(France-Sweden 31–26) He was named the world’s best handball coach before the game. But the WC semi-final ended with a loss to Glenn Solberg and Sweden. France will face Denmark in Sunday’s final.

Denmark has won the last two WC golds and could become the first nation with three in a row after 26-23 over Spain in the second semi-final. Now there will be a giant championship meeting against France, who won WC gold in 2017 and 2015.

– Swedes’ nightmare in WC semi-finals, reports Aftonbladet.

– France is the best, Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Palicka told Viaplay.

– What a fantastic win, said the French star Dika Mem.

After World Cup silver, 5th place at the Olympics and European Championship gold, it will be the bronze final for Sweden’s Glenn Solberg on Sunday. Meanwhile, Norway will fight for 5th place against Germany.

Handball Planet is behind the Norwegian’s selection. A combination of votes from fans and an expert jury named Glenn Solberg the world’s best coach.

– There is no doubt about it, writes Handball Planet, which puts Solberg ahead of the club’s coaches Antonio Ortega (Barcelona) and Talant Dujsjebajev (Kielce). Previously at WC, Eric Johansson was voted the world’s best young player, while Jim Gottfridsson was awarded the world’s best handball player.

But the Swedish army commander sat with his hands in a barrel in the stands among the 19,000 spectators in Stockholm. A fracture to his left hand kept Gottfridsson out of the WC final.

Sweden didn’t get off to the best of starts without their biggest star.

– They struggled in attack without Gottfridsson, announced Viasat expert Joachim Boldsen during the break.

France led 16–12. Last year’s Elverum player Eric Johansson – now Kiel – scored three goals. But Sweden struggled to get the ball into the net. French keeper Vincent Gerrard ended up with more saves than Swedish super keeper Palicka.

French is more efficient. Sweden did not get striker Ludovic Fabregas (six goals) and playmaker Nedim Remili (4 goals). Kentin Mahe scored all four penalties plus a field goal. Dika Mem was also in trouble after getting injured early in WC. The world’s best left arm scored a total of five goals.

– This is good. We played for a lot of good chances, Glenn Solberg announced to the players at half-time before half-time and believed that Sweden would make the most effort in the last 10 minutes of the game.

After the match, he came under fire from Viasat pundits for his slight substitutions in central defense and for the break in the second half.

Gottfridsson’s substitute Felix Claar struggled before half-time but scored Sweden’s first goal after the interval. But the French immediately responded with fantastic broadsides. Hosted by Remili and posted by Mem.

Claar shot goalkeeper Gerrard in the head and was sent off. Then Dika Mem attacked again. France leads by five goals. Legend Nikola Karabatic sits on the bench with a foot injury.

10 minutes from the end, France still leads with three goals.

Glenn Solbergs was untrue in his claims about the end of the game. French is the best. Meanwhile, Sweden’s Jonathan Carlsbogard was sent off shortly after for being treated harshly by Elohim Prandi.