That’s the reason the Austrian Bowl takes place in Wiener Neustadt for the primary time

Vienna Vikings in opposition to Black Panthers from Prague – the very fact is that two groups from Austria is not going to be enjoying the Austrian Bowl for the primary time this 12 months. The truth that the soccer remaining takes place in Wiener Neustadt can be related. Each have good causes.

For the primary time there isn’t a direct Austrian remaining

The Austrian Soccer League isn’t just a nationwide league – like ice hockey. This 12 months, Prague, a overseas staff, is within the Austrian Bowl for the primary time. The Viennese are actually nationwide champions, however on Sunday (from 5pm) they nonetheless need to raise the trophy into the air.

The Vikings would achieve this within the Wiener Neustädter Ergo Enviornment. The St. Pöltner NV Enviornment obtainable this 12 months. Why? A take a look at the previous helps.

There’s a meadow in St. Pöltner NV Enviornment being renovated

Three years in the past the NV Enviornment obtained a brand new hybrid turf. As they didn’t develop as anticipated and a fungal assault destroyed the brand new inexperienced, the soccer gamers have been left with out a place for a short while. Since this garden is being renovated this 12 months, no dangers have been taken this time. The NV Enviornment was not obtainable for the soccer gamers. However since they really feel in good palms in Decrease Austria, they seemed for different choices in blue and yellow and located them in Wiener Neustadt.

Ergo Enviornment is the proper measurement for this 12 months’s remaining

The Ergo Enviornment has a barely smaller capability, however because the Prague Panthers have been up in opposition to the Graz Giants within the semi-finals, it’s simple sufficient to supply the 4,400 seats that the Wiener Neustädter Stadium would provide. The soccer affiliation has even stopped standing in the lounge. Basic Secretary Christoph Seyrl hopes for 3,000 spectators, up to now 2,000 have been bought: “It could be nice if we might fill it.” Then the sensation can be nice. “

The Vikings are favorites in opposition to the Black Panthers, however they have been additionally favorites in opposition to the Danube Dragons within the final two years and misplaced each occasions.

And there shall be one other premiere on Sunday: from 1pm, the Girls’s Bowl, ie the ladies’s remaining, shall be held for the primary time on the identical day and in the identical place as the lads’s remaining. The ladies of the Tirol Raiders will meet both the Salzburg Geese or the Vienna Vikings (semi-finals are nonetheless to come back).

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