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The Austrian men’s national handball team will be at the 2021 World Cup in Egypt after qualification has been canceled.
3:53 p.m., April 24, 2020
The European Handball Federation (EHF) on Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic he decided to cancel the qualification for the current World Cup in Europe. This brings the Austrian men the fixed ticket to the World Cup in Egypt in January 2021. The reason: the two qualifying playoff games against the Netherlands will be eliminated, Austria will be preferred as the top ranked team in the EURO 2020.
The Austrian men are now ranked for the seventh time for a World Cup and the eleventh time for a major event and represented for the fourth consecutive time in a European Championship or World Cup Final. In January Nikola Bilyk and Co. had achieved the best red-white-red final result so far in eighth place at the European Championship, which was held together with Sweden and Norway. The European debutant Holland was 17th. In addition to Austria, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Norway, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Belarus, Iceland, the Czech Republic and France, they are also qualified for the World Cup from Europe.
However, ÖHB women can no longer take advantage of their small chance of qualifying for the European Championship in December 2020. The remaining games against Greece and the return matches against the Netherlands and Spain are canceled in quality group 1. Red -White-Red was in third place behind the favorites of Holland and Spain with zero points. The places of the final round go to Norway, Denmark, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Hungary, Montenegro, Germany, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Croatia according to the result of the European Championship 2018.
In its Executive Committee video conference on Friday, the EHF also decided on measures for other competitions. The remaining knockout stages and quarter-finals are canceled in the men’s Champions League, the semifinalists are determined based on the group A and B game placement. In addition to Bilyk’s THW Kiel, FC Barcelona, Paris Saint -Germain and the Veszprem are also there. However, the CL season ended for team goalkeeper ÖHB Thomas Bauer and FC Porto. The last four had previously been postponed until December 2020.
For women, it will be verified if the quarterfinals can go shortly before the last four, which was postponed until the beginning of September. If this is unsuccessful, Esbjerg (DEN) would be rated by team player ÖHB Sonja Frey, Györ, Brest and Metz. However, the seasons were completely broken in the smallest competitions, the EHF and the Challenge Cup for women and men. No more Austrian teams were represented here.
The U20 European Championship for men, which should have taken place in Innsbruck and Brixen (South Tyrol) from 2 to 12 July 2020, is also affected. He could now get ahead of the men’s World Cup in January 2021. A decision is still pending.
