Following the embarrassing theft incident in Germany by Amir Schneider and Lydor Peso, the union will ask the tribunal to cancel the active athlete status and also keep the two away for a long period of time from all Israeli teams

• Schneider in street uniforms. Caused little embarrassment

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  Citrus Van Cola - The Handball Association

Since the first publication on the site and in the "Israel Today" applet about the theft case of the handball players in the handball team, Amir Schneider and Ledor Peso, in his dog in the city of Gomersbach in Germany, there has been a major storm in Israeli sports in general and in the handball industry in particular. This morning (Tuesday) at "Israel Today", for the first time, the punishment demanded by the Handball Court for both players was exposed: a three-year ban from the Israeli national team and no less severe - the cancellation of the active athlete status.

For the Handball Association, this is a simple situation, as on the one hand, Schneider is a leading player in the reserve team, but on the other hand - the Sports Administration is pressing for a reduction in the number of outstanding athletes and the active athlete in the Handball Association. That is, both at immediate and long-term levels by 2023.

Remember, the incident begins with the capture of the two as they stole from a department store. They paid compensation, were released and returned to Israel yesterday with Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin's chairman Pini Leibowitz, who was visiting the Germany project at the time. Yesterday, the two reached a ballot committee inquiry, accompanied by lawyers. The same committee heard a confession from them about what they were doing - and at the end The conversation with them was made a recommendation to a professional committee that convened its own meeting that was planned ahead of time to engage in necessary cuts to the handball union.

At the same time, "Israel Today" became aware of the atmosphere of the diseased among the other players of the German project, who are still in Gomersbach. In two weeks, the players are expected to return to Israel for a break. After that, the players are scheduled to leave for the third and final part of the project this year in Serbia.

The Germany project is a critical part of preparing the European Championship reserve team until the age of 20, which will be held in July in Innsbruck (Austria) and Brixen (Italy). There is no doubt that the serious incident will hurt and hurt the team. On the other hand, even if the reserve team finishes last place in the first level championship, it is not the one that will determine, for better or worse, if the next European championship for reserve teams - Israel will remain in the first level. Those responsible for staying in the first level at both the youth level and the reserve level are the youth teams whose results at the European Championships Rank A, which will be held in August in Shalia (Slovenia) will determine the level for the two teams.