Podcast (Episode 39): Greenland Men’s National Team Captain, Minik Dahl Hoegh

Greenland’s Minik Dahl Hoegh takes a team selfie at the Pan American Handball Championships

Greenland recently hosted the Men’s Pan American Handball Championship and came close (ever so close) to taking the bronze medal and qualifying for the 2019 IHF World Championships.

Greenland’s team captain, Minik Dahl Hoegh, joins the podcast to discuss Greenland’s run through the tournament, what it meant for Greenland to host the Championships and what the proposed North/South split might mean for Greenland and the other countries in the North.

Some Links:

  • Dahl Hoegh’s miraculous 9 M throw to send the Bronze Medal game into extra time: Link
  • Mundo Handball Pan American Championships Page (Includes links to all match video): Link
  • 2018 Pan American Championships Page (Wikipedia): Link
  • Minik Dahl Hoegh (Wikipedia): Link
  • NBC Olympics Article on Greenland hosting the Championships: Link
  • Greenland Podcast Interviews from 2007 World Championship (Including one with a younger Dahl Hoegh): Link
  • Commentary regarding Greenland’s exclusion from PATHF in 2007: Link