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Message: [QUOTE="S93, post: 1641416, member: 33532"] The 2011 handball WC is starting this week in Sweden. Great opportunity for betting and obvs to watch seeing as its one of the best sports in the world imo. Top 3 from the last 3 major tournaments. 2008 Olympics: [B]1.France 2.Iceland 3.Spain[/B] 2009 World Championship [B]1.France 2.Croatia 3.Poland [/B] 2010 European Championship. [B]1.France 2.Croatia 3.Iceland[/B] The groups: [B]Bahrain Egypt France Germany Spain Tunisia Austria[/B] [B] Brazil Hungary Iceland Japan Norway Algeria[/B] [B] Australia Croatia Denmark Romania Serbia Argentina[/B] [B] Chile South Korea Poland Slovakia Sweden [/B] France are clearly the favorites as the raining World,Euro and Olympic champions. Might be smart to bet on them to draw there first game as they are usually slow starters. They are 2,1-1 to win the whole thing. Other teams capable of winning it/going far: Croatia,Iceland,Poland,Sweden,Denmark,Spain and Germany. Croatia,Iceland,Spain and Poland have been the only ones in recent years to threaten France´s dominance. Croatia always look strong but have had some issues with there coach recently. Iceland have looked good in pre-games(beat Germany by 4 earlier tonight). Poland has a aging squad and it might be there last shot at a big trophy with there current players. Spain also has a aging squad. Denmark,Germany and Sweden are all traditional power houses in handball and all 3 teams are currently renewing a lot of players and young players replacing the older ones. All 3 could go far imo. Sweden also has the bonus of being at home. Egypt,Tunisia and South Korea are the only non Euro teams capable of making it to the second stage but seeing as Egypt and Tunisia are in the "death" group they dont look like advancing, that leaves SK as the only shot for the rest of the world imo. But to be fair Argentina and Brazil have improved a lot lately and finally got some players playing in the big Euro leagues(German and Spanish). Some friendly results: [B]Sweden : Tunisia 24 :19 Denmark: Brazil 38: 29 Argentina-Brazil 21-18 [B]Slovakia v Algeria 25-23[/B][/B] [B]Tunisia : Serbia 34:30 Tunisia : Serbia 26:24 Germany:Sweden 28-23[/B] [B]Norway : Sweden 30 : 37 Norway : Brazil: 31-32 Hungary-CZE: 31-24[/B] [B]Poland-Slovakia: 32-24 Iceland-Germany 27-23[/B] My prediction for the WC. France (But I really hope Iceland can finally beat them) Iceland Croatia Sweden Germany Poland Denmark Spain [/QUOTE]

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