The Egyptian under-18 women's national team achieved an exciting and precious victory over South Korea in the first round of the main stage of the World Handball Championship held in Romania.
The Egyptian women's youth team was behind in the score 27-22, with 4:30 left until the end of the match.
The Egyptian women's youth team succeeded in achieving a 27-27 draw, before scoring the decisive 28th goal in the last second of the match, winning the match after coming back from a 5-goal deficit.
With this victory, the Egyptian women's youth team earned two precious points to reach 4 points in the first group in the main stage.
A second match against the Danish team remains tomorrow at the end of the main stage.
The Egyptian women's youth team may qualify for the quarterfinals before facing Denmark tomorrow if Denmark wins against France this evening in the matches of the same first group in the main stage.
In the event that France wins against Denmark or the two teams draw, the Egyptian women's youth team needs a draw point to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Handball Championship for under-18 women's youth held in Romania.
If the Egyptian women's youth team qualifies for the quarterfinals, it will meet the first or second of the third group in the main stage, which includes China, Hungary, Sweden, and Romania.
The first and second from the four groups in the main stage qualify for the quarterfinals.
