The Spin: We talk handball

We are back! And we're back with a bang. The 2025 handball season opens with the EHF Champions League Women and the IHF World Championship. On the women's side we grabbed a key player of THE team to beat: Metz Handball's Anne Mette Hansen joined our hosts Martin Vilstrup, Víctor Tomàs and Bengt Kunkel to talk about her phenomenal season, recap the Women's EHF EURO 2024 and have a lookout on the Me...

What hasn't Stefan Kretzschmar done? One of the most famous German handball players ever had an outstanding career as a left wing, even though one of the biggest clubs in the world wanted to sign him on a different position. He hosted shows along his career for TV- and radio stations, played a major role for the German national team and went on to share his knowledge with the world the moment his...

Hello from Vienna! Our hosts Ana Gros, Andrea Lekic and Bengt Kunkel invited players from all the semi finalists before the final day to an interview to talk about the upcoming tasks, heavy bones from yesterday and their favourite music artists. A colourful mix with a lot of laughs, emotions and legends. Katrine Lunde, Estelle Nze Minko and Anna Kristensen give their opinions, as well as many othe...

Vote for your All Star Team presented by LIDL in the official Home of Handball App now! The Main Round is done. Our four semifinalists Norway, Denmark, France and Hungary are battling for the european throne, as our hosts Ana Gros, Andrea Lekic and Bengt Kunkel discuss about potential outcomes of this year's edition of the Women's EHF EURO. Who do you think will end up with the gold medal? Favouri...

Join our league "The Spin" in the Match Predictor powered by Gorenje in the official Home of Handball App -- https://bit.ly/thespin_predict Halfway through the Main Round we see some surprising standings at the Women's EHF EURO 2024. Hungary is on their way to Vienna and just need to do their homework, whereas the Netherlands and Denmark might fight for one final spot in the semi final. Business a...

Here we go: The Main Round of the WOmen's EHF EURO 2024 is just around the corner. 12 teams have to go home, 12 teams remain in the tournament and fight for the rare semi-final spots. Who can make it? Our hosts Martin Vilstrup, Bengt Kunkel and Víctor Tomàs analyze the latest results and have a look at the Main Round.

Join our league "The Spin" in the Match Predictor powered by Gorenje in the official Home of Handball App. Two matches are played in the Preliminary round of the Women's EHF EURO 2024 and we saw the first surprises. Hungary took down Sweden by 7 goals and is a contender for a deep tournament run, while Germany are struggling. Our hosts Ana Gros, Víctor Tomàs and Bengt Kunkel are having a look at t...

Join our League in the Match Predictor powered by Gorenje and win an official matchball signed by your favourite team -- https://bit.ly/thespin_predict The Women's EHF EURO 2024 is here, and so is our lookout for the groups B, D and F. Together with former french line player Beatrice Edwige our hosts Andrea Lekic and Bengt Kunkel are looking at the french side, some underdogs who might take over a...

Join our League in the Match Predictor powered by Gorenje and win an official matchball signed by your favourite team -> https://bit.ly/thespin_predict The biggest tournament this winter is here. The Women's EHF EURO 2024 has some exciting stories to tell: Norway starts its adventure without Nora Mørk and Stine Oftedal, France has high hopes of returning to glory, while Hungary and the Netherla...

Mario Sostaric is performing on his best level yet again. After 7 matches he is at the 2nd spot of the Machineseeker EHF Champions League top scorer list, leading his Team OTP Bank-Pick Szeged to a 3rd spot in the group of death. How far is the journey going for the maybe THE dark horse of the year? Together with our hosts Victor Tomàs and Bengt Kunkel he talks about his current season, his change...

The Machineseeker EHF Champions League is halfway through the Group Phase. While PSG recovered from a bumpy start into the season, Szeged remains on course for some surprises. Veszprem celebrates the return of a former hero, while Henni Reistad is on her way to break historic records! What a season it already is 😍

The first winner of this year's EHF Excellence Awards is official! And we surprised him with the news in the Podcast. Ricardo Castro is Europe's number one when it comes down to the beach. Freshly arrived straight from Porto Santo he talks about his victorious run for gold with Leça, where he was awarded the best goalkeeper. Furthermore our hosts Víctor Tomàs, Martin Vilstrup and Bengt Kunkel have...

It was one of THE transfers of the summer. Gabriela Moreschi left Germany to go and play for CSM Bucuresti and for big ambitions. In the first episode of the new season of our Podcast "The Spin: We talk handball" she talks about her move back to Romania, her time in Germany, as well as her career and ambitions with club and country. Of course our hosts Martin Vilstrup, Víctor Tomàs and Bengt Kunke...

Martin Vilstrup is THE face of Beach Handball. Our fellow Dane is well known for his activities on the beach all around the globe, as he travels from tournament to tournament with club and country. But how did it all begin? Together with host Bengt Kunkel he recaps his career, looks at his first steps in the sand and talks about the people who inspired and formed him.

Víctor Tomàs is Barcelona. Throughout his entire career he never left Barca, even captained his team to the Champions League trophy in 2015. In our podcast he recaps his career, thinks about some highlights and can't stop smiling, as he talks about the highlights of his magnificent handball life with our hosts Martin Vilstrup and Bengt Kunkel.

It's time to say goodbye to one of the greatest to ever touch the ball. Nikola Karabatic played his last match of professional handball ever. Our hosts Martin Vilstrup, Bengt Kunkel and Víctor Tomàs recap his career and look at an outstanding player and his achievements.

Dominik Klein is one of Germany's greatest ever. While talking with our hosts Bengt Kunkel and his former rival Víctor Tomàs one can really feel his passion and love for the sport. He relives his career, talks about his transfer to Nantes and shares some great memories. Enjoy the Episode with Mini!

Mattias Andersson looks back on an exciting career. Winning the Champions League was one of his career highlights, but in our Podcast he talks together with our hosts Bengt Kunkel and Victor Tomas about his legendary teammates like Henning Fritz and Thierry Omeyer, but about derbies between Kiel and Flensburg from both perspectives, his life as a coach and some memories between him and Victor.

It is one of the most exciting tournaments in the world: The Olympic games. Apart from the excitement of the best teams in the world fighting for medals, this year's edition features the farewell of two legends of the game: Nikola Karabatic and Mikkel Hansen. Having played the EURO final in January against each other, they are looking to face one another yet again this summer. Who will take home g...

No matter where you look, Scandinavia is everywhere in the handball world. In every top team's history you will find big scandinavian names, every top competition is getting better with the teams from Denmark, Sweden etc. Where is the scandinavian supremacy coming from? Our host Bengt Kunkel talked with danish beach handball legend Martin Vilstrup and queen of the game Anja Althaus, who spent time...

Konstantin Igropulo is well known in the handball world. As one of the best ever, as Champions League winner, as a party animal, and as Co-Trainer of Barca. Before winning the Machineseeker EHF Champions League this year our host Bengt Kunkel talked with him about his career, his step to Barca and the good old partying days.

It's beach time! The indoor season is over, the beach is open. Time to have a look at our favourite summer activity: Beach Handball! Martin Vilstrup, danish Beach Handball legend, Anja Althaus, coaching staff member of the North Macedonia Beach Handball national team, and Bengt Kunkel talk about the beach season, Beach Handball as a sport and everything that expects us this summer, including an ex...

That's it! The season 2023/24 is in the books with Györ and Barca being back on top. Our hosts Víctor Tomàs, Bengt Kunkel and Martin Vilstrup wrap up the season, look back on the Truckscout24 EHF FINAL4 in Cologne and the EHF FINAL4 in Budapest, before they present their teams for the Excellence Awards. You can still vote yours in the Home of Handball App, the vote is open until Sunday, 23rd of Ju...

It's done! Barca are the new kings of Europe, and Mem breaks down in tears as he lifts the trophy as a captain of Barca. Straight after the final whistle and the trophy ceremony our hosts Dominik Klein, Bengt Kunkel, Dennis Baier and Iker Romero are analyzing Barcas triumph, recap the great performance of all time great Mikkel Hansen and talk about the happenings of the weekend, including intervie...

Cologne - are you ready for one last highlight this season?! Magdeburg, Aalborg, Kiel and Barca definitely are - and our hosts Marcio Menino and Bengt Kunkel Talk with all 4 teams about their ups and downs this season, the upcoming highlight in cologne and their hopes and dreams. Tune in and get prepared for the best weekend this year! 05:00 Aalborg 35:00 Barca 1:05:00 SC Magdeburg 1:35:00 THW Kie...