Mate Lekai’s buzzer beater shocks the Germans!

Posted on 19. January 2021.

The Hungarian NT won the last group phase game against Germany thanks to Mate Lekai’s late goal, three seconds before the end – 29:28 (15:14). It was a huge win for Hungary because they will start the main round with four points, while the Germans stayed with two points won against Uruguay.

Poland and Denmark celebrated easy wins against Brazil and Argentina.

Germany – Hungary 28-29 (14-15)

Germany: Marcel Schiller 7, Philipp Weber 5, Julius Kuhn 3, Kai Hafner 3, Paul Drux 3, Timo Kastening 2, Fabian Bohm 2, Patrick Groetzki 1, Johannes Golla 1, Uwe Gensheimer 1.

Hungary: Bence Banhidi 8, Dominik Mathe 8, Mate Lekai 4, Zoltan Szita 3, Gabor Ancsin 2, Richard Bodo 2, Miklos Rosta 1, Zsolt Balogh 1.

Brazil – Poland 23-33 (11-13)

Brazil: Haniel Langaro 4, Gustavo Rodrigues 3, Jose Toledo 3, Fabio Chiuffa 3, Rogerio Moraes 2, Guilherme Torriani 2, Jose Luciano 2, Vinicius Teixeira 2, Arthur Patrianova 1, Henrique Teixeira 1.

Poland: Arkadiusz Moryto 6, Szymon Sicko 6, Maciej Gebala 5, Maciej Majdzinski 4, Michal Olejniczak 2, Przemyslaw Krajewski 2, Patryk Walczak 2, Tomasz Gebala 2, Dawid Dawydzik 1, Rafal Przybylski 1, Michal Dasuwara 1, Jan Casz 1.

Denmark – Argentina 31-20 (15-10)

Denmark: Mikkel Hansen 7, Magnus Bramming 5, Mathias Gidsel 5, Magnus Saugstrup Jensen 3, Mads Mensah Larsen 3, Magnus Landin Jacobsen 2, Lasse B. Andersson 1, Johan P. Hansen 1, Morten Toft Olsen 1, Simon Hald Jensen 1 , Lasse J. Svan 1, Niklas Landin Jacobsen 1.

Argentina: Pedro Martinez 6, Lucas Dario Moscariello 3, Federico Gaston Fernandez 2, Ramiro Martinez 2, Ignacio Pizarro 1, Manuel Crivelli 1, Guillermo Jose Fischer 1, Nicolas Bonanno 1, Gonzalo Matias Carou 1, Santiago Alejo 1, Pablo Ariel Simonet 1 .