(Un)informed Handball Hour

We play a game of Stick or Twist with the current early-season positions in the EHF Champions League and discuss how the 16 teams have fared so far.   Can Magdeburg bounce back, is Kolstad already a failure and why did we ever doubt Barca?

We're making the first of our two Morning Club episodes this week available for everyone to enjoy! You can access bonus Morning Club podcasts every week if you join us on patreon.com/handballhour. Chris speaks to Kim Ekdahl du Rietz, who has just experienced his first championship as a coach as he led Hong Kong's men's team to the Asian Games, facing Qatar and South Korea in an incredibly tough gr...

Eurohandball reporter Danijela Vekic joins us to talk all things Women's EHF Champions League as we break down the first two rounds of the competition, jump into the main storylines and predict how things will unfold in this wide-open competition. If you haven't already, the busy start to the season is the perfect time to join us on patreon.com/handballhour and access extra content on the regular.

With the EHF Champions League about to throw off, we question the big contenders' credentials, interesting signings, highlight matches and make some very contrasting predictions.  

With the EHF Champions League about to throw off, we look at the big questions, weird and wonderful signings, highlight matches and make our predictions

What a duo to have on for a Bundesliga preview! Björn Pazen and Sascha Staat give us their insights on each of the teams in Germany's top flight, from yo-yo teams to title contenders and, of course, whether it will be another season of midtable obscurity for Melsungen.

Nicolej Krickau joins us to discuss taking over at SG Flensburg-Handewitt and its new challenges, overseeing the GOG resurgence and setting the record straight on the GOG five-step.

Lars Bruun-Mortensen from TV2 in Denmark speaks to us about his experiences investigating and filming 'Mistænkeligt spil', a two-part documentary focused on match-fixing in handball.

With money the big topic across the handball world recently, we check in on Kolstad's financial struggle, Andre Gomes following the footballers to Saudi Arabia and how all this news has given us a fresh insight into player salaries.

Kolstad cutting wages as their big names arrive in town, is the honeymoon over before it even began, or is it just a bump in the road? Brian is still going strong in Romania, where the race for the medals heats up at the Women's 19 EHF EURO. Want access to all the morning club episodes on a weekly basis? Support the podcast on https://www.patreon.com/handballhour

Alex and Chris went to Holland, Michigan in the USA to take part in the American Handball Championship a few weeks ago, playing and hosting a live podcast on the first night of the event with the players as our audience. It was a great way to connect with the community there and here is a recording of the live show. We spoke to tournament organiser Joey Williams, JD Orr shared some of his best and...

SC Magdeburg emerged victorious from an unforgettable EHF FINAL4 weekend in Cologne, winning their first CL title in 21 years. We react to it all in three parts. 3:55 mins - Chris and Alex speak to Andrea Lekic, Bengt Kunkel and Andrian Costeiu 33:10 mins - Alex speaks to Andreas Wolff, Matthias Musche, Michael Damgaard, Kay Smits, Nikola Portner and MVP Gisli Kristjansson 51:20 mins - final words...

We look forward to the TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 with our live Twitch show in Cologne, delving into the stories, strengths and Achilles' heel of each contender, while Chris speaks to Magdeburg's Christian O'Sullivan and PSG's Luc Steins at Friday's media call.

Vipers Kristiansand do it again! We were on-site in Budapest and had a chance to reflect on a record-breaking EHF FINAL4 Women with Gabriella Horvath, Anja Althaus, Ditte Vind, Martin Vilstrup and Lucie Marie Kretschmar.

Episode 204 - Big Women's EHF FINAL4 preview, live from Budapest with Esbjerg's Dinah Eckerle

Brian and Chris give us a taste of what's to come at the EHF FINAL4 Women in Budapest in the first of two morning club episodes this week.   We'll be live on Friday at 19:30 CEST with a full preview on the Home of Handball Twitch channel and we'll share it here as a podcast as well!   Enjoy access to all Morning Club episodes and plenty more on patreon.com/handballhour

A mixture of praise and disappointment in the wake of the Champions League quarter-finals, Alex delves into optionality and we bring you the final part of our live show, where we discussed handball's future as a global sport.

In the morning club, we have 15 minutes to tackle one hot topic in the handball world. This is usually only found on our Patreon account, but we're giving everyone a taste this time. If you want more, support the podcast on https://www.patreon.com/handballhour. This week, Brian and Chris check in at the halfway mark of the Men's EHF Champions League Quarter-finals.

Now for the main event from our live show, celebrating 200 episodes of the podcast, debating the all-time all-star team in men's handball! Everyone gets a taste for this episode but the real juicy stuff and the full team is reserved for our supporters on Patreon this time. Join them and get the full show on https://www.patreon.com/handballhour

We celebrated passing 200 episodes with a live show on Sunday, with Yahia Omar, Courtney Gahan and Rasmus Boysen as our special guests. Here's the first part of the show with a look back at the Women's Champions League quarter-finals and ahead to the men's!

What a fitting way to mark our 200th episode. Brian and Chris head to Faroe Islands for their crucial EHF EURO 2024 qualifier against Ukraine and take the chance to delve into what makes handball here so special, interviewing Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu, Nicholas Satchwell, Ári Rouch, Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen and Hákun West Av Teigum.

Plock coach and one of our very first guests Xavi Sabate returns to the pod to speak about his side's wild ride to the Champions League Quarter-finals. We reflect on the brilliant German Cup final and Granollers' seismic victory in the European League, led by a brilliant Nigerian talent. We also have news about our live show on Zoom - due to scheduling issues, we're changing it to Sunday 7 May at...

An Easter weekend treat as Alex and Chris discuss the Champions League play-offs, which quarter-finals look hot, Stoilov taking on unruly fans in Skopje and Alex's move to Boston. And we have some exciting news! To celebrate our 200th episode, we'll be recording it live online with our listeners, on Sunday 23 April at 20:00 CEST. The live audience will be Patreon listeners only, so join us now on...

The business end of the handball season is in full flow and we're here for it with our latest Patron-only podcast. Featuring a dramatic reading of Szeged fans' open letter, impressive wins for Rapid Bucuresti in the women's CL and Aalborg in the men's, plus a quick look at the Bundesliga's latest twist in the title race. You get a taste of it here, enjoy the full episode on patreon.com/handballhou...

As we enter the business end of the Men's EHF Champions League season, we go head-to-head in deciding the most impressive players so far this season and discuss who is on course to be this season's MVP.