Vipers Kristiansand do it again! We were on-site in Budapest and had a chance to reflect on a record-breaking EHF FINAL4 Women with Gabriella Horvath, Anja Althaus, Ditte Vind, Martin Vilstrup and Lucie Marie Kretschmar.

Episode 204 - Big Women's EHF FINAL4 preview, live from Budapest with Esbjerg's Dinah Eckerle

A mixture of praise and disappointment in the wake of the Champions League quarter-finals, Alex delves into optionality and we bring you the final part of our live show, where we discussed handball's future as a global sport.

In the morning club, we have 15 minutes to tackle one hot topic in the handball world. This is usually only found on our Patreon account, but we're giving everyone a taste this time. If you want more, support the podcast on https://www.patreon.com/handballhour.

This week, Brian and Chris check in at the halfway mark of the Men's EHF Champions League Quarter-finals.

Now for the main event from our live show, celebrating 200 episodes of the podcast, debating the all-time all-star team in men's handball!

Everyone gets a taste for this episode but the real juicy stuff and the full team is reserved for our supporters on Patreon this time. Join them and get the full show on https://www.patreon.com/handballhour

We celebrated passing 200 episodes with a live show on Sunday, with Yahia Omar, Courtney Gahan and Rasmus Boysen as our special guests.

Here's the first part of the show with a look back at the Women's Champions League quarter-finals and ahead to the men's!

What a fitting way to mark our 200th episode. Brian and Chris head to Faroe Islands for their crucial EHF EURO 2024 qualifier against Ukraine and take the chance to delve into what makes handball here so special, interviewing Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu, Nicholas Satchwell, Ári Rouch, Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen and Hákun West Av Teigum.

Plock coach and one of our very first guests Xavi Sabate returns to the pod to speak about his side's wild ride to the Champions League Quarter-finals.

We reflect on the brilliant German Cup final and Granollers' seismic victory in the European League, led by a brilliant Nigerian talent.

We also have news about our live show on Zoom - due to scheduling issues, we're changing it to Sunday 7 May at 20:00 CEST.

We have confirmed Yahia Omar and Eduarda Amorim so far, so make sure you sign up nice and early with the link on https://www.patreon.com/handballhour

An Easter weekend treat as Alex and Chris discuss the Champions League play-offs, which quarter-finals look hot, Stoilov taking on unruly fans in Skopje and Alex's move to Boston.

And we have some exciting news! To celebrate our 200th episode, we'll be recording it live online with our listeners, on Sunday 23 April at 20:00 CEST. The live audience will be Patreon listeners only, so join us now on patreon.com/handballhour.