The House of Argentine Handball in the city of Buenos Aires hosted the South Central Senior Tournament, which crowned Brazil as champion and also qualified for the next World Cup in Croatia, Denmark and Norway 2025. Argentina also obtained a ticket to the World Cup event. and Chile.
In an exciting match, Brazil beat Los Gladiadores by just two goals in an overwhelming atmosphere, the House of Handball sold out the tickets for the last day of competition.
In the first hours Paraguay had beaten Costa Rica 35-29, then Chile beat Uruguay 29-18 and secured its World Cup ticket.
In the last match of the contest, the protagonists Brazil vs Argentina met again in the 40×20 after the match played in the final of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games at the Viña del Mar sports center. Those led by Guillermo Milano, on that occasion They won the gold medal and their ticket to Paris 2024.
This time, in the South American classic, the Argentines were not able to celebrate with their fans. The victory went to Brazil, led by Marcus ¨Tata¨ Oliveira, the team came out ready to play a quick game. In the first half, Brazil was imprecise in defense and had some turnovers that Argentina converted into a goal.
In the complement, the rotation of players arrived, a more solid defense was seen, and a dynamic attack that led the Brazilian team to win 28-26.
Post-match statements:
Rudolph Hackbarth, Brazil national team player: “The game started very difficult for us, it was back and forth, we lost many attacks at the beginning. Argentina was playing their game. Luckily, we were able to improve and play ours and emerge as champions” .
Rangel Da Rosa, goalkeeper of the Brazil national team: “We are very happy to have won the title. At first we were very nervous. Argentina started very well and little by little we corrected our rhythm. We knew how to go through bad moments and turn the game around” .
Nicolás Bono, player of the Argentina national team: “Very sad about the final result, we started a very good game and then we didn’t know how to take advantage of the advantage, we fell into their game and we entered into a madness that we are not used to. So we must learn from these mistakes.”
Photo: CoSCABal/Germán Paez.
