Any good self-respecting handball tournament needs France-Denmark. The 2023 World Cup will not escape this and, posh, it is scheduled for this Sunday at 20:30 in the final. Yes, it’s great, because this clash between the French and the Danes is the best thing to do in a while. Following the European champions of Sweden, the tricolor Olympic champions in half will now challenge the reigning world champions who beat Spain (26-23). Who can say better?
You could even add two-time world champions as the Danes have triumphed in 2019 and 2021. In Stockholm, the Vikings, the 2016 Olympic champions (beating…France), will attempt an unprecedented feat: a third world title next. Even France has never done this. Denmark has been unbeaten in the World Cup since 22 January 2017. On that day, the Danes lost to Hungary in Albertville in the 1/8 finals of the tournament organized in France and won the Blues.
Since then, the Danes have gone on a 30-game unbeaten streak! Not bad, even if ten days ago in the main round of world champions hooked Croatia (32-32). A small bump on an impressive course. Well, let’s also admit that the red-whites had a (too?) easy road to the final. Belgium, Bahrain, USA or Tunisia, which they crushed, are not giants in this game.
42nd confrontation between the two peoples
The 42nd meeting between the two countries will take place on Sunday. France leads 23-17 (with a draw). It especially became a classic of the classics in a good decade. France-Denmark was the poster boy for the Euro Minor Final last year with a Danish win in overtime. It was the final of the Tokyo Games in 2021 for the success of… the blues, who have not been intoxicated by gold since and have been chasing the world title since 2017. Whether friendly, Golden League or big tournament, these two great sticky ball nations meet every year.
When we think of Denmark, we also inevitably think of her master of the game, the one who wears a headband in his long hair. He delighted PSG from 2012 to 2022 and is one of the greatest players of all time. At 35, Mikkel Hansen is still there, still strong. He will be the number one poison for the Blues. France’s Parisians will also find another former friend, Henrik Mollgaard, who played with them between 2015 and 2018. He also returned to the country and is now enjoying the heyday of Aalborg.
Source: Le Parisien
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