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 of handball.
INTERVIEW – Poland´s Danish coach Kim Rasmussen speaks to stregspiller.com about his team´s World Championship thus far and his expectations before the semi-final match against the Netherlands. By Peter Bruun Poland has been one of the biggest and most positive surprises at the 2015 World Championship. After some inconsistent performances in the preliminary round (the squad finished third in Group …
By Peter Bruun It was a night of true surprises at the quarter-finals of the Women´s 2015 World Championship. Poland send out Russia, while the Netherlands defeated France – and it was probably not in the cards that Romania was going to defeat Denmark in extra time. Only the game between Norway and Montenegro went according to expectations although, the …
Russia´s strong performance at the 2015 World Championship is partly due to a remarkable transformation of coach – Evgeniy Trefilov By Peter Bruun In recent years, the results of Russia´s female national handball team have been far off the level of the squad´s golden age, in the first decade of this millennium, when Russia earned four World Championship titles – …
By Peter Bruun FEATURE – Katarina Bulatovic has developed a tradition for playing well against Norway. Wednesday evening, she and her Montenegrin teammates are up against the Scandinavian handball powerhouse once again – this time at the quarter-final at the 2015 World Championship in Denmark. Maybe it’s too much of an exaggeration claiming that Katarina Bulatovic always plays well against …
The participants in the quarter-final matches at World Cup 2015 in Denmark have all been determined. Poland, Montenegro, France and Russia have joined the round of “final-eigth”. By Peter Bruun Poland vs Hungary 24:23 (13:14) The Result Poland accomplished a big surprise and send Hungary out of the tournament through a narrow 24:23 win after a close and thrilling second …
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 …