The World Handball Championship will kick off on Wednesday in Poland and Sweden, with nine cities hosting the tournament.
In 2021, the tournament took place at the height of the Corona virus and was quite embarrassing with dozens of infected, a number of teams that canceled participation or arrived with partial lineups and the sporting value was questioned.
At the top, the story is expected to be interesting, although probably also very predictable, given what has happened in the industry in recent years: Denmark is looking for a third win in a row, when France, who beat them in the Olympic final in Tokyo exactly one and a half years ago, will try to complete a double and stop the Scandinavian control of the industry.
If you are looking for more nominations, it seems that the home Sweden can reach the semi-finals, and if there are no special surprises, the one who will complete the semi-final picture will be the Spanish team.
But as in every world championship in ball sports we are always looking for quirkiness and stories around the ball.
Will we accept for example that he will return from the World Cup in soccer when the Iranians and the Americans also meet in the World Cup in handball.
While the Iranians broke a record of 25 years without a World Championship in 2015, and will return to the main stage after six years, the Americans have not been to the World Championship since 2001.
Amir Seifert.
A player of ASA Tel Aviv who holds American citizenship,
The Americans were drawn into a rather difficult house with the powerful Croatia and Egypt and with the dangerous Morocco.
In fact, the Americans qualified for the World Championship in 2021 but canceled their appearance due to the corona virus.
The Americans previously participated in six tournaments and did not achieve a single victory.
Will something different happen this time?
Apparently the Americans with their most talented generation of players.
It's not that handball became so popular in the United States, it's just that the Americans decided to gather mediocre legionnaires from around the world and go to battle with them.
The German team.
The action begins on Wednesday,
Another of them, by the way, is Amir Seifert, a player for ASA Tel Aviv who holds American citizenship and will be the only Israeli representative in the World Championship. He is not expected to get many minutes, but the very experience of participating in the World Championship, something that will not happen to him in the blue and white uniform, is already an issue Unusual in terms of the local industry.
The 'stars' of the Americans are Sam Hudersen, who plays in Germany due to his origins, the giant Abu Popna, who has French origins, who plays in the Netherlands, and the Spaniard, who has American citizenship, Alexander Blanco, who made this team one that will try to astonish the world of handball.
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