The German national handball team will face Cape Verde in the second World Cup game.
Now the game is threatened with cancellation due to renewed corona infections among the islanders.
The
World Championship *
will take place in Egypt from January 13th to 31st.
The
DHB team
meets
Cape Verde
after the successful World Cup opener against Uruguay
.
Due to numerous
corona cases
in the newcomer to the World Cup, the game is threatened with
cancellation
.
Giza - The
German national handball team
wants to improve after the big victory at the World Cup opener against Uruguay.
With
Cape Verde
an unpredictable opponent is waiting again - but the
DHB * is
most concerned about
the
corona infections of
the World Cup newcomer.
With the 43:14 against the blatant outsider, the DHB celebrated the
clearest victory at the start of the World Cup in 63 years
.
Alfred Gislason * set a small exclamation mark with his newly formed team * on his World Cup debut as DHB coach.
“I am very satisfied with the performance.
It was very good that the guys pulled through to the end, ”praised the coach after the sovereign victory in the first round game, through which the DHB selection at the controversial mega-tournament in Egypt already made a big step towards the main round.
Handball World Cup in the live ticker: Germany - Cape Verde threatens corona cancellation
The opening game had more of the character of a training game and was used by Gislason deliberately to warm up.
DHB Vice President
Bob Hanning
even made fun of the Urus *.
But the latest reports from the upcoming opponent Cape Verde are no laughing matter.
In the island nation's team,
four players tested positive for Corona
after arriving on Thursday
.
Another series of tests on Friday showed only negative results, so Cape Verde was allowed to participate in the tournament as planned.
“We don't even know who's missing from Cape Verde and who's there,” said Gislason.
He used Saturday to evaluate the pictures of Cape Verdes surprisingly strong tournament debut on Friday at 27:34 against Hungary.
"That will be a different opponent than Uruguay," said goalkeeper Johannes Bitter, "Alfred has been warning us for months."
“This is an
unsatisfactory situation
.
We still hope that the game may not take place because we are
not comfortable
at the moment, ”said Bitter.
Handball World Cup in the live ticker: DHB team without opponents - Cape Verde are running out of players
On Saturday afternoon,
two more corona cases appeared
in the
Cape Verde
team
.
The second preliminary round game of the DHB team on Sunday at 6 p.m. is about to be canceled.
Since Cape Verde only traveled to Egypt with eleven players due to previous corona cases, the team does not have the ten players required by the regulations.
“We assume that we as DHB don't have to make a decision.
A
game cancellation seems inevitable,
”said DHB Vice President
Bob Hanning to
the SID.
DHB sports director
Axel Kromer
said: "We assume and have good hopes that both Cape Verde and the IHF will make the decision that we don't have to compete tomorrow."
If the game does not take place, it will be
rated
with a
10-0 win for Germany
.
The only way that the game will still take place is that Cape Verde has at least one player flown in.
This must have a negative PCR test that is no more than 72 hours old.
In addition, he would have to undergo another PCR test in Egypt, which would also have to be negative.
“The chance of the game against us is presented as extremely small.
The game is hardly feasible, ”said Kromer.
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