None of the first three teams of the basic handball round wanted HC Linz AG as an opponent in the league quarter-finals, which is why HC Hard (4th) had to take the seventh-placed Upper Austrians.
“It shows that we are being taken seriously,” commented manager Uwe Schneider. Desire for revenge: Linz lost against Vorarlberg in the semifinals last year.
By the time the first game of the “Best of 3” quarter-final series in May away at Lake Constance, some of Linz’s last six absences should be fit again, Schneider is certain.
Source: Nachrichten
