Denmark's team celebrates after winning the men's quarter-final handball match between Denmark and Sweden of the Paris 2024 GETTY IMAGES

Germany beat Spain by 25-24 on Friday’s semi-finals round while Denmark defeated Slovenia by 31-30 at the Pierre Mauroy stadium.

The first match featured Germany and Spain, both of whom were strong contenders for a spot in the medal rounds. The game was intensely competitive, with both teams evenly matched. The first half ended in a 12-12 tie, highlighting the high level of play from both sides.


The second half was also very close, every time Germany took the lead, Spain equalized again. This is how the game played out until the last 10 minutes, where Spain took the lead, giving them what seemed to be the victory. However, the German players reacted and regained the distance, putting them ahead with two minutes to go (25-24).

In the end, Spain was unable to regain their lead and the match ended with Germany winning by a single goal. This meant that Spain once again lost the opportunity to reach a final and will have to go to play for what may be their fifth bronze medal. On the German side, this will be their fourth final, where in the previous three they have won two silver medals and one gold.

Marko Grgic of Team Germany celebrates winning with teammate Renars Uscins after overtime in the Men's Quarterfinal match getty images
Marko Grgic of Team Germany celebrates winning with teammate Renars Uscins after overtime in the Men's Quarterfinal match getty images


The second semifinal pitted Slovenia against Denmark. Denmark is one of the favorites to take the gold medal, as it has been reaching the final since 2016. On the Slovenian side, they are facing the possibility of winning their first medal in this discipline.


The match began with Denmark imposing itself on the Slovenian team, overcoming at the end of the first half with a (10-15) in favor of the Scandinavian team. It seemed that the Danish team was going to overcome Slovenia, however, Slovenia did not lose hope and fought very hard in the second half.


In this way, it managed to cut the 5-point difference received to as low as 3 goals behind with 8 minutes left. At this point, Slovenia had regained the initiative and Denmark found themselves in a difficult situation where they had to focus on defending against their opponents.


Despite the best efforts of the Slovenian athletes, they were not able to close the gap sufficiently and ended up being just one goal short of a draw. Thus, the match ended (20-31), leaving the final between Denmark and Germany on August 11 at 13:30.