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Latest news about the Danish national team in women's handball:
[2008] GF World Cup 08 14.10 DK - Russia 32-27 Even though expectations were not hight, it has been interesting to watch a whole new kind of optimism created by the influx of very young players from the successfull Youth-team, eg. 19 year old Lærke Møller from Aalborg. Others are Susan Thorsgaard frin Ikast/Brande, Mie Augustesen and Camilla Dalby from Randers. The youth team is used to winning and could only be intimidated by the winner of the Cup, Norway. During the match against Germany, we experienced the former optimism and joy from the older days - well, at least for 20 minutes. But it proves that the team, regrouping once more, may have found a better material than what has been available for the last couple of years. The "old" players are back: Josephine Touray (recovered from her injury) and Henriette Mikkelsen (recovered from having a baby). And we still rely on the usual stars Karin Mortensen and Rikke Skov as well. The team for GF World Cup: All-star team, Danish members: Henriette Mikkelsen og Touray. [2007] GHF World Cup - Denmark lost bronze match against NorwayRussia won the cup. The most noticable fact was the many new young players on the list. Jan Pytlick claims that he looks forward to developing these promising players, who will be the back bone of the future team. Christina Pedersen, født 15.12.82, FCK Håndbold
Denmark - Brazil: 29-24 (17-14) Semifinals: Denmark -France: 23-25 (10-11) 4-nation tournament Denmark - Serbia: 33-25 (18-11) Møbelringen Cup, Norway Denmark - Russia: 25-24 (12-6) National matches against ChinaThere were three of them and the results were as follows: 41-19 (21-12) [January 2007] Players make Lyngholm resignNational coach Brian Lyngholm has been made to resign after complaints by the players (he quit before he received his formal resignation). The members of the team do not say much to the press about their meeting, but it is said that they have "lost confidence" in their new coach after the defeat in the EC - maybe because his management style was too strict and in opposition to the players' idea of democratic management. As the team needs stability during the important qualification matches. It very likely that the previous successfull trainer Jan Pytlick will agree to take over during the important qualification matches. What will happen next nobody knows. No big names stand out as natural heirs to the throne. Lyngholm was given the job in February 2006 and was at that time a popular choice amongst the players. He had his chance with 18 national matches before his resignation. He is on leave from his job as an accountant. Earlier, he was a.o. trainer for Viborg 92-94, assisting national team trainer 1995, training Virum 95-97 and 99-2001 and assisting trainer for Slagelse 2003-5. [December 2006] European Championship 2006 in Sweden
(if you are looking for a more thorough theme site, you will have to wait for a while, as your editor is ill - well, there are not that many good news to write about, so maybe that is not a loss). A Danish overview of the programme and results, the Danish theme page. Denmark now has to qualify for the coming championships and the Olympics. The opponent is Hungary. Has Lyngholm done his job good enough? Why is he so stubborn with his placement of players, when they simply are not fit enough for their positions? Why the constant change of players and the confusion - no plan or concept? Left back belongs to Rikke Skov, but she was blindly placed in the opposite position, where no one else can play as long as Touray is missing. Sjøberg is useless as playmaker. No one wants to be a leading player and take responsability. Mother is not playing on your team. Kroata - Denmark: 26-22 Meaning 11.th place. Simply embarrasing Sweden - Denmark: 27-22. No words to waste here. Miserable beyond compare. Denmark-Spain: 27-24 Denmark - The Nederlands: 30-23 Denmark - France: 20-24 (10-8) Rikke Nielsen injured, so against the Nederlands we will se the marginal player Trine Troelsen. [November 2006] GF World Cup 06The tournament has two groups: Denmark - Sweden: 33-27 (17-14). Denmark-Poland: 28-25 (15-15) Denmark - Rumania: 24-25 (13-13). Problems with the attack and especially with the right wing. Experiments are made. We still wait for Touray to get well, as the team cannot replace her on the wing. Denmark - Russia: 28-32 (14-17). So close, and yet the strength ran out in the end. Very positive match in spite of losing touch in the end, in fact the best match played for a long time. Henriette Mikkelsen made a fantastic score of 14 goals (a record)! It worked fine with Skov on the right wing, Fruelund as playmaker and Lene Thomsen left back. Denmark - Ukraine (bronze match): 24-20 (15-7) Finals: Russia - Rumania Latest news about Anja's battle with the Danish Handball Federation: The parties have reached an agreement, leaving Slagelse as a sort of winner. DHF suddenly regret their actions, wanting to cooperate with Anja in the future. Their legal rules have been changed, so that similar things cannot happen in the future. That also means that Anja no longer threatens with leaving Danish handball. See also previous articles for background information. DHF will not be taken to court. 4-nation tournamentFrance-Denmark 18-20. Topscorers Henriette Mikkelsen 5, Lene Lund Nielsen
5 [August] Roskilde will become Anja's next project after SlagelseAnja has formed a new company in Roskilde called Roskilde DT A/S, with herself in the board and as chairman. She brings to the board also Brian Mollerup from Slagelse as well as her mother Vivi (previous player and coach). The managing director is from Roskilde Handball. In ten months time, Anja's contract with Slagelse ends. Many see her new attempt to form a co-operation with Roskilde as the start of a new project: Building up Roskilde Handball the way she did so succesfully with Slagelse. And our team can need some assistance, as they just "slipped down" into 2. division. In spring, Anja tried to make an exchange plan between Slagelse and Roskilde, which DHF stopped. Roskilde has in a way sold their two first-teams to Anja, giving up all influence and economical connections. This is done because the team would otherwise go bankrupt. Anja wishes to buy Slagelse's league license, as most of Slagelse's players will follow Anja to Roskilde as well as the major sponsors (so what use will poor Slagelse have of it?) Slagelse still holds on to the license, though - just in case. Anja wants to have a break from her other job as trainer for Serbia's national team, which she has now guided through the qualifying matches to EC. She may return next year, but nothing is certain. On the DHF battleground, her wishes for making peace has been accepted and further negotiations will go on, stopping further legal charges. GF World CupGF World Cup tournament will take place in Århus from 14.-19. November. It contains eight teams and two groups: A: Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Rumania. B: Ukraine, Russia, the Nederlands and Brazil. Junckers Scandinavian Open 2006Denmark-Sweden: 23-25 (11-14) Top scorer: Katrine Fruelund, 5 Rikke Skov, Brødsgaard and Lise Knudsen stayed home with minor injuries. With the many new and unexperienced players on the team, he hopes to experiment with new ways to vary the play of the wings. Just as Pytlick before him, Lyngholm is worried about how little time the young get to play actual matches in the league, due to the many "imported" top players. The league teams also fight to keep their players away from the national team, as they will not spare them for the national matches and training sessions. Lyngholm is also worried about the tough programme with tournaments and championships. [July 2006] New handball structure with or without Anja Andersen Even if Anja Andersens league plans are put on hold for now, she has
not heard the last word from Carsten Thybo, the new chairman of DHF.
Soon he will contact her in order to include the Slagelse coach in the
planning of a new handball structure. It is to be negotiated on a meeting
between DHF and the Division (forening) in August. [June 2006] Surprisingly, Anja's negotiations with TV3 did not give any results and therefore her league plans must be shelved. TV 3 and TV2 have instead made a deal lasting a year, which gives TV3
the rights to broadcast 48 Danish Super League matches per season (which
was otherwise TV2's contract monopoly). That means 26 matches from the
men's league and 22 from the women's. However, they still want Anja
to play a part in it all, but she is not interested initially, which
is understandable. TV3 have had negotiations both with Anja and TV2.
TV2 pays 50 mio. DKK to help the Danish Handball Federation develop
the "handball product". For example TV 2 will show a weekly
handball programme and print a handball magazine. They thank Anja for
pushing the development, "that was already under way", but
will not give her the entire credit. Anja plans a pirate league in negotiations with TV3 Anja has had a dream for a long time - a dream that started watching an American basketball match and ended with plans for making her own alternative league, which she is now negotiating with TV3 to become reality. She feels that the sport is declining and that the established systems are to blame for not developing it towards more professionalism, entertainment and media coverage. Anja wants to make a private league with 13 teams. Eight from Denmark
and five from Europe. It is divided into a Danish league DPHL and a
European EPHL with corresponding tournaments ending in a common endgame
with the best teams. There will also be a talent development league.
These leagues will be outside the system of the Danish Handball Federation
and EHF, which they are not happy about.
[April 2006] Anja Andersen's penalty has been reduced from one year to six months. It means that Anja can coach Slagelse during the next season, but the question is, if she wants to. Slagelse will not give up but appeals the case to the civil courts. In addition, Slagelse has many financial problems, partly due to this penalty. Two friendship matches against Russia were to be Brian Lyngholms first trial as trainer. The first match was very positive with a speedy and selfassure team winning 36-29 over the World Champions. During the next match, the easy play was transformed into fatigue and too many errors, showing that the team has too many new players to be a unity to fear. The match ended 24-32 (14-12). Brian Lyngholm still has a lot to work with in order to reach his goal: Medals at the Olympics in 2008, the very year his contract ends. [March 2006] Anja expelled from handball for a
year and may stop coaching Slagelse before time Aalborg won the match with 40-26, and it was Slagelse's first defeat in the league this season. In a later press conference, Anja chose to stop working for the league team in Slagelse next season. From now on she wouldl only train the team for Champions League, she said. However, she did give an aplogy to the press, but feels that this is a personal vendetta. She said that she had long considered to stop at this point. Others think, that she made her decision in order to get ahead of the Danish handball authorities. Anja was suspended untill the Danish Handball Federation agreed on a punishment. But I guess she did not predict, that their punishment would be so hard: One year of suspension from participation in Danish matches plus a club fine at 100,000 Dkk. DHF would like to extend the suspension also to include foreign matches, which will be the decision of IHF. Why this incident has ended with such rage and such a high punishment is beyond me. It is no secret that the Danish Handball Federation and Anja Andersen have never been on the closest of terms and this smells like some sort of stemmed up need for revenge. Other commentators have stated that the management of Slagelse should have stood behind her and helped her out, when in fact they did not and left Anja as the sole front figure to be shot at. Maybe this can stop her plans of leading Slagelse in Champions League and becoming the national coach of Serbia Montenegro. Several top players have said, that they will stop playing for Slagelse when Anja is no longer their trainer, amongst others Bojana Popovic and Cecilie Leganger. Popovic will taker over Anja's role in the next match. Roskilde Handball and their sponsors are still positive about the cooperation with Anja. Also a Norwegian team has shown an interest in getting Anja to the country. Slagelse lost the quarterfinals in Champions League 24 - 30 against Viborg, maybe because Anja could not guide them tactically from the bench. The club has won the previous two Champions League tournaments, but now the club must concentrate on the Danish Championship - a title they have not usually valued very highly. [January 2006] New trainer for the national team It was no big surprise that Jan Pytlick's job now goes to Brian Lyngholm. The 42 years old Economical Manager has previously been assisting trainer for Slagelse and trainer for Viborg and Virum. Lyngholm has also assisted UlrikWilbek in 1995. His contract runs untill the end of the Olympics in 2008. The new trainer is known to have good tactical skills and has a close contact with the national league clubs. Lotte Kiærskou is returning to the world of handball again after her maternity leave. Not as a player but as trainer for Randers. Katrine Fruelund will return to Denmark after her time in Leipzig and join Randers.
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