The Israel national team squad for the European Games has been announced

The Israeli team will begin its preparations for the three expected matches against the Lithuanian team (next Tuesday at the Kvutzat Shlomo Hall in Tel Aviv, and on Sunday, March 14 in Vilnius), including the game against Iceland to be held on Thursday in Tel Aviv, in the European Championship qualifiers.
Coaches Oleg Botenko and Assaf Levy called up 26 players for training. In the first phase of training, the staff will include the players who play in the Premier League: captain Daniel Shekalim, Yossi Apo, Gil Pomerantz, Eden Ginji and Ofir Cohen from Ramat Hasharon, Oz Hammi, Tom Shem Tov and Tal Hershkovitz from Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Omri Kushmero, Nivo Levy and Ram Turknitz from Hapoel Ashdod. Dor Calderon and Yirmi Sidi from Maccabi Rishon Lezion. Moshiko Elimelech and Amit Gal from Hapoel Kiryat Ono. Oz Yitzhak from Rehovot, Shlomi Zeitler from Nes Ziona and Daniel Tzarfati from Bnei Herzliya.
During the weekend and the beginning of the week, the legionnaires will also join: Yoav Lambrozo from Limoges, France, Snir Natzia from Grosswallstad and Daniel Musindy from Erlangen in Germany, Dan Tepper and Lior Gorman will come from Scharbur, Tomer Bodenheimer from Switzerland, and this time with Adir Cohen Schweitz Yonatan Dayan will also arrive from Rimpar in Germany, but will have to pass a fitness test.

Yoav Lambroso and Adir Cohen (courtesy of the Handball Association of Portugal)

In fact all the players mentioned were already on the roster, and only some of them would eventually be included in the final roster. At this stage, according to the audience’s outline, 300 spectators will be allowed to enter the Shlomo Group Hall in Tel Aviv, in the hope that in a few days the Ministries of Health and Sports will approve a higher quota.