by Fabian van Olphen, it will not be like the Dutch, handballers, this week’s debut at a european CHAMPIONSHIP. The 38-year-old can use, which over the last few years, the German Bundesliga to play in the preparation for the tournament with a knee injury suffered.

Van Olphen, at the end of last year and just come back to the selection of the Orange, and after that put in place in 2017, no invitation had been received from the head coach Erlingur Richardsson (see photo).

in Addition to the linkeropbouwer of TBV Lemgo are Tom Kooijman, Alec Smith, and the Help at the Field has fallen off from the pre-selection process. “It was a tough decision to make,” says Richardsson. “Our team is ready to take on anything and be able to make beautiful, hand-ball, to show at the european CHAMPIONSHIPS. We are looking forward to it.”

The Dutch handballers qualified last year for the first time in a European championship, which this month is being held in Norway, Sweden, denmark, and Austria.

the Orange will play its group matches in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. The team will begin on Thursday with a showdown with france and Germany, and this is followed by a game against Latvia on Saturday and defending champions Spain on Monday next week). The number one and two qualify for the next round.

as a team, Richardsson played a oefentoernooi in the netherlands. That resulted in defeats against Tunisia (29-30) and of the host member state (27-31), and with a win in the Ukraine (30-27).

in : Jasper, Adams, And Baijens, Samir Benghanem, Jeffrey Boomhouwer, Gerrie Eijlers, Ephrahim, Jerry, Show, Leenders, Bart Ravensbergen, Tim Remer, Bobby Doncaster, Robin Schoenaker, Iso Sluijters, Kay Smith, With the Steins Luc Steins, John Versteijnen.