John Ryan and Mathias Kornes discuss the recent Women’s World Championships, the controversy surrounding the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournaments and the upcoming Men’s European Handball Championship.

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Well, all 92 games from the World Championships are in the books as Germany took care of Poland with relative ease 29-24 to win the title. Anyone who saw any one of those matches already knows what a great sport Handball is. And having had the opportunity to attend several matches, I can personally attest that it would be pretty tough to beat the atmosphere of watching Germany play at home in front of a sold out crowd.

But what about the rest of the world? Last Sunday, I had the opportunity to interview IHF Treasurer, Miguel Roca, to discuss what the IHF is doing to try and further develop Handball world-wide. Topics included Challenge Tournaments, the President’s Cup, TV broadcasts, and the development of Handball in the United States. We just scratched the surface and hopefully we’ll have the opportunity to chat again in the future.

Interview: https://teamhandballnews.com/download.php?view.36

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John Ryan interviews VideoSport and Eurosport Commentator Paul Bray. Topics include Paul’s Handball background, the logistics of Handball commentating, and the future of Handball broadcasts on the internet.

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John Ryan and Miguel Garcia review all 6 groups and predict who will advance to the Main Round, Semifinals and win the World Title.

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Post game reactions from both Head Coaches

Interview with Canadian Head Coach Mike Nahmiash (10:50): https://teamhandballnews.com/request.php?23

Interview with USA Head Coach Christian Latulippe (11:25): https://teamhandballnews.com/request.php?24

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Lee Schofield is an Australian National Team Player and the Secretary General for the Australia Handball Federation. The podcast interview covers several topics to include:

– Lee’s Handball background and experience playing in Sweden
– An update on where other Australians are playing in Europe
– Australian preparation for the World Championships
– Outlook for the World Championships
– Lee’s perspective on whether Australia should consider joining the Asian Handball Federation

Profile of Lee Schofield: http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/board.html

Podcast : https://teamhandballnews.com/request.php?22
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This past week, I’ve been lucky enough to spend a few days in Atlanta, Ga. which for any number of reasons probably can be called the capital of team handball in the USA. Host to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, Atlanta has become the crystallization point for team handball and numerous programs have sprung into existence, many of which are still running after 10 years. I took the opportunity and spoke with two Olympians from the 1996 National Team who stayed in the sport and dedicated their career to team handball. They are running one of the programs started in the wake of the Olympics, the Community Olympic Development Program (CODP) program, circle runner Matthew Ryan and left back, handball-legend Darrick Heath. Both can look back on very successful careers on the court and have decided to make handball part of their business life as well. Both work for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Matthew as Vice President of Club Services and Darrick as Director of Athletics and Health Services. This dynamic duo is in charge of what is arguably the largest and most successful of the post-Olympic programs and they were so kind to take the time out of their busy schedules to sit down and chat with me about their program.

[file=request.php?21]Matthew Ryan and Darrick Heath talk about the CODP program[/file]

If you're as excited about the program as I am and want to start a program of your own, please do not hesitate and contact [link=mailto:MRyan@bgcma.org]Matt Ryan[/link] right away!

John Ryan interviews Mike Cavanaugh, the United States Olympic Committee’s Manager of High Performance for Team Handball. Topics covered:

– Mike’s appointment to the IHF’s Commission for Coaching and Methods
– U.S Women’s National Team
– U.S. Men’s National Team Status (Starts at 21:57)
– The USOC’s Team Handball National Assessment Survey (Starts at 49:09)

Podcast length: 1 hour, 4 minutes

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Topics covered:
– 2006 Men’s European Championship
– Handball in Brazil
– 2005 Women’s World Championship
– Men’s Team trip to Spain
– Itajaí Handball Tournament
– US Handball Current Status
– Future Podcast Plans

We will eventually make the podcast available as a subscription (RSS) service, depending on demand.