Ahard-foughtwinagainst Qatar, their second at the IHF Men’s Youth Beach Handball World Championships,was enough for Iran to advance to the next round.

The first set was decided with the golden goal rule, when Hossein Heidarian scored to make it 15:14 for the Iranians.

The same rule didn’t apply in the second set, after Najafabadi scored with one second left until the end of the period.

The sets: 14:15, 14:15

Qatar: Al-Maadhadi 4, Ebzee 2, Mohamed 4, Mousa 8, Al-Ghanem 1, Karaoui 5, Salem, Soussou 4, Elsayed, Saric

Iran: Gohari, Saeidi, 4 Falavarjani 8, Heidarianpour 2, Η. Heidarian 1, Najafabadi 5, Alipour, Α. Heidarian 8, Masoud, Goldan 2

Referees: Dare, Fanack (France) S: 5-1

Quotes

FilipSaric (Qatar - Player)

"We played well, against a very strong team, but unfortunately we lost the first set witha golden goal. Same picture in the second set, when we lost again in details. I hope better results will come for us in the future."

Mehdi (Iran - Coach)

"It was a difficult and toughgame. We played with passion and in the critical moments we kept our composure.

We are constantly improving. Today we had to win and we did it, even though we had to fight hard."