Cape Verde handball players withdrew from the world championships due to a lack of players after the coronavirus infection in the team. The rookie of the tournament will not be able to get substitutes to the Egyptian venue in time and the international federation IHF has decided to default on their Tuesday’s final match with Uruguay. The South Americans, who lost both previous matches with the Germans and the Hungarians, will now gain two points after the 10: 0 victory, and will advance to the next stage of the championship from third place in Group A.
Cape Verde handball players before the match with Hungary.
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Cape Verdean handball players could no longer start Sunday’s match against Germany. The representation of the island African country was left with nine players with a negative test, ten players are needed to play the match, including one goalkeeper. Today, the team withdrew from the tournament.
“The IHF has accepted this, this step protects the health of all actors in the World Cup,” the federation said in a statement.
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The Cape Verde expedition was hit by an infection before it left for the tournament, and on Saturday there were other cases whereby the number of healthy players fell below the minimum. Even after the initial defeat with Hungary 27:34 and the contumination with Germany, however, the African team was not out of the game for promotion and had to fight for it in a direct duel with Uruguay. The plan to supplement the team of handball players from the original wider selection, which was a condition after the arrival in Egypt, the negative results of PCR tests, but failed to materialize.
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The championship was accompanied by major problems with coronavirus before it began. Due to the number of infected in the team, the Czechia and the USA gave up shortly before the start of the tournament, which replaced the selections of Northern Macedonia and Switzerland.
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