The France Women's national Handball team won the IHF World Women's Handball Championship 2017 as they defeated Norway 23:21 in Hamburger Arena Germany.
Coach Olivier Krumbholz offers the Bleues the second title in their history of France Women's national Handball team. in the 23rd IHF Women’s World Championship final. The victory for the women’s team comes after the men’s side beat Norway in the France 2017 trophy match in Paris in January. For the France women’s team, it is the third top-three finish at a major international tournament in 18 months, after they claimed their first Olympic medal (silver) in Rio de Janeiro last August, then bronze at the EHF EURO 2016 one year ago. The Women’s World Championship trophy is the second in France’s history, ending a 14-year wait after the first in 2003 won against Hungary.
After the defending World Champions Norway made their way to the final with decisive wins in all their knock-out matches, including victories over 2016 Olympic champions Russia and 2015 runners-up The Netherlands, they appeared the heavy favourites ahead of Sunday’s encounter. Even France coach Olivier Krumbholz said the triple world champion Norway were the clear favourites for the title, but his team proved that defence is the key to winning matches as they kept the Scandinavian team’s lightning-quick attack under control through to the final seconds on Sunday evening in a sold-out Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg,Germany.
The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal.
The Netherlands defeat Sweden to take the 23rd IHF Women’s World Championship bronze medal by winning 21:24, two years after they stood on the podium for the first time ever.
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