(Un)informed Handball Hour

Berlin and Barça put one foot on the train to Cologne thanks to world-class performances from their star right backs, while two quarter-final ties remain delicately poised. Danijela Vekic joins us to look back at the midweek matches and ahead to the second leg matches in the Women's Champions League. This is a teaser of the episode with the full show and every Morning Club episode available on pat...

The Men's Champions League Quarter-finals are upon us and we look forward to them with Marcio Menino, who is in Nantes as Sporting look to make history. Is this finally Veszprém's year? Do Barça have reasons to be nervous? Can Gidsel avoid the fate of Denmark's previous great? These questions and more are pondered in your preview podcast.

Ludwigsburg winger Veronika Malá joins us ahead of a big quarter-final weekend in the Women's Champions League, where her side take on Györ in a repeat of last year's final. As well as looking ahead to the weekend's games, we reflect on Kiel's cup triumph, followed by a loss to Berlin and visit Spain, where Barça have suffered a pair of rare losses, putting their title celebrations on hold.  

The play-off round of the EHF Champions League concludes tonight and with the unusual situation of the round being filled with clubs from Europe's top two leagues, we get some French and German perspectives from Kevin Domas and Sascha Staat to break down what we've seen an look forward to some more tasty encounters to come.

Knockout handball is here! The road to Budapest and the Women's EHF FINAL4 begins with the play-off round this weekend and we chat to Adrian Costeiu with two tight contests and a Romanian derby to look forward to.

The group phase of the Men's Champions League has come to an end, so we rate the competition to date. Handball hipsters gather round for the IHF Emerging Nations, where handball worlds truly collide, plus we give you the five EHF EURO qualifiers you should watch this week.

Just under a year ago, Great Britain's women were thrown into the spotlight with a surprise wildcard into the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Since then, the team has pressed on behind the scenes and begin their EHF EURO 2026 Qualification campaign this weekend against Bosnia Herzegovina and Estonia. Home-grown talent Heidi Warren and coach Mark Hawkins, 2012 Olympian and one of our very first...

Mathias Gidsel has committed his future to Fuchse Berlin and gets a nice pay rise for his loyalty. Is a residency at Berghain part of the deal for DJ Gidsel and will his star sidekick join him? Sander Sagosen has decided to leave the Kolstad project and return to the scene of his big breakthrough. Can he rediscover his form at Aalborg and where do Kolstad go from here?

  In our final review, we look back at Denmark's dominant final win over Croatia and where that puts them among the sport's top teams of all time. We also hear from Denmark's Lukas Jørgensen and Croatia's Mario Šoštarić on the fiery gold medal clash. Our traditional Alternative Awards are out at the end of the week on Patreon, where the real MVPs are celebrated through the likes of the Swiss Army...

Men's World Championship 2025 - 30 January: Tears, drama and buzzer-beaters galore in the Quarter-finals with Danijela Vekic, Thibaut Briet and Marcio Menino

We're into the knockout phase of the World Championship with four tantalising quarter-finals coming our way on Tuesday and Wednesday. Björn Pazen joins us from Croatia to run through the contests and break down the key battles.

Brazil have reached the quarter-finals of the Men's World Championship for the first time and they've done it the hard way, battling through a group with Spain, Sweden and Norway. Brazilian commentator Sergio Arenillas joins us to speak about the surprise breakthrough and what makes this team so special. We also look at Portugal's latest stellar performance, Egypt's nailbiter and Croatia's resurre...

We're off to the main round at the World Championship and as things are beginning to heat up, we look at the big stories from recent days, including mixed fortunes for the host nations and which teams are truly emerging as medal contenders. And we speak to Dutch star Kay Smits about his return to the national team after a layoff due to a heart inflammation, his side's progress in recent years and...

The 2025 IHF Men's World Championship begins today, so we bring you our second big preview ahead of tonight's opening matches. 5:00 - Albin Falk Hansson previews the Nordic sides' chances 42:10 - Quickfire previews on the chasing pack 52:00 - Erwin Feuchtmann on his World Championship adventures with Chile 1:14:20 - Our final predictions Join us on patreon.com/handballhour to enjoy bonus content t...

In the first of our World Championship previews, we speak to Kevin Domas about how France and Spain look after the departure of some legends and which players to look out for among the French-influenced African sides. John Ryan joins us to look at the quintet of Pan American sides, highlighted by the preliminary round clash between Brazil and USA. Join us on patreon.com/handballhour for bonus epis...

Handball doesn't stop during the holiday season and neither will we. We dive back into the German Bundesliga drama with Kreis Ab's Sascha Staat as we discuss Nicolej Krickau's sacking at Flensburg, Maik Machulla's move to Löwen, Kiel's run of good form and how long Melsungen can keep setting the pace at the top of the league.

Norway left no doubt about their status as the best side in world handball with a convincing final victory over Denmark, driven by an unstoppable second half performance. We break down the gold medal match, look at a lovely moment between the coaches, celebrate Hungary's bronze and dive into our alternative awards.

The big three are back in the semi-finals, no surprises there, but their special guest is Hungary this time.  We preview the two semi-finals and hear from Grace Zaadi, who speaks about returning to the front line of France's attack, post-Olympics motivation and taking on their classic foes Norway and Denmark this weekend.

From third choice at the Olympics to outstanding goalkeeper at a home EURO, it's been a breakout tournament so far for Zsofi Szemerey. She speaks to us about Hungary's perfect start to the tournament, her move abroad in the summer, and the road to a potential medal. And we look ahead to the main round and try to figure out who the genuine semi-final contenders are.

We're two rounds in to the championship and there has been little for the naysayers to complain about so far. Good atmospheres, results for the home nations and the newcomers in the expanded 24-team competition proving they belong. We delve into what has stood out to us so far and speak to Montenegro's Djurdjina Jaukovic, who has returned from an 11-month injury absence in style and has led her te...

In our second preview pod, we look at some of the major contenders for the title, together with EHF journalist Courtney Gahan and commentator Alex Mair, while Fulya Öktem joins us to chat about debutants Türkiye. We also look at the player you should all be picking in the Holdet Fantasy league and throw some predictions your way!

It's the eve of the largest Women's EHF EURO to date and we have a large preview to go with it! In the first of our bumper previews with five expert guests, we turn the light on the home nations with some help from EHF journalist Danijela Vekic and former Austrian international-turned-TV expert Inés Rein. The second preview will be out on Thursday for all to enjoy, or already on Wednesday if you'r...

With the Women's EHF Champions League going into its winter break, we reflect on one of the season's major stories, the demise and sudden reprieval of Vipers Kristiansand. TV2 Norway's Anja Borg breaks down the story of the 3-time champions' financial peril and looks ahead to a period of transition for Norway's national teams. We also check in on the Bundesliga, where Flensburg piled on to Kiel's...

TV2's Lars Bruun-Mortensen joins us to discuss the surprise sacking of Maik Machulla as Aalborg coach. Last season's Champions League finalists have developed a unique culture over the years, which seemingly did not fit with Machulla's practices and vision. Was it the right call to pull the plug after just four months and what next for the Danish side?

Aron Palmarsson's transfer to Veszprem last week caught us all by surprise. Filling in for the injured Yehia Elderaa, how will the Icelandic superstar fit in with a club he left under acrimonious circumstances seven years ago? Teddi 'Ponza' Palmason joins us to speak about the move, what we can expect and making his senior handball debut with him many moons ago. And we catch up on the Women's Cham...