Episode 74 - Christmas in Cologne, USA loves handball, Pub Quiz announcement
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
21 Apr 202032min
Episode 73 - Ciudad Real vs THW Kiel in the 2009 EHF Champions League Final with Tom O'Brannagain
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.
16 Apr 20201h 44min
Episode 72 - Handball in isolation, April Fools and who will be ready for Tokyo 2020
With handball well and truly in lockdown, we cast our eye over what those in charge have decided to do, turn momentarily to Belarus for our fix of live action and think about what the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics for one year means for some teams' chances.
2 Apr 202041min
Episode 71 - Germany vs France in the 2007 World Championship semi-final
We go back in time to 2007 and the infamous World Championship semi-final between Germany and France. We're commentating on the entire match, which you can watch along with us on https://youtu.be/Dw4t0v07pfg. We start the video (00:00) at 2:24 The second half (38:20) begins at 41:56 Extra-time (1:16:00) begins at 1:19:49
24 Mars 20201h 59min
Episode 70 - Coronavirus defeats handball, what now?
The Coronavirus has brought a halt to all major handball events for the foreseeable future. What now? We discuss the current situation, whether this season can conclude in a satisfactory way and throw out some ideas on how to end the Champions League season and entertain ourselves in the meantime.
13 Mars 202022min
Episode 69 - Christian Dissinger's insight on Vardar's troubles, CL review and beach handball at Paris 2024?
Christian Dissinger gives us some insight into Vardar's current financial struggles. We take a look back at the VELUX EHF Champions League so far and look forward to the Last 16 with Chris taking on Alex. Could beach handball be an Olympic sport? We do a bit of homework on the recent push from the IHF.
5 Mars 20201h 9min
Episode 68 - Women's team of the decade, decided with Jelena Eric's help
How easy is it to decide the women's handball team of the decade? We gave it a good go, with the brilliant help of 2013 world silver medallist Jelena Eric, and it wasn't all so straightforward.
21 Feb 202055min
Episode 67 - Jay Cutler-Gate, the hot take which united the handball world
Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler has become an unlikely public enemy number 1 in the handball world after his claim that he could storm to Olympic gold, which drew responses from the likes of Nikola Karabatic, Stefan Kretzschmar and NBA star Luka Doncic. We ended up in the middle of the discussion on Twitter, so we reflect on a crazy week online and speak to USA handball expert John Ryan.
6 Feb 202045min
