The African Pearls defeated, this Sunday, South Korea (33-31), thus placing them among the sixteen best in the World Cup, which takes place in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
In the ninth to seventeenth place classifications of the twenty-sixth edition of the World Championship, which takes place in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, the National Senior Women’s Handball Team beat South Korea, 33-31, at the Trondheim Pavilion yesterday. Spektrum.
Vivaldo Eduardo’s men did not have to pull out all the stops to win the victory, as they conditioned the best Korean units.
This meant that the Angolan team went into half-time with a considerable advantage, that is, 20-15.
In the second half, the opponent entered determined, having scored sixteen goals, against 13 for the African Pearls.
However, pivot Albertina Kassoma was the most valuable athlete of the match (MVP) after scoring 11 goals, with Isabel Guialo scoring six. For her part, Ji-Young was the athlete who stood out for South Korea with seven goals.
This time, the Angolan team improved on the twenty-fifth place achieved in the last edition, placing it among the 16 best teams in the world event.
In this edition, the national team achieved two victories and recorded three defeats. The Angolans, who competed in group D, lost the first match against France, 30-29.
In the second round, Angola faltered again, thanks to the defeat against Slovenia, by 30-24.
In the «Main Round», that is, in the second phase of the competition, the Angolan team lost to Norway by a significant margin (37-19).
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