HANDBALL | SPAIN 35 - DENMARK 19 | SPAIN WORLD CHAMPION

SPANISH SPORTS received a shot in the arm in a spectacular fashion when the Spanish National Handball Team proclaimed themselves 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONS on home turf in the "Palau St Jordi" Stadium of the city of Barcelona.

SPAIN which organized the the Handball World Championships won DENMARK the current European Champions in the final with a crushing 35 - 19 & thus win their second World title, the first being 8 years back (Tunisia 2005).

No one would have believed beforehand that the final would be so one-sided after Denmark crushed Croatia ( which finished third ) in the semi-finals. Spain went in super concentrated & took the Danes by surprise with fierce attacking & with an impenetrable defence, special mention here to adopted Spanish goalie Sterbik (14 saves).

The second half continued the same way with Spain attacking & scoring more gaols while wearing down the moral & strength of the Danes which dropped their shoulders to the reality that they were being overrun, out played & well beaten. Mention here to Spaniard Cañellas for his seven goals.

Historical victory for Spanish Handball & Sports. Congratulations guys!


SPAIN (18+17): Sterbik (p); Rocas (-), Maqueda (5), Aguinagalde (5), Cañellas (7, 1p), García (2), Rivera (6) - initial team -, Entrerríos (3), Tomás (1), Sarmiento (1), Montoro (2), Morros (1), Ruesga (-), Ariño (-), Guardiola (2) & Sierra (ps).

DENMARK (10+9): Landin (p); Eggert (3, 2p), Lindberg (1), René Toft (-), Mollgaard (4), Hansen (2), Nielsen (-) -initial team -, Sondergaard (4), Mortersen (-), Markussen (2), Lauge (1), Noddesbo (1), Svan (-), Henrik Totf (1) y Green (ps)

Partials every 5 minutes: 3-1, 6-4, 8-5, 9-8, 14-9, 18-10 (half-time), 22-11, 26-12, 29-12, 30-15, 34-16, 35-19 (final).

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SPANISH HANDBALL | ATLETICO DE MADRID SPANISH CUP WINNERS 2012

SPANISH HANDBALL action today with the Final of the SPANISH CUP ( Copa del Rey ) between two giants of European & Spanish Handball: ATLETICO DE MADRID ( formerly Cuidad Real) & BARCELONA. The title went to Atletico de Madrid 37 - 31 after doing the damage on Barcelona in the second half with pure firepower. That & an amazing goalkeeper in HOMBRADOS which stopped the Barcelona advances.

Atletico de Madrid Handball Spanish Cup 2012 winners

Here are the details:
37 - ATLETICO DE MADRID:
Hombrados; Roberto García (3, 1p), Guardiola (1), Dinart (-), Kallman (5), Jurkiewicz (2) & Chema Rodríguez (2) -equipo inicial- Antonio Díez (ps), Edu Fernández (-), Markussen (4), Aginagalde (6), Davis (-), Cañellas (5, 1p), Alberto Entrerríos (2) & Lazarov (7, 3p)
31 - BARCELONA INTERSPORT:
Saric; Rocas (2, 1p), Nagy (5), Sarmiento (2), Rutenka (4), Juanín García (4) & Noddesbo (1) -equipo inicial- Sjostrand (ps), Víctor Tomás (2), Raúl Entrerríos (6), Sorhaindo (2), Ugalde (1), Jermenyr (-), Aguirrezabalaga (-), Morros (-) e Igropulo (2)

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SPANISH SPORTS | RAFAEL NADAL LOSES AUSTRALIAN TENNIS FINAL & SPAIN LOSSES IN HANDBALL

Serbian World Nº1 Tennis player NOVAK DJOKOVIC starts the 2012 Tennis season as he finished last,  winning the 2012 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 & 7-5 Spanish player & World Nº 2 RAFAEL NADAL is a historical match that lasted nearly 6 hours.

Rafael Nadal

The Spaniard started well to take the first set, but Djokavic reacted over-powering Nadal with his serve & stroke shots to take the second & third set. The fourth was Nadal in his "pure state" playing with his heart & courage to force a fifth set after taking the tie-break. Nadal had Djokavic on the ropes in the fifth after breaking his serve but the Serb won it back & never looked back again.

Djokavic wins the Australian Open

Rafael Nadal once again falls to the power-play of the Serb in another Grand Slam final. In the end the result came down to fine details,  & in the case of Nadal , some bad decisions in crucial moments of the game. The Spaniard has "lost" his "killer instinct" as his only playing flaw is that once he has his opponent "down", Nadal fails to finish off the work with a clean "kill". This allows his adversaries - Djokavic in this case - to clean their wounds & lift to fight again having learnt the lesson. Said differently, keeps letting off the hook his main opponents, today not being any different.

Congratulations to Djokavic for his extraordinary performance & victory, well deserved. I have no doubt we will be seeing again Djokavic - Nadal in more Tennis finals this season. 

Spanish Handball Team 2012

Staying with SPANISH SPORTS, SPAIN lost to CROATIA 31 - 27 in the third place ( Bronze Medal ) match of the European HANDBALL Championships. 


One of those days I suppose were nothing goes right ...Congrats to Croatia!

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SPANISH HANDBALL | EURO OPENER : FRANCE 26 - SPAIN 29

The Sport of HANDBALL does not get the space that it deserves here, I am aware of this but as a "one man blogging band" I have to go with the more popular of Sports, being that Football (Soccer), its simple demand.  Said this I take the opportunity to give coverage tonight when something big happens & in this case a victory by SPAIN in the opener of the European Handball Championships.

Spain - France 2012

Apart from a good start in the tournament were the London Olympic Games classification is also up for grabs, the defeated Nation was none other than FRANCE, the Champions of everything in the Sport of Handball: the current Olympic, European & World Champions.

FRANCE lost 26 - 29 to SPAIN which is a fabulous indicator of the current form of Spanish side & a moral (psychological) booster for their aspirations for the Euro title & to secure an Olympic Games place. There is much more left to the tournament with some excellent & strong teams still to face ahead, but its great news for Spanish Handball & Spanish Sports.

Match details:

France - 26 : Omeyer; Abalo (6), Barachet (1), Karabatic (3), Fernandez (7), Guigou (3, 1p) & Bertrand Gille (3), Karaboue (ps), Dinart (-), Guillaume Gille (-), Narcisse (3), Joli (-), Accambray (-), Detrez (-) & Bingo (-)


Spain - 29 : Hombrados; Roberto García (1), Gurbindo (2), Guardiola (3), Morros (1), Alberto Entrerríos (3), Ugalde (4), Sierra (ps), Maqueda (3), Víctor Tomás (2), Raúl Entrerríos (1), Sarmiento (-), Aginagalde (1), Juanín García (2), Romero (2p) & Cañellas (4)


Score every 5 minutes: 3-3, 5-6, 7-9, 8-11, 10-13 y 13-15 (rest). 15-18, 17-21, 20-22, 21-25, 25-27 y 26-29 (Final)

May the good form continue for Spain, go guys!

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SPANISH HANDBALL | ATLETICO DE MADRID BREAK SCORING RECORD

ATLETICO DE MADRID (ex Ciudad Real) achieved a historical record breaking the previously held by FC Barcelona in scoring 52 goals in one match. I am taking about SPANISH HANDBALL & yes, the Spanish Handball League (ASOBAL) . The unfortunate receiving opponents were ACADEMICA OCTAVIO who managed to score 27.

Atletico de Madrid currently leading the League & are doing well in Europe.

Perhaps the Atletico de Madrid Football Directives can consider allowing their Handball counterparts to exchange shirts for a day. I am sure the latter would at least score more goals :O)

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SPANISH HANDBALL | AT MADRID 33 FC BARCELONA 26 | SPANISH SUPER CUP FINAL

ATLETICO DE MADRID has won its first title this season, not the Football Club, but its "newly" acquired HANDBALL Team. Atletico de Madrid defeated the powerful FC BARCELONA 33 - 26 to take the SPANISH HANDBALL SUPERCUP which traditionally signals the start of the new season.

Atletico de Madrid Handball

For those who may not know, Spanish Handball Club CIUDAD REAL went through financial problems at the end of last season which put them on the verge of disappearing. The solution was to have Spanish Football Club ATLETICO DE MADRID buy the Club & move them to Madrid, something of a "flashback" as Atletico dropped their Handball Team 19 years back. But the decision to get back into Handball was proven yesterday to have been a total success with a record attendence for a Handball game in Spain. Observers noticed a sea of Atletico shirts & fans who have incorporated Handball into their Sporting "life" along with Football.

The Atletico Handball Team did not disappoint fans & won the strong Barça side in a convincing fashion. A great start for Atletico as the regular Spanish Handball League (ASOBAL) kicks off next week & they look in great shape in continuing to give joys to their "new" fans.

Game details:
33. ATLÉTICO DE MADRID (13+20):
Sterbik; Abalo (2), Guardiola (-), Chema Rodríguez (3), Markussen (6), Kallman (2), Aguinagalde (6), Hombrados (ps), García Parrondo (1), Lazarov (6, 2p), Cañellas (4, 1p), Jurkiewicz (-), Alberto Entrerríos (1), Davis (-), Edu Fernández (2, 1p) & Dinart (-).


26. BARCELONA (10+16):
Saric; Rocas (2), Nagy (-), Sorhaindo (2), Jermenyr (-), Raúl Entrerríos (-), Juanín García (1), Sjostrand (ps), Víctor Tomás (-), Aguirrezabalaga (2), Rutenka (5), Igropulo (4), Sarmiento (3), Ugalde (2), Noddesbo (4) & Morros (1).

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SPANISH HANDBALL | CIUDAD REAL BECOMES BALONMANO ATLETICO DE MADRID

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SPANISH SPORTS mantains alive one of the best teams in the sport of HANDBALL,  in Spain & in all Europe,  thanks to an agreement that saves CIUDAD REAL Handball Team. The current Spanish Cup champions, the 5 time ASOBAL Winners, World Club Champions twice, three times European Champions ...etc & etc, has been saved by economic bankruptcy & from disappearing totally from the sporting map thanks to ATLETICO DE MADRID, yes the Football Club.

Ciudad Real Handball Team

From next season CIUDAD REAL moves itself to the city of Madrid & will call itself BALONMANO ATLETICO DE MADRID. Atletico regains this way a Handball Division which it eliminated decades ago when the Gil family bought the Football Club. So,  as of now, ATLETICO DE MADRID has a Football & Handball Club. The latter kicks of the season against FC Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup on the 4th of September.

Great to see Ciudad Real still in action & good to see Handball back in Madrid & with Atletico.
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