“We started terribly. We got used to the changes (in the line-up) for forty minutes, then we even had to pull the seventh player to attack until it helped us. After such a fight, it’s sweeter than if we lead five to ten goals whole. match, “said the left wing of the winning team, Ondřej Šafránek, for Czech Television.
The handball players of Nový Veselí had a long way to go in their final debut. They defended well, leading by four goals at half time (13: 9), but then the West Bohemians and their coach Petr Štochl had a perfect change of tactics. After four years, the people of Plzeň reached the home cup again.
Men’s Czech Handball Cup Final: Talent team of the Pilsen Region – TJ Sokol Nové Veselí. Jakub Douda from Pilsen.Photo: Slavomír KubešČTK
“We shouldn’t let it run like this,” regretted the top scorer Jakub Flajsar, whose nine Sokol goals were not enough to win. “They pulled seven to six of us, we couldn’t deal with it. We got a lot of goals. They showed that they may be a little more experienced team,” Flajsar added.
Most handball players won the cup for the seventh time
Most handball players celebrate winning the Czech Cup for the seventh time in the last eight years. The domestic sovereigns in the Karlovy Vary final clearly defeated the league rookie Kynžvart 36:20. In 2016 alone, the Black Angels did not succeed in the cup final, when they won the Poruba trophy.
Finals of the Czech Handball Cup: Handball Kynžvart – DHK Baník Most, February 23, 2022 in Karlovy Vary. From left Katka Dresslerová from Kynžvart, Adéla Stříšková from Most.Photo: Slavomír KubešČTK
Kynžvart had the upper quarter slightly on top, but then Baník from Most took over the reins. He ran a half-time difference in the half-time break and the favored team continued at the set pace. However, silver is also a historic success for Kynžvart.
Iveta Korešová, the five-time best Czech handball player of the year, who returned home after ten years in Germany after a maternity break, contributed five goals to Most. “This is my first trophy in the Czech Republic, I am very happy,” she told Czech Television.
Korešová expected that the final would be more balanced. “We entered the match nervously, then it dropped out of us and it was under our direction,” she added. Her teammate and the best scorer of the match Petra Maňáková scored even more.
| Czech Handball Cup Final in Karlovy Vary: |
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| Men: |
| Plzen – Nove Veseli 27:24 (9:13) |
| Most goals: Šindelář 5, Stehlík 5/3, Nejdl 4, Douda 4/1 – Flajsar 9/1, Bartůněk 4, Halíček, Dodica and Ptáčník after 3. |
| Women: |
| Most – Kynžvart 36:20 (15:9) |
| Most goals: Maňáková 6, Korešová and Stříšková after 5 – Königová 5, Patrnčiaková, Švihnosová and Božovičová after 3. |
