Patrick Wiencek spoke out against the handball world championship in Egypt in January 2021. “There is nothing more important than health. And unfortunately some people forget that very quickly, “said the cyclist from THW Kiel and the German national team on ARD television. “We are the ones on the record. And unfortunately we are not involved in such conversations, whether it makes sense or not, “said the 31-year-old and added:” In my opinion, it doesn’t make sense. “
The two former world handball players Domagoj Duvnjak (THW Kiel) and Aron Palmarsson (FC Barcelona) do not currently consider a World Cup to be sensible. “In this situation in the world I do not understand why we should all players and the staff and what-know-I fly there to play a major tournament,” said Palmarsson in the handball podcast circle. And Duvnjak said: “That is too dangerous.”
The World Cup in Egypt from January 13th to 30th will take place for the first time with 32 teams. The DHB selection should play their group A preliminary matches against Uruguay, Cape Verde and Hungary in Giza. So far, the German national players have held back with public criticism of the World Cup. DHB captain Uwe Gensheimer spoke at the weekend of the “radiance of the national team to represent our sport”.
For women, the Norwegian association withdrew as co-host of the upcoming European Championship in December. It has not yet been decided whether the tournament, in which the German team’s games were all planned in Trondheim, will be played entirely in Denmark or canceled entirely.
