Handball Podcasts

It's half-time in the quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League Men - will this be a surprisingly straightforward round? We look back at the first European club title handed out this season in Viborg and remember Bengt Johansson with an story from Taip Ramadani.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Yahia Omar has been a leading light in Egypt's recent reemergence to the top table of world handball and has become a star for Veszprém since his move in 2019. He speaks about his handball upbringing in Egypt, what makes him the player he is and his hopes for the future of the sport at home.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We catch up with last week's European action and consider the discussion about the Champions League's best format, before looking ahead to the business end of the season and Alex dashes off to Las Vegas.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We reveal your final choice for Women's Player of 2021 and discuss the various awards, look back at the first play-off matches in the Champions League and ahead to a jam-packed week of important matches across Europe.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

After crowning Mathias Gidsel as the unofficial men's player of 2021 in episode 129, it's time for the women's award and we brought in playmakerwh.com's Laura Agena in to help us figure out who shone brightest last year. But you get to make the final call by voting on the @handballhour Twitter and Instagram accounts on Wednesday to Friday.…

After a post-EURO holiday, we're back with news of Russia and Belarus' suspension by the EHF, big transfers, the miraculous return of the world player of the year awards and even some handball talk.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Our live show on Sunday looked back at the thrilling EHF EURO 2022 final between Sweden and Spain, before moving on to the serious business - our alternative awards! Discover who claimed prestigious titles such as the Swiss Army Knife, Super Sub and Random Rocket. You can still watch the live show on https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1281660469…

Friday night's drama proves you can never take anything for granted in handball. We reflect on a brilliant semi-final day, hear Valter Chrintz's post-match thoughts and look ahead to the gold medal match.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We wrap up the main round by hearing from Spain's Rodrigo Corrales and Denmark's Rasmus Lauge as well as delving into the dramatic finales in Bratislava and Budapest, before looking ahead to Friday's semi-finals.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Sebastian Barthold's journey to Norway's starting seven has been long and winding but the success he is enjoying now makes it all worthwhile. We hear from the Aalborg left wing and break down the business end of the main round, pondering who will join Denmark in the semi-finals.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Nebojša Simić is the man of the moment at EHF EURO 2022, producing some outstanding performances in goal as Montenegro pulled off huge wins over Slovenia and Croatia. We speak to him and take a look at the headline games from the main round so far.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

In our latest live show, we preview the main round of EHF EURO 2022 with a top-notch pair of guests - Stefan Kretzschmar and Rasmus Boysen. Looking back at the drama in Budapest as Hungary bow out early Fredericia and Twitter star Rasmus Boysen helps us look at how group I will play out Germany and SC Magdeburg legend Stefan Kretzschmar gives us hi…

With the preliminary round of EHF EURO 2022 heating up, we delve into the second round of matches, which threw up plenty of tension and the odd surprise. Karl Konan speaks to us about his remarkable journey from Ivory Coast to the centre of France's defence and Alex notices some new trends.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Following a dramatic start to the Men's EHF EURO 2022, we speak to Stijn Steenhuis from Handbal Inside about the Netherlands' shock win over Hungary and hear from Nikola Bilyk, Sebastian Frimmel and Kamil Syprzak in the aftermath of Austria vs Poland.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We finish our EHF EURO 2022 preview with Groups E and F accompanied by two brilliant guests, Nedzad Smajlagic and Ole Erevik! Make sure you've joined our prediction league and entered your scores for today on Bit.ly/predictorEHF.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We continue our bumper preview of EHF EURO 2022 with Groups C and D, where we are joined by Dragan Djukic, Zika Bogdanovic and Conny Wilczynski as guests. Join our prediction league now on Bit.ly/predictorEHFBy (Un)informed Handball Hour

It's part 1 of the big EHF EURO 2022 preview we did live on Monday on twitch.tv/homeofhandball, running through every group in the championship and predicting every match. Slovenia and Limoges right wing Dragan Gajic and Portuguese journalist Marcio Menino joined us to talk about Groups A and B!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

One of the world's very best players, Sander Sagosen, joins us to speak about his standout EHF EURO moments, how Norway's mindset is changing and just how much winning an international championship would mean to him.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

In the first of our pre-EHF EURO 2022 podcasts, we take a look at co-hosts Hungary and their hunt for a first medal. Their star line player Bence Banhidi speaks to us about his start in handball and what we can look forward to in January.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

As Spain 2021 draws to a close, we discuss Norway's brilliant second half, some cringe moments from the IHF's big dogs and a quick look through some non-World Championship news!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Time to dissect the quarter-finals and look forward to the final weekend of Spain 2021, while we catch up with Allison Pineau, speaking about her role in the French team and how Olympic gold has changed her perception on the final years of her career.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We jump on the mics shortly after Monday night's drama at the Women's World Championship and make some predictions for the quarter-finals. We also hear from Louise Burgaard and Jesper Jensen about the key to Denmark's success so far at Spain 2021.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

With the preliminary round of the Women's World Championship over, we ponder what we can actually take from it, make our quarter-final predictions and hear from Serbia playmaker Kristina Liščević!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We anoint our very own Men's World Handball Player of 2021, look back at some of the most recent big matches in the Champions League and preview the start of the Women's World Championship in Spain!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Björn Pazen and Sascha Staat take us through the German Bundesliga and one of its most interesting seasons so far! Lise Lotte Henriksen was in Trondheim to see Kolstad's big reveal of Sander Sagosen and co. and gives us some local flavour to handball's next big-money club.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Is there a new power rising in Norway? We discuss Kolstad's hunt for Sagosen, Kielce's transfer spree, our hits and misses of the season so far and Laura Agena (playmakerwh.com) joins us to discuss the early days of the Women's EHF Champions League.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

It's time for IHF Super Globe! While the jury may be out on its credibility, our pair of interviews with Sydney Uni's Luke Ireland and CalHeat's Danilo Rojevic will convince you that this is a competition not to be missed next week.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We celebrate the start of the new EHF Champions League season with Bertis Servaas, who tells of his journey as Kielce president, the highs, lows and his personal approach to the job!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

With the new season underway, we're hitting you with a series of podcasts, beginning with a look at the French and Danish men's leagues, thanks to the insight of Kevin Domas and Rasmus Boysen!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

With the business end of the handball tournament at Tokyo 2020 flying in, not only do we look back at the quarter and semi-finals, but we preview each possible lineup for the men's final, to prevent this podcast from going out of date in 18 hours - genius!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We've passed the halfway mark in the group stage, so we connect with Björn Pazen over in Tokyo to speak about the handball tournament's headlines and which teams have been catching the eye in the long race towards Olympic gold.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Gather round the table, handball fans new and old, for our preview of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics preview. We give you a basic overview, then go deep into the teams, players and matches to look out for over the next couple of weeks.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Chris reports from sunny Bulgaria as the beach handball EURO begins and waxes lyrical on the best shootout of all time. We also look at the Champions League groups and the Tokyo Olympics.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

It's far from the line-up we expected in Cologne but that's what makes these weekends so special. We preview the Men's EHF FINAL4, look back at Vipers' triumph on the women's side and some of the biggest headlines in domestic handball.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

One of the biggest names in handball, Nora Mørk, joins us to talk about her up and down first season back in Norway, shaking things up with Vipers at the FINAL4 and facing her Olympic demons this summer. We also look ahead to the EHF FINAL4 Men and back at the EHF Finals won by Magdeburg.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

The Champions League quarter-finals are beautifully poised after the first leg, so we take a look at what happened and what might happen yet in the race to Cologne.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

HBC Nantes and Denmark goalkeeper Emil Nielsen has had quite the career already at the age of 24, he brings us through his rapid breakthroughs as well as a seriously dark period ahead of the EHF Champions League quarter-finals next week.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

After the entire sports world united in their hatred for football's Super League, we look back at similar proposals for one in handball. We also discuss Aalborg's latest mega-signing, Aron Palmarsson, and answer the questions you sent us.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We dive in for a mid-round update in both Champions Leagues, discuss a bad week for Danish coaches, the business end of the EHF European League and hear Chris' chat with Sandra Toft, one of the world's best goalkeepers, about the moments that shaped her life.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Merle Schaack, a journalist with Kieler Nachrichten, speaks to us about Saturday's derby between Flensburg and Kiel, Alex explains why Jim Gottfridsson is the best, we look back at the Olympic qualifiers and forward to the Champions League.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

It’s a wild time of the season with Olympic qualifiers and Champions League play-offs for men and women, we look at them all as well as interviewing Slovenia and Szeged magician Dean Bombac.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Marcio Menino joins us to pay our respects to Alfredo Quintana, the outstanding figure who followed his dreams from Cuba to Porto, where he would go on to lead a bright generation in Portuguese handball before passing away at the age of 32 last week.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We catch up on the biggest news in the handball world, including the breaking story of Mikkel Hansen's return to Denmark as he is set to join Aalborg in 2022. Julian Rux and Oliver Brosig from Handballytics join us to chat about their pioneering work in bringing data analysis to handball and what it will mean for the future of the sport.…

Denmark emerged as world champions again on Sunday, bringing an end to a weird and wonderful Egypt 2021. We look at the final day of action, discuss our all-star team and the much more enjoyable alternative awards!By (Un)informed Handball Hour

We're down to the elite eight at the World Championship and we're joined by EHFTV commentator and friend Tom Ó Brannagáin to discuss the standout moments from the tournament so far and preview Wednesday's quarter-finals.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Egypt's top scorer at the World Championship Mohammad Sanad chats to us about the event so far and the range of emotions he feels competing at a home tournament with no fans. We take a look at the four main round groups, the most exciting matches and who looks likely to reach the quarter-finals.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

Egypt 2021 is only a few days old but we've been spoiled for things to talk about. From instant legends to the rise of non-European teams, we speak about our favourite moments so far.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

On the eve of Egypt 2021, we take a look at the serious medal contenders and how they're shaping up for the largest World Championship to date. Kevin Domas joins us to discuss what the hell is going on with France at the moment.By (Un)informed Handball Hour

In our first 2021 Men's World Championship preview, we look at some of our favourite dark horses and underdogs. USA star player Drew Donlin and team manager JD Orr, who also hosts the US handball pod Shootin' Straight, join us for a great chat as they prepare for their first appearance on the world stage in 20 years.…

It's Christmas in Cologne for Europe's top club sides! With the EHF FINAL4 and our delayed 100th episode celebration, there's no better man to have as our guest than our very first guest and everyone's favourite handball nerd, Rasmus Boysen!By (Un)informed Handball Hour