An amazingly thrilling final saw the Danish national team claim the
Men's Youth World Championship title. Croatia managed to catch up from
seven goals behind in the final stage of the match to reduce the margin
to one single goal. With 20 seconds to go, they even had the chance to
equalise but finally had to give in 26:27 to leave the title to the
Danish side. The crowd at the nearly complete Manama hall felt all
ecstatic about the great performances of both youth teams. Danish
Casper Ulrich Mortensen with 9 goals to his credit became the match
winner. Manuel Strlek and Hrvoje Tojcic scoring 7 goals each made the
Croatian side shining.
Favourites Sweden overcame Argentina 34:27 (15:11) in the match for the bronze.
All
parties involved attending the victory ceremony and the closing
ceremony in presence of Sheik Fawaz were really delighted with the II
Men's Youth WCh in Bahrain.
The following players earned a
nomination to the tournament's All-Star Team: Niklas Landin Jacobsen
(DEN), Manuel Strelek (CRO), Jensen Rasmus (DEN), K. Abdel Rehim Zeidan
A. (EGY) Shin Seung-Li (KOR), Duvnjak Domagoj(CRO), Federico Vieyra
(ARG)
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