The handball championship is degenerating into a corona farce

The handball championship is degenerating into a corona farce

Although Germany’s handball players entered the main round unbeaten yesterday in Bratislava at the end of the European Championship preliminary round with a 30:23 win over Poland, the frustration of the three-time world champion is great. The reason is a corona outbreak that started with Julius Kühn and now includes nine players. With Kai Häfner, Andreas Wolff and Timo Kastening, other regulars are affected. DHB national coach Alfred Gislason reacted with additional nominations from the rich German pool of players, but hopes in the German camp are severely dampened. Association Vice President Bob Hanning, who described the EM in the “Bild” as sportingly worthless, was the clearest: “European champions will not be the best team, but the one that has the fewest positive cases.” League managing director Frank Bohmann did not rule out an exit from the European Championship. However, this is considered unrealistic.

Almost all 24 national teams have now recorded corona infections. Croatia, Serbia and Poland were hit similarly hard. Austria got off comparatively lightly: In the ÖHB selection, the test by circle runner Lukas Herburger hit on Monday. Due to the short notice, no player was nominated for yesterday’s preliminary round match against Belarus, who were also eliminated. The game ended after printing this issue.

Source: Nachrichten

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