A National Men’s Handball Team was defeated 34-29 in Austria, which was a guest in Sivas in the 5th group of EURO 2026 qualifiers.
Sivas 4 Eylül Sports Valley Taha Akgül Sports Hall played in the National, Yunus Özmusul – Harun Hacıoğlu, Doruk Pehlivan, Alper Aydın, Eyüp Arda Yıldız, Görkem Biçer and Koray Ayar started with the first 7. The moon-stars started with the support of the audience, the first 5-minute section caught the 4-point difference: 5-1
After this minute Frimmel and Belos’un goals can not prevent the nationals, the 9th minute fell back 6-5 minutes. While entering the last sections of the first half with mutual goals, Austria closed the circuit with its goals 19-14 ahead.
In the second half of the Moon-Stars tried to close the difference, but Austria won the match with a score of 34-29. Doruk Pehlivan scored 12 goals in the Moon-Stars.
Sports fans from Sivas showed great interest in Türkiye-Austria match. Nearly 4000 spectators took part in 4 September Sports Valley Taha Akgül Sports Hall.
The match Governor of Sivas Dr. Yılmaz Şimşek, THF President Mesut Çebi, Sivas Youth and Sports Provincial Director Şahin Ertem, Rector of Sivas Cumhuriyet University. Dr. Ahmet Şengönül, Austrian Handball Federation President Markus Plazer, Sivasspor coach Rıza Çalımbay, THF Board Members Deniz Kızılırmak, Doğancan Erol and Sinan Başer followed the protocol tribune.
In the 6th match in the National Group, TSI will face Germany on the road at 19:00 on Sunday, May 11th. The fight will be played in Porsche Arena in Stuttgart.