The national handball team also lost to Serbia, they will play for positions 9-16

The National Youth Handball team experienced yet another defeat in U21 World Championship.

THE Hellas lost to the Serbia with a score of 34-23 in the last game of the B phase, it stayed in the fourth place of its group and said goodbye to the continuation of the competition.

The Youth National Team needed a “miracle” anyway, since they wanted it victory by 7 goals difference to qualify, against the Serbs who also wanted a positive result to advance to the quarterfinals. Now, for Greece, there are matches with the Sweden on Wednesday and with the Bahrain on Thursday at Rentis indoor, with the aim of winning the ninth place in the event.

Serbia (Teodorovic): Papovic 1, Simic, Kos 5, Stanisavlijevic 5, B. Zabrillo 1, Antonijevic, Dodic 8, Smigic 4, B. Zabrillo 1, Sigian 3, Damianovic 1, Rogan 2, Zecevic 3, Predovic 1, Krivokapic (12/32 saves – 38%), Zekic (3/6 saves -50%).

Greece (Georgiadis): Babatzanidis (5/27 saves 19%), Koukoulas 1, Panagiotou 1, Papagiannis 4, Diakoulias, Papazoglou, Nikolinais (1/13 saves – 8%), Kotsionis 2, Toskas 2, Alexandridis, Anastasiou 3, Vassiliou – Tsafos 4, Sina 3, Geroulanos, Payatis 2, Tzorginis 1.

Referees: K. Hanes – D. Hanes (Germany). Two minutes: 1-5. Penalty: 5/5 – 2/3.