No one is aware of the place to go subsequent
The world group mocks touring handball followers
Till Erdenberger, Katowice
25.01.2023, 10:30
Germany’s handball workforce faces an unsure future: the “hardest process” of the match awaits them in the quarterfinals with France. Nobody is aware of now what is going to occur if you win.
World Handball Championship as an journey? If you’re trying to journey to the unknown, hop on a automotive, practice or aircraft to Gdansk on Poland’s Amber Coast. There, on the “Polish Riviera”, on the border of lovely Sopot, Klaus Kinski’s homeland, the German nationwide handball workforce will play their quarter-final in opposition to France on Wednesday at 20.30 (reside on ZDF and ntv.de) . At least one factor is obvious: what occurs subsequent? Nobody is aware of but. A logistical trick is to blame: Poland and Sweden are co-hosting this match, with 32 groups and 112 video games too many for one nation. This makes it sophisticated.
About 1,500 followers had been in the corridor in Katowice on Monday, rather more in opposition to the Netherlands on Saturday. Against the “hardest opponent” (nationwide coach Alfred Ghislason), the German followers will have to be an element once more. “There is hope in each scenario”, help from 1000’s of individuals in northern Poland there,” stated Captain Johannes Golla. “Although it’s not simple to dig throughout the week. We are very grateful for that.” The quarter finals can nonetheless be scheduled.
1400 kilometers on land
Then anybody following Germany via the match will have to be flexible: as a result of it will not be recognized till Wednesday night the place Johannes Golla and his teammates will play on Friday: in Poland or in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. The organizers got here up with a particular trick for followers, groups, TV channels and journalists: each host international locations had been allowed to host the semi-finals. Poles play in Gdańsk (extra exactly: Sopo), in Sweden at the Tele2 Arena, in the soccer stadium in Stockholm.
In truth, in accordance to the authentic match schedule, the quarter-finalists from Gdańsk must also play their semi-finals on the shores of the Baltic Sea. In truth. Because the Swedish nationwide workforce will routinely get house rights in the event that they win the match in opposition to Egypt in the quarter finals. The German workforce (and German followers and German journalists) had been due to journey to Stockholm on January 26 to play in opposition to 35,000 folks and the favourites.
Between the two cities is 555 km (as the crow flies), 1400 km by land and federal roads and by sea. It takes 19 hours by ferry to Ninashamn, 60 kilometers south of Stockholm, passing the Swedish island of Gotland. Unfortunately, seats on the ferry can now not be booked on quick discover. If you want to attempt the practice, you have to struggle your approach via three international locations for 23 hours. At the second it is attainable to fly, however sadly Sweden do not play Egypt till 20:30 on Wednesday, so at 22:30 everybody is aware of the place to go. And the query of what is going to occur if Sweden is eradicated was the query requested in the press gallery throughout the essential stage ultimate of the German workforce in opposition to Norway. Trend: Then we go to Stockholm.
“Should Sweden qualify…”
The plan is so obscure that the world group felt obliged to “make clear the additional course of the match.” And all the pieces could be very easy: “If Sweden has certified, the semi-finals will be held in Stockholm, the place they’ll meet the winner of the match between France and Germany. In this case, the winners of the 2nd quarter-final will meet Norway and Spain. – and 4 – Denmark and Hungary – in Gdańsk “, the IHF writes. “If Sweden doesn’t qualify for the semi-finals, the first semi-final will be held in Gdańsk between France or Germany and Egypt. The second semi-final will be performed between the winners of quarter-finals 2 and 4 in Stockholm”. So: the semi-final is right here or there. Between right here and there are 555 kilometers as the snow flies, 1400 kilometers by land and ocean. Less than 48 hours between the two video games there may be
If Sweden reaches the semi-finals, followers of various nationalities will meet between Stockholm and Gdańsk. Because at the moment, the Danes or Hungarians who certified for the quarter-finals in Sweden had to go to Poland for the semi-finals after which return after the sport to play the ultimate or the third-place match in Stockholm.
On Tuesday morning, German followers are on the practice from Katowice to Gdansk, satisfied {that a} potential semi-final involving the Germans will certainly happen in Stockholm. Everyone is aware of: the quarter-final in opposition to France begins on Wednesday at 20:30. It wasn’t clear when the ultimate whistle blew in opposition to Norway. When will the semi-finals begin? Somewhere on Friday.
National coach Alfred Gislason prefers to keep away from the (sporting) route via France. “I might have most popular to win the sport as we speak and have Spain,” stated the Icelander. Jislason performs wherever planes and buses take him. A bunch victory would additionally be logistically simpler: the winner of the Spain-Norway conflict would be in Gdansk for the semi-finals. Regardless of what occurred in Stockholm between Sweden and Egypt. If you want to plan for security, you ought to hope that the German nationwide workforce loses the sport in opposition to France: Because it can positively be in Stockholm for the video games for 5-8 locations.
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