USA Team Handball 2009 Club National Championships

[somepotguy]

A 16 year kid i know would own them so hard. On the other hand im 15 and id own on the pivot.

[elinamikaela]

It's good to see this sport's growth in the US. I hope to see them in an international tournament some day.

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@elinamikaela We were in the Pan Am Games this year. Didn't do well.

[ibaividalecheverria]

Europeans, we should give time to EUA's handball, it's really that they are bad playing it, but it's a new sport for them, if she saw a ice-skating european club they think the same than we. I'm surprised that he didn't use resin/ glue or how they say to it.

[bomba94K2]

don't they even know the rules?! look how they dribble like in basketball. its everytime illigal.

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@bomba94K2 You'd think European referees would pick up on that.

[bomba94K2]

@thecelebratedmisterk definetly. its so obvious, they couldn't ignore that.

[bondjefel]

No offence against US teams.. But a skilled swedish team of 16 year olds could kick this New York teams ass...

[Spudskie]

This seems like fun. Would like to try this if I can find one near Chicago.

[MrSpykiller12]

dude the firehawk have bad defense. i think

[fodoo21]

don't you use resin in usa?O.o

[djkgruenweissmendenc]

WATCH GERMANYS BUNDESLIGA!!IT´S LIKE THE NHL/NBA OR NFL but in handball :D:D

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@djkgruenweissmendenc Bundesliga is terrific for handball, no question. We only hope that at some point our handball will get good, too.

[andarsjukir]

WTF is that goalie doing? ._.

[aannaaiis]

hahah yes this sure is funny. the american way of playing handball!

[skiruehl4]

everyonw hating, understand that this is the US. handball is anything but a opular sport like it is in europe, and players generally arent as technically skilled because they probably havent been playin handball since they were teenagers like european players

[Inflaamiing]

In deutschland .. höchstes 1 .kreisklasse .

[DStrothi]

@Inflaamiing ja xD Aber in nen paar Jahren sind die mit sicherheit schon Oberliga niveau

[franekic12]

Hahahah these guy's don't know what is speed center or they can't make a normal real circle attack...And the players don't know what to do when they have 1v1 on goalman but its just simple they just jump on like 13 meters and shoot...!!!!

Hahahaha i'am 15 and i play circle attacker and left wing and i could be their cocah...HANDBALL CLUB POŽEGA RULES! CROATIA RULES!

[SchlawinerUSA]

i dont know how to say it, but they also throw very slow?! or does it just seem like it?! even the on half positions, usually the guys with power, nothing :P

[Stealthsniper90]

compared to my team in handball these guys are pros... oh wait... they are ;)

[Stealthsniper90]

compared to my team in P.E. these guys are pros... oh wait... they are

[Stealthsniper90]

lol also doing this in P.E. Not as much fun when u suck.... ;)

[Stealthsniper90]

lol also doing this in P.E. Not as much fun when u suck.... ;)

[jcollie800]

this looks fun, but the people playing it make it gay

[SuperKarlo97]

that is not so bad for america , you have some pottencial

[UnionKid15]

This needs to be a pro sport in the USA. thanks a lot for posting this.

[ThomsenKA]

Could be fun to see USA in the World Cup Championships. But I can't see that happening. Even Football - though it's the biggest sport in the world - is not that big over there. Of course you have decent players and a decent national team, but considered the huge amount of people i America it's not a big sport. And it would take decades to make Handball big in America. But to make that happen more money needs to be in the sport to make the athletes choose this instead of the popular sports.

[informersunset]

I hope handball gets higher in USA so atleast some nations outside of europe can challenge the major titles, it's very possible, 300 mill people living there and also especially when you see how athletic american basketball players can bee. Lebron James the handball player, now that would be scary.

[kakan113]

This is sport

[peanutz09]

they should check out the icelandic team!

[nele672]

the defensive is so bad.

[Chri5e]

omg i would like to play in the US, im from Finland but it looks like much more fun here! Not swearing or players shouting at each other, not under estimating you guys at all, nice game! 

[AnaNord]

I like that USA is playing Handball :)

[lilMP23]

i would cross all of em over...i would b da Michael Jordan of Handball lol

[werderbremen28]

Wow! Not bad! I don't understand those people who are bragging about how much better there are. Or those people saying all european sports are gay! That's totally unnecessary! I think with teams like these in the video, handball has a big future in the USA

[Videoguy1991]

the reason these guys suck is because only about 10 people in america know what handball is and they are all on this team. also anyone with great athletic skills in america plays the bigger more popular sports to make the big bucks.

[ClosetFool]

Is interest for handball climbing yet?

[SeemtexX]

Never thought they are playing Handball in the U.S.A O.o

Of course you can't compare it to Europe, our top-teams are much faster and got a better defence, but, however, its pretty good :D

[viktoria9127]

There were some nice shots, but the defense is nothing... Probably the reds could shot these great goals, because there wasn't defense in front of them.... Greatings from Hungary

[ElectroBerryFinn]

It's nice to see that the USA is starting to play Handball too :) I'm from germany and I would like to play against a team from the US

[CARLOSGURO]

I f American black people start to play handball, USA can be good in this sport, in this sport is important, fast, jump and strenght, the same like in Basketball

[Micha12k]

@CARLOSGURO

but a little bit harder,or not? ;D

[MEhrDcoRe]

ya europes sports are so serious and so much better than america with all there gay sports there so good at like cricket and handball and golf god if only america was like you guys but we will never be as gay as you guys you have us beat there im gonna have to admit

[simohayha42]

Hey it's good to see America take a good sport seriesly!

Liverpool Handball Club.

[Dimpflbruder]

And what the hell is team handball.....OMG you are just a joke.....watch and learn how to play handball

[Dimpflbruder]

This is a low level...OMG maybe Germans 4th or 5th league

[benocall12]

@Dimpflbruder Its embarrassing that you Germans even have 5 levels of this sport.

[bruchland]

Ridiculous, what are they doing there, taking a stroll? They even can't run!

[NorwegianBastard]

Great video! :D Don't let people put you down; even though the hard core of handball lies in Europe doesn't mean that the mean European play like gods! And there are some crappy teams around much poorer than any US local club team, I assure you that.

The future for handball is to contaminate North America and South America with the sport, then the path to world dominance is there to tread!

LOVE HANDBALL! BREATHE HANDBALL! WHOOP! WHOOP! xD

[Juarrox]

physical, high scoring, dramatic endings, ... Handball will be GREAT in USA! Let´s go!!!

[Thomas55Pham]

I never thought there was handball in the US . Thats Awesome :)

[cleung15]

Hey guys somebody compared us with 3 German league. It's actually honor for us

I'm a goalie from blue team.

I want to tell you that it's 3 day of competition and both teams are exosted after playing 3 game on the first and 3 games on the 2nd day.

Yes level is low but we all from different countries trying to start our favorite sport in USA. so don't critisize - HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[velgaros]

so thats why everytime i see canada rich the finals!! ;);););););)

[luce411995]

They are really bad

[BusterBlader350]

@luce411995 are you better??

[luce411995]

@BusterBlader350 yes i am

[BusterBlader350]

@luce411995 by your words you dont seem -.-

man... in usa handball is like a RARE sport that almost no one heards of it... for, like, ''beginners'' they played very good...

[luce411995]

@BusterBlader350man... i didn't say that it's embarrassing or something like that how bad they are i just declared that they ARE bad...

and i wasn't kidding when i said i was better

[BusterBlader350]

@luce411995 but for beginners they play very well -.-

dont compare the popularity of handball in europe te the popularity in america plz... thats kinda dumb xDD

in fact it was a GERMAN who created handball...

[luce411995]

@BusterBlader350 as i said i wasn't complaining about their way of playing i just said they ARE bad

[b4byboo]

whether they are good or not, i think its awesome that people actually play handball in the us and that there are even enough players for a league or something

i hope that handball becomes more famous in america, great sport

[Riboo2]

Defense is so bad

[digitalapparition]

I guess I'm not really sure the point of this comment. Chances are that if you really are only 12 years old then you probably haven't been playing long enough to understand what makes a team good or bad, not to mention that you didn't really include any facts as to why they're not good.

[bABacGueTTa]

its nice to see that someone plays handball in USA. They not so good but consider that handball has started to gain land in USA only since the '96 olympics...

[oku91]

@92Itouch hey, you know what, i've played handball longer than you lived, and I must say I'm quite impressed how good they are... Obviously they couldn't compete with any of the top teams here in europe, but you have to remember that handball has started to gain land in USA only since the '96 olympics they arranged. Taking that in consideration that is REALY good handball, even without considering that fact, i would still call it quite good handball...

[edmachado16]

@92Itouch

i dont agree with you.

they hae quite good skills for the time that they are playing.

[lolsmileyface9999]

i play handball for the flying eagles my school team and we play in pe

[hockeyplayeer7]

hahah im playing this in p.e. its alot of fun

[XxRockhoundxX]

Some nices moves, would like to play against a Team from the USA ;) Greetings from germany

[aserenatas]

MUSTAFAAAAHH!!

[cumbas]

nice actions in this match, congratulations !!

And also too strange to see Handball in the USA

lol

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[cumbas]

so IT'S DONE !!

France team is in The History and The Legend of the World Handball FOREVER !!! :-)

It's the new European Champion 2010 today (vs Croatia like in the Final of WC2009 ^^)

& so, the 1st team in all History to be in title : Olympic Champion (2008 in Beijing), World Champion (2009 in Croatia) and so now European Champion (2010 in Austria) IN THE SAME TIME !!! :-)

A perfect FRENCH RULES !! ^^

[CountVonVlad]

Instead of ripping on the americans, like: "You should see us, Europeans, we're so great, better than you guys" so instead of saying things like that, you could say like: I think it's great that this sport has reached as far as the USA, and hopefully it would grow more attention, just like NFL has reached Europe and has grew more interest.

Peace, US, It's not all european's, who's so full of our selves.

[TheGtaKevin]

So why always are the Europeans the world Champions?

Explain me that....

[CountVonVlad]

Because handball it's a kind of sport for them, while it's been played in europe for many years, which has resulted in more advances play than USA has right now, yet.

[diegouemura]

@CountVonVlad

True enough, i didn't even knew USA played team handball, let alone have a national league.

[801Bosnian]

HANDBALL.. is not big at all in the US.. i mean we have as low as 13 year olds playin in the state nationals now... IM ONLY 15 AND I PLAY THE LEAD GOALIE FOR UTAH! its rediculous... IM JUST HOPIN IT BECOMES MUCH MORE POPULAR IN THE US! Im bosnian. which is the same as croation. practically.. so i always go for the croations.. and our team offense and defense is set the same as the Croations!..

Mi smo najbolji

[pikabe100]

Denmark!!! Gonna beat yah in three days time now.. We gonna win EHF again!!! :)

[cumbas]

@pikabe100

looool

Sorry guy it's always France who is in the place and the biggest ^^

/watch?v=3U1OjIuSVaE

[Frediboy94]

@801Bosnian actually, france is better ;)

[franekic12]

The Croatian national team is gonna be the youngest team on the Europian competition but they are one of the best in world I'am gonna be more precise we are second in the world an Europe.But you never know what can happen in handball and I've seen that in the most of US handball clubs are playing croats.

(Sorry about my English it's not werry good)

[cumbas]

so 5***** for this video :-)

[cumbas]

and even now since 2 weeks our girl national team is the vice-WC 2009 (our girls lose in final of WC 2009 by 3 goals only vs Russia)

so MNT --> Olympic champion 2008 and WC 2009 (the third time in 12 years !!)

&

WNT ---> second nation in the last Word championship 2009 2 weeks ago (and WC in 2003)

WHO is the best nation of handball currently ? Croatia ??

no sorry for your fanaticism and not fair-play mind but currently Handball for men and women is the :

French Rules !! :-)

[buzzed1029384756]

never played handball before looks like fun!

[lasalamandre23]

Hi, I'm french and I enjoy this video. guys move pretty well for attack but the defense has no organisation. What kind of defense system do you use in us ? germany use 6-0, france use 5-1, Croatia use 4-2... And the floor looks slippery. It's dangerous. But the teams are nice and I hope handball 'll become the sport n°1 in US.

[franekic12]

Guy's i'am from Croatia and i'am in handball about 20 years you should watch croatian handball national team they are the mos strongest nation in handball only maybe french representation can beat us maybeeee!!!!

[cumbas]

why always a croatian come in handball topic to say that and to spit is fanatic vision of sport and of handball ?

you repeat always (and it's false currently lol) ) tha you are the best, the biggest .. lol

do you have a big complex of inferiority to want all the time repeat that (which is a lie currently) ?

[cumbas]

here it speak about handball in USA, final points !!!

so stop your nationalism fanaticism

& speak "handball in USA" !!

it's a such curiosity (i think it's few people who know this great sport in the USA no ? ^^) that it must be the only subject here!!!

but if you want to speak "world hig level" i remeber to you what currently the best team is the team "Olympic Champion 2008" in Beijin and WC 2009 in.. Croatia

final point here also ^^

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[aaron2507fender]

@franekic12 why the hell are you the strongest nation, if france beat you at the european and the world championship? i love the coatian way of playing handball but france is realy the best team in the world right now (btw, i´m german :D)

[Kakuisin]

I thought you couldn't walk in handball.

[stimpzor]

You can move 3 steps before you need to bounce the ball or pass it on.

[stimpzor]

You can move 3 steps before you have to bounce the ball or pass it.

[ingolfursnorra]

Many great moves. It would be very good for the sport to see it grow in the Americas. Check out my vids of personal handball developments ;-)

[HelloIamnewherewhat]

I'm probably 5 times better than these guys, and I'm 16, I could probably move to the US and become a star or something, the defense BLOWS, and they can't even throw right.

[pizzeria1138]

That's AWESOME, anonymous teenaged Finnish person! Why don't you do that, then? Oh, wait...it's because you're 16 and full of yourself! Right on!

[EmreSkate]

@pizzeria1138 he is probably right. I've been playing for 8years in sweden. This guys doesn't play good at all. They would probably loose against the team bottom of the series.

[Frediboy94]

@pizzeria1138 "hellolamnewherewhat" is right. I don´t mean to put you down or anything, but that´s really some poor goaltending :S. you´re still loads better than the other U.S teams though ;)

[ClosetFool]

@pizzeria1138

He is most likely telling the truth :p

USA blows in handball... You should study some videos by the Norwegian Womens team ;)

[cumbas]

@ClosetFool

For their WNT peraps but I remember to you that currently the 1st team WC is Russia & the 2d is France ^^

BUT for their MNT they should study especially some videos by the French MNT of course, the current best MNT in the world & even for some scholars the best team ever seen

The 1st MNT to be in the same time currently :

- Olympic Champion in 2008

- World Champion in 2009

- European Champion in 2010

all these titles in the same time, never seen before in all Team-Sports !!

[in10forever]

@pizzeria1138 I'm actually 17 and i'm alot better then these guys, but i've been with the Icelandic national handball team for 16-18year old league.

But i can admit that these guys are quite good and i saw some nice things happen in this match. And i know how america isn't that good at handball because they recently just started it.

I liked this video and it shows how a normal handball match goes like, ill use video on a handball thread.

Thanks

[TheSkinjob]

@pizzeria1138 Unfortunately the kid is right. This is some of the worst handball I've seen. There is no footwork. One guy can't catch a simple pass. The defense is missing and they seem to have no idea what's going on. Iv'e seen sixteen year old kids play better than that. But it's understandable since this is a very unpopular sport in the U.S

[MrCVTV]

@TheSkinjob I am sixteen year old and play better than that. Still fun to see the sport growing in the U.S

[123puta3]

@pizzeria1138

USA-U Suck At handball

[franekic12]

@pizzeria1138

Dude you don't know what is real handball..Chec on youtube Croatian handball national team or our handball leauge you can check on our club Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb...

They are te one of the best in europe..And dude really they suck(no offense).

[D2V1Dr]

@HelloIamnewherewhat You are right, im 17 and i play for the senior team since i was 15. But americans are in the right way, they are not that bad.

[jonyroscas]

@HelloIamnewherewhat I have my 15 years and play much better than them .... I THINK I AM GOING TO THE USA AND MAKE ME A STAR .... LET THE TWO .... HAHAHAHAHA FOR NEW YORK: d: d AND WIN BY 50 TO BOSTON

Ouvir

Ler foneticamente

[arnebanana]

@HelloIamnewherewhat You probably couldn't do that. But their throwing technique is a little bit special and their defence sucks...



[123puta3]

@HelloIamnewherewhat

lol,me too

[franekic12]

@HelloIamnewherewhat

Hahahah these guy's don't know what is speed center or they can't make a normal real circle attack...And the players don't know what to do when they have 1v1 on goalman but its just simple they just jump on like 13 meters and shoot...!!!!

Hahahaha i'am 15 and i play circle attacker and left wing and i could be their cocah...HANDBALL CLUB POŽEGA RULES! CROATIA RULES!

[pcgator2]

there should be a capital city league with teams in baton rouge, tallahassee, montgomery, and raleigh?

[arschnase1986]

US Nationmannschaft??? HAHAHAHAHA

Nicht schlecht, dann würd ich sagen schicken wir doch ne Kreisligamannschaft zur WM :D:D:D

[BlowAway11]

haha ich hoffe das es da weiter populärer wird...

ich geh nächstes jahr hin für ein jahr...mal schaun vielleicht komm ich in nationalmanschaft :D:D:D

[aaron2507fender]

@BlowAway11 mit sicherheit bis die auf europäischem niveau sind dauerts noch en paar jährchen (oder jahrzehnte) ...vllt wander ich einfach aus wir sehn uns in der nationalmannschaft :D

[BlowAway11]

;D soo toll spiel ich jetzt auch nicht, anyway ^^

[TheCrazyApu]

Oberliga? Das ist Kreisliga B ohne Witz. Die Amis haben in Beziehung Handball eine Menge aufzuholen. Aber immerhin, in ein paar Jahren wird der Sport wohl sehr populär werden. Vielleicht geh ich dann als Profi dahin :D

[MagicMorpheus]

lol... that's funny! =)

this isn't even 6th league in germany,

believe me! ^^

...but at least, this wonderful sport is growing gradually in the us! =)

[thorsten3333]

oder so :D

[thorsten3333]

This Handball has a quality like in  Germany a 3. leaque ..... no joke

[Agitatorr69]

du meinst wohl eher Oberliga Imao ; )

[casperyeah1]

3º league? i don't think the guys in that league of Germany had problems whit hangling and pass balls man

[SoccerandDROGBA]

that was awesome.