Through a novelty, Handball second division club ASV Hamm has hope for the league retention again. After the end of the season, a game between Tusem Essen and Dessauer HV is repeated. The referees had escaped that Dessau had too many players on the field in the final phase of the game. The sports court of the handball Bundesliga has now decided to repeat the game.
The decision of the Federal Supreme Court of the German Handball Association from Thursday is already remarkable, but is still of greater importance because it can be decisive in the relegation question.
Should the Dessau-Roßlacher HV at Tusem Eat Losing, the team would fall back on the relegation zone. The ASV Hamm-Westfalen, which is currently placed on the relegation rank 17, would then slide up a place and would also be a second division in the coming season.
A “straw” for the ASV Hamm
“Of course, this is suddenly a kind of” straw “of the hope for relegation for us,” ASV Managing Director Markus Fuchs told WDR.de. “However, we have no influence on the outcome of all these things and somehow sit between the chairs,” said the hammer functional.
Difficult for the ASV: Actually, you are already in the middle of the planning for the 3rd league. Which makes the conversations particularly difficult with potential new commitments. “It can now happen that all second division contracts suddenly get validity again. Of course, this is complicated in the conversations with new people,” said Fuchs. “What should we say to them? That we might be happy to sign them?”
Wait in Essen
In Essen, where the Tusem is involved in the game to be repeated, you can still see the whole thing calmly. “We are now starting to prepare everything for the game. This is our role and we can get that too,” says WDR.de from the association’s office. In fact, there will probably be no major problems for food because the game until June 30th. should take place. And the player contracts all run up to exactly that date.
Too many players in the field
What exactly happened that the game has to be repeated at all? The team from Saxony-Anhalt won the game in Essen on April 27 with 28:27. However, the Dessau HV had played with seven players three seconds three seconds before the end, although it was outnumbered because of a time penalty. Neither the referees nor the officials noticed this, which is why Essen made an objection to the evaluation of the game.
The Federal Sports Court rejected the objection on May 12th. The Federal Supreme Court of the DHB now opened this decision and ordered the new setting of the game by June 30 at the latest. A revision is not possible, said the Handball-Bundesliga with.
Our sources:
- German press agency (dpa)
- Conversation with Markus Fuchs
- Conversation with Tusem Essen office
