(Un)informed Handball Hour

Croatian duo Larissa Kalaus and Dora Krsnik chat to us about their amazing start to EHF EURO 2020, which has left all of us eating some humble pie, the atmosphere within the team and the impact on the current state of women's handball at home. We also wrap up the preliminary round, discuss the big group finals and look ahead to Thursday's main round launch.

We try to get a grip on the Croatian sensation, where it has all gone wrong for the Dutch and Alex makes a bold claim about France vs Denmark. Our guests Emily Bölk and Sheniia Minevskaja speak about Germany's campaign so far, dealing with the loss to Norway and what makes each other so important to the team.

Russia's Vladlena Bobrovnikova joins us to chat about the opening day victory over Spain, life in the EHF EURO bubble and how her team have adapted in their approach to the unique championship. We also look back at the first two days of action and tackle the biggest on-court topics.

The Women's EHF EURO 2020 begins today, an event we all need in our lives this December, and we're here every two days with a new podcast covering the action in Denmark. We begin with a preview of the four groups, checking out the top contenders and hearing some predictions from experts across the world.

We take a look at the Women's EHF EURO 2018 through the eyes of the champions France as Estelle Nze Minko and Siraba Dembélé Pavlović revisit their glorious home championship, disappointment a year later and the drive to get back on top in 2020.

Norway have become the gold standard in European women's handball, winning a record seven EHF EURO titles. We speak to stars of the past and present - Stine Oftedal, Kari Grimsbø and Karoline Dyhre Breivang - to get their insights as to what makes Norwegian handball so special.

Andrea Lekic joins us to talk about her international career with Serbia and two back-to-back championships which changed her life.

We bring you part two of our interview with Cristina Neagu and it gets even better here as she details a turning point for Romania as a team and her as a person.

We are joined by arguably the best player in the world, Cristina Neagu, for our first Women's EHF EURO 2020 podcast. The Romanian superstar takes us through a journey of the championships which changed her life in the first of a two-part interview.

A highly-entertaining clash between Kiel and Veszprém gave us plenty to talk about as the Men's EHF Champions League takes a break, that plus whether anyone can stop Barca? The Women's EHF Champions League has given us plenty to talk about and Laura Agena joined us to break down the season so far.

We go on a voyage across Europe's leagues with Kevin Domas and Björn Pazen, discuss life without Karabtic for PSG and touch on the new Flensburg documentary

With the pandemic wreaking havoc on all aspects of society, we look at the impact on handball clubs with sports business expert and lecturer Kenneth Cortsen. We also breakdown the finances at clubs like Kiel, Barca and Vardar and kick things off with chat on the men's EHF Champions League and European League.

The man at the centre of one of the best feel-good stories this season, Bevan Calvert, chats to us about his experience with THW Kiel and making history for Australian handball. With a couple rounds of the EHF Champions League Men behind us, we reflect on what's happened and make some predictions for the year to come.

Renowned fitness coach Marija Lojanica chats to us about the pitfalls of returning from a long pandemic-induced break and how she has dealt with it at Veszprém. We also look back at the first weekend of the DELO EHF Champions League, look forward to the first men's action and review the Egypt 2021 draw.

With handball's pre-season well and truly underway, we delve into some of our favourite feel-good stories and the uncertainty that still surrounds us with the pandemic.

With the new season just weeks away, we speculate on how it's going to work, we break down the top summer transfers, look at NRK's brilliant Sander Sagosen article and relive our favourite Olympic moments with Björn Pazen.

With the new season just weeks away, we speculate on how it's going to work, we break down the top summer transfers, look at NRK's brilliant Sander Sagosen article and relive our favourite Olympic moments with Björn Pazen.

The Olympics should have started this week, but we'll keep the flame alive by reliving one of the greatest handball finals in Athens 2004 with Danish gold medallist Trine Nielsen. We also discuss the recent World Handball Player of the Year awards and the new European Cup formats.

Björn Pazen speaks to us about the brilliant report he has just released, detailing the views of 39 top handball coaches on the much-maligned 7 vs 6 rule. We get into what the coaches said and what should be done about it. We recently launched our own Ko-Fi page, so if you like what we do, why not support us with a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/handballhour  

We reflect on the new EHF Champions League format and who made the cut. Magda Pluszewska speaks to us about Kielce's money troubles (21:40 min) Laura Agena and Nagore Odriozola from https://www.playmakerwh.com/ talk everything women's handball from Nora Mørk's big move to the EHF EURO 2020 draw (35:50) On a side note, we just launched our own Ko-Fi page, so if you like what we do, why not support...

25 years on from France's first World Championship title, we look back at the story of 'Les Barjots' - the party-loving gang who took the handball world by storm! Bruno Martini, France's goalkeeper at the time and now general manager of PSG, and French journalist Kevin Domas speak to us about the rise of French handball and the origin story of one of handball's international superpowers. On a side...

Double interview in this episode, beginning with Siófok KC coach Bent Dahl discussing the disappointing end to the Hungarian season and life in lockdown for a coach. Filip Mishov joins us from Skopje to discuss Vardar's latest reversal of fortune and an emerging Macedonian rival in Eurofarm Pelister.

Despite the coronavirus crisis, there's no shortage of handball chat We reflect on what you, the fans, decided how this season's VELUX EHF Champions League would have turned out Round-up the comings and goings of the top clubs Bring you the best of our chat with Veszprém's Dragan Gajic Best of the rest of handball's headlines

We discuss the VELUX EHF FINAL4 moving to Christmas, Siofok's sorrow in Hungary and the latest wave of handball hype in the USA. We're also excited to announce our first Virtual Pub Quiz on Wednesday 22 April at 21:00 CET. Grab a drink, a pen and paper and enjoy it here: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1rmxPAQymPdKN

ehfTV commentator and friend of the podcast Tom O'Brannagain joined us to watch his very first final as a commentator, Ciudad Real (ESP) vs THW Kiel (GER) in the EHF Champions League Final 2nd Leg in 2009. You can watch the match with our commentary over it on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn663DbEvTg from 21:00 CET on Thursday.