The Young Men’s Handball National Team defeated Cuba and went “16” in the World Cup

The Junior Men’s National Handball swept Cuba 42-46 at the “Melina Mercouri” of Rentis for the second matchday of the World Championship groups and mathematically took the qualification for the “16” of the competition after the victory over Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Now, next Friday’s game against Egypt is of particular importance, as both teams will carry their points to the next stage and a victory for the representative group can take them to the quarter-finals.

Giannis Vassiliou was named the MVP of the match, awarded by the president of OCHE, Costas Gantis.

Greece (Georgiadis): Babatzanidis (16 saves in 34 shots / 47%), Koukoulas 3, Panagiotou 1, Papagiannis 3, Diakoulias 2, Papazoglou 2, Nikolinais (2 saves in 6 shots / 33%), Kotsionis 3, Toskas 2, Alexandridis, Anastasiou 2, Vassiliou- Tsafos 8, Sina 6, Geroulanos 4, Payatis 4, Tzorginis 2

Cuba (Mitchell): Negrete, Hernandez 1, Vega, Azcuy 1, Claro, Mignet 1, Chiron, Gonzalez 1, Vasquez 7, Cordies 4, Alazalez, Mendes 6, Mora 1, Menendez, Rodon 4

Referees: A. Konicianin – D. Konicianin (Bosnia). Two minutes 4-5. Red: Gonzalez (27:00). Penalty: 3/5 – 1/1