One decade world class: Norway
celebrates EM titles
Amsterdam, 21.12.98 (dsf.de)
When captain Kjersti Grini strained the European
" victory dish " at 20.58 o'clock into the sky, Norway was recompenced for one
decade world class hand ball.
After five victoryless Finals with international
title fights the " Norge team " won the first title on Sunday in Amsterdam
finally. Coach Arne Hoegdahl spoke of a " historical day for the Norwegian hand
ball port ". And Cheftrainerin Marit Breivik stressed: " it became also
finally time. "
The awake separation in the north had format. With
that 24:16 in the final and with that 28:19 in the Vorrunde were nevertheless played
neighbour Denmark, olympia winner and world champion, equivalent twice formally to the
wall. The Norwegian zauberten seven sovereigns of victories on the parquet.
Since 1994 ex-Nationalspielerin Marit Breivik (140
international matches) with the crew co-operates. The team got a Kick before two years
with the experienced CO coach Arne Hoegdahl, which before already cared for Austria. It
went only uphill, but the quite large break-through never succeeded despite second
workstations with Olympia, EM and WM.
"In two years we are so far ", Hoegdahl
after the EM final 1996 had prophesied. Despite the two violation-conditioned rejects of
Tonje the coach duo an athletic, play-funny and above all copy-strong team formed saying
doing and Kari Solem.
The national coaches can draw thereby from the full
one. In the 1937 the new generation sport possesses created Norwegian hand ball federation
absolute priority. In 815 associations at present 105,000 members train. Two thirds of it
are usually female under 17 years and. The first international match gave it 1946 against
Sweden (5:2) and still on the field was played.
The woman hand ball with workstation three created
the international break-through with the world championship 1986 in the Netherlands. Since
then there was seven medals, but never a title. "Our new generation concept was
recompenced now with the first title ", said Hoegdahl.
But the so far apparently unbeatable Danish
neighbour takes two years before Olympia only one time-out. After Ulrik Wilbek the
federation found the resignation from success coach for a long time no successor.
Expectations were excessive in the surrounding field. Besides captain Anne Dorthe Tanderup
withdrew, and the probably world-best Handballerin, Anja Andersen one, had health
problems.
Coach January Pytlick carried solid work out in
only eight months. " the gaps are not easy with such exception player inside to
close ", determined he: " we return nevertheless. "