(Un)informed Handball Hour

The Morning Club - 24 December: Christmas throwback with Katrine Lunde and her life in handball

Katrine Lunde bowed out at the very top of the handball world this month, winning her fifth world championship gold as the all-star goalkeeper and hanging up the Norway jersey at the age of 45. Back in 2022, we spoke to Katrine about her life in handball, the people and moments that made her who she is and what has kept her going strong through all these years. Whether you've heard this one before or not, it's an ideal way to honour the end of her career over the festive period. If you want access to all our bonus Morning Club shows, including extra coverage of the upcoming EHF EURO, and ad-free listening of all shows, join us on patreon.com/handballhour.

Episode 310 - Challenging Hassan for the IHF Presidency with leading candidate Gerd Butzeck and Handbollskanalen's Ola Selby

Hassan Moustafa has some opposition in his hopes to extend his IHF Presidency beyond 25 years. For the first time since 2009, the upcoming IHF Congress will see him challenged by Gerd Butzeck, Franjo Bobinac, and Tjark de Lange. We spoke to the most outspoken and leading challenger Gerd Butzeck about his campaign and key points on Olympic status, women's handball and global development. And hear from Ola Selby, who has done a deep-dive on the candidates and intricacies of the election. You can read more about Gerd Butzeck's campaign here: https://handball-deserves-more.com/ [https://handball-deserves-more.com/] GoHandball articles on the election: https://gohandball.com/news/the-world [https://gohandball.com/news/the-world]

Women's World Championship 2025 - 15 December: Lunde leaves with fifth world title for Norway, Alternative Awards time with Marcio Menino and Danijela Vekic

Norway were pushed all the way by a brave and spirited Germany performance but when everyone else looked shaky, Katrine Lunde stood firm in goal with a match-winning performance to sign off on a truly legendary career. We pay tribute to her and the other heroes of the championship with our Alternative Awards and look back at the final with help from Marcio Menino and Danijela Vekic.

Women's World Championship 2025 - 11 December: Medals in sight, defence on top and who needs a right back?

While the quarter-finals were fairly straightforward affairs, they bring up some interesting trends that we dive into ahead of the final weekend of the World Championship. Defence leading the way, the demise of the right back and focusing on player growth among the topics as we bask in the business end of the tournament. To enjoy the rest of our coverage of the championship before anyone else, as well as bonus episodes, join us on patreon.com/handballhour

Women's World Championship 2025 - 9 December: We're off to the quarter-finals with Maike Elger on Germany's run and Laura Agena and the Dutch side of the draw

We can finally start looking forward to the quarter-finals, beginning on Tuesday in Dortmund. Co-hosts Germany are on the hunt for their first world medal since 2007 and Maike Elger, who has been covering the championship for Sportschau in Germany, speaks to us about the tournament so far, the promotion of the team in German media and what they're capable of in the knockout rounds. And Laura Agena from Playmaker WH speaks to us from Rotterdam about the group final wins for Netherlands and Denmark, the fortunes of some teams close to her heart and the too close to call quarter-finals on Wednesday.