Handball: EHF-Cup: defending champion Göppingen stumbles

Defending champion Frisch On Göppingen, the EHF Cup is on the brink of an early end. In the first leg of the 3. The handball Bundesliga team did not go beyond a 27:27 (14:15) against the Norwegian representative OIF Arendal in their own arena.

The team of national coach Hermann Paar also lost the second qualifying match.

The DBB women had previously lost 56:89 to the Czech Republic. After two out of six games, Germany are the last in the standings, only the group winner is sure to be qualified for the European Championship.