By Peter Bruun INTERVIEW – Eight goals from Nadine Schatzl contributed big time, as FTC added to CSM Bucuresti´s worries, when they defeated the Romanian top club 32:23, at the Women´s Champions League, last weekend. In this interview, the 26-year-old left wing is fully aware that the quarter-final is still a far away dream, not to speak of a FINAL4 …
GROUP F – Home court – Sweden’s disadvantage
PREVIEW – Letting Denmark play their preliminary- and main round games in Malmö was a great idea from an organizer´s point of view, as the arena will be flooded with Danish fans. From the Swedish perspective it looks like a shot in the foot, as “Tre Kronors” will be playing their main round matches “on the road” despite being at …
GROUP E – Familiar faces
PREVIEW – Group E in Malmö consists of teams who know each other very well from previous championships. The ruling Olympic- and World champions from Denmark are the team to beat, but this group may be anything but a walk in the park for the men of head coach, Nikolaj Jacobsen. By Peter Bruun The four teams in Group E …
GROUP D – Yet, another battle between France and Norway
PREVIEW – France and Norway are the likely candidates to succeed in Group D, in Trondheim, making their direct encounter even more important. Looking at a tough main round group, each team will need every point they can get. By Peter Bruun The word “surprise” won’t do justice if France and Norway won’t be the two teams who proceed to …
GROUP C – Smooth sailing for Spain and Germany
PREVIEW – There are two clear favorites in Group C, the third group in stregspiller.com´ s EHF EURO 2020 preview. Spain and Germany won’t be facing any problems against neither Latvia nor the Netherlands. The two handball powerhouses will determine the winner in Group C, when they clash on January 11, in Trondheim. By Peter Bruun The forecast in Group …
GROUP B – Can the co-hosts deliver?
PREVIEW – On to Group B, where Austria is one of the three co-hosts. It will be interesting to see what Austria can accomplish given home-court advantage, in what looks like the weakest group of the competition. By Peter Bruun No doubt, playing at home always is an advantage, especially in a major tournament. In Group B, we find one …
GROUP A – The Balkan Party
PREVIEW – Group A is made up of three teams from former Yugoslavia. Croatia look like the odds-on favorites, but they will have their work cut out for them – certainly in the main round. By Peter Bruun We begin our preview taking a closer look at Group A – the Balkan party, includes Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, plus Belarus. …
Quo vadis, Denmark?
COLUMN – After another disappointing championship, Denmark’s officials will have to ask themselves if their women´s national team really is no better than this, or if something can be done to boost women´s handball at national team level in a country with an impressive tradition in this sport. By Peter Bruun Denmark´s women’s national team has a hash-tag named “På …
Peter Bruun’s Corner
Welcome to “Peter Bruun’s Corner”. Peter is a Danish freelance journalist since 1999 with 14 years of radio experience including live reports covering the sport of handball as well as football. He currently writes for UEFA, EHF, Press Association, and Handball Woche to name a few. In this new section Peter will share his thoughts and insights into the world …
You big, roaring bear, I am gonna miss you!
OPINION – He is a coach, who almost everybody has something to say about. Evgeny Trefilov, head coach of Russia’s women’s handball team, announced his retirement from active duty not too long ago. It marks the end of a coaching career that has been successful, colorful and controversial at times. The roaring, Russian bear deserves a farewell. By Peter Bruun First …