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European Handball Championship

 
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norge95
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:22 am    Post subject: European Handball Championship Reply with quote

I'm curious to know if the finals of the Women's European Handball Championship between Norway and Russia this past Sunday received much media attention in Russia? Women's team handball gets virtually no coverage at all here in the U.S., but I know that the sport is extremely popular in Scandinavia.

The Russian women have won two of the last three World Championships including the 2005 tournament that was played in Saint Petersburg. Russia's victory in last year's tournament and Norway's victory this past Sunday earned both nations automatic births in next year's World Championships, which will be played in France.

Here's the link to an article that was posted at the English edition website of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten:

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1574222.ece

Quote:
Women's handball has had almost cult status in Norway since the national team won Olympic gold in Seoul two decades ago. Eager fans anxiously followed wide media coverage of the Euro 2006 final match Sunday afternoon.


If anyone has links to any other articles in English about the Women's European Handball Championship, please post them here.

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CarlSpackler
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Joined: 17 Nov 2006
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pretty much all sports (except hockey and football) have been on decline in Russia since the break up of Soviet Union, it’s improving, but slowly, well, at least public attention to a lot of sports lagging behind improved performance of athletes…
I check Russian periodicals quite regularly and have not seen anything on that game. So, to answer your question, no, it didn’t get much attention.
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surfguy
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well if the Olympics go to Sochi...hopefully sports will again be on the rise
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