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There was no surprise: the Austrian handball men lost Monday night at 29:38 (17:20) against Norway in Gizeh, the third and final match of the preliminary round of the World Cup in Egypt. Against the reigning world runner-up, HB’s selection was respectfully sold at times. “You can lose against Norway. It was important that my boys fight,” said team boss Ales Pajovic. The Slovenian had given up the usual number one in the HB goal, Thomas Bauer. Instead, Florian Kaiper (8 shows) and Thomas Eichberger (5) saved Austria from even greater rejection. The attrition at Rot-Wei-Rot, where Boris Zivkovic was absent from the French game due to a knee injury and playmaker Gerald Zeiner had to leave prematurely, took its toll after switching sides. “The Norwegians punished every mistake extremely harshly,” said Robert Weber, who with Tobias Wagner was HB’s best pitcher (6 goals each). Pajovic gave Linz’s Antonio Juric (one goal) a chance to appear in the finals.
For Austria, the Presidents Cup of Egypt, which is disputed the fourth of the group. Tomorrow he will meet Morocco in Cairo (3:30 pm) and then every other day in Chile and South Korea.
Cape Verde comes out completely
After the Czech Republic and the United States, Cape Verde also withdrew from the World Cup yesterday. Westerners, who after numerous coronavirus cases, had not gathered enough players for the preliminary round against Germany, yesterday rejected the plan to bring healthy players to Egypt. “The IHF has accepted the withdrawal, which protects the health of all players involved in the World Cup,” said the World Federation (IHF). Since the Netherlands can no longer enter the tournament, all subsequent Cape Verde matches will be penalized 0:10.
