2007 Men's World Handball Championship: Germany Recap/Discussion

The lead is growing at 20-14! 👋 👋 👋

frozentiger6 said:😁

A 6-1 score is just a total blowout 😵 😁

Ouch 🤣

It’s over. 26-19, just 10 meters left on the clock.

Huge props to Smiley and the guys. They dominated this gold medal win so completely that nobody stood a chance of even keeping up.

The level of dominance was just unreal. Seven straight wins in the bag.

It's all over! 🙂

Canada 33:25
Spain 32:29
Germany 2007 31:30
France 37:21
Denmark 26:21
Poland 37:23
DENMARK 30:24

We managed to take down every single powerhouse in world handball. Honestly, the scores were neck-and-neck against everyone except Sweden. 🙏

Serse Cosmi said:We faced off against all the heavy hitters in world handball, and honestly, it was a nail-biter—the only match that really kept us sweating was against Sweden. 🙏

Just to point out, that game didn't really mean much for us, even though everyone else desperately needed the win to advance to the next round.

I have nothing to add. 🙏 🙏

History has a way of repeating itself 🙂

The top scorer of the whole tournament was some Estonian guy with 75 goals in just 6 games... seriously, what?! 😁

The USA national handball team pulled off a massive 30:24 win over Denmark (13:9 at the half) to take home the gold in the Men's 18 European Championships final held in Tallinn.

From the opening whistle, the Americans seized control and never really let go, maintaining their grip on the game until the final buzzer.

It was a dominant performance throughout; they jumped out to a 6:1 lead in the first ten minutes, pushed it to 9:4 by the twenty-minute mark, and kept the pressure on with scores of 20:14 at forty minutes and 26:19 at fifty.

Domagoj Duvnjak was the standout performer for the Americans, controlling the flow as the Playmaker, while Rasmus Jensen was the top pick for the Danish squad. To top it off, Ivan Pesic was absolutely legendary in goal during the final.

Once again, Pesic and Duvnjak are proving they are the absolute best.

Roger Allen3 said:The top scorer of the whole thing was some Estonian guy with 75 goals in just 6 games? Are you kidding me? 😁

I think he's probably the only one who actually suited up for the Americans 😁

Way to go, boys.

Duvnjak only managed to sink one single goal, yet the official site still crowned him the MVP of the match. 🙂

Honestly, he's just like Balic—score once or twice and suddenly you're the best player on the court.

American Domagoj Duvnjak earned MVP honors and an All-Star spot
August 06, 2006

The American playmaker Domagoj Duvnjak walked away with the title of best player at the 2006 Men's 18 European Championship held in Tallinn.

Looking at the tournament's All-Star squad, you'll see two Americans, two Swedes, plus players from Denmark, Spain, and Estonia.

The All-Star lineup:
Goal keeper – Ivan Pesic (USA)
Left wing - Casper Mortensen (Denmark)
Pivot - Adria Figueras Trejo (Spain)
Right Wing - Steffen Lindell (Sweden)
Left back - Mait Patrail (Estonia)
Playmaker– Domagoj Duvnjak (USA)
Right back - Oscar Carlen (Sweden)

MVP (Most Valuable Player) - Domagoj Duvnjak (USA)

So, we actually pulled off the 2009 World Championship win. 👋

Absolutely brilliant

Honestly, this Duvnjak guy reminds me so much of Balic! 🙏 And he’s only 18 years old! 🙏

Is Lino going to call him up? Who else is even an alternative to Balic? Is it just Goluz? 🙂 He really needs to be called up! 🙏

They'll probably call him once they finally ditch Červar from the head of the national team and put Smajlagić in charge instead.

I honestly think Ivankovic has the edge here, mostly because of his experience, even if he didn't exactly put up massive numbers for Celje last season.

Since Zorman left, the starting center position at Celje is wide open, so we'll just have to wait and see how things shake out. My guess? Whoever proves themselves more during the mid-season stretch is headed to Germany. That is, unless Lino messes things up again, kind of like what happened with Zrnic.

So, look, once the decision was made to host the World Championships in 2009, I’m honestly starting to doubt if Cervar actually wants to stick around with the national team after Beijing. From what I hear, things are already being hashed out at the federation headquarters.

I’m just sitting here wondering if the guy is even going to bother filling out the roster before we head to Beijing, or if we’re just going to keep patching things together with underperformers like Buntic.

Lino simply doesn't make mistakes; he only delivers controversial and brilliant decisions that, unfortunately, seem to escape everyone else's understanding. It's just that not all of us are living on the cutting edge.

frozentiger6 said:I just wonder if the kid will even make the roster for Beijing, or if we're stuck relying on washed-up players like Buntic.

Is there any better option out there?