Denmark v France - Full Handball Final - Rio 2016 | Throwback Thursday

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Without further ado, here is the full HD Men's Handball Final from Rio 2016! What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

[@hightoweratlanta]

Women's Water Polo Gold Medal match, Rio 2016

[@lilamakalianzi7776]

I’ve waited for this video for so long! This match is without a doubt the best moment because it meant so much for Denmark to (finally) beat France in a final 😭😭

[@lorainemariette1051]

What a sexist!!! we all want full HD Women's Handball Final from Rio 2016!!!! Please! And why not post full replays for the handball matches as you did to London 2012?! The fans thanks

[@Hafferlaf87]

This one!

[@Hafferlaf87]

And, of course, any olympic win by the Danish iron ladies ;)

[@iiaquatiq]

High school PE handball is the most exhilarating sport ive played and it's so much fun

[@jpmcmullan8666]

Yessir. In three years I accumulated two championships and two MVPs. Peak years fo sho😎

[@ZakariaQurbac]

@@jpmcmullan8666 what country you from

[@jpmcmullan8666]

@@ZakariaQurbac America

[@jpmcmullan8666]

It was junior high*

[@jellybeanwyatt2096]

Cool

[@swagdawg333suh5]

I wish handball was more popular in America I would love to play!

[@ehabali239]

Where do you live in US? I can connect you with someone. I play for Milwaukee team

[@rememberthisathletics1627]

@@ehabali239 Hey is there a team near Georgia.

[@oliviachamberlain7486]

we play it at school in the uk its such a fun sport

[@mackenzieclark7668]

i’m in north texas wishing i could find somewhere to play 😢

[@SuperCabrito14]

We played all the time in PE

[@pauloagostini0904]

I was there with my family!!! Certainly, a dream come true for an old Brazilian handball player! Thank you for the unforgettable Olimpic spetacle!

[@ericmago4110]

I'm impressed with how they pronounced the Danish names. It's almost perfect.

[@johnnym11]

Dude you now that English has root in Norman language wich is Danish Swede and Norway. Mixed with latin romanizied French words.

[@ericmago4110]

@@johnnym11 Some words are very similar but the pronunciation is waaaaayyyy different - coming from a Danish person. You pretty much have a 0,01% chance that you will pronounce a nickname correctly like they did. You do not just simply guess how you pronounce it - it was 100% practiced but still quite impressive given how smoothly they did it.

[@cometourmouche437]

Same for french names 😏

[@steenstoffer72]

Paul Bray is an absolutely excellent commentator, he has just been commenting the IHF 2021 World Championship which just ended.

[@maltheengedalhyldgaard7363]

@@ericmago4110 They didn't really pronounce them all that great.

[@hannesp3493]

Never watched handball before this, looks really interesting. The dimensions of the court and goal are really similar to futsal

[@nikolasflake1236]

Hannes P they are the Same, futsal copied them from handball to make it possible to play both

[@miczuu92]

You should play this.

[@xavierpaul49]

Looks cool. It's like Basketball mix with futsal soccer. They a pro league

[@republicofhandball8815]

handball it's nice to watch, but not to play, football is nice to watch, futsal is nice to play, football(on large field) is a drudge to play, futsal to watch is boring, that's why the football is so popular, for handball there's no beautiful variant for people enjoying to play ...

[@brandonking1737]

@JM do you mean a fade away shot like in basketball? If so, you can't really because it takes away a lot of power you need to get the ball past the goalie

[@hollowbastion5614]

As an American. I've never seen this sport before, but I enjoyed watching this very much!

[@MrBandholm]

A shame that you then likely aren't watching this years world championship.

[@hollowbastion5614]

@@MrBandholm I didn't plan on it. Is it canceled because of Covid?? If not I need to try to find it.

[@MrBandholm]

@@hollowbastion5614 Denmark just "slaughtered" Croatia 38-26 this evening :)

[@hollowbastion5614]

Guess I need to find it then. Lol. I wish it was on ESPN+ but I couldn't find it.

[@MrBandholm]

@@hollowbastion5614 It is a real shame, because the American team was set to take part as well, even training in Denmark for a few weeks before the tournament... But unfortunatly several members of the team tested positive with COVID :( so the team couldn't go

[@assemalmoghrabi4856]

congratulations to Denmark they have given all their energy to win this

[@arsenalvinder2]

Thank you

[@bryn7727]

Handball is fun but football is better

[@bryn7727]

Hi

[@Red27373]

@@bryn7727 handball is easier though but football/soccer is better

[@i_want_my_cousin]

​@@Red27373nah Football is very easy

[@greatpeople9027]

17:34 look at no 19 france and denmark player did highfive. what a beautiful game

[@gregormohs4031]

Great job on the commentary explaining all the rules to viewers, who might be new to the sport. Also it really made me happy, to hear somebody calling Thierry "Titi" :) just goes to show, that somebody either really did his homework or is a long time fan, which I like to think. Big thank you for uploading such quality content and much love from Germany

[@claytonvolley9891]

The co commentator is a 30 year veteran of the sport as player, coach and commentator and is also French!

[@k7u5r8t4]

FINALLY I come across this on the internet. I have complained about the Rio Olympics only showing a few minutes from each event. Totally without any kind of real meaning, in my oppinion. I have revisited events from the London Olympics many times, because they show the FULL events. I hope, I will be able to find more like this from Rio Olympics from now on?! Greetings from Denmark, by the way! Lol.

[@Olympics]

Have you seen www.olympicchannel.com ? We have a lot more content there

[@rasa9211]

@@Olympics compared to London 2012, you have almost nothing

[@k7u5r8t4]

@@Olympics I must be too stupid, to be able to find it??!!! I can only find a few "full time" finals from the "Rio Olympics"! Meanwhile the official "London Olympics" have HUNDREDS of "full time" matches from all the team-sports, also from the preliminary rounds. Same goes for other events, like cycling/sailing/rowing and badminton, just to mention a few of My "Danish" sports! I would specifically love to see the bronze match in badminton between Viktor Axelsen and Lin Dan again?!

[@k7u5r8t4]

@@Olympics For a few days it was possible to watch the semifinal in mens handball between Denmark and Poland. Because somebody had uploaded it to KZbin. After a few days it was taken down on behalf of "Rio Olympics", even though YOU DO NOT OFFER IT YOURSELVES??!! Honestly, it that the "Olympic Spirit" of the corporate age??!!

[@robynzelickson6164]

The TV coverage is the same. They call it 'highlights' but you never see enough of any sport to take it in. I don't watch the TV coverage now. I just find the athlete's performance, if I can and watch it here

[@handball34forever]

I am french our national team is amazing but on this game Danmark was so great... they deserve the victory. Spectacular team as norway and sweden

[@lwmang22]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I've been dying to see this again! 😍 Best Olympic moment ever! 💪🏻🇩🇰

[@FanTazTiCxD]

This was their first gold medal that started Denmark's dominance that has lasted ever since, even until now in 2023 with their third world cup title in a row. This was truly an amazing moment. Now, I'm just used to them winning 😅

[@homerboy91]

No Danish dominance started when we won the European Championship in 2008. That was the first gold medal on the male side.

[@hannelarsen4918]

Best game ever! Proud of the boys, so well deserved. To beat France - best team in the world, but to me Denmark is the best. Makes me miss playing the game (goalkeeper)..

[@leopoldberger9037]

Well done, we got bored of winning 😉 jk.

[@ZaxCal]

Jay Cutler brought me here

[@Greatdane-qf8kd]

Yeah looking forward to see him bringing the Olympic gold to the US 🤣🤣

[@SuhailGanondorf1999Singh]

Jay could win gold easy

[@Greatdane-qf8kd]

@@SuhailGanondorf1999Singh Yup in his dreams at least 🤣🤣

[@bobsaget9183]

AWL!

[@jacobdavid9796]

US needs a team imagine some 22 year old pitcher or something getting out there throwing 120 😂

[@bangbangrogers2750]

Yooo I’m American but this is lit AF we should have it

[@hawghawg381]

No

[@mynamewhatis7254]

No.

[@kantenklaus9753]

nope

[@Calebe428]

It’s pretty fun I played it in Germany but most Americans are too ignorant or closed minded to try it

[@theGreatCommenterofYoutube]

@@Calebe428Yes it is an amazing sport

[@hannelarsen4918]

Proud to be Danish.. A day that will never be forgotten - a dream coming true for Danish Handball.. Stepping out of the Women's team shadow. Cannot wait to see them defend it in Tokyo, when ever that will be (stupid Covid!).

[@SchweppesLemonIsGodTier]

They stepped out of the women's shadow when they won in 2008, they've been top 5 in the world ever since then

[@francescaroat2076]

What an exiting play! Olympic medals are unique in all Universe! Thank youuuu!

[@nolanidk]

I wish this was more popular

[@mattesdrescher4783]

I just came here from a team USA match and honestly it’s like going from Kindergartners to Med School students

[@linajurgensen4698]

It’s funny how English speaking people explain Handball rules at the beginning😂. In Europe it’s the second most popular team sport, I understand why but for us it’s like explaining American football rules to Americans before a game.

[@dinosikic8803]

Yeah, classic British mentality. They do this for every sport other than Football and Rugby.

[@tk80mufa5]

Not sure if Handball is second most popular sport. It depends from country to country. I would argue it is more Basketball & Volleyball, then maybe even Rugby, then Handball. Of course in Scandinavia Handball is huuuuuuuuuge.

[@roopeshverma9719]

Handball is the game I most look forward to in Olympics. Its the most fun sport.

[@doodle2763]

it’s literally the perfect hybrid of soccer and basketball

[@arisamone]

What aspect of soccer is implemented in this sport really?? Can you elaborate??

[@linajurgensen4698]

You have no idea of the sport.

[@isgota]

@@arisamone Well, handball appeared as soccer played with hands even in soccer grass fields. Also, the ball looks like a mini soccer ball and there are goalkeepers with their own special area.

[@theGreatCommenterofYoutube]

@@arisamonegoalkeeper

[@simonbannow3905]

Stor tak til Gudmundur Gudmundsson!

[@Evergreen766]

this was so entertaining, i love handball!!

[@williancunha8722]

Postem mais jogos .. por favor 🇧🇷😍 feminino também

[@TakenBeds]

we should give the goal keeper on france respect he is doing the splits to block the ball

[@nicholaswilson5127]

My Fav player is Hansen! He has gotten many goals!

[@spiritonfire7941]

Thumbnail is so epic !

[@k7u5r8t4]

Just a little friendly correction of something the commentator said. He claimed, SEVERAL times, that this was the first Olympic handball gold for Denmark. No, it was not!! The female Danish National Handball Team won Olympic gold 3 ( three ) times in a row. Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.

[@elmermartinez3604]

n gP Llolll l. L l Lloyd ge

[@openRadoor]

Metal laidys

[@rakijr9176]

No one cares about women's anything

[@k7u5r8t4]

@@rakijr9176 Well, I actually know that not to be true! Since I personally DO care about many female sports-individuals and -teams. Please only speak for yourself, when communicating on the internet.

[@rakijr9176]

@@k7u5r8t4 Okay

[@samirmatrah8627]

1:15:06 When the live stream is seconds ahead of other channels hahahahaha

[@NaLataDriver]

2021 alguém?

[@aneesvc]

Loved it Gudmundur GUDMUNDSSON 📢 1:05 🥳

[@purwantiallan5089]

Waiting for Olympic 2021...

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Denmark: The birth country of LEGO. Seriously, it started out as a series of wooden toys before the famous plastic bricks were made, but LEGO was the name of the company that made the toys. And it all started in a little Danish town called Billund

[@Softpaw1996]

and of no importance to this video!

[@mariaottosen5734]

Denmark is also the birthplace of the sport it self. Handball was invented in a city in Denmark called Nyborg in 1897 🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@gabbar51ngh]

​@@mariaottosen5734I thought the sport was created in Germany.

[@dan_the_man18]

You Cant Get Enough Of This Content!!!!!!

[@bruno_g193]

I was there with my family!

[@nanddofarias4593]

Um ótimo jogo

[@smithco627]

Never thought this was a real game in high-school I could have been a pro in this game

[@muscuut]

I played this game in my entire high school times...without stamina you will not make it.

[@haakhrinsawirkayga2451]

Handball is very interesting but so many Goals ✌️

[@kelvinwashington848]

Jogo muito firme um dos melhores 🥇

[@FanTazTiCxD]

0:15 Jesper Nøddesbo ALMOST made it to a "failed handshakes" compilation!

[@yan-mw6ni]

Hansen joga demais

[@controv3rialg754]

Basketball plus football (soccer) and hockey its so funn

[@tenthdoct0r]

the party's already starts! *Pringle advert plays*

[@NebulaJumper123]

Who else remembers playing PE seventh grade handball?

[@TheK950]

yo japanese anime studio, i wish you could see this.

[@HuyNguyen-ix3so]

This would be one of the best things in my lifetime if they actually make an anime about this sport. If something like this happens, the sport will only become more and more populars.

[@edisonhou7634]

@@HuyNguyen-ix3so if u haven’t seen haikyuu then watch it it’s bout volleyball but by far the best sports anime

[@4pf_jos388]

@@edisonhou7634 cap, Hajime no Ippo is the best sports anime

[@athorpe]

@@edisonhou7634 Prince of Tennis says hi.

[@ty-phoon]

@@4pf_jos388 I think i think ashita no joe is better than hajime no ippo

[@user-ew8mb2hx1w]

AHHHH I LOVE HANDBALL

[@globalgogetter4469]

I never knew this sport even existed!

[@arthurcashe779]

Is it me or are they clearly landing before releasing the ball on some of these ?

[@user-mu4vo5nl6h]

やっぱ開催地ブラジルやから観客少ないな

[@bbottoms]

This is like one of the games they made up in gym class, but it looks dope. I’m surprised we don’t play it here in the US. Between softball/ baseball and basketball I think we’d have some solid contenders.

[@schillagitoto785]

Bravo Danmark 🥰❤ especially against France. You are the best team in the World.

[@msananth7609]

Love from Tamilnadu, INDIA ❤️

[@babypinke1984]

have to wait one more year for the olympics... sooooooo sad

[@hienquang1181]

It's really nice if this sport could be more popular in Asia , especially in Vietnam

[@didacus5793]

Can anyone help me What are the violations that happend on the 2nd QTR?

[@MatheusHenrique-ug2oq]

could put all the games of hanball in Rio 2016 equal to London 2012

[@jeffreycasey]

I'm with a lot of people on here.. It was fun to watch and exhilarating to play (in high school 30 yrs ago-it depended on luck-whether your teacher was cool and knew the sport existed. I can't figure out why this sport in the United States is not competing with other mainstream sports-at least it should be as popular as NHL hockey. I'm sure others on here have similar visions. I'm in! Is it the design of the court (basketball or other)? The camera angle? Needs to be tougher -checking with helmets/padding? Money and/or production issues? Ugh! I know it's something:)!

[@JT-lv2bb]

In Europe it’s more popular than ice hockey my friend!

[@FearsomeVoid]

That goes for the US. Handball is the third most popular team sport around the world. It's only behind football (soccer) and basketball.

[@tk80mufa5]

@@FearsomeVoid Volleyball is more popular in South America, Asia (Japan) and North America. Handball pretty much only Europe, a little bit of North Africa, little bit of Brazil & Argentina. Would even say Rugby is more popular than Handball, especially in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, North America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand. Then again Rugby is even way more brutal than Handball......

[@VelkanAngels]

@@tk80mufa5 - I don't think he meant, that if we look at each individual country, their respective top sports would be football, basketball and handball. I understood it as if we combine all countries and rate the favourite sports on a global average, football (soccer), basketball and handball would probably be the top 3 most globally played/enjoyed sports. I have no idea if that's true of course, but that's how I understood him.

[@tk80mufa5]

@@VelkanAngels No, it's like 1. FIFA Football 2. Basketball 3. Volleyball For like Europe, North America, South America, Oceania. Excluding stuff like Cricket being super popular in India and therefore messing up most lists. You can research "Top 10 most popular sports lists worldwide" Handball never appears. As I said, even Rugby is collectively more popular , if you accept India then Cricket and Field Hockey are more popular than Handball. Even Ice Hockey propably is slightly more popular than Handball. This is reflective in Handball being a fairly "young" Olympic Sport. It was only introduced in its current indoor variant form in the 1972 games and has remained there ever since. Handball is not even popular in a country like Italy. Only in Scandinavian countries, France, Germany, Spain and Eastern European countries. Basketball and Volleyball are collectively far more popular. I am not even sure Handball will survive the next 30 years in the Olympic program.

[@oscarearnshaw4009]

just watched it for school

[@beanbeaner7263]

lol Handball looks so interesting. In my school we just play handball like football

[@Cattermucksplatter]

Bruh I have to watch this for pe homework lmao

[@Shyambabastatusss]

Sir Aap Bahut Ache Handball Video Dalte Ho 🔥😇🥰🥳❣️🎯Or Best Quality Dete ho Video me 😲Mera bhi handball chennal h Sir🙏

[@kinodertoten4922]

Thier common foul is the flagrant foul of nba today

[@BrazilianDaftPunkFan]

Handball is basically football from another universe.

[@mareksicinski3726]

It used to be often played on football fields afaik

[@lonajuhlfriis6032]

I love it!!!❤️❤️Olympic❤️❤️

[@plainoldcereal9409]

we had to watch this for gym class lol

[@fusionyt1425]

IKR

[@bleach3856]

Beau match bravo c'est mérité

[@arinasteil]

Could you, please, upload the women's final?

[@lorainemariette1051]

YEEEESSS PLEAAASEEE!!! AND THE SEMI-FINALS AS WELL!!!

[@tingmomentum]

Congrats Denmark from England

[@helxavrichard-brialy3611]

Génial ce match vive la france

[@helxavrichard-brialy3611]

En bleu blanc rouge

[@blancajaimes3422]

I am de happy in champions

[@handball4courtssportschann360]

Something i would like to try Different from the handball we play

[@empidi2266]

It's revenge time!

[@NightHawk8137]

Surprised to hear Jack Nicholls. I recognize his voice from Formula E, so its cool to find his commentary on other sports.

[@brother5671]

This should be a main sport in the USA it’s so fun to play

[@arieelloo]

So, the goalkepper still goalkepper?

[@nikkijuneja967]

myg had to watch this for homework

[@RunnerProblems]

What kind of homework was this?

[@angel-favange1]

thought i was the only one lmao

[@tylerfox9640]

TheGreatGambino Homework that would be way more fun than college homework.

[@lambertlambert7076]

French names are perfectly pronounced like a Frenchman would. Impressive !

[@nexusmas9]

15:58 ngl they got outplayed

[@voizy1136]

I didn’t choose to be here It was homework

[@meganmarkall]

haha same

[@Asmoharg]

No idea who that co-commentator is, but I don't think I've ever heard a native French speaker speak English so well.

[@ratcomedy]

Feel like pick n roll would be a pretty strong strategy

[@Akabeche]

The pivot (attackers inside the defence) basically do that, but 1 to 1 basketball pick and rolls would be dumb

[@senneallegaert8832]

can someone explain me why the keeper wasnt in the goal sometimes?

[@Akabeche]

You can substitute your keeper for another field player and this way you're 7v6 on the attack, and after the attack you quickly substitute back one player for the keeper. It's also often used when one player in your team gets a 2 minute suspension, you substitute the keeper to keep the attack 6v6

[@gh0st555]

So handball is basically basketball but if it was football instead. Interesting

[@basquat76]

Kind of yeah

[@FearsomeVoid]

A combination of football and basketball.

[@kennethcoleman1378]

This is what I get confused about. The rules state you can only take three steps with the ball...but i'm clearly seeing them take way more than three steps when handling the ball. Like i'm seeing 4 and 5 steps at times and even smaller shuffle steps too.

[@pelavi1150]

Bc if there is concat u can have 1 od 2 steps more

[@isgota]

Referees sometimes lose track on number of steps, well you know like happens in basketball.

[@tk80mufa5]

Handball unfortunately is not that serious of a sport. If rules were enforced strictly, almost 10 - 25 % of goals were disallowed. Usually the goals of the wingers who jump into the circle, the ball must leave the hand before one foot touches the ground. You can hear the commentators point this out, that the French winger Luc Abalo got 'lucky' ('stays very long in the air') several times actually, that the refs didn't whistle and disallow. This among other things makes Handball in my book "less of a sport".

[@marcinha797]

Galerinha!!!😃 Posta mais jogos de handebol, feminina e masculina nas olimpíadas do Rio . Seleção do Brasil com o Egito. 🙋🏾‍♀️🇧🇷😃🌻🤩⭐🇧🇷

[@jeljshuudjd626]

Ha ha throwback Thursday. Get it lol I had to😂😂

[@Mahamat345]

🇫🇷 ❤️❤️🇩🇰

[@garebfeumba5407]

How can a team compete without goalkeeper even if it’s just for a certain time?

[@domizianobandinelli]

They're to get advantage of being 7 VS 6. Of course is the risk of a very offensive strategy.

[@enricodelascio4330]

It's a great strategy in some moments of the game .... Coming from a GK

[@gringoczygameplay391]

36:08 why did he blocked with his head?

[@search3843]

perhatiin ya kawan pelajari handball dr bapak2 hebat ini

[@BraydenYang]

Iya bg

[@julianeves3525]

5:03

[@user-kc9pf6hg9s]

来年はこのレベルのハンドを東京で見ることが出来るのか楽しみすぎる！

[@ryantrahan1]

you are here because of hbl? same.

[@osabro9499]

2020 final when?

[@findingromeo]

Who’s here from what’s inside’s rlly old video

[@orsan1994]

34:47 Wait. Don’t you have to release the ball before you foot touch the ground?

[@Gutballeee-ni5vp]

Well yes, but actuallt he shot right before hitting the ground. Get your facts correct

[@bobbyshizz2138]

Watch it at .25 speed. Right foot definitely touches before the ball is released.

[@hunterthompson8403]

15:22 same thing for Denmark he shoots while hes on the ground...

[@carpetclimber4027]

The refs missed it.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@hunterthompson8403 pretty strange if Jack Nicholls also commentating Handball matches...