Denmark can continue to dream of the third title in a row at the Handball World Championship.
The gold winner from 2019 and 2021 easily qualified for the semi-finals on Wednesday with an easy 40:23 (21:12) against Hungary.
There is a duel with Spain on Friday.
The European Championship runner-up prevailed in a dramatic quarter-final against Norway after two extra hours with 35:34 (29:29, 25:25, 13:12).
The Danes demonstrated their class in a one-sided game in Stockholm and impressively underlined their ambitions to win the title again.
The best thrower for Nikolaj Jacobsen's team was Mathias Gidsel from Bundesliga leaders Füchse Berlin with nine goals.
It was much more exciting in Gdansk, where both teams exchanged blows.
Spain were trailing just before the end of regular time before Alex Duschebayev equalized with the final whistle and sent his side into overtime.
It was Dusbayev who scored the winning goal in the final minute of the second overtime.
Goalkeeper Perez de Vargas then parried the last Norwegian throw and caused a storm of jubilation among the Spaniards.
The Danes didn't miss a beat in Stockholm on Wednesday evening.
The best thrower in the one-sided game from the start was Mathias Gidsel, the backcourt player from Bundesliga leaders Füchse Berlin sank nine of his ten throws.
Denmark remained unbeaten in their 26th World Cup game in a row and is the sole record holder ahead of the French, who had previously gone 25 World Cup games unbeaten.
The duel between Denmark and Spain is the repeat of the 2021 World Cup semifinals, when the northern Europeans won 35:33.