Denmark played a draw against Serbia and can not reach the seventh place at the WORLD cup, that would keep the life in the OLYMPICS-the chance.
the OLYMPICS in Tokyo next summer will be without the participation of the Danish defense can also touch in handball.
Tie 26-26 against Serbia in the last mellemrundekamp at the WORLD cup means that Denmark ends as number nine in the tournament. Only the seven best get the ticket for the OLYMPIC qualifier this spring.
Anne Mette Hansen could have secured the victory, but hit the post seconds before time, and the disappointment got the players to throw themselves on the halgulvet in annoyance.
Now there is no more dangerous ways, and straw to cling to.
A big downer for the players, the Danish Handball Federation and, not least, national coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen, who had described a ticket for the OLYMPICS qualification as the minimum size at the WORLD cup.
It was nothing, and the players will have to wait another four years to get to the OLYMPICS. It is hardly a wild guess that more of them are out of landsholdsbilledet to the time.
Klavs Bruun Jørgensen surprised otherwise by throwing Mia Rej check in startformationen. Two days after his slutrundedebut should playmakeren directing the Danish game in a crucial battle.
the Coach’s move, however, was not the hoped effect. Rej had no power in terminations, and her presence did not give the boost to Anne Mette Hansen, one so against the Netherlands.
Hansen toiled hard in attack, but the burned and burned and finally turned the l. back to the more tried and tested presentation with Lotte Grigel as spilfordeler.
the Serbs had prepared themselves well on the otherwise so strong Danish defense, which could not get hold of indspillene to the line, and Sandra Toft was difficult conditions in the target.
That Denmark is “only” trailing 11-14 at half-time was actually cheap released after several times to have been lagging behind with six goals.
Three targets were immediately to survey, and it was allowed to hope that the Serbian profiles as spruce Kristina Liscevic and stregkæmpen Dragana Cvijic would run flat, as the fight progressed.
the Defense also got a better grip after the break, and the danes got the contact, as Kathrine Heindahl equalized at 16-16 after ten minutes of play.
When it looked as if Denmark had conducted a forced itself taken over, but for inexplicable reasons the team lost the thread again.
As in recent matches was overtalsspillet entirely without touch, and the ball was unprovoked thrown out over the sidelines or in the arms of an opponent.
the Serbs came to the front with 20-18, while håndboldforbundets president, Per Bertelsen, walked nervously back and forth on the stage.
He could see the danes come back, and Trine Østergaard brought ten minutes before the time of the scoring to 21-20 his team in front for the first time since the battle’s first minutes.
the Danes knew that a draw would not be enough, and it gave a tremendously exciting conclusion against a Serbian team that also struggled the last OLYMPIC chance.
Denmark, led, 26-25, since the Serbian coach took timeout of 36 seconds before the time to put a final angrebsåbning in time.
Here equalized Liscevic, but there was still 20 seconds to the danes, and then it was Klavs Bruun Jørgensen’s turn to call the players together.
He replaced Sandra Toft with an extra fielder, but Anne Mette Hansen’s attempt hit the post, and so was the game out.
Denmark joins the WORLD championship as the number nine, and therefore need to see next summer’s OLYMPICS at home from the couch.
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