The Spanish women's handball team qualified for the pre-Olympic tournaments that will take place next April thanks to Croatia's defeat, which ended yesterday 23-22 against Hungary, in a match in which the Balkan countries won by a margin of six goals (11th). -17) in the second half. A result that confirmed Montenegro's presence in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the factor that the Warriors needed after their elimination from the World Cup to qualify for the pre-Olympic tournament.
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The Spanish team, which failed to gain direct qualification for the pre-Olympics after being eliminated from the World Cup following a 29-21 defeat by the Netherlands on Sunday, had one last chance to take part in the qualifying tournaments for the Paris Games. Thanks to the two additional places that correspond to Europe as the best continent in this World Cup. Two places awarded on the basis of the results of the last European Championship, where the Spanish team finished ninth, but since the eight teams that preceded the Guerreras, with the exception of Slovenia, have awarded the direct place for the in this World Cup Games or the pre-Olympic Games, the Spanish team has received one of the available tickets.
The three pre-Olympic tournaments will take place next April at three venues to be determined and will award six places for the Paris Games, which will be awarded to the first two participants in each pre-Olympic tournament.
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