2023-11-30 16:18:45
After four regional league games in Berlin and Potsdam, the first games in Saxony have now been canceled. It is not possible to play at Chemnitzer FC once morest FC Eilenburg, nor at the Plache Stadium at Lok Leipzig once morest Berliner AK. Previously, away games from RW Erfurt, Chemie Leipzig and FSV Zwickau had fallen victim to the weather. The prospects for the Thuringia derby Jena vs. ZFC are good.
In the Northeast Regional Football League, games planned for the upcoming weekend have now been canceled. The most recent cancellations came on Thursday (November 30th, 2023), Lok Leipzig cannot play its home game once morest Berliner AK planned for Friday (December 1st, 2023) due to the weather conditions in the Bruno Plache Stadium.
CFC: Use of lawn heating “excluded for economic reasons”
Afterwards it was also said that the match between Chemnitzer FC and newly promoted FC Eilenburg scheduled for Sunday might not be played. The CFC reported on Thursday followingnoon that the lawn heating was not in operation. Office manager Tommy Haeder said: “For economic reasons, we have fundamentally ruled out the use of the lawn heating this season. Due to the current weather and the persistent ground frost, it is not safe to use the lawn and spectator areas. In addition, the game between league leaders Greifswalder FC once morest VSG Altglienicke canceled.
Chemnitz “Ice Dancers”: Most recently, the Sky Blues beat Viktoria Berlin on snow. Here Captain Tobias Müller (right). Photo rights: PICTURE POINT/Gabor Krieg
Also cancellations for Erfurt, Chemie and Zwickau
Already on Wednesday, the guest games of Chemie Leipzig at BFC Dynamo and FSV Zwickau at SV Babelsberg planned for Saturday (December 2, 2023) were postponed, as was the Thursday game between Hertha BSC II and Hansa Rostock II. This was announced by the clubs and the Nordostdeutsche known as the football association. On Wednesday evening there was also RW Erfurt’s encounter at Viktoria Berlin, which was planned for Friday. The Thuringians reported this.
“Mixture of frost and snowfall”
“The weather conditions of the past few days, with the mixture of frost and snowfall, have not been good for the grass in the Sportforum,” it says regarding the cancellation on the BFC website under the picture of a snow-covered stadium.
The snow-covered Berlin Sportforum, venue of the BFC Dynamo. Image copyright: Patrick Skrzipek
FSV Zwickau posted on “Facebook” that the game in Potsdam once morest Babelsberg had been “cancelled due to the weather conditions and the resulting unplayability of the pitch”.
Thuringenderby Jena vs. Meuselwitz: Closed snow cover
The game between Carl Zeiss Jena and ZFC Meuselwitz, also planned for Saturday (December 2nd, 2023), can probably take place – subject to reservations and as of Thursday morning (November 30th, 2023). When asked by MDR, the club explained that there was a solid blanket of snow in the stadium, which made playing possible. A final decision as to whether the game will take place has not yet been made. According to the weather forecast, further snowfall is forecast for Friday and Saturday.
This topic in the program:MDR TELEVISION | Sports in the East | December 02, 2023 | 4:00 p.m
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