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Power Outage Stops Afturelding-Víkingur Handball Match

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A power outage halted Afturelding’s men’s handball match against Víkingur at halftime.
  • Afturelding led 17-12 after the first half, and officials and coaches agreed to stop the game after a 40-minute interruption.
  • Organizers hoped to complete the second half the following day or on Sunday.

Afturelding led Víkingur by five goals, 17-12, when a power outage stopped their opening-round men’s Premier League handball match in Mosfellsbær.

The first half finished without incident, but the electricity failed during halftime. Referees, the match supervisor and the coaches decided to end the game after the interruption had lasted 40 minutes.

The game was stopped. The referees, match supervisor and coaches decided at nine o’clock, after the stoppage had lasted 40 minutes, to stop the game.

· Sigurður Straumfjörð PálssonHe explained why officials abandoned the match at halftime.

Sigurður Straumfjörð Pálsson, chairman of Afturelding’s handball division, said everyone wanted to finish the match as soon as possible. The second half was expected to take place either the next day or on Sunday, subject to arrangements being completed.

The game will most likely be played tomorrow or Sunday. That is the plan, we still have to make sure everything works, but everyone wants to finish this as soon as possible.

· Sigurður Straumfjörð PálssonHe described the planned rescheduling of the second half.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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