Denmark claim bronze

ByEurosport

Published 04/02/2007 at 15:14 GMT

Denmark embarrassed European champions France 34-27 to win the world championship bronze medal and book a ticket to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

HANDBALL 2007 World Champs 2007 France-Denmark

Image credit: dpa

The 1995 and 2001 world champions France are denied a direct qualification to the 2008 Games awarded to the tournament's top three teams.

Denmark dominated throughout, putting up 21 goals in the first half alone.

Danish goalkeeper Kasper Hvidt proved as solid as a wall as French star Nikola Karabatic could only manage five goals.

06/02/2007 at 09:22

Michael Giugiu led France with six, while Lars Christiansen led all scorers with nine.

The bronze was Denmark's second-ever medal after finishing second at the 1967 worlds.

04/02/2007 at 17:01

04/02/2007 at 10:10

02/02/2007 at 15:31

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