As expected, France and Croatia will meet in this year’s finale of the World Men’s Handball Championship. Denmark and Poland fight for bronze.

Yesterday, France won easily against Denmark: 27:22. And Croatia declassified Poland with 29:23, I guess the success is also partly based on the furious Croatian supporters in the hall. France and Croatia both displayed really nice and for a viewer enjoyable handball playing. I guess the finale will be hot, very hot!

Norway played a really good match, fighting like lions against lucky Poland and lost unluckily in the last seconds. Fourteen seconds… 30:30… Norway is in the possession of the ball, they now play with seven field players an no goal keeper, everything’s set to score the last goal in the game.

Oh no, Kristian Kjelling botches during the offence and Polish player Artur Siódmiaka catches the ball and throws it with a wide curve over the whole field into Norway’s empty goal. 31:30! Not only ending Norway’s dreams of reaching the semifinales, but also shattering the last hope of Germany to get there, too. The German team needed a draw between Poland and Norway to get on.

This match was really a heart attack match. In the end I jumped of my chair heavily cursing after the ball landed inside Norway’s goal. Well, understandable when two of my personal favourites are eliminated from the tournament.

Now all my hope and wishes rest on the Danish!