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2021 IHF Men’s Handball World Championships Daily Preview (25 Jan 2021): Streaming Links, Odds and Predictions)

John Ryan
Today’s Matches on ESPN+ in the U.S

All times are Egypt Local (CET is 1 hr behind; US ET is 7 hrs behind)
Odds courtesy of Bet MGM

If you want to watch the matches that aren’t available on ESPN+ check this article for how to watch geo-blocked matches on YouTube: Link

Main Round Group I

Standings Prior to Matches on 25 January

Group I’s QF qualifiers have already been determined and the match between Hungary and Spain will simply determine who will be 1st and 2nd. If Spain wins they’ll take 1st. If Hungary wins or the match is a draw Hungary will take first. In terms of either nation perhaps “picking” who they will play in the quarterfinals the winner will get Norway and the loser will get France. Both top teams, but France (for the moment) looks like they would be a tougher opponent.

Main Round Group II

Standings Prior to Matches on 25 January

Japan and Bahrain will play for 5th place and then the real interesting matches start. Argentina, Qatar and Croatia all have chances of taking 2nd place in the Group and joining Denmark in the Quarterfinals.

See below for the different scenarios that will play out.

The chart depicts the final standings for the group based on the amount of points each team will have accumulated with 2 points for each win, 1 point for each draw and 0 points for a loss. Green indicates a team will qualify for the Quarterfinals, and red indicates the team will finish in 3rd or 4th place.

What Each Team Needs to do to Qualify for the Quarterfinals

With the exception of one scenario (explained below) here’s what each team needs to do on Monday to qualify for the Quarterfinals.

Group 2 Scenario Details: Link

The one scenario that’s a little complicated is the tied point standings that will result if Qatar beats Argentina and then Denmark and Croatia draw (depicted in yellow above). This will result in a 3 way tie between Argentina, Qatar and Croatia all level on 6 points.

The 3 results from their head to head matches are

Each team will have 2 points, so the next tie breaker is head to head Goad Differential (GD). Croatia is locked in at -2, while Argentina starts at +4 and Qatar starts at -2. The chart below depicts how that GD will change based on Qatar’s margin of victory vs Argentina.

As depicted Croatia has no chance of finishing 1st in this scenario. If Qatar wins by 1 or 2 goals, Argentina will finish 1st in this 3 way tie. If Qatar wins by 4 or more, Qatar will finish first.

If Qatar wins by 3 goals exactly both Qatar and Argentina will have a GD of +1 and the next tiebreaker is Goals For (GF) in head to matches. Should this occur Qatar will advance because they are already ahead on GF 24 to 23 and having won the match whatever is scored they will have increased that lead by 3 goals.

President’s Cup Group I

Due to Cape Verde’s withdrawal this President’s Cup group will have a forfeit the rest of the way.

Betting Predictions

For this tournament we’ve doing some betting predictions using an imaginary starting bankroll of a 1,000 Euros. Joining me will be, Sharp Action, a former professional handball player from France.

Odds are either from the Bet MGM or the Bet Rivers online sportsbooks.

John’s Pick(s):

Sharp Action’s Pick(s):

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