The handball players of Aalsmeer have one foot in the final for the national championship. Competitor Volendam was defeated 21-33 at home tonight. The people of Aalsmeer thus dealt a painful blow to closest competitor Volendam.
The first half was pretty even, but towards half-time the Aalsmeer team made a hole. With a 13-16 score in favor of Aalsmeer, both teams went to the dressing rooms.
Volendam lost track
At the beginning of the second half things went completely wrong for the home team and Aalsmeer ran out to 15-27. The visitors kept that margin for the rest of the game. That resulted in a 21-33 final score.
As a result, Aalsmeer remains second in the HandbalNL League with fourteen points from eight matches. Volendam is third with eleven points from eight matches. The front runners is Lions with nineteen points from two matches.
With two games to go, Lions is already certain of playing for the national championship. So they have the home field advantage. Chances are that Aalsmeer is the opponent. They can definitely qualify against Hurry-Up on Saturday for the best-of-three for the national championship.