With 55 days remaining to throw-off in Oman for the 2012 World Championship in beach handball the four groups where drawn. Two mens groups and two womens group of six teams in each group. Video streaming by Ustream MEN GROUP A 1. BRASIL 2. RUSSIA 3. UKRAINE 4. OMAN 5. MORROCO 6. AUSTRALIA MEN GROUP [...]
Finally it’s decided where this years world championship in beach handball will be held. In December we were told that the championship will be held in Croatia after Brasil had lost the possibillity to arrange the championship. Now it’s official, and Oman will be host for the fifth world championship in beach handball. From the [...]
The great tournament in Umag, Croatia is finished, the organizers have selected the All Star Team for the women´s EURO: Women’s All Star Team Best Left Wing: # 13 – ITA, Carolina BALSANTI Best Right Wing: # 10 – CRO, Jelena VIDOVIC Best Line Player: # 9 – DEN, Pernille Rähr SÖRENSEN Best Goalkeeper: # [...]
The great tournament in Umag, Croatia is finished, the organizers have selected the All Star Team for the men´s EURO: Men’s All Star Team Best Left Wing: # 5 – ESP, Alvaro PEREZ CATALA Best Right Wing: # 11 – NOR, Edwin FJELDTVEDT Best Line Player: # 5 – RUS, Alexander TATARINTSEV Best Goalkeeper: # [...]
Great atmosphere in the stands and backed by home supporters Croatia defend the EURO title. The two teams have already met in the Main Round, where Croatia defeated Russia, so the Russians hoped for a revenge, whilst Croatia were wishing to make the double happen and win the Euro after their ladies´ team won the [...]
In an exciting thriller Croatia beat Denmark in shoot-out and win the European Championships. It was the return match from the Main Round, where Denmark beat Croatia with 2-1 after shoot-out. The Scandinavians were hoping for a similar or better result, whilst Croatia swore a revenge in the final. The two teams started on eye [...]
Spain won the men’s bronze medal, in a tense and thrilling match with the eastern Europeans from Ukrain. As expected it was a tough battle between the two teams, both wished to get a medal at the tournament´s end, so they didn´t spare their reserves, they gave their very best from the beginning. Spectacular goals [...]
Title defender Italy defeated Norway and win bronze medal at the European Beach Handball Championship in Umag, Croatia. The first set was a clash between Norway´s Cathrine Korvald and Italy`s Carmen Onnis, both of them were responsible for the scores of their respective countries. Italy tried to man-mark Norway´s Betina Riegelhuth from the early beginning [...]
The first set was a face-to-face fight between the two nations, it was the Norwegians who were most of the time in lead, but Hungary were very close the whole period. Both teams had chances to decide the game for themselves, but they have missed their clear-cut chances, so a golden goal had to decide [...]
In two different sets and after 1-1 the Hungarians beat Spain in shoot-out and are the last qualified team for next year´s World Championship in Brazil. The red-white-green colored team of Hungary clearly dominated the first set, gave no chance to the Spanish team. Hungarian goalkeeper Àgnes Györi performed well in the goal and her [...]