2024-01-20 10:14:44
Reda Saleem (Dubai)
Our national handball team lost the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 World Cup, in Croatia, Denmark and Norway, following losing to Japan 26-29 in the second round of the first group, which is the second loss in a row following facing Qatar, and our team will meet Iran tomorrow, Sunday, in the round. The third and last of the group, to determine the group standings, as Iran also lost in the two matches, and the last confrontation between the two teams was in the nineteenth Asian Championship for fifth place, and our team won 29-26.
Qatar and Japan qualified for the semi-finals and reserved their place in the 2025 World Cup, where the four qualifying teams will qualify for the quarter-finals, while Bahrain qualified from the first group. The second qualification is expected to be decided between Kuwait and South Korea, each with two points, and our team will play for places from fifth to eighth, according to its ranking in the group. .
Our team performed at an outstanding level in the first half once morest Japan, and succeeded in leading 16-13, but the descendants of the “Samurai” returned in the second half, advancing and stealing the match. This is the scenario that happened in the first match once morest Qatar, following our team finished the first half with a lead of 12. -8, and lost the match by 4 goals.
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