Bernd and Reiner Methe, 47, were killed when their car collided with a truck on the way to a game between HBW Balingen-Weilstetten and SC Magdeburg on Friday evening.

The game was canceled when the brothers failed to show up.

Police in Freudenstadt confirmed the accident.

League president Reiner Witte said, “The entire handball family is saddened beyond all measure over the tragic deaths of Bernd Methe and Reiner Methe. Our thoughts are with the wives, the children and the whole families.”