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HAMBURG (Dagbladet): Norway plays semi-final against Germany tonight and the coach Christian Berge refer to it as a fight against a physically strong defence.
the Newspaper has gone through all of the 24 world cup squads, and the statistics show that Germany is the team with the greatest snitthøyde in the squad.
The German players is 1,95 meters in average – the same as flowing Hungary. Norway is also among the highest teams with 1,93 meters.
the Highest in the Norwegian squad is stortalentet Magnus Abelvik Red (21) with 2,03 meters, according to the official statistics. Some claim he also bikker against 2,04.
Semifinalelagene Germany (1,95), Norway (1,93), Denmark (1,94) and France (1,93) is actually all among the teams who reaches the highest across the parquet in Hamburg.
VMs HIGHEST: Nikolaj Markussen from Denmark is 2,12 metres. Photo: NTB Scanpix Show more
the Newspaper brought the question on to Norway’s tallest player: How important is the length that the handball player?
Altitude is important. It gives me an extra dimension in both defence and attack, ” says Red to the Newspaper.
– of Course, it is a balancing act. You must be able to control your body. It is a balancing act where you will be explosive and high, ” says the Flensburg-pro.
– Have you ever felt small when you face an opponent?
– There is one on Hungary, Laszlo Nagy, who is 2,08. He is great! Otherwise, you have Dainis Kriatopans (from Latvia, 2.15 the) in the Vardar. He is well one of the highest in the håndballen, I think. Compared with him I am almost a smågutt, ” says Magnus Abelvik Red to Dagbladet.
tonight’s world cup opponent Germany has, however, perhaps one of the best forsvarene in the world. Not only is it a great height, but also the raw muscle power.
NORWEGIAN TOP: Magnus Abelvik Red is the 2,03 metres. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix Show more
In the German armed forces are giants like FInn Lemke (2,10), Patrcik Wiencek (2,01) and Hendrik Pekeler (2,03).
We meet some monsters, ” says Norway’s Harald Reinkind to the Newspaper.
– the central defence is top 2 in the world, along with Spain, says Norway-player Petter Øverby to Dagbladet before tonight’s match.
– How to get through?
– I think it’s about to get around them on the sides, ” says Øverby to Dagbladet inside the VM-arena in Hamburg.
Øverby is a fight from Grue in Hedmark and standing 1,94 metres above the ground, according to the WORLD statistics.
the Newspaper has made a compiled list of all world cup players at 2 metres or more. Five of the 24 nations have no players on 2 meters: Egypt, Saudi-Arabia, Korea, Japan and Bahrain are the smallest teams.
Hungary is the team with most giants. All seven players are 2 metres or more. In Norway there are two players with a height of 2 metres. The figures are from the world CHAMPIONSHIP organizer.
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Here is the list of the six highest players in the world cup:
Nikolaj Markussen, Denmark, 2,12 metres.
Finn Lemke, Germany, 2,10.
Laszlo Nagy, Hungary, 2,08
Maksim Mikhalin, Russia, 2,07
Bence Banhidi, Hungary, of 2.06
Gleb Kalarash, Russia, 2,05
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Here is the list of all 48 world cup players over 2,00 meters:
Angola (1,87 average.)
Edvaldo Ferreira 2,00
Aguinaldo Tati, 2,00
Argentina (1,89):
Jose Fischer Guillermo 2,00
Austria: (1,92)
Janko Bozovic 2.04
Rome’s Kirveliavicius 2.00
Brazil: (1,91)
Leonardo Almeida 2,02
Chile: (1,85)
Marco Oneto 2.04
Croatia (1,94)
Luka Stepancic 2,03
Kristian Beciri 2.02
Zeljko Musa 2.00
Denmark (1,94):
Nikolaj Markussen 2.12
Niklas Landin 2.01
Simon Hald 2.03
Henrik Toft 2.00
France: (1,93);
Luka Karabatic 2.02
Adrien Dipanda 2.02
Macedonia (1,91):
Filip Taleski 2.00
Germany (1,95):
Finn Lemke 2.10
Patrick Wiencek 2.01
Hendrik Pekeler 2.03
Hungary (1,95):
Patrik Ligetvari 2.01
Laszlo Nagy 2.08
Dominik Mathe 2.01
Bence Banhidi 2.06
Richard Bodo 2.03
Gabor Ancsin 2.02
Iman Jamali 2.00
Island (1,91):
Arnar Arnarsson P 2.01
Norway (1,93):
Magnus the Red 2.03
Torbjørn Bergerud 2.00
Qatar (1,90):
Rafael Capote 2.00
Russia (1,94):
Maksim Mikhalin 2.07
Gleb Kalarash 2.05
Sergey Gorpishin 2.00
Oleg Grams 2.00
Egor Evdokimov 2.03
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Serbia (1,93):
Miljan Pusica 2.00
Drasko Nenadic 2.03
Mijajlo Marsenic 2.03
Nemanja Obradovic 2.00
Spain (1,93):
Rodrigo Corrales Rodal 2.02
Arpad Sterbik 2.00
the Gedeo G. Vilaplana 2.00
Sweden (1,91):
Jesper Nielsen 2.00
Kim Andersson 2.00
Fredric Pettersson 2.01
Simon Jeppsson 2.03
Tunisia (1,91):
Jihed Jaballah 2.04
