he 16th Women’s EHF EURO takes place from 28 November until 15 December 2024 and features 24 teams on the starting grid, eight more than at previous editions. Apart from the three co-hosting nations and defending champions Norway, 20 teams booked their ticket during the Qualifiers, which wrapped up earlier this month. All 24 participants learned their three opponents for the preliminary round during Thursday’s ceremony in Vienna, where Norway’s Silje Solberg, Austria’s Petra Blazek, Switzerland’s Lea Schüpbach, and Hungary’s Viktoria Györi-Lukacs assisted with the draw. Norway are set to start ..read more

The organising rights for the 2029 and 2031 editions of the IHF Men’s World Championship and the 2029 and 2031 editions of the IHF Women’s World Championship have been awarded during the IHF Council meeting taking place in Créteil, France, Tuesday, on 16 April 2024. The Council members voted unanimously from the final bidders selected by the IHF, which have been selected from the National Federations which had previously sent letters of intent for organising the world handball flagship competition. Therefore, the next editions of the IHF Men’s World Championship and the IHF Women’s World Champ ..read more

Paris 2024 Olympic handball tournaments draw was done on Monday. Paris 2024 Olympic Games – men’s competition Group A: Spain, Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan Group B: Denmark, Norway, Hungary, France, Egypt, Argentina Paris 2024 Olympic Games – women’s competition Group A: Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Korea Group B: Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, France, Brazil, Angola The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will start on 25 July, with the women’s competition, as the men’s competition is due to start two days later, on 27 July. The groups will be played in the South Par ..read more

Six teams have earned their tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games through qualifications tournaments. In the Olympic Qualification Tournament #1, Hungary and Sweden were the two qualified teams, with the hosts securing three wins out of three matches and placing first, which means they go directly into Pot 1 in the draw which will take place on Tuesday. Sweden, which have qualified for the fifth consecutive time to the Olympic Games, will be headed to Pot 4, alongside hosts France, after clinching wins against Japan and Great Britain, but losing against the hosts, 25:28. The Olympic Qualif ..read more

SC Magdeburg are the winners of the German Cup 2024. The EHF CL winners extended winning run at Lanxess Arena in front of 20.000 fans by beating MT Melsungen at the final match. SC Magdeburg – MT Melsungen 30:19 (13:11) SC Magdeburg: Hernandez Ferrer (20 saves), Aggefors (goal) – Chrapkowski, Musche, Claar (3), Kristjansson (2), Pettersson, Smarason (1), Magnusson (6), Hornke (3), Lagergren (2), Mertens (7), Saugstrup (1), O’Sullivan (2), Damgaard (1), Bergendahl (2) MT Melsungen: Morawski (3 saves), Simic (4 saves) (goal) – Kühn, Balenciaga (1), Mandic (2), Sipos, Kristopans (2), Ignatow, Mor ..read more

MT Melsungen and SC Magdeburg will fight for the DHB Cup trophy at Final4 2024 in Cologne. SG Flensburg-Handewitt – MT Melsungen 28:33 (11:16) SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Buric (5 saves), Möller (3 saves); E. M. Jakobsen 9/4, Pytlick 7, L. K. Möller 4, Einarsson 3, Golla 2, Gottfridsson 1, J. Hansen 1, Larsen 1, Czertowicz, Jörgensen, Horgen, Pedersen, Zivkovic, MT Melsungen: Simic (10 saves), Morawski (2/1 saves); Kastening 7/2, E. Jonsson 5, Martinovic 5/1, Kristopans 4, Moraes Ferreira 4, Arnarsson 2, Balenciaga Azcue 2, D. Mandic 2, Sipos 2, Kühn, Ignatow, Drosten, Aho, Pavlovic SC Magdeburg ..read more

Dean Bombac will be the new player of Hungarian team Győri ETO-UNI FKC. The 35-years old Slovenian playmaker coming from Pick Szeged to sign three-years contract with the leader of Second Hungarian League, but team with strong desire to comeback among the best, where they were as the club with strong tradition in domestic handball. “I am very happy to announce that we managed to reach an agreement with Dean Bomba, who will move its headquarters from Szeged to Győr from the summer. People who are skilled in men’s handball circles do not need to present the world-class quarterback, as in recent ..read more

One of the richest country in the world, Saudi Arabia, obviosly gave up from handball expansion according to several decisions in the recent period. The biggest state of Persian Gulf, known for a huge investments in football and wish to organize the biggest sports events like FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games, won’t take further steps in the international handball development. Saudi Arabia decided to withdraw their intentions in organizing IHF World Championships in 2029 and 2031. Also, they won’t host IHF Super Globe anymore after few years of cooperation with the International Handball Federa ..read more

Legendary Croatian right wing Ivan Cupic played his last match at EHF Champions League in Montpellier, where RK Zagreb lost in a knock-out battle against French vice-champions. The 38-years old lefthander will end his professional career next summer. Cupic had an amazing journey since 2002, when he began playing at home team RK Metkovic Jambo. He won three EHF Champions League trophies with Vive Kielce in 2016 and RK Vardar twice – in 2017 and 2019. Croatian goal-machine scored 810 goals in total at elite European club’s competition. He played also for Octavio Pilotes, RK Gorenje, RK Medvescak ..read more

Telekom Veszprem and PSG Handball completed TOP 8 of the Men’s EHF Champions League 2023/2024. Hungarian champions showed domination in domestic derby once again after 37:30 at Pick Arena last week. Telekom Veszprém – OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 39:32 (19:15) Telekom Veszprém: Corrales, Jensen – Omar 4, Descat 1, Sandell 4, Nilsson 3, Elísson 4, Ligetvári, Remili 3, Mahé, ElDeraa, Pechmalbec 6, Vailupau 8, Casado 2, Fabregas 3, Kosorotov 1 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged: Mikler, Nagy – Stepancic 3, Martins 8, Jelinic 2, Sita 3, Gaber 2, Sostaric 4, Frimmel 3, Bánhidi 1, Kalarash, Cosano, Garciandia 6, Bombac ..read more