Austria's handball ladies are aiming for World Cup qualifications against Türkiye!

Austria's handball ladies are aiming for World Cup qualifications against Türkiye!

Austria's national handball team of women faces an important challenge in the qualification for the 2025 World Cup, which takes place in Germany and the Netherlands. The draw showed that the Austrians hit the emerging Turkish women in two encounters. The first games start in the week from April 7, with Austria initially having home rights. Patrick Fölser, the sports director of the Austrian Handball Association, expressed confidently: "Turkey is an emerging team and has developed quite well in recent years. But I believe that we will go in there with a broad breast and of course want to reach the World Cup via Türkiye." This pairing is particularly important because the Turkish and the Austrian team both left in the preliminary round at the European Championship 2024.

In another exciting sporting event, the Swiss national women's team celebrated their start of their European Championship qualifiers against Turkey with a 3-1 victory. In Zurich's Letzigrund, the players delivered a solid performance under coach Pia Sundhage, despite initial difficulties. Viola Calligaris was the heroine of the game by scoring two goals and bringing the Swiss Nati into the trail of success. Thanks to the solid performance in the group, the Swiss not only took a step towards National League promotion, but also positioned themselves as strong hosts for the EM 2025, while the Turkish women are still looking for their first big tournament success.

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