Alfred Gislason does not have a long warm-up phase in his completely newly formed DHB selection. On Wednesday the team arrived in the Slovak capital Bratislava, already on Friday (01/14/22 / from 6 p.m. live in the Erste, in the livestream and in the Live ticker On sportschau.de) the European championship in Slovakia and Hungary begins for the German handball players with the opening game against Belarus.
“We are in a good mood, we are looking forward to it – and above all the tension is increasing now“, said DHB sports director Axel Kromer in front of the team hotel in the city center. On Wednesday evening, the team had their first training session in Slovakia, followed by another tactical training session on Thursday. 17 players, including four European champions from 2016 , are there – and the thought of 2016 is present.