The first half of the World Cup final was even between Sweden and Denmark.
But in others the Danes were sharper.
It was a Danish victory with 26-24.
There were gloomy faces in the Swedish team afterwards.
- It's heavy, of course.
Extremely heavy, you want to win every handball match you play.
We had the chance today, it was not far away.
It was a couple of individual efforts that decided the match for Denmark, says Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Palicka to TV6.
- Someday you will look at the silver medal and feel proud of what we have achieved.
Right now it's hard, but there will come a day.
"The right to be disappointed"
He pays tribute to the Danish goalkeeper Niklas Landin.
- Landin was good today.
But for us to counter, we must win in the goal.
I do not have many saves at the beginning of the second half.
It took a while before we got hold of them, says Palicka.
- We have lost a World Cup final.
You have an absolute right to be disappointed, otherwise something is wrong.
One fine day we will look at the silver medal and understand what we have accomplished.