Agger

What a brilliant idea!

Guay still got it!

Sadly I don't even have the Danish channel, but I have acces for their streaming service. I can watch it on Norwegian TV as well, but I'm sceptical towards that due to the rivalry in skiing sports!

And now it's the start of a period that I absolutely love. Alpine, biathlon and nordic worlds. Sadly I don't have the Swedish channel showing alpine Worlds, meaning I'll have to do with Danish commentators

The decision for rowing should be this weekend. Don't know about IOC approval, or so.

Denmark will get the old ferry started again and will join the contest!

I'm pretty sure I was the only one watching Martin Toft Hansen beating Ole Ritter's legendary Danish hour record

[hide] Knockout Round January 28th - February 5th, 2017 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Quarterfinals West African Time (GMT +1) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 28th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Burkina Faso 1 2 Tunisia January 28th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Senegal 2 0 Cameroon January 29th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem DR Congo 3 2 Ghana January 29th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Egypt 2 1 Morocco [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round January 21st - January 29th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 28th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Slovenia 26 30 Croatia Gold Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 29th 2017, h. 17:30, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France 32 28 Norway [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round January 21st - January 29th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match. Semifinals Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 26th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France 32 26 Slovenia January 27th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Croatia 31 28 Norway [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round January 21st - January 29th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match. Quarterfinals Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 24th 2017, h. 17:00, La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Norway 28 25 Hungary January 24th 2017, h. 19:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille France 32 27 Sweden January 24th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Slovenia 28 24 Qatar January 24th 2017, h. 20:45, Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Spain 29 26 Croatia [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round January 21st - January 29th, 2017 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match. Round of 16 Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 21st 2017, h. 16:00, La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Norway 27 25 Macedonia January 21st 2017, h. 18:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille France 31 25 Iceland January 21st 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Russia 26 24 Slovenia January 21st 2017, h. 20:45, Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Brazil 22 30 Spain January 22nd 2017, h. 16:00, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Belarus 24 28 Sweden January 22nd 2017, h. 16:00, La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Hungary 22 29 Denmark January 22nd 2017, h. 18:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Germany 33 25 Qatar January 22nd 2017, h. 20:45, Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Croatia 31 23 Egypt [/hide]

IHF has given Rene Toft permision to use the elbow protection. But it's only for the Worlds and only if the opponents give permission. Luckily all opponents in the group stage have given permission, meaning that he will at least be in the group stage. Hopefulle future opponents will show the same sportsmanship instead of using it as an easy way to weaken the Danish defence!

[hide] Preliminary Round January 14th - January 25th, 2017 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 14th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Gabon 3 1 Guinea-Bissau January 14th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Burkina Faso 0 1 Cameroon January 18th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Gabon 1 2 Burkina Faso January 18th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Cameroon 3 0 Guinea-Bissau January 22nd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Cameroon 2 1 Gabon January 22nd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Guinea-Bissau 1 3 Burkina Faso Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 15th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Algeria 3 0 Zimbabwe January 15th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Tunisia 1 2 Senegal January 19th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Algeria 3 1 Tunisia January 19th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Senegal 2 0 Zimbabwe January 23rd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Senegal 0 2 Algeria January 23rd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Zimbabwe 0 2 Tunisia Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 16th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 Togo January 16th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem DR Congo 2 1 Morocco January 20th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Côte d'Ivoire 1 1 DR Congo January 20th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Morocco 2 1 Togo January 24th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Morocco 1 3 Côte d'Ivoire January 24th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Togo 0 2 DR Congo Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 17th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Ghana 2 1 Uganda January 17th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Mali 1 1 Egypt January 21st 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Ghana 2 2 Mali January 21st 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Egypt 2 1 Uganda January 25th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Egypt 1 3 Ghana January 25th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Uganda 0 2 Mali [/hide]

They just made it through against Latvia! The by far easiest opponent in the playoffs.

IHF needs to be stopped. Rene Toft Hansen will not be allowed to play against Argentina (and possibly for all of the Championships) because of his elbow protection. Do they really want to make changes without any medical reasons just for the looks of the players? The same happened during the women's Ech.

[hide] Preliminary Round January 11th - January 20th, 2017 24 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nation from each Group will qualify for Round of 16. Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 11th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France X X Brazil January 12th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Russia 28 21 Japan January 12th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Norway 22 26 Poland January 13th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Japan 18 29 France January 14th 2017, h. 14:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Brazil 19 28 Poland January 14th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Norway 22 25 Russia January 15th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes France 29 22 Norway January 15th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Brazil 21 26 Japan January 16th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Poland 27 23 Russia January 17th 2017, h. 14:00, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Norway 28 21 Brazil January 17th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Poland 26 21 Japan January 17th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Russia 22 27 France January 19th 2017, h. 14:00, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Russia 27 20 Brazil January 19th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes France 29 22 Poland January 19th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Japan 22 25 Norway Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 12th 2016, h. 14:00, Arena de Metz, Metz Slovenia 28 19 Angola January 12th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Macedonia 27 22 Tunisia January 12th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Spain 28 22 Iceland January 14th 2016, h. 14:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Iceland 23 26 Slovenia January 14th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Tunisia 21 29 Spain January 14th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Angola 18 28 Macedonia January 15th 2016, h. 14:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Iceland 25 21 Tunisia January 16th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Slovenia 22 24 Macedonia January 16th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Spain 31 18 Angola January 17th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Slovenia 25 22 Tunisia January 17th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Angola 17 27 Iceland January 18th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Macedonia 22 26 Spain January 19th 2016, h. 14:00, Arena de Metz, Metz Tunisia 26 17 Angola January 19th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Macedonia 25 21 Iceland January 19th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Spain 26 21 Slovenia Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 13th 2016, h. 14:00, Kindarena, Rouen Belarus 26 17 Chile January 13th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Germany 27 20 Hungary January 13th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Croatia 33 18 Saudi Arabia January 14th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Hungary 21 27 Croatia January 15th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Chile 17 30 Germany January 15th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Saudi Arabia 17 25 Belarus January 16th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Hungary 27 19 Chile January 16th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Croatia 30 24 Belarus January 17th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Germany 32 17 Saudi Arabia January 18th 2016, h. 14:00, Kindarena, Rouen Saudi Arabia 19 29 Hungary January 18th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Belarus 22 28 Germany January 18th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Croatia 33 19 Chile January 20th 2016, h. 14:00, Kindarena, Rouen Saudi Arabia 24 24 Chile January 20th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Germany 27 27 Croatia January 20th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Belarus 22 27 Hungary Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 13th 2017, h. 14:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Qatar 29 24 Egypt January 13th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Sweden 30 22 Bahrain January 13th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 32 18 Argentina January 14th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 29 22 Egypt January 15th 2017, h. 14:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Argentina 20 27 Sweden January 15th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Bahrain 17 26 Qatar January 16th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Egypt 27 19 Bahrain January 16th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 28 23 Sweden January 17th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Qatar 27 19 Argentina January 18th 2017, h. 14:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Argentina 20 27 Egypt January 18th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 34 18 Bahrain January 18th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Sweden 27 25 Qatar January 20th 2017, h. 14:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Bahrain 20 25 Argentina January 20th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Sweden 27 24 Egypt January 20th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Qatar 23 27 Denmark [/hide]

Great assist by Omeyer!

I disagree. I really like having it that way, and would really like to see it in other team sports (at least handball, to actually give Oceania a shot at the Worlds). But of course it can be discussed, whether it's right when the Worlds become bigger as now.

Well against league teams, perhaps. Except Tim Erlandsson, all are players from Nordic leagues. The most experienced on that swedish team is Lewicki with 13 national team matches.

Why finally?

Actually a pretty decent team with 2 players in Flensburg-Handewitt (Youth A team) and 1 in the best danish league (and another 2 in the 1st division) But on the other hand. What's up with the draws? Easy group while Denmark and Sweden are in the same one and group 3 having both Macedonia, Portugal and Poland.

I guess it'll start in March, yes

What a result from Sloof!

Wow. What a race in the women's Tour. Top 3 all lose some time for the rest.