Denmark vs Portugal Prediction: Team 1 To Defend the Title

The Danish national team just needs to beat Portugal to keep their World Handball Championship title. Will the Danes be able to do it? We've got a free prediction for you. Let's take a look at the bookies' odds, stats and pick a few betting options.

Denmark

In the quarterfinals, the Danish national team played the Brazilian team. The Danish team once again showed that there was a pretty big difference in class. At the end of the first half, Nikolaj Jacobsen's team were ahead by just three goals, but they pulled ahead in the second half, winning 33-21.

The current world champions are still doing really well in the tournament. Denmark beat Algeria, Tunisia and Italy in the preliminaries, and then Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic in the group stage. In fact, in all matches except one, the Danes won by 10 goals or more. The Czechs were the only ones to come close to that in the final round of the group stage.

Portugal

Then in the quarterfinals, the Portuguese faced a strong German national team, and it was a real nail-biter. After 90 minutes, the teams were still locked in a tight battle, so they had to settle it in overtime. Portugal did better in the OT though, finishing off attacks and making it to the semi-finals with a score of 31:30 (26:26). Paulo Pereira's team has also not lost a single game in the whole tournament. They beat the USA, Brazil and Norway in the preliminary stage, and then drew with Sweden and beat Spain and Chile in the group stage.

H2H Meetings

Previously, the rivals have met only five times, and all five matches were won by Denmark. The last time was at the European Championship 2024 - 37:27.

Stats Betting

• All five face-to-face meetings between the rivals ended in victories for Denmark.
• The total of 60.5 goals was reached in four previous matches of Portugal.
• Denmark has scored more than 32 times in 5 out of 7 matches at the tournament.
• Portugal has scored more than 26 goals in all seven matches at the 2025 World Cup.

Bookmakers' Offers

The Danish team has not lost at the World Cup since 2019 inclusive and it is clear that they are clear favourites in the upcoming final. The bet W1 is accepted on the line of bookmaker 1xbet with odds of 1.108. Portugal's victory in regulation time is at 10.90. A draw is priced at 18.50. In terms of performance, the match is expected to be a top match. The bet TO (60.5) is accepted for 1.727. The bet TU (60.5) is offered at odds of 1.98.

Expert Betting Tips

The Portuguese national team quite unexpectedly made it to such a late stage as the semifinals. This is almost certainly the end of the Portuguese achievements. Denmark have been confirming throughout the tournament that they remain the strongest team on the planet, and perhaps the team of Nikolaj Jacobsen may have problems only in the final, if the French team makes it there. We bet here with a minus handicap on the Danes, but at the same time we believe that the game will be effective. Both Portugal and Denmark at the current championship are dominated by top results.

Prediction:

TO (60.5) for 1.78

IT1O (33.5) for 1.719

H1 (-6.5) for 1.75