Despite mega lead
ÖHB men lose World Championship dress rehearsal against Japan
Austria's men's national handball team did not deliver a successful dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Championship. The ÖHB selection conceded a 27:28 (15:14) defeat against Japan at the end of the four-nation tournament in Plock on Friday.
Earlier in the event, they had lost 19:31 to hosts Poland and 32:30 to Tunisia. The first World Championship match will be against Kuwait next Tuesday in Porec.
Against Japan, the Austrians, without their injured captain Mykola Bilyk, who is also out for the World Cup, made a number of technical errors right from the start. Nevertheless, they had the Asians largely under control for a long time and led by five goals midway through the second half. But then the sloppiness set in and Japan came back into the game, taking the lead for the first time in the 58th minute. Tobias Wagner scored with around 20 seconds remaining to make it 27:27, but the Japanese managed to score the winning goal with the final buzzer.
Team boss Pajovic lamented too many mistakes
Ales Pajovic did not want to be too harsh on his team despite the defeat. "I'm satisfied with the first 45 minutes. We had the game under control until then. The defense worked well, Japan didn't have many chances in the positional attack. But our mistakes ruined us," explained the team boss. A total of 16 mistakes were too many. "We have to play 60 minutes with concentration at the World Cup. We had our ups and downs in the tournament and learned a lot. First of all, we have to get the mistakes under control in the coming days, then step on the gas for 60 minutes and win."
The ÖHB men will now travel to Croatia for the World Cup, where they will face Qatar (January 16) and France (January 18) after the game against Kuwait in Porec.
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