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2012 Olympic Preview for Handball

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5 Time Olympian and Player-Coach Kyung-Shin Yoon leads the South Korean delegation into Olympic Stadium

Here’s some quick analysis and a few notes of the upcoming Olympic Tournament

Olympic Tournament Format Basics:  The Olympic Tournament consists of two phases.   The first phase, group play, has the nations divided up into 2 groups of 6 nations.  Over 10 days the teams will play a round robin with the women and men alternating playing days.  At the end of the first phase, the top 4 teams from each group will advance to the second phase.  The second phase is a straight knock out competition with quarterfinals, semifinals and finals

Group Play is somewhat academic:  The nature of this format makes group play somewhat academic since it’s very unlikely that the favored teams won’t finish in the top 4 and advance to the quarterfinals.  So, a team can slip up in group play; heck even lose 3 times and still advance.  Sure the nations would prefer a higher seed and avoid a tougher opponent in the quarterfinals, but that’s only a slight advantage.  In 2004, France went 5-0 in group play then got unceremoniously bounced out by Russia in the quarterfinals.  So, look at group play as extended warm-up for the top teams.

Favorites (Women): Here are the odds for the Women’s teams to win the gold medal.  I’ve kept the teams in their respective groups so you can get a relative sense of each team’s projected finish.

Group A
Russia (3.5 to 1)
Montenegro (7.5 to 1)
Brazil (50 to 1)
Croatia (75 to 1)
Angola (500 to 1)
Great Britain (10,000 to 1)

Group B
Norway (1.75 to 1)
France (6.5 to 1)
Denmark (33 to 1)
Spain (34 to 1)
Sweden (33 to 1)
South Korea (50 to 1)

So, the oddsmakers have assessed that in Group A, Russia and Montenegro are near locks for a 1st or 2nd place finish.  Brazil and Croatia are also expected to advance, while Angola and Great Britain are significant longshots.  In Group B, Norway and France are expected to advance, but it should be a big fight between the remaining sides for spots 3 and 4.  The big question mark is South Korea.  South Korea didn’t perform particularly well at the World Championships in December, but they’ve been known in the past to regroup pretty quickly.  Their fast style of play also has been known to give the Europeans fits.

Favorites (Men): Here are the odds for the men:

Group A
France (2 to 1)
Iceland (19 to 1)
Sweden (40 to 1)
Argentina (550 to 1)
Tunisia (550 to 1)
Great Britain (10,000 to 1)

Group B
Denmark (3.5 to 1)
Spain (5 to 1)
Croatia (5.5 to 1)
Serbia (30 to 1)
Hungary (40 to 1)
South Korea (150 to 1)

In Group A, France, Iceland and Sweden are pretty much guaranteed to advance.  Argentina and Tunisia are expected to battle for 4th place.  In Group B the teams are more closely bunched.  Denmark, Spain and Croatia are the favorites while Serbia and Hungary are expected to battle for 4th.  The difference between all 5 of those teams is not nearly as great, though compared to Group A.  South Korea is expected to be an outsider, but then in Beijing they surprised everyone by winning their Group.

Great Expectations for Great Britain? My assessment is that the host nation is not like to win a match in this tournament.  The scorelines for the past year suggest that the Women have made significant progress and there’s a good chance that they will keep the final scores respectable.  Their best chance for victory is against Angola, who they actually beat in a friendly earlier this year.  The Men will likely struggle against their competition and the best they can hope for is to be competitive against France, Iceland and Sweden (Keep the margin under 20).  Against Tunisia and Argentina if they can keep the final margin under 10 they will be doing well.  The real goal for Great Britain is not so much the outcome in London, but to leave a legacy that will enable them to continue the sport’s growth in their country.  Other minor handball nations (USA and Australia) were able to get a marginal bounce from hosting the Olympics.  Maybe the Brits can show the way.

Wither Karabatic? Since 2002, I’ve followed the career of Nikola Karabatic fairly closely.  I’ll never forget seeing him play on TV for Montpellier, asking myself, “Who’s that guy?  He’s pretty good” and being stunned to find out he was only 18 years old.  I’ll go on the record as stating he’s the best all around player, I’ve ever seen, period.  I’ve never seen a handball player do such a good job at making the players around him better.  No more so was that evident then at the 2011 WC, where he shepherded a weak backcourt (Sorry, French youngsters, Accambray and Barrachet) to a gold medal.  But, then at the 2012 Euros with Narcisse back in action, Karabatic instead of his usual masterful self was uncharacteristically pedestrian.  Teams lose at teams, but France’s 11th place finish was largely due to his uncharacteristically pedestrian performance.  More than his share of turnovers and some downright bad shots on goal.  Even in the matches this past year in the Champions League he hasn’t seem to be his usual stuff.  So the big question in my mind is whether the guy who’s the best I’ve ever seen can shake it off or will I need to re-evaluate the current pecking order of greatness.  At 28, Karabatic should be at the peak of his powers, so I’m guessing we will see a return to earlier form.

Flag Bearers: Three handball athletes were honored with the opportunity to carry their nation’s flag in the opening ceremonies:  Croatia’s Venio Losert, Tunisia’s Heykel Megannem and South Korea’s Kyung Shin Yoon.  At 39, Yoon is playing in his 5th Olympics, this time as a player coach.  Yoon also is notable for having the record as the all time goal scorer for the German Bundesliga.

Predictions

Women:
Gold:  Norway
Silver:  Russia
Bronze: Montenegro

Men:
Gold:  France
Silver:  Denmark
Bronze:  Spain

OK.  None of these are very bold, but it’s what I think will happen.  I will, however, go out on a limb with this prediction:  The French Men will shake off the doldrums from the Euros and have an undefeated run to the title.  And, further they will comfortably win every match.  My rationale is that the Euros have taught them what happens when they let the competition stick around and they will assert their superior talent early and often.  We shall see, however, we shall see.

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NBC Posts Handball TV Schedule

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Note: The key words are "Schedule Subject to Change"

American residents can now see what their TV viewing options are for Team Handball as NBC has posted their tentative TV schedule.  You can find the schedule by clicking here:  http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html# And then clicking “TV Schedule by Sport” and selecting “Handball.”   (Also, depending on whether you’ve accessed the site before, you may need to answer a few questions to sign in.  The good thing is that they will adjust the schedule to your local time.)

According to the posted schedule, there will be at least part of 1 handball match shown every day and the matches will be broadcast on either MSNBC or the NBC Sports Network (formerly known as Versus).  You may want to check your current programming packing with your cable of satellite TV provider to see if you have those channels.  MSNBC is available with most lower tier packages, but you may have to upgrade to get the NBC Sports Network (I did with Dish Network).

Of course, NBC will also be live streaming every single match, but you’ll need to sign up and verify that you have cable or a satellite TV package.  The link to the live streaming schedule is here: http://www.nbcolympics.com/online-listings/sport=handball/index.html In terms of “On Demand” viewing (i.e., replays after the live showing) it remains to be seen as to what is provided and how soon after the match it will be available for viewing.  In 2008, NBC provided options for delayed viewing, but you had to be careful if you wanted to watch it without first finding out the score.

Also, don’t be surprised if there are some changes to the schedule in terms of what’s shown on TV.   It’s best that you check the online listings every day or so to see if there are any changes.

 

 

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AUDIO: Conversation with NPR reporter Stefan Fatsis

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Uber Fan Stefan Fatisis (#17) acquired this Team Handball jersey from Club VfB Fallersleben last year while visiting Germany

Stefan Fatsis is without a doubt the biggest mainstream sports reporter/proponent of Team Handball in the United States.  A regular guest on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, if there’s a possibility to work in a tidbit of news about the sport Stefan finds a way.

With the Olympics coming up Stefan was curious as to the state of the sport in the USA and what do expect in terms of the upcoming Olympic competition. Our conversation covers these topics and more and lasts about 38 minutes.

Stefan Fatsis Website:  http://www.stefanfatsis.com/

Hang Up and Listen Podcast: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hang_up_and_listen.html (Stefan is one of the hosts on this weekly sports podcast)

Wall St Journal (25 Aug 2004): A Game We Ought to Play: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB109338095139999984.html

New York Times (9 May 2009): Team Handball Has It All, Except an American Interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/sports/othersports/10cheer.html

THN (26 Dec 2011) Analysis of the Hang Up And Listen crossover athlete Team Handball All Star Teams: https://teamhandballnews.com/2011/12/tim-tebow-future-american-team-handball-star/
(Includes link to the podcast that discusses the teams)

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Did I drop an F-Bomb?

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In case you were wondering, I didn't drop any F-Bombs

Virtually everyone who’s ever been interviewed knows that the article that ends up getting written never fully captures everything that was said.  And all too often this can result in bits and pieces of what’s said getting quoted without the context of the entire conversation.  Going further, when there is information from multiple interviews being interspersed with analysis from the author sometimes the final product might lead to some assumptions from the reader.

Case in point is the recent article, “A Handball Nation with a Basketball Problem” by Gregg Gethard at the classical.org, a somewhat eclectic sports blog.  I had a great conversation with Gregg, who has become a fan of Team Handball and is one of those Americans relatively new to the sport trying to fathom why the sport isn’t very popular in this country.  I definitely like some of his analysis, particularly the part about THN being the “go-to source for any and all people in the US interested in the sport”.

But, I’d like to clear up a few things, in particular this part of the article:

“Team sports got devalued and the USOC started to tie funding to performance,” said John Ryan, the editor of TeamHandballNews.com, the go-to source for any and all people in the US interested in the sport. “That’s the biggest factor which caused us to become weaker.”

The second is—to be frank— that no one who ran USA Team Handball for most of its history knew what the f*** they were doing.”

I certainly made the first point as I do suspect that the USOC devalues team sports in that they are a lot of investment for 1 potential medal.  And it’s hard to argue that we weren’t more competitive when the USOC provided us with more funding.  But, just because I’m directly quoted on the first point, don’t make the inference that the second point is a paraphrasing of something that I might have said in continuance.  I didn’t drop any F-bombs and I disagree with the point entirely. While, I’ve had my share of disagreements with Mike Cavanaugh over many years and Steve Pastorino more recently, I think they knew what they were doing.  Call me an apologist if you will, but the challenges this sport has faced are massive.  Sure, there’s been some highly questionable management calls in the past, but even a super manager would have had more than a few failures.  If it was a no-brainer easy task to turn the USA into a Team Handball nation it would have been done years ago.

And also this paragraph:

“Ryan says there are probably somewhere between 300 and 500 people in the US who care at all about the sport. And all of those people have seemingly at some point served on the NGBs board of directors. And very few of these people liked each other.”

First sentence me, second sentence either the author or perhaps, Bogdan.  (He, is indeed a firebrand)

Now that, I’ve been an interviewer in addition to an interviewee, I know how these sorts of things happen.  Interviews sometimes run together and sometimes as a writer you do see emphasis and what’s interestingly from a different perspective.  And while some of it is a little misconstrued it does capture a lot of the problems our sport has faced in this country.

And it reminds me that I should do a post on the very same topic.  Although, I’ve written about many of these issues separately, I’ll try to put together a more comprehensive summary in the next few days.  And since the media questions are starting to trickle in and every reporter wonders why the U.S. isn’t at the Olympics I might as well take the time to answer it.

 

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Memo to the Main Stream Media: Please do your research prior to posting your Team Handball stories

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Main Stream Media reporting on Team Handball is great for the sport's promotion in the U.S., but the analysis often comes up short

 

Like clockwork, every four years, there’s a bump in media coverage for Team Handball in the U.S. as reporters and columnists are exposed to the sport during the Olympics.  While this increased exposure is great for our sport, I can’t help but get a little annoyed sometimes at the inaccuracies and naiveté that often comes with these stories.

Case in point is the feature article that Sean Gregory did four years ago for Time Magazine.  Overall, it was a very positive piece.  So much so, that a line from the article, “The rest of the world knows that this Olympic sport is ripe for an American invasion,” is prominently still displayed 4 years later on USA Team Handball’s Facebook page (see photo).  But, when Gregory stepped beyond his initial discovery of the game and presented some 2 second analysis of how to make the U.S. National Teams competitive the article devolved into total nonsense.  I’m not certain as to whether this was intentionally done for effect, but I wrote this response commentary just to make it clear how impractical his solutions were.

So, a short memo to all the mainstream reporters out there Googling for more information about this great sport you’ve just discovered:  Please do your research and don’t hesitate to contact us for more information.
Greatest (and not so greatest) hits:  Mainstream Media reporting on handball

Boston Globe (25 Aug 2004): Bob Ryan:  Give handball a sporting chance

Time Magazine (14 Aug 2008): Sean Gregory: Hey, America, What About Handball?
THN (14 Aug 2008):  Time Magazine: Thanks for promoting Team Handball, but save us your naïve solutions

National Review Online (15 Aug 2008): Mark Corallo  : An All-American Sport
THN (16 Aug 2008): National Review Online does hatchet job on Team Handball
 (OK. The National Review Online isn’t a major news outlet, but it’s notable that occasionally there’s someone that actually doesn’t fall in love with the sport.)

Washington Post (23 Aug 2008) D.C. Sports Bog: Dan Steinberg: A Morning Jolt of Icelandic Team Handball:
(A great summary with several links to the numerous articles written related to Iceland’s run to the gold medal game in 2008.)

New York Times (9 May 2009): Stefan Fatsis:  Team Handball Has It All, Except an American Interest
(Credit to Fatsis, the dean of main stream reporters who’ve written about the sport.  This article and his periodic promotion of the sport at NPR gets the facts straight most of the time)

 

 

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A 2024 USA Olympics: What it could mean for USA Team Handball

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Dallas, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia: All potential destinations for USA Team Handball?

This past Tuesday the USOC announced that the U.S. would not submit a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.  This decision signaled that the U.S. would likely shoot instead for a 2024 Summer Olympics instead.  With the USA last having hosted an Olympics in 1996 and perhaps more importantly having resolved their longstanding funding dispute with the IOC it’s hard not to see the USA being a pretty big favorite to win that bid.

The benefits of a USA hosted Olympics has for a struggling minor sport federation like USA Team Handball are hard to understate.  The biggest benefit, of course, is the automatic qualification hosting provides.  That reality has real tangible benefits in terms of recruiting, funding, and exposure.

Twelve years may seem like a long ways away, but this very real possibility of a USA Olympics will start to impact USA Team Handball sooner than you might think.   Let’s review the timing of how events might unfold backwards.  The IOC has selected the city 7 years out and the USOC has generally had a winnowing of the field:

2024 USA based Olympics
2017 IOC selects host city
2016 USOC selects candidate city for IOC consideration
2015 USOC narrows candidate cities
Now:  Cities start exploring the possibilities and forming Organizing Committees.

Some decisions and possibilities that a USA based Olympics might present:

USA National Championships Location:  Don’t be surprised if as soon as next year the National Championships are hosted in one of the candidate cities.  These cities will be looking for any angle to separate themselves from the competition and willingness to even host minor a event can be looked upon favorably.

Regional Training Center Location:  Don’t be surprised if a candidate city provides a little generosity in terms of incentives to become a home for one of USATH’s proposed Centers of Excellence.  Again, anything to look a little better than the competition.

National Training Center Location:  In 2016, when the U.S. candidate is chosen there will surely be plenty of talk as to whether USATH will relocate there as was done in Atlanta for the 96 Olympics.  The advantages in terms of sponsorship opportunities, host city support and the local buzz are significant.

Sponsorship Funding:  With the sport being played on USA soil there will be more companies looking to get their name tied in with the Olympics.   It gets a little crowded at USA Swimming, USA Basketball, etc, so USA Team Handball will get opportunities that would never materialize if there wasn’t a USA Olympics on the horizon

USOC Support:  The USOC ties most of their funding to the likelihood of medaling, but there’s also no desire for any team to be embarrassed on home soil.  No guarantees here, but more support from the USOC is likely.

Improved Recruiting Opportunities:  With each passing year, recruiting quality athletes will get a little bit easier.  Even today, a 15 year old athlete, if encouraged to do a little addition (15+12=27) might be a little more willing to stick with the sport.  As the Olympics approaches it will become even easier.  Around the 2021-2022 mark it will be remarkably easier to get great crossover athletes to try the sport.  (But, who knows, maybe by that time our improved athlete development programs will have us saying thanks, but no thanks, go try some other sport.)

So, there are some definite possibilities going forward, but we shouldn’t get too excited just yet.  As NYC 2012 and Chicago 2016 will attest there are no guarantees and the 2017 selection is still a long ways away.

3 Wire Sports: USOC: no for 2022, go (maybe) for 2024 or 2026: http://3wiresports.com/2012/07/03/usoc-no-for-2022-go-maybe-for-2024-or-2026/

 

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Voice of the Celtics to be the voice of Olympic Team Handball

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Mike Gorman and Dawn Lewis: NBC's broadcast team for team handball

NBC has released its list of announcers for the 2012 Olympic Games.  Former Olympian, Dawn Lewis, is back as the color commentator, but she will have a new partner in long time Boston Celtics TV announcer, Mike Gorman, doing the play by play. Gorman has been the voice of the Boston Celtics since 1981 and in addition to basketball he did the play by play for tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

Mike Gorman Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gorman

Bio at NBA.com:  http://www.nba.com/celtics/partners/broadcast/csn-mike-gorman.html

 

 

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Audio: Pan American Championships Review with Coach Latulippe

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Team USA singing Happy Birthday to Asst Coach Tilton's daughter

John Ryan discusses the USA performance at the recent Pan American Championships with Men’s Head Coach, Christian Laulippe.  A breakdown of all the games and a little discussion on the future of the Men’s Team.

Podcast length: 47:35

Video Link:  http://mmegatube.com/All/Videos/3379#.T-p-B7WJc4K

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2012 Men’s Pan American Championships: Argentina Again

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Argentina celebrates another gold medal victory against Brazil

The 2012 Men’s Pan American Championship have concluded with Argentina again taking the Gold Medal against arch rivals Brazil.  The match was a tight affair throughout and ended with a little controversy as Argentina scored late to make it 22-21 and Brazil had a little bit of time for one more attack except that Argentina’s Sebastian Simonet immediately grabbed the Brazilian player on the mid-court throw in.  Simonet was promptly red carded, but Brazil had no time left for a meaningful attack.  This was the 3rd straight victory over Brazil in a major PATHF event (2010 Pan American Championships, 2011 PANAM Games, 2012 Pan American Games.

In the 3rd place game, Chile easily dispatched Uruguay 36-27 to qualify for the 2013 World Championships.

In a consolation match for 7th place Team USA beat Mexico easily, 33-17.   Rickey Royal, Martin Axelsson and Vladimir Andeljic led a balanced scoring attack with 5 goals a piece.  The victory was a little bit of revenge as Mexico had beaten the USA last year at the PANAM Games 33-32.

Video of final minutes of Argentina-Brazil:  http://www.mundohandball.com/Continentes/Panamerica/2012/ARG-Campeon-Panamericano.html

 

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2012 Men’s Pan American Championship (Update after Day 4): USA collapse in 2nd half ends World Championship dreams

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USA on attack vs Greenland

Team USA lost last night to Greenland, 36-27, in what first glance might appear to be a relatively uncompetitive match.  Final scores can be deceiving, however, and this is certainly the case with this contest.  Going into the match the USA needed a victory in order to set up a showdown match for 2nd place in Group A vs. Chile this evening. And for about 38 minutes that looked like a distinct possibility.

At the break the USA and Greenland were knotted up at 15-15 and the USA started on a roll in the 2nd half and built up a 21-18 lead.  Following a Greenland timeout, though, the wheels totally fell off the wagon as multiple USA turnovers led to a wave of fast breaks and a 10-1 run for Greenland.  What had been a 21-18 lead was now a 22-28 deficit and the USA never really threatened from then on.

Team USA’s match tonight against Chile will likely have the air of a friendly scrimmage as Chile is all but mathematically locked into 2nd place and will probably rest some of their players ahead of a semifinal match against Brazil on Saturday.  Barring an unlikely Greenland loss to Venezuela the USA will play for 7th place against Mexico in a consolation pool on Sunday.

On demand video of matches: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cahandball/videos

Tournament webpage: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=2749

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2012 Men’s Pan American Championship (Update after Day 3): USA with offensive outburst; Chile draws Argentina in dramatic finish; Brazil/Uruguay Advance

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Chile with one last chance to break the tie vs Argentina

After 3 days of competition at the Men’s Pan American Championships in Argentina the dust has cleared somewhat.  Here’s a quick rundown.

Group A

USA:  Team USA was off on day 2, but came out firing on all cylinders on day 3 with a 43-28 victory.  The 43 goals was a far cry from the miserly 13 scored against Argentina on day 1.  The victory also shows improvement for the USA as the two teams met last year at the PANAM Games and the USA only came away with a 39-35 win in that contest. The win kept Team USA’s hopes of a semifinal berth alive, but upcoming are two much tougher foes, Greenland and Chile.  First up is Greenland (tonight at 7:00 PM, U.S East Coast time).

Greenland:  Two tough losses against Chile (28-31) and Argentina (18-24) have ended Greenland’s dreams of a return to the World Championship.  The best they can hope for now is 5th place

Argentina/Chile:  These two sides played to an entertaining 23-23 draw last night with both teams having a chance to win the match in the closing minute.  This is the second time that Chile has played Argentina close having narrowly lost to Argentina 26-25 in last year’s PANAM Games semifinal. The draw leaves both teams on top of Group A with 5 points each.  Argentina, however, has a +14 advantage in goal differential and has an advantage in terms of remaining opponents.  They play Venezuela tonight while Chile’s remaining game is vs. the USA on Friday.

Video: Arentina vs. Chile (Final minutes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSJe8ghguGY&feature=player_embedded#! (Courtesy of Mundo Handball and much better quality than the webstream feed)

Group B

Brazil/Uruguay: These two sides have already advanced to the semifinals with easy victories over Paraguay and Mexico.  They play tonight to see who will be seeded 1st and 2nd

Paraguay and Mexico: They play tonight to see who will play in the 5th place match and who will play for 7th.

Tournament webpage: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=2749

 

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2012 Men’s Pan American Championships (Day 1): Argentina dominates USA; Chile holds off Greenland

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Greenland on defense vs. Chile

Argentina – USA

Host Argentina lived up to their mantle as pre-tournament favorite with a dominating 33-13 victory over Team USA.  The outcome was never in doubt as Argentina limited the U.S. to only 4 goals in the first half for an 18-4 lead at the break.  The U.S. can get some consolation in that the 2nd half was a more competitive 15-9 defeat and that they still control their own destiny for a ticket to the semifinals.  Team USA will need to shore up their defense and find more scoring, however, if they are to beat either Greenland or Chile.

Team USA Scoring: Gary Hine (3), Devine Jackson (3), Adam El Zoghby (2), Vladimir Adjelic (2), Rickey Royal (2), Martin Axelsson (1)

Chile – Greenland

In a key Group A showdown between 2 teams that have qualified recently for the World Championships, Greenland (2007) and Chile (2011), Chile pulled away from Greenland late in the 2nd half for a 31-28 victory.  Assuming that Argentina wins out, this victory puts Chile in the driver’s seat for 2nd place in Group A.

LINKS

Tournament homepage: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=2749

Argentina Federation: USA vs. Argentina summary: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=3014

Argentina Federation: Chile vs. Greenland summary: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=3068

Video (on demand) Argentina vs. USA http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=3055

Team USA’s Lewis Howes Blog: http://handballjourney.com/

 

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Pan American Championships to be live streamed

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Good news for Pan American Handball fans: Every match of the upcoming championships will be live streamed

The Argentine Handball Federation web page has announced that all matches for the upcoming Men’s Pan American Championships will be live streamed from Buenos Aires.  The Argentine Federation has also set up a tournament homepage with links to standings, news and related video.  Most likely, these pages will provide the most up to date information on the tournament.

The tournament starts on Monday, 18 June with hosts Argentina taking on Team USA at 6:00 PM, Local Time (5:00 PM U.S. East Coast)

Tournament Homepage: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=2749
Live Stream Homepage: http://www.handballargentina.org/escuela/?p=2828

USA Schedule (All Times: USA East Coast)

Monday, 18 June, 5:00 PM, USA vs. Argentina
Wednesday, 20 June, 6:00 PM, USA vs. Venezuela
Thursday, 21 June, 7:00 PM, USA vs. Greenland
Friday, 22 June, 5:00 PM USA vs. Chile
Saturday, 23 June (TBD)
Sunday, 24 June (TBD)

 

Commentary:  I’ll go along with Ruben Gomez’s commentary at Mundo Handball.  Webstreaming is becoming more practical and it should be standard practice for it to be provided at major PATHF tournaments.  I’m not so sure as to whether it should be mandatory yet, but we are rapidly approaching the point where such a requirement will make sense.

Mundo Handball: http://www.mundohandball.com/Continentes/Panamerica/2012/handballtv-panamericano-baires.html

Mundo Handball:  http://www.mundohandball.com/Continentes/Panamerica/2012/panamericanos-con-transmisiones-online.html