Women's EHF EURO 2024 - 12 December: Semi-finals preview, Grace Zaadi on her return to top form with France
Release Date: 12/12/2024
The Morning Club - 4 August: Anja Althaus on taking on Tobias Reichmann and the state of women's handball in Germany, part 1
(Un)informed Handball Hour
With HB Ludwigsburg filing for insolvency just over a year after reaching the Champions League final, the women's handball community has been dealt another major blow. Following Tobias Reichmann's column stated that women's handball should dream less, accept the reality and lower expectations, former German international and current team manager Anja Althaus bit back and led the charge in calling him out. We speak to Anja in the first of a two-part interview about the reaction and the state of women's handball in Germany. Part 2 is available on Tuesday for everyone on patreon.com/handballhour
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Episode 299 - Beach handball special with Severin Henrich, Labrina Tsakalou, Liam Harrison and Gabriella Horvath
(Un)informed Handball Hour
During and after the beach handball EURO in Türkiye, Chris had the chance to speak to an array of fascinating people in the beach handball community, to get their thoughts on the latest major championship, their personal perspectives and the sport in a wider sense. We hear from Germany's gold medal winner Severin Henrich, Greece's Labrina Tsakalou, Malta's Liam Harrison and EHF Beach Handball Commission Chairwoman Gabriella Horvath.
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The Morning Club - 11 July: Tales from the Beach Handball EURO with Malta's Liam Harrison and EHF's Gabriella Horvath
(Un)informed Handball Hour
We're in Türkiye for the EHF Beach Handball EURO 2025 and with the tournament at the halfway mark, it's a great time to check in with a couple of the protagonists. Liam Harrison is making his EURO debut with Malta and speaks about the experience so far, how the national team and sport have developed at home and what his hopes are for the future. Gabriella Horváth is both an EHF Executive Committee Member and the Hungarian Handball Federation Secretary General, so she gives some thoughts on the tournament as a whole and her home nation in the first part of our interview with her. Part 2 will...
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Episode 298 - Mighty Mittun, Faroes grab major medal, the modern handball players shape and CL group draws
(Un)informed Handball Hour
We look back at the Men's Junior World Championship and the lessons it has taught us about the present and future stars of the sport, plus we unpack the Champions League group phase draw.
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Episode 297 - Echoes of 2023 as Zombie Magdeburg emerge victorious
(Un)informed Handball Hour
SC Magdeburg are Champions League winners and while they may have made it look easy on Sunday, they've done it the hard way this season. We look back at their triumph over Berlin in the final and how they got there, from a losing record in the group phase, squeaking past Veszprém and Barca and the subtle but massive improvements since last year.
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Episode 296 - Men's EHF FINAL4 preview with Björn Pazen, Vincent Gerard's Barça adventure
(Un)informed Handball Hour
The biggest weekend of the handball calendar is upon us and we celebrate with a big preview of the showdown in Cologne with Björn Pazen and an interview with Vincent Gerard. The Champions League winner and Olympic gold medallist retired after Paris 2024 and battling through a tough season to even get there, but accepted the call from Barça after their own injury problems between the posts. We speak to Vincent about his unexpected comeback, returning to this level, the hardships of last year and what it takes to come out on top in Cologne. With Björn, we dive into the four contenders and...
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The Morning Club - 6 June: Finals everywhere, Sporting's big statement, Lewis Howes chasing dreams
(Un)informed Handball Hour
This is a teaser of our latest Morning Club episode, which is available in full exclusively on patreon.com/handballhour It's the wonderful time of the season where we're treated to multi-game league finals in countries like Hungary, Poland and Denmark, which are serving up plenty of drama and entertainment. Ahead of their impending first league title, Berlin announced a spicy new signing but the biggest transfer news is the transfers that won't be happening as Sporting hold on to Costa, Costa and Salvador Salvador. Plus we react to the first episode of entrepreneur and returning handball...
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Episode 295 - Györ on top again, Lunde's magic, semi-final curse unbroken
(Un)informed Handball Hour
Györ are the queens of Europe once again following a weekend where they did not trail for a single minute. We look at their journey to gold and where they had the edge over their Danish opponents, bask in the brilliant glow of Katrine Lunde and wonder where it all went wrong for the two teams still haunted by the semi-final curse.
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Episode 294 - Women's EHF FINAL4 preview with Bruna de Paula, Adrian Costeiu and Danijela Vekic
(Un)informed Handball Hour
It's time to discover the best women's team in Europe and we look forward to the FINAL4 by chatting to reigning champion Bruna de Paula as she and Györ aim to defend their crown in Budapest. We get Danijela Vekic and Adrian Costeiu together for the first time on the pod to discuss the four contenders, considering what makes Györ favourites again, how newcomers Odense will be a threat and whether Esbjerg or Metz can end their semi-final curse.
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Episode 293 - Moller's MVP weekend in Hamburg, Palmarsson retires
(Un)informed Handball Hour
Flensburg retained their European League title over the weekend, thanks in no small part to a dominant performance by Kevin Møller in goal. We look back at the action and where the title was won and lost. Aron Palmarsson has announced his retirement at the age of 34, is this kind of player a dying breed? We discuss this and the postponed European Cup final in Skopje.
info_outlineThe 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.