This Year's Dana Cup has seen far Fewer Injuries Than Usual

The MASH tent has been less busy than usual this year. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 20:00 pm, 289 people had been treated. Normally, it is approx. 200 per day, so this is a significant decrease.

‘We cannot say with certainty what explains the low number of injuries this year. However, the teams seem to warm up better than in the past, where some arrived just before the start of the match and went straight onto the pitch,’ says Jette Nordberg, who is the manager of the MASH tent.

Of the 289 who have been to the MASH tent, 44 have been sent for X-rays. This year's typical injuries have been ankle injuries, and this can possibly be explained by the fact that the pitches have been wet this year. The type of injuries therefore matches what sports doctor Thøger Persson Krogh predicted before the start of the tournament.

‘I would guess that sprained ankles are something that we will see a lot this year,’ said the former national team doctor on Monday.

Other years when the pitches have been dry, the MASH tent would have dealt with other types of injuries.

‘If the fields had been dry, we would have seen more injuries to collarbones and wrists as a result of hard falls as well as many skin abrasions,’ Jette Nordberg says.