17:59
The visitors from the North Atlantic archipelago held their own against Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in the qualifying round and benefited from the elimination of Belarus in the first round of the play-offs that followed. The Faroese are now looking forward to the unexpected highlight of the year. “We’re very proud to be here in an official game, it’s a big deal for us. Big tasks await, Germany are favourites, but we’re happy with the team’s development and want to annoy Germany,” said coach Peter Bredsdorff -Larsen.
17:47
In addition to the fight for the World Cup ticket, Patrick Wiencek’s farewell is the second major topic of the evening: The line runner of THW Kiel will be officially dismissed from the DHB selection in his home stadium after 159 international matches after the 33-year-old already had his in March declared final resignation. “Leaving the national team was not a decision made overnight. I thought about it for a long time, and sometimes sport is not everything in life, we also have a private life,” Wiencek explained the step.
17:38
Anything other than safe participation in the 2023 World Cup in Poland and Sweden would be a sporting debacle for the German national team. Alfred Gislason’s team wants to force a preliminary decision against the blatant outsider even before the second leg on Saturday. “There are two important games waiting, it’s about qualifying for the World Cup, we mustn’t take the games lightly,” said Juri Knorr from the Rhein-Neckar Löwen and named the logical objective: “Our aim is to win the game clearly design.”
17:30
Hello and welcome to the World Cup Qualifiers Playoffs! The German national team welcomes the selection of the Faroe Islands. It starts at 6:15 p.m. in the Wunderino Arena in Kiel.