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Czech Republic beat Belgium 34-32 in men's handball qualifier

Xinhua, November 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Czech Republic beat Belgium 34-32 on Wednesday in the men's group stage qualifier for 2017 Handball World Championship.

   The Czech team started with onslaught, and got 4 goals ahead within five minutes. It led 22-18 over Belgium at the half-time of the match. 

   After the break, the home team led with six goals, but then it made mistakes in attack and ended the match with 2 goals advantage.

   Czech goalkeepler Petr Stochl said that they started well, but Belgium played very well also and the match was harder than they expected.  Endi