Live aus Paris: SPORT4FINAL-Redakteur Frank Zepp. 24.01.2017 – France Handball / SPORT4FINAL / Frank Zepp:
Handball WM 2017 Frankreich: Eight qualified with two surprises
This Sunday was fatal for the outgoing and undefeated Olympic and EURO champions: Denmark, beaten by Hungary (25:27), while Germany lost Qatar (20:21), both two teams losing to teams that came fourth in their respective groups.
France, who defeated Sweden (31:25) and Spain, victorious against Brazil (28:27), are now the last two teams to have won six games in the tournament.
Of the eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals, four were already in the top eight at the Rio Games: Qatar, France, Slovenia and Croatia.
Five were in the quarter-finals at the 2015 World Championship: Croatia, Qatar, Spain, Slovenia a...