The path to defending the title at the German indoor hockey championship leads for the women of the club on the Alster already in the semifinals via their big rival Düsseldorfer HC. In the men’s category, the Harvestehuder THC hopes to make it into the final.
Both clubs had recently faced each other three times in a row in the final of the Final Four. In 2019, the women from Düsseldorf won the title, in 2018 and 2020 the women from Hamburg triumphed. No champions could be crowned last year because the entire season was canceled due to the corona pandemic.
Now live: The first women’s semi-final of the indoor hockey championship between the Club an der Alster and the Düsseldorfer HC. Christian Blunck comments. external
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Club an der Alster slightly favored by women
On Sunday, however, hockey heroines will again perform wild dances of joy in Düsseldorf when the women’s final (12 noon) is over. The chances are not bad that it will be the Alster ladies again. Compared to the competition, coach Jens George’s team has the best players across the board. However, today’s semi-final hurdle with the “eternal rival” Düsseldorf is high. In the second semi-final, Rot-Weiss Köln and Mannheimer HC face each other.
It is still unclear at the Alster club whether the three players who missed the 9-1 quarter-final win against TSV Mannheim a week ago due to their corona infection will return. “Everyone’s back, but we’re still doing a health check,” said Coach George.
Dusseldorf did not have to complain about any failures recently, but there was a longer break due to Corona. The DHC entered the Final Four without a fight because quarter-final opponent Zehlendorfer Wespen was unable to compete due to a large number of corona cases.
HTHC men around veteran Hauke dream of the final
In the men’s category, Harvestehuder THC, a Hamburg club, also made it to the final tournament in Düsseldorf. The team led by two-time hockey Olympic champion Tobias Hauke meets Berliner HC in its semi-final today (6.45 p.m.) and thus the strongest offensive of the main round: BHC scored 125 goals in ten games, HTHC 90. The second participant for the The final on Sunday (3 p.m.) will be determined on Saturday (4.30 p.m.) as in the women’s Mannheimer HC and the title favorite from Rot-Weiss Köln.
