The Macedonian U19 handball team snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in its opening match against Argentina in the Youth World Championship.

Our team had a solid 4 goal lead at the half-time. But then, in the final minutes, they allowed Argentina to make a come-back, even the score with two minutes to go and then eventually win 23:20.

Garcia scored 7 goals for the winning team, while Nikola Kosteski scored six for Macedonia.
Macedonia, which hosts the tournament, plays Nigeria next, which lost 36:28 to Bahrain.