Handball: EC: Germany for Schwalb the “Top Favourite”.

For former championship coach Martin Schwalb (54) Germany is defending champion at the European Handball Championships in Croatia (12th place). till 28. The team is of great quality, has probably the greatest breadth in the squad of all participants, a very good age structure and great self-confidence,”said the long-standing coach of HSV Hamburg to the Hamburger Morgenpost:” Due to the overall package, we are the top favourite.

Schwalb’s biggest rivals for national coach Christian Prokop’s team are world champion France, Olympic champion Denmark, hosts and Spain,”There’s a good chance of winning a medal. For gold, everything must fit. The quality for a successful title defence is definitely there,”said Schwalb, who won the Champions League two years later and became German champion with the Hamburgers in 2011.