At the end of two weeks of competition, Germany won its first coronation in a U19 World Cup at the end of a final ended at the 7-meter jets against Spain (40-41). For its part, France finished in the best of the ways by winning 9th place after a third authoritarian rank of rank, this time against Serbia (42-33).
These Germans did not steal their title! After a course almost without pitfalls – apart from the surprising draw conceded to the Farianas, 19th in the final classification -, the Mannschaft will have made a big journey by having dominated Slovenia, Norway, France then Hungary and Danmark in matches with direct elimination then Spain in the final.
First coronation for Germany U19
A final victory that crowns an almost flawless course, faced with a tough adversity and through which a robust collective could have been able to get his arms. And if the German defense will have been the main asset of the training – the porter Finn Braacknicknamed “Mini-Wolff” not for nothing-, the attack will also have proven its collective force, in tune with the semi-center Kieler Rasmus Ankersmann and his rear William Reichardt left and Noah Hinden & Linus Schmid right. The front base will also have been particularly reliable, with a Jan Grüner Top scorer in his training, impeccable on his left wing as on jets of 7 meters (9 goals in the final in particular), and a more than solid pivot position. If Bennet Strobel was announced as a size on the position, appearing in the very best scorers of his team the last two summers, the Balingen player was partly stolen by that of the Füchse Berlin, Tim Schröder. With 35 goals out of 42 attempts (4.4 goals per game), the pivot has asserted itself as one of the main offensive advantages of the training of across the Rhine and will finish in the 7 major of the tournament.
With this gold medal, Germany becomes the 4th nation to have won the world titles in A, U21 and U19. She joins France, Denmark and Spain.
L’Spainprecisely, does not have to pale his second place, while the Denmark won the bronze medal to the champions of European champions last summer: the Suede. In the other ranking matches, Egypt made the great surprise of finishing 5th after big performances against the Norway (26-47) but above all theIceland (33-31).
Blueberries finish on good grades
Finally, in the following table, the France indeed managed to climb to the place of ‘first of the unqualified in quarters’ with a beautiful 9th place. A ranking acquired thanks to serious successes against Switzerland and then on Friday against a Serbia Sometimes on alternating current but which does not lack talent (6th at Euro U18). A victory of 9 units (42-33), built on the French forces seen during the competition: a Mathis Burdet as a metronome of the attack (5th best passer in the tournament), Alexandre Baradat et Tristan Gourguechon Bringing danger from afar and in duels (4 and 5 goals) and a very reliable front base, where Yoni Peyrabout took the light on its left wing (9/10, MVP). In the cages, the Aixois Wilson Schultz Confirms his beautiful tournament with 12 parades at 34 % stops. The latter finished with the 4th best percentage of stops throughout the World Cup, ahead Timothée Rissalso in the top10 in 8th place (32%).
With this 9th place and more than serious matches against good level teams, the Blueberries can bite their fingers from the start of the missing match against Germany and can legitimately feed hopes to do better during the Euro U20 next summer.
The classification of the World Cup U19 2025
- Germany
- Spain
- Denmark
- Suede
- Egypt
- Iceland
- Hungary
- Norway
- France
- Serbia
- Suisse
- Czech Republic
- Slovenia
- Japan
- Austria
- Saudi Arabia
- Portugal
- Croatia
- Faroe Islands
- Tunisia
- Brazil
- Argentine
- Bahrain
- Kosovo
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Algeria
- Uruguay
- Guinea
- Morocco
- USA
- Mexico
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