As of: January 29, 2024, 5:12 a.m
By: Hannes Niemeyer
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Medical emergency at the European Handball Championship: The German selection's game against Sweden had to be interrupted after a few minutes.
Cologne – The game for third place at the European Handball Championship between Germany and Sweden was interrupted for a long time after almost 17 minutes.
As the hall announcer confirmed, there was a medical emergency in the stands.
Both the German and Swedish team doctors rushed towards the stands to help.
There was an awkward, anxious silence in the hall for a long time.
The teams also came together and waited until there was a signal to continue the game.
After several minutes the situation was finally resolved.
The hall spokesman also confirmed after a short time that the affected person was accessible again.
Medical emergency in the hall: The handball European Championship game between Germany and Sweden was briefly interrupted.
© Federico Gambarini / dpa
DHB game at the European Handball Championship interrupted by a medical emergency – team doctors rush to the stands
Both team doctors who rushed to help gave the all-clear and signaled that the person was doing acceptably under the circumstances.
ARD commentator Florian Naß confirmed that it was a male patient.
After the team doctors were back at their benches, the fan was escorted out of the hall by paramedics for further examinations.
As the TV images showed, the person was wearing a blue and yellow jersey, so he appears to be a supporter of the Swedish national handball team.
Further details – including about the nature of the emergency – were initially not known.
There was encouraging applause from the stands for the affected fan.
The game could finally continue.
However, the outcome of the game was also unfortunate for the DHB handball players.
Early on they were clearly behind against the ripped off Swedes.
In the second half, Alfred Gislason's team tried to catch up, but the team was unable to reap the rewards.
The DHB selection lost 31:34 and ended the home European Championship in fourth place.
(han)