After the successful Olympic dress rehearsal, the German handball players were bid farewell to the medal mission to Tokyo with applause on an emotional lap of honor.

With a convincing 29:27 (12:10) against the World Cup quarter-finalists Egypt on Sunday, the German selection passed the last test before the summer games and won the three-country tournament in Nuremberg at the same time.

“That gives the team confidence.

It looks pretty good, ”said national coach Alfred Gislason.

In front of 768 spectators, Philipp Weber was the best thrower for the DHB team with five goals, which offered a convincing performance especially in the second half and seems to be largely equipped for the Olympics. "I am happy. The goalkeepers showed a very good performance, the defense is already very good, and in attack we played more disciplined and much more fluently after initial difficulties, ”said Gislason. And captain Uwe Gensheimer said: "We have implemented many things well."

After the successful test, the German selection will remain in their preparation camp in Herzogenaurach for two days before they will fly to Japan on Wednesday evening with a lot of tailwind.

In a one-week training camp in Tokushima, the final touches for the Olympic tournament, which will begin for the German team on July 24th with the bang against European champions Spain, will be fine-tuned.

Other opponents in the preliminary round are record world champions France, the third place in the European Championship, Norway, Argentina and Brazil.

"We are a good group and can play a good role," said playmaker Weber about the prospects.

Left winger Marcel Schiller said: "After the two victories we will of course go into the tournament with a better feeling."

There was a convincing 36:26 victory against Brazil at the start of the three-country tournament on Friday evening.

However, the Gislason team was initially unable to build on the strong performance.

After a wild start phase with several mistakes on both sides and constantly changing leadership, the North Africans first got structure in their game and after a quarter of an hour gained a three-goal cushion at 8: 5.

That worked like a wake-up call for the German team, which now tackled the defense more energetically and quickly equalized with a 3-0 run.

Overall, the error rate in the attack remained too high.

Only twelve hits in the first half were numerical evidence of the German weakness in offensive.

After all, you could rely on the defensive.

Above all, goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter, who moved between the posts for Johannes Bitter after around 20 minutes, shone with some spectacular saves.

Thanks to a free throw from Weber, who was injured against Brazil and who was directly converted at the last second, it went into the cabin with a two-goal lead.

Despite a few changes, the fifth placed in the European Championship came back full of energy and now also showed the hoped-for penetration and effectiveness in attack.

At 19:14 (40th), the lead was five goals for the first time and was even increased to eight goals at times.

The showpiece, however, remained the defense, which repeatedly bought the edge from the Egyptians.

In the final phase, the German team even performed a little magic and, despite some lack of concentration, could not be missed.