National coach Alfred Gislason is hoping that a sick quartet will start preparing for the handball world championship as soon as possible. The tournament in Denmark, Norway and Croatia for the selection of the German Handball Federation (DHB) begins on January 15th in Herning, Denmark with the group game against Poland.
“There is nothing serious about it,” said Gislason about the four sick national players who had not yet arrived at the team hotel in Hamburg. Franz Semper (SC DHfK Leipzig) was scheduled to travel to the Hanseatic city on Saturday, Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach) on Sunday. The squad will probably not be complete until Monday, when Renars Uscins (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf) and Nils Lichtlein (Füchse Berlin) join the team.
“It’s better to stay away until you’re completely healthy”
“I said: It’s better to stay away until you’re completely healthy,” said the national coach about the communication with his missing players. Benjamin Chatton, the new manager of the men’s national team, also emphasized: “It’s about keeping the group healthy as a whole.” Playmaker Luca Witzke from Leipzig added: “It’s not ideal, but if everyone is there, we have enough Time to get used to it.”
Test matches against Brazil in Hamburg and Flensburg
The national team will stay in the Hanseatic city until they leave for Denmark on January 13th. The final preparatory games against Brazil are scheduled for Thursday and next Saturday in Flensburg and Hamburg. The South Americans, who also qualified for the World Cup, now have “a very good team that will challenge us a lot,” said Gislason.
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The first goal of the German selection is to finish first in Group A, in which, in addition to Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland are also waiting as opponents. For DHB board member Ingo Meckes, one thing is certain: “Based on how the tournament is going, we have an excellent chance of reaching the quarter-finals, and from then on anything can happen. But then the corresponding opponents are there too.”