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Playmaker Juri Knorr
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Germany's handball players started the European Championship main round with a sense of success.
The team of national coach Alfred Gíslason won against Iceland on Thursday evening in Cologne with 26:24 (11:10) and thus recorded the first two points in the second phase of the tournament.
In front of 19,750 fans in the sold-out Lanxess Arena, Juri Knorr was the best thrower for the DHB selection with six goals.
Previously, Olympic champions France narrowly beat Croatia 34:32 and took the lead in Group I with 4:0 points.
Like the record world champions, Austria is still undefeated.
The outsider, the DHB team's next opponent on Saturday, won against Hungary 30:29 and has 3:1 points.
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