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Denmark vs. Serbia

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:41:15 AM

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You guys should know it by now - I'm just not interested in watching sports on TV. But sometimes there's a match that's big enough to make me take notice, and I watch it anyway.

Take handball for instance. It's quite a big sport in Denmark, and yes, I was aware that there was the European Championship going on - it was hard to miss since everybody was talking about it. I didn't bother to see any of the games, even though I heard that Denmark kept winning.

We won over Spain in the semi-finals on Friday, and that was the same day that Serbia won over Macedonia. It was also the day where unsportsmanlike Serbian fans threw a dart from the stands aimed at Macedonian player Ivano Balic. It happened to hit one of their own players in the eye instead: Zarko Sesum. I can't tell you how disgusted and appalled I am by behaviour like that. Talk about raging idiots!!! A player might lose his eye because you bloody stupid morons can't behave!



But anyway - the two wins meant that Denmark played against Serbia in the final on Sunday. I was invited to a 3 day conference, so I thought I'd keep myself updated via my smartphone. But no - big TV screens were set up in the conference centre, and the conference action itself was rescheduled so that the attendees could watch the match first (I told you it's a popular sport in Denmark), and so I watched the game with 450 other people.

And it was a big game - man it was big!!

To make a long story shorter: after a tough, hard game, we beat Serbia! 21 to 19! <punches fist into the air> And Denmark is now Europe's best handball team. We are the Champions!! bigsmile



Fuck, that feels good, even for a non sports fan like myself.

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Comments

Mad Scientistqlue Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:40:13 PM

That 'fan' should be tied to a dartboard himself! whistle .

KittyliciousZaphira Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:13:32 PM

He should! Some fans are just raging nuts!

FlaRin Wednesday, February 1, 2012 6:10:40 AM

There's idiot swine in most sports stadiums (stadia?). Most obviously football, but all sports seem to have their share of the nasties. irked

Congratulations to Danmark for a good win bigsmile - I didn't see the matches myself either (was at a birthday party when the final was playing), but I remember last year very well. Danmark was in the final there too, but lost during extra time, as I recall. Man, *that* was a match!! bigeyes

:YAY for Danmark party

Spaggyj Wednesday, February 1, 2012 10:59:44 AM

Horrible little lout! I hope the player will be ok mad

r♡serose-marie Wednesday, February 1, 2012 12:33:45 PM

Grats! yes

Handball is big in Norway also, but they seem to like the women's team better. Although handball is not my handbag when it comes to sports, it s refreshing with a sport where the general opinion seems to be that it's more interesting and fun to watch the women play.

Of course, it could be that the men usually don't get as good results... p

Mad Scientistqlue Wednesday, February 1, 2012 2:05:36 PM

or maybe it's like tennis where men go to watch the players and not the game. p .

FlaRin Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:36:59 PM

Ummm...bit of a generalization there, no? smile

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:50:10 PM

Definitely! yes .

Peterpman45 Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:24:20 PM

Have you seen those idiots in Port Said?
80 dead. doh

KittyliciousZaphira Friday, February 3, 2012 5:56:05 AM

Yeah, I just heard it on the radio.

I believe there are people who can always find a reason to fight. It's ridiculous and very very sad!!

FlaRin Wednesday, February 8, 2012 2:57:46 PM

How come 'sport' brings this out in people? Talk about tribal warfare!!!

Mad Scientistqlue Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:17:30 PM

Originally posted by FlaRin:

How come 'sport' brings this out in people? Talk about tribal warfare!!!


Well, sport is war!
Many track 'n field events like javelin, shot-put and discus are derived directly from throwing weapons during war. Pole-vault was an ancient method of rapidly scaling city walls during an attack! The Marathon was invented when some poor soldier ran 42 kilometres to warn a city that the enemy was about to attack! scared .
Soccer began as a dispute between two villages as to the position of the boundry between these villages. A Magistrate placed a stone to mark the midpoint and declared that no person was permitted touch the stone with their hands. Someone decided that, since he'd said nothing about feet, it would be ok to kick the stone instead! p It became an annual event with goal being to get the stone into the other village! bigsmile .

Peterpman45 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:27:25 PM

Talk about pass the time of day. Haven't they got anything better to do? whistle

FlaRin Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:55:02 PM

Originally posted by Peter:

Haven't they got anything better to do?

well, it keeps them off the streets lol

FlaRin Monday, February 13, 2012 4:35:13 PM

I wanted to know how the injured Žarko Šešum had fared - and found a youtube which translated into him talking about his injury, saying that it's part of the game, that he'll have a rest for 3 months in order to be ready to play again - unfortunately it will be the end of the season - but he said it's part of the sport and that he needed to deal with it.

So thankfully, he didn't lose his eye and will (we hope) be back in the team next year up Good Luck!!

PS : Part of the sport??? WTF???

FlaRin Monday, March 19, 2012 1:24:58 PM

On Saturday night, at a dinner, I was told in no uncertain terms by a budding (right wing, although he seemed a nice enough dude despite that) politician that 'Danmark Invented Handball!'

Is this true? I wondered :sceptical:

So I did some research and found, somewhat to my surprise, that

The sport's international governing body was first formed in 1928 as the Federation Internationale Handball Amateur, and took its current name in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1946 as the International Handball Federation (IHF). The IHF's first president was Avery Brundage an American who went on to become president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Indoor Handball was invented in the 1940s in Denmark. This is a 7aside game, played on a court slightly larger than a basketball court with smaller goals than its outdoor counterpart. Again, this sport flourished in the Germanic nations where it was hoped that it would appeal to a wider audience. With rules from other sports like basketball being introduced, this made the game simpler to play and more exciting to watch. The fact that it became a winter sport added to the spectator appeal being away from the cold, seated in comfort, with more action and excitement and higher scores than soccer. The sport is now played all over the world and was reintroduced as an Olympic event for the XXth Olympiad (1972 Munich Games).



So there you have it smile

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Monday, March 19, 2012 3:40:49 PM

But it depends which handball you are talking about. There are three gaelic varieties, including one played with a ball made from a girl's hair, and another played with a ball made from the hair of a goat only found in Dunmore East, a tiny village in Waterford. They've been around for a while. My last boss in Ireland was a former county champion, and wrote a book on it. Interesting guy.

KittyliciousZaphira Friday, March 23, 2012 6:00:46 AM

A ball made of either girls' hair or goats' hair? bigeyes That sounds absolutely weird. bigsmile

FlaRin Friday, March 23, 2012 6:04:46 AM

I wonder why those two hair types in particular? :slightly curious:

Peterpman45 Friday, March 23, 2012 12:02:32 PM

All depends if or not the girl in question was a blond.
pssst Work it out for yourselves. doh

Martin K™Aqualion Friday, March 23, 2012 12:13:17 PM

I hear the vikings (Or was it the huns? Nevermind, same thing...) used the heads of their enemies for football. Reckon playing handball with severed heads is not as fun as kicking 'em around.

KittyliciousZaphira Friday, March 23, 2012 3:39:45 PM

I definitely prefer kicking them to throwing them. Although it makes the shoes pretty messy! eek

Martin K™Aqualion Friday, March 23, 2012 5:52:20 PM

Originally posted by Zaphira:

Although it makes the shoes pretty messy!



And that is why golf was invented.

FlaRin Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:12:08 PM

Whoa!! Look at the pants bigeyes :impressed:

Martin K™Aqualion Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:48:37 PM

ACID TRIP FLASHBACK!

bigeyes faint

FlaRin Saturday, March 24, 2012 8:41:55 PM

It actually looks like he's playing with an Angle-Poise lamp, rather than a golf club. Is that weird, or what? smile

Martin K™Aqualion Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:49:28 PM

One day I was in a shopping center with an old friend and we came by a display of golf clubs, and one of them was so weird it made us wonder how to use it at all. My friend (musician, need I say more) investigated it very closely and then said 'I can make a bong out of this...'

Having known him since school I am pretty sure he actually could...

FlaRin Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:59:51 PM

Another use for a golf club :
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-02-20-HotModelVSEscaladeRearWindowHongLongToBreak.jpg -

Bravo, Lady!!!lol

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:37:20 AM

Originally posted by FlaRin:

I wonder why those two hair types in particular? :slightly curious:



The goat, because it has nice hair. p The girl... I'm guessing that there was an element of competition there. But I don't know. I know that in hurling, it was also a girl's hair under the skin, and it was something of a popularity contest to have your hair chosen, and the ball was also a prize.

FlaRin Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:08:52 AM

That's interesting.......WAGs go back a long way then lol

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