Victory narrowly missed
Handball World Championship: Austria vs. the Netherlands
Austria's heavily depleted men's national handball team bowed out of the World Championships in Croatia with a 37:37 draw against the Netherlands. The ÖHB team will therefore only finish the main round Group 2 in fifth and penultimate place. In the final ranking, Sebastian Frimmel and Co. will finish between 17th and 20th. Earlier in the tournament in Varazdin, they had lost 29:29 to North Macedonia and 26:29 to Hungary.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Both teams were on an equal footing for almost the entire match. The ÖHB team took a two-goal lead for the first time at 7:5, but conceded two goals shortly before the end to go into the break 17:19 behind. Two goals after the restart made up for this deficit, but it took until 29:28 after 48 minutes for the Austrians to take the lead again.
Frimmel at the center of attention
Frimmel in particular took center stage in the final period. He first missed the chance to make it 34:33 and allowed the "Oranjes" to go ahead again after almost 55 minutes. With the score at 35:35, goalkeeper Florian Kaiper produced one of his few great saves and Frimmel put his team ahead again with a seven-meter penalty. After equalizing again, it was Frimmel again who made it 37:36 with 20 seconds remaining. The Dutch hit back immediately.
ÖHB team captain Ales Pajovic called a timeout with twelve seconds remaining, but the last move in a 7:6 superiority did not lead to success. The draw was actually too little for both teams, meaning the Dutch team no longer have a chance of advancing.
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