(Un)informed Handball Hour

Apr 03 2025 293 ep. 51 mins 90

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Welcome to the (Un)informed Handball Hour. A handball podcast, brought to you by Chris O'Reilly, Brian Campion and Alex Kulesh joined by a range of wonderful guests.

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Episode 288 - Champions League play-offs recap with Sascha Staat and Kevin Domas

Apr 03 2025 42 mins

The play-off round of the EHF Champions League concludes tonight and with the unusual situation of the round being filled with clubs from Europe's top two leagues, we get some French and German perspectives from Kevin Domas and Sascha Staat to break down what we've seen an look forward to some more tasty encounters to come.

Episode 287 - The Bucharest derby and more women's playoff fun with Adrian Costeiu

Mar 21 2025 36 mins

Knockout handball is here! The road to Budapest and the Women's EHF FINAL4 begins with the play-off round this weekend and we chat to Adrian Costeiu with two tight contests and a Romanian derby to look forward to.

Episode 286 - Champions League round up, discover the Emerging Nations and EURO games to watch this week

Mar 12 2025 53 mins

The group phase of the Men's Champions League has come to an end, so we rate the competition to date. Handball hipsters gather round for the IHF Emerging Nations, where handball worlds truly collide, plus we give you the five EHF EURO qualifiers you should watch this week.

The Morning Club - 7 March: Heidi Warren and Mark Hawkins on the eve of Great Britain's EURO qualifiers campaign

Mar 07 2025 23 mins

Just under a year ago, Great Britain's women were thrown into the spotlight with a surprise wildcard into the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Since then, the team has pressed on behind the scenes and begin their EHF EURO 2026 Qualification campaign this weekend against Bosnia Herzegovina and Estonia. Home-grown talent Heidi Warren and coach Mark Hawkins, 2012 Olympian and one of

Episode 285 - DJ Gidsel stays in Berlin, Sagosen's Aalborg return

Feb 18 2025 36 mins

Mathias Gidsel has committed his future to Fuchse Berlin and gets a nice pay rise for his loyalty. Is a residency at Berghain part of the deal for DJ Gidsel and will his star sidekick join him? Sander Sagosen has decided to leave the Kolstad project and return to the scene of his big breakthrough. Can he rediscover his form at Aalborg and where do Kolstad go from here?

Men's World Championship 2025 - Final review: Unstoppable Denmark, reactions from Jørgensen and Šoštarić, status among the sport's greatest teams

Feb 05 2025 39 mins

In our final review, we look back at Denmark's dominant final win over Croatia and where that puts them among the sport's top teams of all time. We also hear from Denmark's Lukas Jørgensen and Croatia's Mario Šoštarić on the fiery gold medal clash. Our traditional Alternative Awards are out at the end of the week on Patreon, where the real MVPs are celebrated through the like

Men's World Championship 2025 - 30 January: Tears, drama and buzzer-beaters galore in the Quarter-finals with Danijela Vekic, Thibaut Briet and Marcio Menino

Jan 30 2025 46 mins

Men's World Championship 2025 - 30 January: Tears, drama and buzzer-beaters galore in the Quarter-finals with Danijela Vekic, Thibaut Briet and Marcio Menino

Men's World Championship 2025 - 28 January: Quarter-final preview with Björn Pazen

Jan 28 2025 62 mins

We're into the knockout phase of the World Championship with four tantalising quarter-finals coming our way on Tuesday and Wednesday. Björn Pazen joins us from Croatia to run through the contests and break down the key battles.

Men's World Championship 2025 - 25 January: Sergio Arenillas on Brazil's breakthrough, Dule and Croatia rise again

Jan 25 2025 40 mins

Brazil have reached the quarter-finals of the Men's World Championship for the first time and they've done it the hard way, battling through a group with Spain, Sweden and Norway. Brazilian commentator Sergio Arenillas joins us to speak about the surprise breakthrough and what makes this team so special. We also look at Portugal's latest stellar performance, Egypt's nailbiter and C

Men's World Championship 2025 - 21 January: Kay Smits on his Netherlands return, an eventful week and future, Main Round preview

Jan 21 2025 61 mins

We're off to the main round at the World Championship and as things are beginning to heat up, we look at the big stories from recent days, including mixed fortunes for the host nations and which teams are truly emerging as medal contenders. And we speak to Dutch star Kay Smits about his return to the national team after a layoff due to a heart inflammation, his side's progress in r