Russia came down to earth after Monday's points against the world cup host Germany and lost Tuesday 23-25 for Brazil. The space in the hovedrunden hangs in a thin thread. the
Brazil and Russia are both with four points before the last round in the group stage of the handball world CHAMPIONSHIP on Thursday. Then meet brazilians weak Korea, while Russia, in action against tittelforsvarer France.
France has six points and Germany five before they meet inter late Tuesday night. Serbia can take up to four points with victory over Korea.
The three best in the group taking forward to the hovedrunden.
Felipe Borges was Brazil's leading scorer with seven goals when the team took a huge step towards advancement. Timur Dibirov and Dmitry Zjitnikov scored six each for Russia.
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