EHF’s corona concept offers little protection

WIt is probably the most-clicked page of this European Championship: The “Handball-World” portal updates the list of missing players every day; Injuries, Corona. It’s getting longer and longer – there have been more than 50 corona cases at the European Championships in Hungary and Slovakia, which have been running for eleven days. And not only […]

Germany continues to think about withdrawal

Dhe topic of the journey home is off the table – but only until further notice. “We are having the EHF check the conditions under which a withdrawal is possible at a later date,” said Mark Schober late on Wednesday evening. The chairman of the board of the German Handball Federation (DHB) had previously summarized […]

Four more corona cases in Germany

AIn the morning, Alfred Gislason briefly looked back on his two years as national handball coach, which turned into years marked by the pandemic: “I haven’t had any normal preparation or a normal tournament. Now this Covid story is exploding here. This is frustrating. I very much hope that this will come to an end.” […]

Germany defeats Poland after Corona shock

AWhen backcourt player Paul Drux put himself in the goal at half-time and saved a few shots, it initially seemed like encouraging fun in the Ondrej Nepela Arena. In fact, however, an emergency program started: “We had planned Drux as a goalkeeper if Jogi couldn’t do it anymore,” said national coach Alfred Gislason later, “Paul […]

Germany defeats Poland after Corona chaos

EFirst the shock news, then a gala performance: The German handball players ended the preliminary round of the European Championship with three victories after severe corona attacks. The team of national coach Alfred Gislason beat Poland 30:23 (15:12) and entered the main round as the sovereign group winner – however, the impressive performance of the […]