Hey, media person, just discovering handball: Think you’ve got a “new” idea on how the U.S. can win Olympic Handball Gold? Think again… Check out these articles dating back from 1996.
Good news for Cord Cutters: Last Olympics, if you didn’t have NBC via cable, satellite or some other platform you were out of luck. This time around all Olympics content will be available via NBC’s streaming service, Peacock.
TV Broadcasts
NBC has the rights to all Olympic content in the USA and they currently plan to produce 2-3 handball matches/day for broadcast on NBC TV networks. Some matches will be broadcast live, but if past Olympics are a guide, most will will be shown on a tape delay basis. A quick look ahead at the schedule shows that most matches be shown on the USA Network with a few on E! and CNBC. There are also temporary channels being set up called Paris Extra 1 and Paris Extra 2.
Web Streaming
NBC will be streaming every handball match live and on demand. And, there will be two ways that viewers can access the web streams.
If you already have NBC through a cable, satellite or another platform like Fubo or YouTube TV you will be able to stream content after authenticating your subscription. You do not need a Peacock subscription.
If you are a cord cutter, however, your best option will be to subscribe to NBC’s streaming service, Peacock for access to all of NBC’s Olympic content
You can select “TV & Digital” or “TV only” The TV & Digital option will show you every single match as every match is streamed while the TV Only option will show you the traditional broadcast viewings
As Handball is one of the few sports starting before the opening ceremonies on Friday there will be 3 live broadcasts Thurdsay all aired on the USA network at 3 AM, 5 AM and 1 PM (US ET)
The first 12 days of competition will have 6 matches played each day with the same starting times. Those times are
Paris (Local): 0900, 1100, 1400, 1600, 1900, 2100
US (ET): 0300, 0500, 0800, 1000, 1300, 1500
With some matches being played early in the morning, U.S. time, you may want to watch those matches later in the day without knowing the score. Thankfully, it appears that the NBC schedule page will be spoiler free.
Commentators
NBC TV broadcasts will have commentary with Eric Frede and Dawn Lewis. Digitally streamed matches will use the Olympic Broadcast Service feed and will have commentary from Paul Bray, Mark Hawkins and others. Here’s some more information on the commentators:
Eric Frede (NBC Play by Play): Eric Frede is a veteran commentator based in New England who has called multiple sports to include football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, tennis, track and field and auto racing
Dawn Allinger Lewis (NBC Color/Expert): Lewis was a member of the 1996 U.S. Women’s Olympic Handball squad and this will be her 6th straight Olympics with NBC
Paul Pray (OBS): Bray is the dean of handball commentators and has been calling handball matches for over 30 years. Previously he was also the President of British Handball
The USA Jr Women’s National Team is competing in the 2024 Women’s Junior World Handball Championship. Here are the team roster, schedule, results, and links to streaming and other information pages
The USA Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball National Teams are competing in the 2024 IHF Beach Handball World Championships. Here are the team rosters, schedule, results, and links to streaming and other information pages
Stephen Neilson, the Chair of British Handball joins the podcast to discuss the Great Britain – Kosovo Euro 2026 Qualification match played in Derby, England on 13 January.
We take a deep dive into what was probably the best ever handball match atmosphere and presentation in a “non-traditional” handball nation. We discuss the crowd, venue, organization, logistics, finances and British Handball’s future plans to stage matches like that again.
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The 2024 EHF Men’s European Handball Championship will start this Wednesday, 10 January and will conclude on Sunday, 28 January. Here is some information on streaming, how to follow the tournament, and who the sports betting sites have favored to win the tournament and premliminary groups.
Streaming / TV
Your options for watching the 2024 EHF Euro will vary depending on where you live. Some nations will be able to watch all the matches on ehfTV while other nations will have all or some of the matches available on a TV Channel and/or streaming service to which the rights have been sold. This EHF article outlines how to watch in each nation: Link
Register with ehfTV: Link (ehfTV is a free platform, but does require a simple one-time registration)
USA: This EHF article indicates that matches in the U.S. will be on beIN Sport US. However, the beIN Sports channel guide currently doesn’t list any handball matches on its schedule. Additionally, for the 2022 Euro, the contract was also with beIN Sport, but ehfTV was not geo-blocked in the U.S. (We’ll soon find out if that will hold for 2024 as well. Regardless, I will update this post with the latest information.)
Canada: The EHF article indicates that matches in Canada will be on DAZN. I don’t know if ehfTV will be geo-blocked in Canada or not.
VPN: A Virtual Private Network (VPN) may be an aternative option. For more information on how to use VPN check this article out: Link
Spam Sites: You’ve surely seen the multitude of social media postings inviting you to watch the match on their “free” service. (These folks are relentless with their spamming) Don’t even bother with these sites. They typically will ask you to download a video player on your computer. Trust me… you don’t want that app on your computer and in all likelihood they won’t even have the match. Go with the provider in your country or VPN.
How to Follow the Competition
Competition Wikipedia Page: Link (For simple, easy to find schedule, results and standings Wikipedia is the place to go)
EHF Competition Page: Link (Official Stats and match summaries)
Links to social media, Twitch channe and the official EHF App: Link
The 2023 IHF World Women’s Handball Championship will start this Wednesday, 29 November and will conclude on Sunday, 17 December. Here is some information on streaming, how to follow the tournament, and who the sports betting sites have favored to win the tournament and premliminary groups.
Streaming / TV
Your options for watch the 2023 Handball World Championships will vary depending on where you live. Some nations will be able to watch all the matches on the IHF YouTube Channel while other nations will have all or some of the matches available on a TV Channel and/or streaming to which the rights have been sold. This IHF article outlines how to watch in each nation: Link
Nations without a TV Contract: IHF Competitions YouTube Channel: Link
USA: ESPN will be airing up to 4 matches each day on their Watch ESPN platform which is accessible to anyone who subscribes to ESPN via Cable, Satellite or Streaming Service. (Important Note: This does not require an ESPN+ subscription. Further it will not be available on ESPN+. To watch the Handball WC you will need a traditional ESPN Subscription)
Watch ESPN can be watched on your TV, laptop or phone. Personally, I watch it via my ESPN app on my Roku, but there are multiple options. Typically, the first time you go to watch something, you will be asked to verify your account so have your username and password ready.
Matches are now being populated on the schedule page and can be found under the ESPN3 Channel. If past history is a guide ESPN will also add a handball logo and a 2023 WC logo to help find the matches. Additionally, matches will likely show up on the main page, but only a few minutes before the match starts.
Canada: There is no TV network so all matches should be available on the IHF YouTube page: Link (Note: This makes Canada a good VPN choice)
VPN: Based on previous WCs, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) will likely provide access to matches that are not available on ESPN. For more information on how to use VPN check this article out: Link
Spam Sites: You’ve surely seen the multitude of social media postings inviting you to watch the match on their “free” service. (These folks are relentless with their spamming) Don’t even bother with these sites. They typically will ask you to download a video player on your computer. Trust me… you don’t want that app on your computer and in all likelihood they won’t even have the match. Go with the provider in your country or VPN.
How to Follow the Competition
Competition Wikipedia Page: Link (For simple, easy to find schedule, results and standings Wikipedia is the place to go)
IHF Competition Page: Link (Official Stats and match summaries)
