The women's handball society is preparing for the for the 25th World Championships in Spain in december, which will feature 32 teams for the first time. In the past few days, the players of Győri Audi ETO KC have been taking part in preparation matches with their national teams across Europe. Summary.
The Hungarian women's handball team played two preparation matches against Olympic champion France in Paris. In the first match, on 26 November, Lukács' team was defeated by five goals, to 33 - 28. In the return match on Sunday, November 28th, the Hungarian team led for a long time - thanks to a great first half - but finally lost by one goal (29 - 28) to Estelle Nze Minko's team, who played on home soil.
Sweden with Linn Blohm played two matches against Montenegro. Sweden won 38 - 24, both in the match and the rematch.
Denmark played against Ukraine in the preparation period. Anne Mette Hansen won the first game to 35 - 18 and the second game to 35 - 20.
The Netherlands, Norway, South Korea and Russia met in the Intersport Cup. Oftedal's team defeated the Netherlands to 36 - 21 in the first match, then won by twelve goals against South Korea (35 - 23) but in the last match they lost by one goal against Russia (29 - 28).
South Korea, who fielded Ryu Eun Hee, were beaten by ten goals, to 34 - 24 by Russia and by 16 goals, to 41 - 25 by the Netherlands, in addition to the aforementioned defeat to Norway.
The 25th Women's Handball World Cup kicks off on Wednesday, December 1, with Spain vs Argentina at 20:30.
