In Denmark we always call it a penalty shot and that makes sense, because like football/soccer it is a penalty that you get in the same way. But everyone else here use the term 7 meter shot. I like the term penalty shot a lot more, 7 meter shot just sound like any shot from the 7 meter. Is it only in Denmark people call it a penalty shot?
Hello a year ago i showed my season in handball. Today i made 448 saves in 3rd divison in croatian leauge. Same day i got called up to join Zagreb, Vardar and Celje but i dont know what to choose.
The four teams heading to the LANXESS Arena on 13-14 June are SC Magdeburg, Füchse Berlin, Barça, and Aalborg Håndbold. The semifinal draw takes place on Tuesday 12 May at 15:00 CEST, live on EHFTV and the Home of Handball YouTube channel.
This is Magdeburg's fourth consecutive FINAL4 appearance. They beat Szeged 80-65 on aggregate in the quarterfinals — winning by seven away and eight at home. Utterly dominant. Last year they stunned Barça with a buzzer-beater in the semis, then beat Füchse Berlin 32-26 in an all-German final to claim the title.
Berlin went from hell to heaven in the quarterfinals — leading Veszprém 17-11 before the Hungarians fought back to level it. Goalkeeper Dejan Milosavljev saved two seven-metre throws in the shootout to send Füchse through. Last year they beat Nantes comfortably in the semis before losing the all-German final to Magdeburg. They know exactly what it feels like to lose in that arena.
Barça arrive having won 15 of their 16 matches this season — their only defeat coming against Magdeburg in the group phase. They cruised past Nantes 63-51 on aggregate in the quarterfinals. This is their 14th FINAL4 appearance, more than any other club, and they've won the trophy five times at the LANXESS Arena. Last year they were stunned by Magdeburg's last-second winner in the semis. They'll want revenge badly.
Aalborg scraped through against Sporting on the smallest possible aggregate margin of one goal — drawing 31-31 in Lisbon before winning 37-36 at home. Every time Aalborg have played at the LANXESS Arena they've made it to the final — but lost both times, to Barça on each occasion. The one team in this lineup who has never lifted the trophy and has the most to prove.
Three of the four teams have unfinished business from recent Cologne finals. Barça vs Magdeburg is a rematch of last year's semifinal. Füchse vs Magdeburg is a rematch of last year's final. Aalborg vs Barça is a rematch of two finals they've lost. Every possible draw combination carries massive storylines.
I need some clarification about 2 min penalty rule that happened few days ago. Team A was attacking and 1 pass left, coach called Timeout and coach from other team received 2 min penalty in Timeout. After TO the game continued normal with 1 pass remaining. Shouldn't long attack be cancelled after 2 min penalty? Team filled a complaint, but was overruled. Maybe any referees here?
I am not a foreseer but I am quite sure that with the way they have been playing, and their position on the league table, Magdeburg will win the league and rightfully qualify for the champions league.
Losing only one game after playing 30 games is no walk in the park. I would have loved to see them lift the league unbeaten.
With players like Omar Ingi Magnusson scoring more than 200 goals for your team, nothing will stop you from winning.
Hi , I was watching a match the other day and a shooter hit the keeper in the head with a rocket. It didn't look intentional at all just a hard shot that went high. The ref gave a two minute suspension and i was confused. Thought that used to be a red card is that a new rule or did i just remember wrong. Also does it matter if the keeper moved their head toward the ball or not. Someone at the bar said it's only a suspension if the keeper was just standing there, if they duck into it then no call, not sure if that's true. anyone know the actual rule here. just trying to understand what I'm watching.
In the 2015-16 season Mikkel Hansen scored 141 goals and set the record, today Gidsel scored his 143rd goal of the 2025-26 season with 1 game left to play, 2 if he gets to the final, so he could go on to extend his record even further.
I’ve been digging through a lot of handball stuff lately — research papers, old coaching docs, etc. and one thing kept showing up.
Most training doesn’t transfer well to games.
It’s usually:
– clean drills
– no pressure
– no real decisions
But games are the opposite.
So I started putting everything together into more structured systems (basically focusing on decisions, pressure, progression).
Already feels way closer to actual game situations.
If anyone’s interested, I put it all here:
https://handlit.eu/courses
Would be curious what others think about this approach
In the HdBl Stadium on handball21, On one of the Computers You can actually find A Laptop Screen showing Handball16 what it looks like a career mode creation, Its Only shown on the HdBl stadium, this easter egg likely to be a anniversary easter egg for handball21 because in 27 Nov 2015 the game Handball16 was Created and in 2021 Handball16 became 5 years old so to celebrate that Handball21 Updated their game and added HdBl Stadium and fixed bugs on the game and also the laptop screen shows handball16 to mark its 5 year anniversary, so now you know :3