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The first handball World Cup match in Egypt has been canceled due to Corona

1/17/2021, 4:52:50 PM


Cairo-SANA The International Handball Federation announced the cancellation of the German and Cape Verdean national team match scheduled for the evening of Thursday

Cairo-Sana

The International Handball Federation announced the cancellation of the match between Germany and Cape Verde, scheduled for this evening, due to Corona.

The federation revealed in its statement to him today that it decided to cancel the match due to the infection of four players from the Cape Verdean team with the Corona virus, and the team's list for the Germany match was not completed, and thus the German team was considered a winner with a score of 10 to zero.

Egypt will host the 27th edition of the Handball World Cup from January 13 to January 31, with the participation of 32 teams for the first time in the history of the tournament without fans due to the circumstances of the Corona epidemic.