Column – The EHF EURO 2016 will be remembered as the wildest ever – not for fantastic handball, but for an abundance of sensational results. By Peter Bruun The Men´s EHF EURO 2016 in Poland, which ended Sunday evening, will not go down in history as the greatest European Championship ever because of the quality of handball that was put …
Germany humiliated Spain in the European Championship final, winning 24:17. By Peter Bruun Germany did not only win the final at the EHF EURO 2016 against Spain. For long stretches of the match Germany’s self-declared “Bad Boys” practically humiliated the Spaniards, who will have to wait for their first European title. Judging by their efforts this past Sunday evening, they …
INTERVIEW – Germany´s Icelandic coach speaks to stregspiller.com about the crazy semi-final against Norway and Germany’s chances in the final match of the tournament. By Peter Bruun The pulse is down; the nerves are under control again. It’s been about 17 hours since the nail-biting finish of the thrilling semi-final between Germany and Norway at the EHF EURO 2016. As …
The last match of the EHF EURO 2016 will be played between Germany and Spain. In Friday night´s semi-finals, Germany defeated Norway 34:33 in a thriller that went into extra time, before Spain won decisively against Croatia 33:29. By Peter Bruun Norway vs Germany 33:34 after extra time. 27:27 (13:14) Before the Match This was the meeting between the two …
INTERVIEW – One of Norway´s big heroes in the 29:24 win against France, goalkeeper Ole Erevik, is understandably happy about the historic semi-final, but he wants more. By Peter Bruun He was one of the most outstanding Norwegian players, when the Scandinavians wrote handball history on Wednesday night by qualifying for the semi-finals at the EUO 2016 through an astonishing …
Crunch time finally came in both main round groups – but with unfair odds! By Peter Bruun Norway’s dream turned into reality at EURO 2016. The team of coach Christian Berge qualified for their first semi-final ever at a major championship by defeating France in convincing fashion 29:24. Germany pulled almost as big a surprise, eliminating Denmark 25:23 but that …
The younger generation won, when the teams of Alex and Talant Dujshebaev met, while the Scandinavian (handball) war between Sweden and Denmark ended in a surprising draw. By Peter Bruun It was a battle between father and son, when Hungary and Spain met on Tuesday evening’s Group 2 match of the main round, in Wroclaw. Talent Dujshebaev national coach of …
On Saturday, Norway took Poland’s destiny out of their hands. On Monday, they generously gave it back. By Peter Bruun Saturday night, Norway opened the gate to a historic semi-final at EURO 2016 with a sensational 30:28 win against Poland. Two days later the surprise team from Scandinavia returned the favor to the Polish host after a disappointing 31:31 draw …
A personal walk down memory lane inspired by Sunday night´s Group 2 matches at the European Championship. By Peter Bruun I must admit, that to me, it always brings back memories of history – handball and otherwise – when Germany and Russia collide, as they did this evening in Wroclaw’s Centennial Hall. Whenever the two nations meet, my thoughts drift …
Norway pulled off the biggest sensation at the European Championship defeating the Polish hosts 30:28 By Peter Bruun Some people probably still remember the late Norwegian TV commentator Bjørge Lillelien´s comments, when Norway´s football team won a World Cup qualifier against England 2:1 back in 1981. “Norway are best in the world! Do you hear me, Margaret Thatcher, you boys …