The script of the duels against Norway and Sweden repeated on Sunday (26): for the first time in its history, Brazil defeated Spain in an official match of men’s handball. In this case, the 26 to 25 win was fifth in six games in the 2025 World Cup, played in Norway, Croatia and Denmark. With the result, combined with Portugal’s victory over Chile 46 to 28 in the other duel of group 3 of the second phase, the Brazilian team advanced in second place and will face another meeting with a European giant in the quarterfinals: in Wednesday (29), faces Denmark, from 13:30 from Brasilia. The Danes, in addition to hosts of the competition, won the last three worlds, as well as Olympic gold in Paris.
This Sunday, Brazil led the confrontation against the Spaniards practically all the time in Oslo. Spain was only soon ahead by a goal at the beginning of the second half (16 to 15), but the national team led by coach Marcus Tatá soon resumed the tip, without, however, being able to open comfortable advantage. The game was literally decided in the last play. With only a few seconds left, the Spaniard Barrufet hurled out and determined the defeat of his team. The arbitration still founded, but found that the contact with the Brazilian goalkeeper was after the throw. Bryan, with 5 goals, was the scorer of the night to Brazil.
Broken taboo! 🇧🇷💪
The men’s handball team won an unprecedented victory against Spain by 26 to 25, reaching five wins in six games in the World Cup.
Now our warriors face Denmark in the quarterfinals. Up, Brazil! 🇧🇷🔥#Timebrasil pic.twitter.com/yiexvcu1x
– Team Brazil (@timebrasil) January 26, 2025
The Brazilian campaign is already historic independent of the result against Denmark, which comes in a sequence of 35 matches without defeat. The men’s team had never advanced to the quarterfinals, having the best result in a World Cup in the 2019 edition. Among women, Brazil has a world title, won in 2013.
