As part of the match for the third place at the World Handball Championship, the players of the Spanish and Swedish national teams will come face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in this confrontation? Our sports portal evaluates the chances of rivals for success. Spain
The Spanish national team passed the group stages of the World Handball Championship in one breath, where they lost only one meeting. "Red Fury" lost in the face-to-face confrontation with France with a score of 26:28. It is worth noting that in the quarterfinals, a difficult game against Norway fell to the Spaniards, in which there was immediately overtime, but at the cost of huge efforts, the Spanish team managed to defeat the opponent with a score of 35:34 FROM. In the semifinals, the Spaniards gave battle to the Danes, but still turned out to be weaker than the Scandinavian squad – 23:26.
Sweden
The Swedish national team went through the group stages of the World Handball Championship without defeats at all. The Tre Krunur team was able to win six victories in six meetings. In the quarterfinals, the Scandinavian team fought with Egypt and was able to pass the opponent not without difficulty – 26:22. In the semifinal stage, the Swedes got to France, which was able to declass the opponent and beat him with a score of 26:31. In the match for the third place, the opponents' chances of winning are equal.
Statistics and figures: Rivals have approximately equal chances of success;
- Spain has lost twice in the last 5 matches;
- Sweden lost only 1 meeting at the tournament;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 27:26 in favor of Sweden.
- Forecast
Spain has often beaten Sweden in recent years.
This was the case in 4 of the 5 previous matches over the previous 5 years. I would venture to assume that today the victory will again go to the "red fury", which due to this success will become the bronze medalist of the tournament.