Sport Paris 2024
German handball players win duel for the Olympics
Status: 13.04.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Very strong appearance: Jenny Behrend and the German handball players are going to Paris
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In the preliminary game for participation in the Olympics, the German women’s national handball team delivered a strong second half. A little later the Paris ticket is secured. The last time the DHB selection was there was in 2008.
Led by an outstanding goalkeeper Katharina Filter and an accurate Julia Maidhof, Germany’s handball players also won the second Olympic qualifying game and are taking part in the Olympic Games for the first time in 16 years. The team of national coach Markus Gaugisch celebrated their second victory in the second game of the elimination tournament in Neu-Ulm on Saturday with a 28:24 (11:7) against European Championship third place Montenegro and booked the subsequent 14:32 defeat by outsiders Paraguay the Paris ticket early against Slovenia. “I am very happy that we got the job done. Congratulations to the team,” said Gaugisch.
The best German thrower in front of 4,269 spectators was Julia Maidhof. The backcourt player scored nine goals in her 50th international match. At the end of the tournament, the DHB selection, which has 4-0 points, will play the meaningless game against Paraguay on Sunday (1.30 p.m./ARD and Dyn). Slovenia and Montenegro are dueling for another Olympic ticket.
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“It is important that we take this step. For the team and the entire sport,” said Gaugisch before the duel with Montenegro. But his charges started out nervous. In contrast to the convincing 31:25 opening win against Slovenia, there was not much success in attack and only one goal in the first seven minutes.
Katharina Filter stands out
At least goalkeeper Filter could be relied upon again. The 25-year-old shone with numerous saves and, as against the Slovenians, was the strong support between the posts that had been hoped for. Her teammates were compact on defense, but struggled on offense. Luckily, Maidhof showed great nerve and converted all four seven meters in the opening quarter of an hour.
Guarantor: Katharina Filter celebrates the important victory with Julia Behnke
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In the middle of the first half, the DHB selection’s cushion was four goals for the first time at 7:3. But even though Montenegro remained scoreless for eight minutes in this phase, the German team was unable to gain a decisive lead because the best chances were repeatedly wasted.
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The weak finish remained the big drawback. The throwing effectiveness in the first half was just 52 percent. It was mainly thanks to Filter that we still went into the break with a four-goal lead.
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After the change, the DHB team turned up the heat. Suddenly things were going well on offense too. Within a few minutes, the sixth-placed team in the World Cup pulled away to within ten goals (20:10). This broke the rival’s resistance. With the fans cheering, the German team continued to concentrate in the final stages so that victory was no longer in danger.
