The Handball World Cup begins: fixture, rivals and everything you need to know about the Argentine National Team

2023 is a World Cup year. And the emotions will begin as soon as the new year opens, when this Wednesday, January 11, the curtain rises on the men’s handball World Cup in Poland and Sweden, which will have the Argentine National Team among the 32 protagonists. Behind the figure of Diego Simonet and some historical ones such as Federico Pizarro, Pablo Simonet, Pablo Vainstein and Lucas Moscariello, as well as young players, Los Gladiadores will face their way in the World Cup with a clear objective: to overcome the 11th place obtained in Egypt 2021, their best historical result in World Cups. that comes from playing a friendly quadrangular in which he beat Bahrain and fell against Romania and Spain, integrates Group F with Norway, North Macedonia and the Netherlands, against whom he will debut next Friday 13, from 14.00 in our country. The World Cup will be the first qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, being the only direct place for the champion, or in case it is France (already qualified for being host), for the runner-up. Fixture of Argentina: days, times and TV of the matches of Los GladiadoresIt should be noted that all the matches of the National Team will be transmitted TyC Sports and TyC Sports Play (streaming). Friday 13/1, 14.00: Argentina – Netherlands
Sunday 15/1, 16.30: Norway – Argentina
Tuesday 17/1, 14.00: North Macedonia – Argentina*All times correspond to Argentina time. The 18 Argentine playersGoalkeepers: Leonel Maciel (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal) and Juan Bar (Anaitasuna, Spain)
Full-backs: Federico Pizarro (Cuenca, Spain), Nicolás Bonanno (Anaitasuna, Spain), James Parker (Zamalek, Egypt), Pablo Vainstein (BM Benidorm, Spain), Santiago Barceló (Benidorm, Spain), Fabrizio Casanova (Torrelavega, Spain).
Centrals: Diego Simonet (Montpellier, France), Pablo Simonet (Cuenca, Spain) and Pedro Martínez Cami (Ward, Argentina).
Extremes: Ignacio Pizarro (Cuenca, Spain), Ramiro Martínez (Benidorm, Spain), Facundo Cangiani (Torrelavega, Spain) and Francisco Lombardi (Guadalajara, Spain).
Pivots: Lucas Moscariello (Montpellier, France), Gonzalo Carró Castro (Nava, Spain) and Franco Gavidia (TSV 1899 Blaustein, Germany). The 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four teams each. The top three from each zone will advance to the next round, where four groups of six teams will be formed. Those who finish in the top two places will advance to the quarterfinals, where the direct elimination crosses will begin until the big definition, which will be played on January 29. All the groups of the Handball World Cup in Poland and Sweden 2023Group A: Spain, Montenegro, Chile and Iran.
Group B: France, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Slovenia.
Group C: Sweden, Brazil, Cape Verde and Uruguay.
Group D: Iceland, Portugal, Hungary and South Korea.
Group E: Germany, Qatar, Serbia and Algeria.
Group F: Norway, North Macedonia, Argentina and the Netherlands.
Group G: Egypt, Croatia, Morocco and the United States.
Group H: Denmark, Belgium, Bahrain and Tunisia.

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