INTERVIEW – The four time European champion and former star player, Staffan Olsson, talks about why he took on the new job as High Performance Director in the U.S. – a job, where he will be working with handball players of a considerably different skill level than what he has been accustomed to. By Peter Bruun “A tough and demanding, …
INTERVIEW – He is born in Slovenia, but in Hungary’s Pick Szeged he feels home. Dean Bombac spoke to stregspiller.com about overshadowing Luka Cindric in last weekend’s win against Barca, the club’s chances against PSG, working with Spanish coaches, and why Pick Szeged have not made it to the VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4, yet. By Peter Bruun “Pick Szeged …
By Chris O’Reilly When Rasmus Boysen’s transfer to Norwegian champions Elverum was announced in the spring, there was plenty of excitement about the prospect of seeing everyone’s favourite handball nerd in VELUX EHF Champions League action, but little did we all know that he would be thrown in at the deep end. After four seasons in Groups C/D, Elverum were …
VELUX EHF Champions League – Round 1 Pick Szeged – Barcelona Lassa 31:28 (18:11) Before the Match It may have been premature to speak of a “Match of the Week” on the very 1st day of the 2019/20 VELUX Champions League season, but the game between Pick Szeged and Barcelona certainly promised something more than your average handball gig. The …
FEATURE – As the first country in the world, Denmark will be testing the “Challenge System” as requested by the IHF. If the trial turns out to be a success, the system will likely be used in major championships down the road. But, will the advancement be a blessing or a curse? Stregspiller.com has asked some of the people who’ll …
Germany’s two top women’s handball teams of the past few years will face each other at Ludwigsburg’s MHP Arena, on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 19:30 hours. Before the start of another long and grueling season, including 40 games or thereabout, SG BBM Bietigheim – the reigning HBF champion – and Thueringer HC, the German handball powerhouse of recent years, …
By Sascha Staat Just over two years ago, Maik Machulla took the helm at SG Flensburg-Handewitt. Sincce then, he added two league titles to his resumee. As in 2018, he also had to part ways with key players over the summer, but after winning the Super Cup against Kiel, last Wednesday and what appeared to be an easy win against …
By Kevin Domas If you were in Strasbourg for the pre-season Eurotournoi this past weekend, you could not have missed him among all the new signings of Montpellier. Even though there are seven of them, Hugo Descat stood out on left wing. All in all, he played ninety minutes (thirty in each game), scoring 18 goals and prompting team manager, …
As some of Europe’s top handball teams have once again chosen the competitive Eurotournoi, in Strabourg, to prepare for the upcoming season, we had the chance to talk with the legendary head coach of HC Chekhovskie Medvedi, Vladimir Maximov – the only coach, next to Claude Onesta (France) to have obtained the three titles of European-, World- and Olympic champion …
By Sascha Staat Flensburg’s Magnus Rod will take on a bigger role in the upcoming season for the German champion, as veteran Holger Glandorf will be out for a while. At the moment the Norwegian is the only experienced left-handed back court player on the roster. After his team’s 2019 PIXUM Super Cup victory against eternal rival THW Kiel, he …
