As early as Monday, the Swedish World Cup squad will gather in Halmstad to recharge before the championship at home.
Only days before the meeting, the national team captain Glenn Solberg is now forced to change the squad.
The reason?
Karl Wallinius will not play due to injury.
- I have had a dialogue with Karl and he is struggling with pain and is not one hundred percent.
It is of course sad for him to miss a championship at home, but we also have to have players who can go all out, says Solberg in a press release.
Forssell Schefvert replaces
Instead, Solberg now chooses to pick a national team debutant in the squad in the form of 29-year-old Olle Forsell Schefvert.
- Olle is valuable and useful for a team with qualities both in defense and forward and deserves a chance in the national team.
The left-winger, who normally plays in the German Rhein-Neckar Löwen, was surprised after the conversation from the national team captain.
- Better late than never.
I was of course shocked when I got the call, but I am very happy and proud.
Not many people get to experience a championship at all and even fewer get to do it on home soil.
The Handball World Cup begins on January 11.