The Spin: We talk handball

Martin Vilstrup is THE face of Beach Handball. Our fellow Dane is well known for his activities on the beach all around the globe, as he travels from tournament to tournament with club and country. But how did it all begin? Together with host Bengt Kunkel he recaps his career, looks at his first steps in the sand and talks about the people who inspired and formed him.

VĂ­ctor TomĂ s is Barcelona. Throughout his entire career he never left Barca, even captained his team to the Champions League trophy in 2015. In our podcast he recaps his career, thinks about some highlights and can't stop smiling, as he talks about the highlights of his magnificent handball life with our hosts Martin Vilstrup and Bengt Kunkel.

It's time to say goodbye to one of the greatest to ever touch the ball. Nikola Karabatic played his last match of professional handball ever. Our hosts Martin Vilstrup, Bengt Kunkel and VĂ­ctor TomĂ s recap his career and look at an outstanding player and his achievements.

Dominik Klein is one of Germany's greatest ever. While talking with our hosts Bengt Kunkel and his former rival VĂ­ctor TomĂ s one can really feel his passion and love for the sport. He relives his career, talks about his transfer to Nantes and shares some great memories. Enjoy the Episode with Mini!

Mattias Andersson looks back on an exciting career. Winning the Champions League was one of his career highlights, but in our Podcast he talks together with our hosts Bengt Kunkel and Victor Tomas about his legendary teammates like Henning Fritz and Thierry Omeyer, but about derbies between Kiel and Flensburg from both perspectives, his life as a coach and some memories between him and Victor.

It is one of the most exciting tournaments in the world: The Olympic games. Apart from the excitement of the best teams in the world fighting for medals, this year's edition features the farewell of two legends of the game: Nikola Karabatic and Mikkel Hansen. Having played the EURO final in January against each other, they are looking to face one another yet again this summer. Who will take home gold? Our hosts Bengt Kunkel, Victor Tomas and Martin Vilstrup have a look at what's good in Paris!

No matter where you look, Scandinavia is everywhere in the handball world. In every top team's history you will find big scandinavian names, every top competition is getting better with the teams from Denmark, Sweden etc. Where is the scandinavian supremacy coming from? Our host Bengt Kunkel talked with danish beach handball legend Martin Vilstrup and queen of the game Anja Althaus, who spent time of her career in Denmark.

Konstantin Igropulo is well known in the handball world. As one of the best ever, as Champions League winner, as a party animal, and as Co-Trainer of Barca. Before winning the Machineseeker EHF Champions League this year our host Bengt Kunkel talked with him about his career, his step to Barca and the good old partying days.

It's beach time! The indoor season is over, the beach is open. Time to have a look at our favourite summer activity: Beach Handball! Martin Vilstrup, danish Beach Handball legend, Anja Althaus, coaching staff member of the North Macedonia Beach Handball national team, and Bengt Kunkel talk about the beach season, Beach Handball as a sport and everything that expects us this summer, including an exhibition match at the Olympics in Paris. Enjoy!

That's it! The season 2023/24 is in the books with Györ and Barca being back on top. Our hosts Víctor Tomàs, Bengt Kunkel and Martin Vilstrup wrap up the season, look back on the Truckscout24 EHF FINAL4 in Cologne and the EHF FINAL4 in Budapest, before they present their teams for the Excellence Awards. You can still vote yours in the Home of Handball App, the vote is open until Sunday, 23rd of June 23:59 CEST!

00:00 Intro

03:45 Truckscout24 EHF FINAL4 Cologne

30:45 EHF FINAL4 Budapest

37:20 EHF Excellence Awards