The national handball team can schedule the EM

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They succeeded: the Swiss handball players will play at the European Championship in January 2024. And that in Germany, the most important handball market in the world with the greatest interest from fans.

The Nati took the final step to Germany on Wednesday night with a 26:19 victory in Georgia. There are still theoretical scenarios in the remaining qualifiers in which it would not be enough for the Swiss. But these are really only mathematical in nature.

The victory in Tbilisi is not a gala performance, but it is an improvement on the rather mediocre performance of recent times. Already at the break, the favorite Swiss was leading with 14:10. In the second half, this lead was expanded confidently. After the 2020 European Championship and the 2021 World Cup, the national team has reached a major tournament for the third time in the era of outgoing coach Michael Suter (48).

And for sports director Andy Schmid (39) the circle is complete: in 2006 he was in the spotlight for the first time at the European Championship in his own home. Now in 2024 he will play his last matches in the national jersey in his former professional home. The prospect of Nati’s farewell at the European Championships in Germany was one of the reasons Schmid signed with Kriens-Luzern for another two years after his time in the Bundesliga. Now this dream (goodbye) comes true for him. (cmu)

Source : Blick