This will be the last time that coach Jan Pytlick leads his team to a Championship - or any other match for that matter, since he has decided to end his career after Skt. Petersburg. Who will be the next man in the job, we still don't know. Unfortunately it is not very likely that it becomes a woman - the only candidate Anja Andersen is not very interested in dealing with the official bureaucracy which the team must answer to. We also have to say goodbye to prominent players Mette Vestergaard, Ditte Andersen and Rikke Hørlykke.

Again, you will have to get used to new young players - I have said this sentence too many times before. The performance is therefore not always of the highest quality as the old ones can't work wonders on their own.

The nasty defeat to Austria is one of the team's worst experiences. Pytlick was so angry, that on the way home to the hotel, he stopped the bus and threw the taped match into a river. To be forgotten.

Group A: Japan, Russia, Nederlands, China, Croatia, Uruguay

Group B: Norway, Hungary, Slovenia, Angola, Korea, Australia

Group C: Denmark, Poland, Austria, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Germany

Group D: France, Ukraine, Romania, Macedonia, Argentina, Cameroon

The teams who go on from the preliminary games:
Russia in group A and Rumania in group D go on after winning all matches, and both Hungary in group B and Denmark in group C go on with maximum points even with lost matches..

In group one The Nederlands and Korea have two points and Croatia and Norway have zero but go on anyway..

In group two Denmark and Rumania have four points, Germany and Ukraine two and Brazil plus France start out with zero..

The team: Ditte Andersen, Mette Sj�berg, Rikke Nielsen, Mette Vestergaard, Louise Mortensen, Rikke H�rlykke, Lene Lund Nielsen, Karin Mortensen, Lise Knudsen, Katrine Fruelund, Lene Thomsen, Rikke Schmidt, Karen Br�dsgaard, Josephine Touray, Kristina Bille Hansen, Jane Wangs�e

What do they look like? Have a look at the Danish Handball Federation's site: http://www.dhf.dk/composite-784.htm

Denmark - Brazil: 31-22 (12-13)

Ivory Coast - Denmark 21-42

Denmark - Germany: 27 - 26

Austria - Denmark: 42 - 35

Denmark - Poland: 33 -28

12. December

2. phase:

No 1-3 in group A meets no. 1-3 in group B
No.1-3 i group C meets no. 1-3 in group D

Denmark - Hungary: 28 - 28

Denmark - France: 22-19
Ukraine- Brazil: 32-33
Rumania - Germany 37-26
South Korea - Croatia 38-34
Hungary - Nederlands 37-30
Norway - Russia 22-26

Medals:
Gold: Russia
Silver: Romania
Bronze: Hungary
Fourth: Denmark

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