Japan 2019: Norway

This month, ihf.info will share team previews of the participating nations at the 24th IHF Women’s World Championship that starts on 30 November.

Norway arrive in Japan in an unfamiliar position – they currently hold no major international titles. As the Olympic champions in 2008 and 2012, the world champions…

Korean golden fairy tale continues

The “Korean handball summer fairy tale” has reached another height: Seven weeks after the U20 team became Women’s Junior World Champions for the first time ever, the U18 girls were on the winners’ podium of the Youth Olympic Games – with two players, who were part of both titles: double gold medallists Youjin Hur and Soyeong…

Debutant Slovenia dethrone Egypt as YOG champions

Four matches, four victories including the final: Slovenia is the well-deserved champion of the boys’ competition at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. Thanks to a 31:25 (13:11) final win on Monday (25 August) they dethroned the defending YOG champions Egypt. And like the Korean girls before they are the second Youth Olympic…

Gold for Korea and Slovenia – summary of the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing

After five competition days including 24 matches of 12 teams the Korean girls and the Slovenian boys are the new Youth Olympic Games handball champions. In the finals in Nanjing, China, on Monday (25 August) Korea took a highly close 32:31 (17:14) victory against Russia, Slovenia dethroned defending champions Egypt by 31:25 (…