Handball: “Is not a luminary in world handball” – Gislason counters Hanning’s criticism

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“He is not a luminary in world handball” – national coach counters Hanning’s criticism

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“If you subtract the home advantage, there’s not much left” – Bundesliga manager Bob Hanning didn’t give the DHB team a good European Championship certificate

Source: dpa/Tom Weller

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Alfred Gislason defends himself against criticism of his decisions at the European Handball Championship. The national coach reacts to Bob Hanning’s accusation that he gave too few players a chance. Gislason also receives support from the Bundesliga.

Handball national coach Alfred Gislason has clearly rejected Füchse managing director Bob Hanning’s criticism of the German national team’s performance. “I don’t think too much of his assessment of our European Championship performance because he is not objective. He would very much like to encourage the deployment of some people out of his own interest,” the Icelander told SPORT BILD and added: “For me, Bob is not a luminary in world handball. So I would be more likely to listen if the top coaches in the league commented on our performance.”

Among other things, Hanning had also criticized the fact that players like Nils Lichtlein, who plays for Füchse Berlin, had not received more game shares. Hanning is the managing director of the Füchse.

The German team took fourth place at the European Championships in their own country last week, which Hanning was critical of. “The bottom line is four wins, four defeats and one draw. If you subtract the home advantage, there isn’t very much left. With respect: celebrating a win against North Macedonia is legitimate. “In principle, it’s as if Bayern Munich’s footballers won against Cottbus,” said the Berlin official and former vice president of the German Handball Association in a column for the magazine.

Gislason doesn’t want to give his team “any grades”, but thinks the squad is “good and broadly positioned”. The DHB team lost at the European Championships against the big three France, Denmark and Sweden and in the insignificant main round game against Croatia.

Bundesliga supports Gislason

Meanwhile, the leadership of the handball Bundesliga spoke out in favor of Gislason remaining as national coach. “The team is already successful in this formation and is on a very good path,” said HBL President Uwe Schwenker to SPORT BILD.

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“Why should you change anything now?” Managing director Frank Bohmann added: “If you look at the successful nations, you see that they have relied on the same coach for many years and have developed a playing system for themselves. I assume that the DHB will make a good decision.”

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