Overview - Ana Djokic (handball123.com expert, Buducnost T-Mobile player)

Norway - Romania

Norway – Romania was the deffinetly the best match in the preeliminary at this WC. Both teams are looking excellent and both teams play great in deffence, and the mistakes that are made in the deffence are corrected by the goalkeepers of whom I do not know who was better !!!!!

Lot’s of fastbreaks ( Almost every title Norway has won has been, won with such a game ... good defence and fast breaks) Small number of positioning attacks, but maybe that’s even more interesting because the ball goes with such a speed that barely can be rinsed and brings a great viewing pleasure.

Overview ( Olga Chernoivanenko handball123.com expert, Lada Toglaitty player)

Russia - Angola

I did not expect to see such a match between Russia-Angola, the match become a little too exciting for most of the fans)))
Many goals were not scored from clear chances, but I liked, that the our girls ran away and got a lot of counterattacks and separations and as for Angola, I liked them very much. They seem to be a sharp and agile team which defended very tightly!


Day 5 - match stats

Group A

Congo - Brazil 28 - 36 (13-19)
Congo : Itoua Atsono 2, Kibamba 2, Essopondo 2, Lekibi 1,Okoye Wbon 8, Tsahout 6, Bassarila Ndona 4, Okoko 1

Brazil: da Costa 13, Pinheiro 5, Lima 2, Amorim 1, Silva 1, Gris 1,da Silva 5, Rodriguez 4, Diniz 4,

Germany - France 15 - 29 (10-10)
Germany: Althaus 2, Rösler 2, Neukamp 1,Mietzner 5, Loerper 3, Wörz 1, Klein 1

France : Signaté 3, Ayglon 3, Baudoin 2,Mendy 6, Pineau 5/1, Pièjos 5, Dembele 2, Tervel 1

Sweden - Denmark 27 - 23 (14-10)
Sweden: Islas Helgesson 3, Gullden 2, Isakson 2, Jacobsen 1,Ahlm 7, Torstenson 6, Flogman 3, Viren 1, Wikensten 1, Boson 1

Denamark: Pedersen 3, Lund 3, Dalby 3, Augustesen 2, Larsen 1,Mortensen 7, Kristensen 4

Standing:
Denmark............8
France ...............6
Germany............6
Sweden............. 6
Brazil................. 4
Congo.................0


Group B

Thailand - Australia 24 - 18 (13-10)
Thailand : Thanawat 3, Panyim 3, Suphasanan 3, Phonsen 7, Sipak 5, Chawdorn 2, Wongmak 2

Australia : Thomas 3, Hudson-Gofers 2, Boyd 1, Kelly 1,Sorensen 7, Brunsberg 3, Boulton 1

Austria - Ukraine 31 - 32 (17-15)
Austria : Subke 8, Spiridon 4,Engel 8, Scheffknecht 4, Plach 1

Ukraine : Manaharova 6, Tsybulenko 5, Shkliaruk 3,Nikolayenko 10, Pidpalova 7, Gorilska 1

Russia - Angola 23 - 21 (11-12)
Russia : Postnova 5, Muravyeva 2, Yartseva 2, Andryushina 1, Dmitrieva 4, Turey 3, Khmyrova 2, Vetkova 2, Zhilinskayte 1, Koroleva 1

Angola : Tavares 8, Carlos 3,Bernardo 1, Morais 3, Paulo 2, Monteiro 2

Standing:
Russia ....................10
Austria.....................6
Angola.....................6
Ukraine....................6
Thailand...................2
Australia..................0

Group C

Tunis - Chile 34 - 16 (21-7)
Tunis: Toumi 7, Ben Cheick 5, Elghaoui 4,Chebbah 8, Mssad 8, Abdelhak 2

Chile : Musalem 6, V. Flores 3, Llianos 3, P; Flores 2, Canessa 1, Valenzuala 1

Norway - Romania 25 - 24 (14-12)
Norway : Riegelhuth 5, Alstad 2, Breivang 2, Stange 2, Loke 1, Edin 1, Herrem 1,Nostvold 5, Johansen 3, Frafjord 3

Romania : Neagu 9, Varzaru 3, Maier 2, Amariei 6, Lecusanu 4

Hungary - Japan 35 - 28 (15-14)
Hungary : Bodi 4, Kovacsics 3, Bulath 3, Juhasz 2, ,T. Tóth 8, Szucsanski 7, K. Tóth 4,Zacsik 2, Szabo 1, Tomori 1

Japan: Arihama 2, Maki 2, Nakasone 1, Shinjo 1, Fuji 8, Uegaki 7, Sakugawa 7

Standing:
Norway..................10
Romania.................. 8
Hungary .................6
Japan......................3
Tunis.......................3
Chile.......................1

 Group D

Argentina - Kazakhstan 24 - 28 (11-12)
Argentina :Decilio 4, Sala 4, Romero 4, Mendoza 7, Simonatto 2, Acosta 2, Ferrea 1

Kazakhstan : Jakovleva 4, Kozlova 3, Pikalova 7, Jegunova 6, Kubrina 3, Jefinova 2, Sujasova 2, Csumakova 1

China - Côte d'Ivoire 35 - 21 (18-11)
China : Y. Li 4, Liu 4, Jian Zhao 3, Sha 2, Wei 8, Zhao 6, W. Li 5, S. Wang 2, R. Shang 1

Côte d'Ivoire : Koudou 2, Guede 2, Dosso 1, Tagro 1, Assemon 1, Mambo n'cho 5, Gondo-Bredou 5

Spain - Korea 28 - 27 (15-15)
Spain : Bea Fernandez 2, Martin 2, Pinedo 1, Benzal 1, Aguilar 8, Bego Fernandez 7, Mangue 6

Korea : Woo 5, Kim 2, Yu 1, E. Lee 1,Jung 6, Myoung 6, O. Kim 5

Standing:
Spain ..............10
Korea.............. 8
China ...............6
Côte d'Ivoire.....3
Kazakhstan .....2
Argentina .........1

Day 5 - preview

Olga Chernoivanenko (handball123.com expert, Lada Togliatty player)

Tomorrow games will bring lot’s of enjoyment to handball lovers all over the world.
Russia has the easiest task tomorrow against Congo.
Germany showed a good performance today against Sweden so In the pair Germany – France, I think that Germany will be a winner.

Although Denmark has secured the second phase, I expect that tomorrow they will show a great game and beat Sweden.
But the most interesting game will definitely be between Norway – Romania, both teams are one of the leadings national teams in Europe, so I believe that everyone’s eyes will be concentrated on this game