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Handball
Six months after the cancellation of the championships due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Super Cup opens the national handball season on Wednesday at the Hollgasse in Vienna. After the narrow defeat in the first leg of the European Cup to Benfica Lisbon, host Fivers Margareten faces HC Hard with confidence (20:20, live on ORF Sport +). For the women (5.30 pm, live on ORF Sport +) there will be a premiere between Hypo NÖ and WAT Atzgersdorf.
Two days before the start of the spusu league, the first battle of forces between the Five, who were leaders in the league when the league was left, and the pursuer and defending Super Cup champion at the time, Hard. The two teams meet in the Super Cup for the seventh time, with three victories each. Strict hygiene measures are enforced in the main hall at Fivers on Hollgasse, and only assigned seats are available to fans.
For women, the national handball Super Cup will be played for the first time this year. Master Atzgersdorf, who had dethroned Hypo NÖ after 42 years last year, challenges the former series champion, who had led the season finale against Atzgersdorferinnen. Tickets for Super Cup matches can be purchased separately. After the women’s game, the hall of the fifth district of Vienna will be cleared and a new entrance will be made for the men’s game.
Waiting for the return of handball
“We are very happy that handball is being played again. The Super Cup is an important title that we really want to win and, of course, a very good opportunity to check our form two weeks before the championship starts. The fact that the opponent is named Atzgerdorf promises an exciting game at a high level, ”Hypo-Lower Austria President Gerhard Haidvogel said before the duel with Atzgersdorf.
“My goal is always to win everything there is to win. Of course, that already applies to the duel with the Fivers. It will not be easy, but we are confident in our capabilities and I hope we can make the most of it, ”said Marko Krsmancic fiercely. The 30-year-old Serbian player is a newcomer or returnee from Harder. Krsmancic played for the Red Devils from 2011 to 2015, winning four times in a row with them.
