first team from group G to secure their spot in the main round of the 27th IHF Men’s World Championship.
After beating Chile in their opening match, they went on to defeat North Macedonia and have the maximum of four points after two games.
A few hours after Egypt secured their spot in the main round, Sweden followed their example and defeated Chile, climbing to the first place in Group G thanks to a better goal difference.
Sweden and Egypt now have four points each before their encounter tomorrow. On the same day, North Macedonia and Chile, who have no points, will determine the third team advancing to the main round.
A careful mix of inspiration and courage saw the Icelandic side take a commanding 12-goal lead (22-10), never looking back against Algeria, on their way to the 39-24 win.
For at least 25 minutes, Morocco believed they had a chance to upset Portugal. However, the experienced European side roared back in the second half and secured their second win (33-20).
Portugal are now through to the main round and will start their group with at least two points.
After their disappointment of losing against France in their Egypt 2021 opener on Thursday, Christian Berge’s Norway got their first points of the championship, defeating the late replacement team Switzerland 31-25 after pulling ahead just before half-time.
France are making themselves hard to ignore at Egypt 2021, as they made it two wins out of two to move into the main round with a game to spare.
Their taking apart of Austria by seven goals (35-28) last night put their opponents on the brink of exiting the championship.
After struggling in the opening minutes of their second match against Republic of Korea, Belarus found their rhythm and almost every player contributed to the win and their main round spot.
The first match of the day saw an improved Korea team from their opening match. While Belarus coach Iouri Chevtsov relied on the same 16 players as in their opening match, Korea head coach Il Koo Kang changed three players, from which Juin Kim and Taeung Kim scored in the first half.
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