For the first time in the history of major competitions, Portugal beat Spain 35:29, while Brazil was better than Sweden 27:24.
With such an outcome, the two defeated teams lost all chances to advance to the quarterfinals, as well as one of the hosts of the championship, Norway, which is playing tonight against Chile in a game with no result significance.
In Group 4 in Zagreb, Egypt won and eliminated Slovenia with a score of 26:25. The Slovenians had the last attack and a chance to equalize, but the referees took the ball away from them due to a passive attack.
This result made the job of the Croatian national team difficult, which in the last match of the day had to beat Iceland, which had been 100 percent, by a minimum of 4 goals in order to keep their chances of going on.
GROUP 3 (Oslo)
Spain – Portugal 29:35 (16:15)
Sweden – Brazil 24:27 (9:14)
Chile – Norway (8:30 p.m.)
1. Portugal 4 3 1 0 133:120 7
2. Brazil 4 3 0 1 110:104 6
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3. Sweden 4 1 2 1 132:123 4
4. Spain 4 1 1 2 113:111 3
5. Norway 3 1 0 2 79:84 2
6. Chile 3 0 0 3 76:101 0
GROUP 4 (Zagreb)
Argentina – Cape Verde 30:26 (14:14)
Egypt – Slovenia 26:25 (16:14)
Croatia – Iceland (8:30 p.m.)
1. Iceland 3 3 0 0 84:63 6
2. Egypt 4 3 0 1 117:101 6
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3. Croatia 3 2 0 1 101:70 4
4. Slovenia 4 2 0 2 113:96 4
5. Argentina 4 1 0 3 96:132 2
6. Cape Verde Islands 4 0 0 4 95:144 0
(Vijesti.ba / FENA)
