Belgium take seven women and seven men to the European Championship
Belgian national coach Kevin De Waele is taking seven women and seven men to the European Championship in Czechia, the KBKB reports. Mado Verhoeven and Mathieu Thysman drop out of the preliminary squa
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AKC/Luma supply the most European Championship players with four, Voorwaarts have three. The women in the squad are Amber Engels (Boeckenberg), Britt Saey and Eline Denie (AKC/Luma), Joke and Lise Van
The men are Arne Van Damme (Floriant), Glenn Pauwels (Borgerhout/GW), Jordy Antes (Kwik), Kian Amorgaste and Yannick Van Gucht (AKC/Luma), Wannes Struyf (Voorwaarts) and Wout Van Elsacker (Putse).
Verhoeven and Thysman drop out
Verhoeven (Boeckenberg) and Thysman (Temse) are U21 players. They only joined the preliminary squad after the U21 World Championship, from 8 to 16 August in Malaysia.
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According to De Waele, Verhoeven has been able to train too little with the group because of her recovery, so the European Championship comes too early for her. According to the national coach, Thysma
"The past weeks there was hard work and it was not an easy exercise", De Waele says about the selection. Besides the national coach, the staff consists of assistant Yannick Wauters, team manager Olive
Belgium head of pool B at the European Championship
Sixteen countries take part in the European Championship, from 16 to 24 October in Prostějov, Otrokovice and Zlín. At the draw in April, the four highest-ranked countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ge
Belgium are the head of pool B, with Portugal, Hungary and Scotland. The Netherlands play in pool A against Catalonia, Poland and Switzerland.
After the indoor finals of 2027, a new preliminary squad follows for the 2027 World Championship in the Netherlands.