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The Chinese club was awarded the defeat in the Russian Super League for the coronavirus in 10 handball players
The Russian Handball Federation canceled the match and counted the forfeit defeat to “Phoenix” with a score of 0:10
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The Chinese club “Phoenix” was given a technical defeat in the match of the championship of Russia against “Astrakhanochka” due to an outbreak, a disease reported on the website of the Russian Handball Federation.
“Phoenix”, which plays in Moscow, revealed positive tests for coronavirus in ten players in the group, which is more than 51% of the declared handball players, and proposed to resolve the issue of holding a home match against Astrakhanochka on January 25.
At the same time, there was no request to postpone the meeting, the meeting was in the release.
As a result, the match was recounted, and Phoenix was credited with a score of 0:10.
“Phoenix” continued the first season in the Superleague.
Head of the China Handball Association Wang Tao in June spokethat the club “will be the embodiment of Chinese culture and female power”, and the main goal for the first season is to improve the level of handball players.
In 23 matches, Phoenix won, collected five draws three times and lost in 15 meetings. The team is in 10th place out of 13.
On the FGR website composition a team of 18 Chinese handball players is indicated.