The Argentine national team is runner-up in the women’s Beach Handball world championship. An exciting closing of the competition was lived in Pingtan Island that defined the places in the world championship.
A historic runner-up finish for Argentina, while Brazil placed eighth. In the men’s division, the Brazilians placed sixth, Argentina eighth and Uruguay ninth.
Runner-up
In what was a historic match for Argentine beach handball, Leticia Brunati’s team faced the current champions for the gold medal.
In a tough first set, the Kamikazes were unable to overcome the strength and experience of the Germans and fell 16-24.
In the second set, the Argentineans started to find spaces in the European defense, but the Germans did not give any advantage, closing the match in straight sets 2-0 (24:16 and 21:18).
With this result, Argentina won the silver medal in the world competition. Undoubtedly, a participation that marks a milestone not only in Argentine beach handball, but also in South American beach handball.
Review
Argentina won eight of the nine matches played and was one of the most effective teams, while Germany lost two of the nine matches it played and was crowned two-time world champion.
For its part, Brazil faced Croatia for the definition of the seventh place. The first set of the match was taken by the Croatians, being superior in the sand by 20:15.
In the second, the green and yellow team did the same and won with a remarkable 26-18, taking the match to shoot out.
Despite the efforts of the team coached by Vinicius Carlos de Oliveira, they ended up losing 10-12 on penalties, taking eighth place.
Post-match statements:
Gisella Bonomi, player of the Argentine national team:
“Experience is what Germany had in this final and that was decisive in winning.” We didn’t play our best game, but we are very happy that we had a great tournament.
We had every hope of winning and becoming champions, but to go from seventh place in the last championship and now be second means a lot to us.”
Lucila Balsas, player of the Argentine national team:
“Making an overall balance of the tournament, it is very big what we have just achieved. A month ago we didn’t know if we were going to be able to travel.
We came, we played the world final and it didn’t happen, but I am sure that this is the beginning of a very beautiful era that we are going to have in Argentine beach handball”.
Results
Final
ARG vs GER 0-2 (16:24, 18:21)
Third and fourth place
NED vs DEN 2-0 (19:18, 22:20)
15th/16th: PUR vs USA 2-0 (15:12, 19:16)
13th/14th: CHN vs AUS 1-2 (18:20, 21:18, SO 4:7)
12th/11th: PHI vs NOR 0-2 (6:13, 16:18)
9th/10th: VIE vs GRE 2-1 (30:28, 24:32, SO 8;6)
7th/8th: BRA vs CRO 1-2 (15:20, 26:18, SO 10:12)
5th/6th: POR vs ESP 0-2 (16:18, 8:18)
Women’s ranking
1st Germany (GER)
2nd Argentina (ARG)
3rd Netherlands (NED)
4th Denmark (DEN)
5th Spain (ESP)
6th Portugal (POR)
7th Croatia (CRO)
8º Brazil (BRA)
9º Vietnam (VIE)
10º Greece (GRE)
11º Norway (NOR)
12º Philippines (PHI)
13º Australia (AUS)
14º People’s Republic of China (CHN)
15º Puerto Rico (PUR)
16º United States of America (USA)
In addition, Germany, Argentina, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Portugal and Vietnam qualified for the 2025 World Games and China joins the list as host country.
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By Camila Miranda Torres.
