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The International Handball Federation responded to allegations by the Slovenian team that 12 players were poisoned inside the hotel residence before facing Egypt.
Slovenia drew with Egypt in the last round of the main round, without reaching the quarterfinals.
The Slovenian handball team claimed that 12 players had been poisoned and had stomach pain due to food at the residence, and the president of the Danish Federation responded. (See details)
Declaration of the International Handball Federation:
Although the Slovenian delegation did not submit any official complaint, neither on the day of the game nor the day before, the International Handball Federation decided to open an investigation and requested the relevant government body responsible for food quality control to make a statement and investigate . to find out if it was food poisoning.
The International Federation sent a letter addressed to the head of the Slovenian delegation and the president of the Slovenian Handball Federation, following the first statement, mentioning the results of a report received from the Ministry of Health that included the following facts.
On the night after Slovenia’s game against Egypt, a player from the Slovenian national team was in the hotel clinic, claiming he had stomach problems. According to his complaints, this was the first time he had suffered from this disease. And at the clinic he was provided with medications to treat this condition..
Subsequently, the doctor at the hotel clinic received the head of the Slovenian delegation, who stated that 14 players suffer from the same problems as the players of other teams, and also stated that it is a kind of food poisoning, and the doctor from the clinic and the head of the medical committee of the Ministry of Health then asked to examine the players medically to find out the cause of this condition on the one hand and to be able to treat them on the other hand However, the team doctor refused to allow the players to be examined..
The clinic doctor also offered to take the players to the hospital, but the team doctor refused and we would like to confirm that the team doctor refused any medical assistance provided, including medication for treatment..
The Ministry of Health also organized a meeting with all the teams to verify if there were similar cases. Neither team reported cases of this nature at this meeting.
The International Federation did not receive any official complaint from any of the participating teams regarding the food provided during the event, and the delegation from Belarus, who stayed at the same hotel (Belarus shared the same buffet with Slovenia).
The head of the Belarusian handball team Oleg Lebedev said:We had no problems or complaints about the quality of the hotel accommodation, the quality of the food and the measures necessary to prevent the Coronavirus.“.
On the day that Slovenia claimed that its players had eaten poisoned food, the Belarusian team also ate the same buffet, with no negative consequences..
Regarding the match itself, Slovenia said that nine players played although they were not feeling well. However, it should be noted that the team played a good game, leading by five goals at the start of the second. means, medium. There was no indication on the field that the players were performing poorly due to illness..
The Organizing Committee of the 27th FIFA World Federation of Men’s Handball and the Management of the Hotel Residencia informed them that they reserve the right to appeal to the legal bodies of the International Handball Federation.
