In less than a week, the IHF’s 22nd women’s handball world championship will commence in the heartland of handball – Denmark. Eighteen years after South Koreas success, it was Brazil that took the gold medal in Serbia, in 2013, beating the home team in a thrilling final in front of more than 19,000 spectators at Belgrade’s Kombank arena. The attendance …
Germany´s Danish coach claims that his team has landed in the most diffficult group at the 2015 World Championship, but he still believes in a ticket for the knock-out phase. By Peter Bruun “We have landed in the toughest of all possible groups!” Some of the other coaches at the World Championship (starting in Denmark next weekend) may disagree with …
By Peter Bruun Group A – RK Krim Mercator vs Rostov-Don 31:36 (14:18) 2 x 5 minutes enough for Rostov The Result A relaxed Jan Leslie, sitting with his legs crossed on Rostov’s bench seconds before the start of the game illustrated the importance of the match or lack thereof quite well. The encounter was reduced to the status of …
Denmark´s new national coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen is impressed by his players’ receptiveness ahead of the World Championship on home ground. By Peter Bruun Actually, Klavs Bruun Jørgensen is not all that new on the job as coach of Denmark´s women´s national handball team. In fact, he has been in charge since June 1st of this year. However, he …
Confidence and the feeling of playing at home characterize the Swedish team ahead of the World Cup 2015 in Denmark, reveals national coach Thomas Sivertsson in this exclusive interview with stregspiller.com. By Peter Bruun “We do not need to fear any opponent anymore!” These words come from Thomas Sivertsson, coach of Sweden´s women´s handball team and the statement illustrates quite well …
Round five of the women’s EHF Champions League. By Peter Bruun Group A – Rostov-Don vs Larvik 26:25 (15:14) A Star is Born Before the Match “Never did so many owe so much to so few”, said Winston Churchill in 1940 in one of his most important World War II speeches. Of course, the occasion was much less serious at …
By Peter Bruun Match of the Week – Champions League (W) Round 5 Group C – Gyor Audi ETO KC vs HC Vardar 28:27 (14:17) Before the Match Both teams were under meaningful pressure to secure valuable points for the tournament’s Main Round after they both suffered defeats at home earlier in the competition. Vardar was also seeking to revenge …
Yes it can! If you spend it right! By Peter Bruun “Money can´t buy me love” sang The Beatles in 1964. Twenty-five years earlier, in the immortal film “Gone With The Wind”, Rhett Butler said “…but it can buy you a very fine copy!” Probably, both statements are still correct, but in sport, a copy will not do. So …
Match of the Week – Champions League (W) Round 4 Group D – Buducnost Podgorica – CSM Bucuresti 23:23 (12:13) Before the Match It was loud but not sold out at Moraca Hall when Buducnost’s players entered the court to the tune of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best”. 3,500 spectators had gathered in anticipation of an encore performance of the …
…said Jan Pytlick during a time-out in the second half of the match between FC Midtjylland and his club, ZRK Vardar. A statement no entirely free of irony given the fact that his team was leading by six goals while the squad from his Danish home country had just scored their third point, deep into the second period. Helle Thomsen’s …