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Gizeh (dpa) - Record champion France started with a respectable success in the world championship in Egypt.
In the first top game of the tournament, the French prevailed in Giza with 28:24 (13:13) against runner-up world champions Norway.
The most successful thrower in France was former Bundesliga professional Kentin Mahé with nine goals.
On the other hand, ten goals by Kiel superstar Sander Sagosen did not help the Norwegians to victory.
Like the French, one of the favorites, Sweden, came into the tournament successfully and won against North Macedonia with 32:20 (16:11).
The outstanding Swede was Hampus Wanne from SG Flensburg-Handewitt with eleven goals.
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Before that, Switzerland had already achieved the greatest success of the day.
The Confederates, who had landed in Egypt only a few hours earlier, prevailed against Austria with 28:25 (13:13).
The best thrower in Switzerland with seven hits was playmaker Andy Schmid from Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
For the Austrians, Robert Weber from HSG Nordhorn-Lingen was also the most successful with seven goals.
The Swiss who moved up for the USA landed in Egypt on Thursday afternoon and were then brought directly from the tarmac to the hall by bus.
They only found out about their participation in the World Cup on Tuesday evening.
At the German World Cup preliminary round opponent Cape Verde, players tested positive for the corona virus again after arriving in Egypt.
Four actors had a positive test, as the world association IHF announced.
Before that, the Africans had traveled to the World Cup despite several corona cases, but the team did not initially move to the general team hotel in Giza, even at the insistence of the German delegation.
It was initially unclear whether the positive tests had an impact on Cape Verde's participation in the World Cup or on the game against Germany planned for Sunday.
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In total, the IHF reported nine positive cases shortly after the tournament started in Egypt.
A Brazilian international, two Slovenian players, a Portuguese journalist and a member of the US delegation also tested positive.
In addition, there were some positive cases among hotel staff and the organizing committee, it said.
All people were immediately isolated.
Observe the situation and continuously work on improvements.
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