Hassan Moustafa, president of the International (IHF), in his assessment of the Championship did not hesitate to highlight “The Spanish organization of a World Cup in difficult moments”, that for the Spanish Federation the cotton test has turned out, because the original idea was a Championship with 24 teams, which became 32 after having succeeded in getting their candidacy going. And then, fight with the pandemic, with 17 positives among the almost 7,000 tests that have been done, “with good evolution of all of them,” explains doctor Juanjo Muñoz, responsible for the part of health security during the World Cup.
“We have carried out a championship with fans, the first to be done in this way with the pandemic still active,” commented Paco Blázquez, president of Hispaniola, who congratulated himself on the response that had been given in the four venues, Torrevieja , Granollers, Lliria and Castellón
Regarding the outstanding individual, the Norwegian pivot Brattset was chosen the best player, and Therefore, it is not included in the ideal seven, perhaps so that there is a distribution of prizes among the finalists, because Norway’s two full-backs also stand out, Mork and Reistad, with three French women: center back Zaadi, pivot Poppa and left winger Lassource. At the other end, on the right, Carmen Martín, captain of the Warriors, with the Danish Toft in goal.
What’s more, the numbers of this Championship ratify and assure that the IHF “will maintain the World Cups with 32 teams for the next dates”, and Hassan does not hesitate to emphasize that it is a good and democratic system that helps to popularize handball in the world., and ensures that no longer only European teams are qualified to participate. The final balance that was made of the arbitration was before the two games on Sunday, which will undoubtedly lower the congratulations of the IHF.