The fall of the Arabs in the first round of the world cup

The results of the first round of the handball world championships in Germany and Denmark led to the loss of the Arab Pentecost.

The start was given by the Qatari team, which opened the Arab teams of the tournament with a 2-0 defeat to Angola, having been close to victory, having not missed the opportunities offered to Annabi players after taking the lead 23-22 four minutes before the end, but the Angolan team was the most surprising. He won the World Cup in 2015 with a killer goal and finished the game with a 24-23 lead.

Qatar did not offer the expected level among the favorites to qualify for the second round of the tournament.

In a similar context, the Saudi team lost to Austria in Group C matches 22-29.

The Saudi team is a strong group, with Denmark, Norway, Austria and Chile.

The situation was not much different for the Tunisian team, who lost to Nerweih's fierce team and lost 10 goals to 24 from 24, putting them in last place in the third group. behind the Saudi team.

Tunisia, champion of Africa, is looking to beat Chile, Austria and Saudi Arabia to qualify for the next round.

We lost the Bahraini team to the advantage of his Spanish counterpart, the European Champion 23-33, in the matches of the second group of the championship.

Bahrain faces a difficult task when kidnapping one of the three cards of the next round, due to the difficulty of its rivals and its strength. The group is present in Spain, Macedonia, Croatia, Iceland and Japan.

The Egyptian team offered nothing new despite returning to the match with a draw against Sweden before the end of the three minutes, but the latter managed to win the match in the final minutes and ended the game. for him by 27-24.

The Egyptian team will meet its Qatari counterpart Sunday at 4:30 pm in the fourth group, alongside Sweden, Angola, Argentina and Hungary.

Given the results of the Arab teams in the first round, we find that they are normal compared to the level of the competitors, but they are the only exception to the Qatari team, which suffered an unexpected defeat and was a tournament surprises so far.