Sweden edged past Qatar 2-0 to grab their first two points at the Men’s Youth Beach Handball World Championships.

Qatar’s resistance lasted until midway through in both sets. In the first one the Swedes built a four-goal gap with 2mins and 14secs to go, while in the second set a 10:2 partial score helped them secure an eight-goal advantage.

The sets: 20:17, 18:10

Sweden (JesperKnutsson): Hanssen, Lindell, Johansson 18, Paldanius, Blomdahl, Samuelsson 8, Andersson, Nederman, Henriksson 12, Holmqvist.

Qatar (Mohamed Khaled):Karaoui 4, Al Ghanem, Elsayed, Mousa 8, Mamdouh, Danijel, Al Maadhadi, 6, Salem, Abdelrazzaq 4, Soussou 5.

Referees: Dos Santos, Asis. Suspensions 1-2

Quotes

JesperKnutsson (Sweden - Coach)

"It was a good start for us and for myplayers who played altogether for the first time. It was a difficult, physical game. Winning the first set,when we faced great resistance, from our opponent,was the key-point".

Albin Henriksson (Sweden - Player)

"It was a difficult, technical game. We played well and we achieved our objective which was to begin our campaign with a victory”.

Osama Mousa (Qatar - Player)

"We tried hard to get the win. We will try harder in the next gamesin order to qualify to the next round, which is our main goal".

SaricDanijel (Qatar – Player)

"Both teams tried hard. We made some mistakes that we need to avoid in the next gamesso that we will be able to move to the next round".