Goalkeeper Thomas Eichberger is not in Austria’s squad for the European Handball Championships starting on Wednesday in Germany.
The ÖHB announced this just a few hours before the final test match in Linz once morest Iceland this month.
Even without Eichberger, who was hired at Krems, the 16-man squad has two goalkeepers in Ralf Patrick Häusle and Constantin Möstl. Austria will face Romania (Friday), Croatia (Sunday) and Spain (Tuesday) in Group B in Mannheim. The two best teams in each group advance to the main round.
Austria’s European Championship squad
- Goalkeeper:
Ralf Patrick Häusle (Bregenz)
Constantin Möstl (Hard) - Backspace:
Nemanja Belos (Graz)
Mykola Bilyk (Kiel/D)
Janko Bozovic (Al-Sulaibikhat/Kuwait))
Lukas Hutecek (Lemgo-Lippe/D)
Markus Mahr (Bregenz)
Michael Miskovez (Schwaz)
Moritz Mittendorfer (Krems)
Boris Zivkovic (Azoty Pulawy/Pol) - Wing:
Eric Damböck (Margareten)
Sebastian Frimmel (Szeged/Hun)
Jakob Nigg (Margareten)
Robert Weber (Bärnbach) - Kreis:
Lukas Herburger (Schaffhausen/Sui)
Tobias Wagner (Bregenz)
