Yugoslavia - Greece 32-16

Belgrade, January 5 - Successful start of Yugoslav handball players in the Group 4 of the European zone's qualifications for World Championship in France 2001. Weak Greek team was not worthy rival to the third team of the world. The result 32-16 (16-6) tells everything.

The most efficient in Yugoslav team was Matic who scored seven shots, and the player of the match was host's goalkeeper Danijel Saric.

Qualifications for Men's Handball World Championships in France 2001, Euro-zone, Group 4,Round 1, Belgrade, January 5: YUGOSLAVIA - Greece 32-16 (16-6)

7 metre shots: Yugoslavia 5 (4), Greece 2 (1).

2 minute suspensions: Yugoslavia 14, Greece 8 minutes.

Sent off: Dikmanidis (Greece).

Results: 1-1 (2nd minute), 8-1 (9), 10-5 (14), 15-6 (27), 17-7 (32), 19-7 (37), 26-9 (47), 26-14 (53), 30-15 (57).

YUGOSLAVIA: Saric, Kokir 5, Milinovic 3, Matovic 2, Jovanovic, Maksic 6, Lapcevic 1, Peric, Petric 2, Matic 7 (4), Kapisoda 3, Skrbic 3.