Fabian Wiede left the German handball team early.
ARCHIVE – Return to the national handball team: Franz Semper.Peter Steffen / dpa
Berlin–Fabian Wiede left the German handball team early.
The 28-year-old Füchsen Berlin defensive player sprained his right foot in training. There was initially no diagnosis and “further tests should be carried out” in Berlin, according to the capital’s Bundesliga club.
The national team is currently preparing in Frankfurt am Main for the EHF Euro Cup matches on Thursday (19:00) in Mannheim against the European champions Sweden and on Saturday (20:15) in Jaén against Spain, who finished second. in the European Championship.
National team coach Alfred Gislason nominated for Wiede Franz Semper by SG Flensburg-Handewitt. The 25-year-old was part of the 2019 World Cup squad and is now returning to the national team after a long hiatus due to inflammation of the heart muscle and a ruptured cruciate ligament.
Two friendlies in the year of the World Cup
In the coming year, the DHB team will also play two friendlies against Iceland. The duels will take place on January 7 in Bremen and January 8 in Hanover, as announced by the DHB. On January 12, the DHB selection goes to Poland, where the opponents of the preliminary round Qatar (January 13), Serbia (January 15) and Algeria (January 17) await in Katowice.
“I am happy that we have taken Iceland for two international matches in Bremen and Hanover before the World Cup. This is a perfect opponent for an endurance test,” said Gislason.
