France can become the first country to win three men's Olympic Games handball gold medals when they face Denmark in the final in the Future Arena on Sunday (21 August).

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On Friday, two-time Olympic champion Daniel Narcisse scored the winning goal in the last second as France beat European champions Germany in the semi-final.

“The dream for the triple stays alive,” Nikola Karabatic of France said. “It was tough, now I have to recover, I’m really done, I’m so tired, I can’t believe it but it’s really nice.”

In the other semi-final, Denmark were on the brink of victory against Poland before Michal Daszek of Poland surprised Danish goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen with two seconds left, equalising and forcing the semi-final to extra time.

"It was a deep cut," Lasse Svan of Denmark said. "We are tackling them, and have packed our whole side over to that side where they are playing, and he still manages to bend the ball around two men and right up in the corner (of the goal). I don't think I've ever seen a goal like that."

Denmark however scored three unanswered goals in the first three minutes of extra time, winning 29-28 to secure their first ever Olympic Games medal.

“It's going to be huge to play the final,” Henrik Toft Hansen of Denmark said after the match. "I haven't completely understood that we're in the final.”

France won the previous meeting between the two teams, taking a 33-30 win over Denmark in the group stage of the Games. They also squared off in the 2011 world championship and the 2014 European championship, with the French winning both times.

“This team is made of players with great experience and young players,” French head coach Claude Onesta said. “You can't win with just experience.”

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