Shamelessly stealing the headline from Aftenposten. In a very exciting match, Norway won against Germany with a close 25:24. Gratulasjon!

I won’t comment much on the referees, but it seemed the German and Norwegian trainers were not very amused about them.

Sadly, this match was overshadowed by the injury of Michael Kraus, which according to the TV slow motion looked a lot like a very bad ligament rupture. Best player on German side was the goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter, on Norwegian side Håvard Tvedten as well as their goalkeeper Steinar Ege.

Germany has to win against Denmark next Tuesday to get to the semifinales now. And with the chance they got now, Norway has to win against Poland to get through as well. Furthermore, with Hungary’s win over Sweden, both, Sweden and Hungary, don’t have a chance to reach the semifinales.

And concerning Norwegian names (and general moderation of the match), the RTL moderator was worse, a lot worse than his counterpart from DSF.

Dear RTL! If you cannot get a sports internet livestream to work, what about hiring some real pros for the job? Shouldn’t be a problem with the money you earn and have, but I guess you are more likely to invest it in trash movies and series and such abominable TV-atrocities like “Das Dschungelcamp - Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus”.

Yesterday, the German team had troubles with Serbia. The match resulted in a draw, 35:35. During the first half, German playing was crap and Serbia came out of the top with 19:16 after the first half. But the German team got a lot, really a lot better in the second half. Serbia has a strong and good handball team, even if they seem to use a lot of semi-hidden, unfair moves against their opponents. With luck, Germany closed the match at least with a draw and I guess, if we had ten more seconds in the second half, Germany would have scored another goal and won.

Norway won against Macedonia 29:27 in an exciting match. Best players were IMO Kristian Kjelling and Håvard Tvedten. BTW, DSF moderators should learn how to pronounce Norwegian names right.

The rest of the Handball day: Denmark sadly lost against Poland (28:32); France won over Sweden (28:21), Slovakia won versus South Korea (23:20) and Croatia won against Hungary (27:22).

Group I

1. France - 6:0 pts - 90:69 - +21
2. Croatia - 6:0 pts - 84:74 - +10
3. Slovakia - 3:3 pts - 73:79 - -6
4. Sweden - 2:4 pts - 78:83 - -5
5. Hungary - 1:5 pts - 68:78 - -10
6. South Korea - 0:6 pts - 71:81 - -10

Group II

1. Germany - 5:1 pts - 98:81 - +17
2. Denmark - 4:2 pts - 97:96 - +1
3. Serbia - 3:3 pts - 98:98 - 0
4. Norway - 2:4 pts - 83:86 - -3
5. Poland - 2:4 pts - 84:88 - -4
6. Macedonia - 2:4 pts - 80:91 - -11