Germany captain Giulia Gwinn has been ruled out of the rest of the Women’s European Championship with a knee injury.

Gwinn, 26, underwent a scan on Saturday after being forced off in the first half of Germany's group stage opener against Poland.

Sjoeke Nüsken has been promoted to vice-captain of the German women's team, supporting new captain Janina Minge following Giulia Gwinn's exit from the European Championship due to injury. "We discussed this within the team and also received the message from (coach) Christian (Wück) that Sjoeke will take on the vice-captaincy.