Chris O’Reilly

Olympic Qualification Tournament – Györ Serbia vs Hungary 23:31 (12:16) By Chris O’Reilly Before the match Only one of three days were played in the qualification tournament but this match had a cup final feel to it, with a place at Tokyo 2020 on the line. Hungary came into the game on the back of a comfortable 46:19 win over …

Olympic Qualification Tournament – Podgorica Norway vs Romania 29:24 (13:11) By Chris O’Reilly Before the match Norway were on the wrong end of one of the shock results of the year as they fell to a five-goal defeat against Montenegro on Friday, leaving them in a do-or-die situation against Romania today, knowing that they would need to win and ideally …

Olympic Qualification Tournament – Podgorica Norway vs Montenegro 23:28 (12:13) By Chris O’Reilly Before the Match In this three-team group, also including Romania, both sides were coming into this desperate for an early victory and put one foot on the plane to Tokyo. Kim Rasmussen did a fine job with the Montenegrin team on short notice at EHF EURO 2020, …

#DELOEHFCL Round of Last 16 Second Leg FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 29:28 (9:15) Bucucnost win 50:48 on aggregate By Chris O’Reilly Before the Match As expected, the first leg between these sides was a real scrappy affair, in which Buducnost played out of their skins to win 22:19. Although taking a three-goal deficit home for the second leg is …

Olympic Qualification Tournament – Berlin Germany vs Sweden 25:25 (14:13) By Chris O’Reilly Before the Match Germany came into this weekend on the back of a lacklustre World Championship and with a deal of pressure on their shoulders. Despite it being the toughest of the three Olympic qualification groups and their home advantage counting for little without fans, Germany and …

#DELOEHFCL – Round of Last 16 Player Ratings – Vipers Kristiansand vs Odense Håndbold By Chris O’Reilly IN FOCUS: Odense beat Vipers 36:35 in a swashbuckling first leg of their play-offs tie in the DELO EHF Champions League, ending a poor run of form for the Danish side and giving themselves something to hold onto ahead of next week’s second …

By Chris O’Reilly CSM Bucuresti are all but through to the quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League for the sixth season in a row after a stunning second half gave them a 33:24 win over Romanian rivals SCM Ramnicu Valcea in the first leg of their play-offs clash. In a game of fine margins which resulted in a large winning …

The difference-makers in the play-offs   By Chris O’Reilly As we enter the knockout phase of the DELO EHF Champions League, here is a look at each of the eight ties, taking one key factor which could provide their team the platform to a place in the quarter-finals. RK Krim Mercator vs CSKA There’s no two ways about it, Krim …