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World file try at house: This is what it is like for German handball players
Germany round Johannes Golla want to assault at house at the 2024 European Handball Championships.
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During the World Cup, Novotel Katowice Centrum is one among the hostels for Germany’s handball players, which they share with their rivals, and the foyer is like a salon for a handball household. Rune Damke from Kiel talks to Sander Sagosen from Norway. An autograph seeker will get autographs from the French stars surrounding Nikola Karabatic, who quickly go away for coaching on the bus. Here, German followers verify in subsequent door to their heroes. This is the way it works in handball, the place the first males’s European Championship will probably be held in Germany subsequent 12 months (January 10-28). It must be a event of excellence. The German editorial community conducts an EM assessment.
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Halls: Germany’s largest arenas open their doorways to the European Championship: Cologne (19,250 spectators), Berlin (14,800), Hamburg (13,300), Mannheim (13,200), Munich (12,000), in addition to two video games at Düsseldorf’s soccer stadium (50 000).
Fans/Mood: The DHB staff scored with ardour and blood at the World Cup, watched by as much as 7.5 million folks on tv. The house EC euphoria ought to continue: Germany will play at Düsseldorf’s Mercure-Spiel-Arena, the place Fortuna’s footballers normally play their house video games in entrance of fifty,000 followers – a world file recreation for handball, that is the plan. DHB president Andreas Michelmann stated: “We intentionally selected large halls in large cities. We need to have 100% of the viewers with the ardour we all know.” A very good efficiency in the World Cup boosted advance gross sales. “It’s loopy, 37,000 tickets for Dusseldorf have already been bought. 20,000 on World Cup days alone,” says DHB CEO Mark Schober. Advance gross sales in different cities are additionally going nicely, however the group draw will not happen till May.
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DHB president Andreas Michelmann guarantees energy
Team: Michelman says: “We want a aggressive staff that may play for medals.” That means: the semi-finals at least aim. Playmaker Juri Knorr is already impressing the execs, whereas captain Johannes Golla, Julian Koster and Lucas Mertens are different younger faces shaping the future with mature goalkeeper Andreas Wolff. “We have a younger growing staff. We will maintain the European Championship at the next degree than the World Championship,” stated sports activities director Axel Kromer.
Trainer: Alfred Ghislason is a chilled affect. Not solely does the Icelander have nice respect for his previous achievements, however he’s surrounded by an aura of detachment and energy. And he reinvented himself to some extent, introduced himself again and introduced the players collectively much more than earlier than. “We have a really shut relationship of belief. It is characterised by the incontrovertible fact that it offers us freedom,” says Christoph Steinert. Gislasson’s contract runs till 2024, together with the Paris Olympics. Michelman insists on the chance of an early extension: “There isn’t any purpose to doubt Alfred in any method. But we are going to discuss it at the assembly of the Executive Committee in February.”
Competition: Sweden, Spain, France and Denmark, who reached 4 World Cup semi-finals, stay the superpowers. Along with Norway, Croatia and Iceland, Germany can be one among the groups knocking on the world’s high. The DHB choice has certified alongside EM 2022 medal winners Sweden, Spain and Denmark. High-level comparisons with a talented trio in the European Cup stay an import – which helps. Michelmann, the head of the DHB, “expects success. Simply put: From a sporting perspective, the semi-finals are the minimal aim to indicate our sport in Germany so long as attainable. Euphoria will stand or fall with our boys.”