PARIS 2024 HANDBALL: Slovenia and Egypt secure 1/4 final!
Slovenia in Group A and Egypt in Group B secured placement at 1/4 final of the Olympic tournament with wins in the last matches of Day 4.
Led by fantastic Aleks Vlah, who scored 14 goals, Slovenia beat Japan 29:28 to secure place at TOP 8 and maybe even winning the Group in direct encounter with Germany on Sunday.
Japan : Slovenia 28:29 (15:15)
Japan Nakamura, Okamoto, Jasuhira 8 (4), Sakurai, Sugioka 1, Jošida 2, Baig 3, Tokuda, Watanabe 2, Motoki 4, Tamakawa 2, Jošino, Fudžisaka 6, Takano.
Slovenia: Ferlin, Lesjak, Blagotinšek 2, Henigman, Janc 2, Dolenec 3 (1), Cehte, Slatinek-Jovičić, Kodrin 1, Gaber 1, Zarabec 2, Bombač 4 (3), Novak, Vlah 14 (3).
Egpyt made dreams came true with a win over Norway 26:25 with fantastic goalkeeper Aly and 7 goals of Yahia Omar as TOP scorer.
A round before the end of Group stage, five teams qualified for knock-out stage (Germany, Slovenia, Denmark, Norway and Egypt).
