This Wednesday, with the presentation of Poland, at home against six-times world champions France, the 27th edition of the Handball World Cup 2023 from Poland and Sweden.
And there will be the Argentina national team Of William Milan. After the victory in the friendly against Bahrain and the defeats against Romania and Spain, the albiceleste is preparing for the the World Cup debut on Friday at 14:00 against the Netherlands.
Colonnade behind the figure of diego simonet, to which are added other stories of the one selected as Pablo Simonet, Frederick Pisarro, Paul Vaistein and the archer Leonel Maciel, Together with the youngsters aiming to be the names of the substitute, the Gladiators have set themselves the goal of surpassing their best historical result, the eleventh place obtained two years ago in Egypt 2021.
Together with the albiceleste, which will split Group F with Norway, North Macedonia and the Netherlands, 31 other teams will fight for the top goal of the year that has just begun, to be played in Sweden and Poland.
According to major sports betting houses, the best candidate to win the title is Denmark, winner in the last two editions. Then, in second place are France, winners of four of the previous five World Cups, alongside Sweden and behind Spain and Iceland.
Argentina, far behind, is in twentieth place among the best candidates to conquer the jackpot, which confirms that ambitions are set to overcome the first instance and dream of qualifying for the quarterfinals.
The format of the competition
Divided into eight zones of four teams each, the top three will qualify for the next instance, relegating the bottom-placed to play each other for places 25 to 32.
The 24 classified, for their part, will group into four groups of six with the top two advancing to the quarter-finals, first knockout stage before the semi-finals and the grand final.
At the Tauron Arena in Krakow, in addition to Argentina’s matches, group A (Spain, Montenegro, Chile and Iran) will also be played, while group B (France, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Slovenia) and group E (Germany, Qatar, Serbia and Algeria) will go to Spodek in Katowice, both locations in Poland.
Then, the other four will take place in Sweden: D will be played in Kristianstad (Iceland, Portugal, Hungary and South Korea), C will be played in the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg (Sweden, Brazil, Cape Verde and Uruguay), in the Husqvarna Garden of Jönköpong the G (Egypt, Croatia, Morocco and the United States) and in Malmö the H (Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain and Tunisia).
The four groups of six will take turns in Kraków, Gothenburg, Katowice and Malmö respectively, while the knockout matches will go to the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland.
Handball World Cup 2023 groups
- A: Spain, Montenegro, Chile and Iran.
- B: France, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Slovenia.
- C: Sweden, Brazil, Cape Verde and Uruguay.
- Q: Iceland, Portugal, Hungary and South Korea.
- E: Germany, Qatar, Serbia and Algeria.
- F: Argentina, Norway, North Macedonia and the Netherlands.
- G: Egypt, Croatia, Morocco and the United States.
- H: (Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain and Tunisia).
The Argentine team
archers: Leonel Maciel (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal) and Juan Bar (Anaitasuna, Spain).
Lateral: Federico Pizarro (Cuenca, Spain), Nicolás Bonanno (Anaitasuna, Spain), James Parker (Zamalek, Egypt), Pablo Vainstein (BM Benidorm, Spain), Lucas Aizen (Cangas, Spain), Santiago Barceló (BM Benidorm, Spain) and Fabrizio Casanova (Torrelavega, Spain).
power plants: Diego Simonet (Montpellier, France), Pablo Simonet (Cuenca, Spain) and Pedro Martínez Camí (Ward College, Argentina).
Extreme: Ignacio Pizarro (Cuenca, Spain), Ramiro Martínez (BM Benidorm, Spain), Facundo Cangiani (Torrelavega, Spain) and Francisco Lombardi (Guadalajara, Spain).
Pin: Lucas Moscariello (Montpellier, France), Gonzalo Carró Castro (Nava, Spain) and Franco Gavidia (TSV 1899 Blaustein, Germany).
Day and time of Argentina matches
- Friday 13/01, 2.00 pm: Argentina versus Holland.
- Sunday 15/01, 2.00 pm: Argentina versus Norway.
- Tuesday 17/01, 4.30pm: Argentina versus North Macedonia.
Data highlighting Argentina
In view of the next World Cup, the International Handball Federation (IHF) has announced the 25 pairs of referees chosen for this prestigious championship and there is a particularity that places Argentina in a privileged position, since it isIt is one of two countries, along with Germany, that will be represented by two pairs of referees.
On one side, Julian Grillo and Sebastian Lenci will repeat their presence in Egypt 2021, while Maria Paolantoni and Mariana Garcia They continue to make history, after becoming the first female couple to participate in the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games and now being selected for the World Cup.
Source: Clarin
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