Confirmations
Written by: Rasmus Boysen
Get an overview of all confirmations from the handball world.
The article is updated regularly.
15.04.2017:
Tatran Prešov signs Butorac
The Slovakian champion Tatran Prešov has signed the Croatian right back Bruno Butorac. LINK.
Westerholm stays in TTH
The Finnish head coach of TTH Holstebro, Patrick Westerholm, has extended his contract to the summer of 2020. LINK.
14.04.2017:
New right wing duo in Erlangen
Maximilian Lux is promoted to the 1st team of HC Erlangen - Kevin Herbst leaves the club. LINK.
Belarusian goalkeeper stays in Tirol
The 30-year-old Belarusian goalkeeper Aliaksei Kishov has extended his contract with Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol with another year. LINK.
Cvetković continues as Serbian national coach
The Serbian Handball Federation has extended the contract with the national coach Jovica Cvetković. LINK.
Csurgoi signs promising left back
The Hungarian League club Csurgoi KK has signed a 2+2-year contract with the 24-year-old left back of the League rivals Balatonfüredi KSE, Ádám Vasvári. LINK.
Portuguese national player to Chartres
The French 2nd League club Chartres Métropole Handball 28 has signed a 1-year contract with the Portuguese national player of the Portuguese League club SAD Madeira, Fabio Magalhaes. The 29-year-old left back is the current top scorer of the Portuguese League. LINK.
13.04.2017:
Wilson Davyes joins Dunkerque
he 28-year-old Portuguese back court player joins US Dunkerque from the League rivals Cesson-Rennes Handball after this season. LINK.
4 players leaves HBW
4 players leaves the German Bundesliga club HBW Balingen-Weilstetten after this season. LINK.
Young goalkeeper leaves Nantes
The 22-year-old French goalkeeper Robin Cantegrel leaves the French top club HBC Nantes to join the French 2nd League club Pontault Handball on a 2-year contract after this season. LINK.
IFK Kristianstad keeps promising right wing
The Swedish champion IFK Kristianstad has signed a 3-year contract with the 16-year-old Swedish right wing Valter Chrintz. LINK.
3. Bundesliga club signs Bundesliga players
The ambitious German 3. Bundesliga club Neusser HV has signed 2 players from the Bundesliga. The 28-year-old German left wing of Bergischer HC, Christian Hoße (LINK), and the 25-year-old Croatian line player Teo Čorić (LINK).
Brazilian national player to Csurgoi
The Brazilian national player Uelington Da Silva Ferreira joins the Hungarian club Csurgoi KK. LINK.
Thomas Kristensen stays in Haslum
The former Ademar Leon- and Frisch Auf Göppingen player, the 26-year-old Norwegian right wing Thomas Kristensen, has extended his contract with the Norwegian club Haslum HK. LINK.
Chambéry gives talent pro-contract
The 21-year-old French left wing Baptiste Malfondet has signed his first pro-contract with the French League club Chambéry Savoie Handball from next season to the summer of 2018. LINK.
12.04.2017:
THW Kiel signs Slovenian national player
The 25-year-old Slovenian playmaker Miha Zarabec joins THW Kiel after this season. LINK.
11.04.2017:
Former national player stays in TVB
The former German national player Michael Kraus extends his contract with TVB 1898 Stuttgart with two years to the summer of 2019. LINK.
Gudmundsson becomes head coach of Bahrain
The former Icelandic and Danish national coach Gudmundur Gudmundsson becomes head coach of Bahrain. LINK.
07.04.2017:
Babić to Gorenje Velenje
Željko Babić becomes head coach of RK Gorenje Velenje. LINK.
Gorenje Velenje signs national player
RK Gorenje Velenje has signed a contract with the Slovenian national player Jan Grebenc. LINK.
Daniel Svensson retires
The former Danish national player Daniel Svensson has after 17 years as a professional decided to retire after this season. LINK.
Kraft joins Swedish promoters
The former Swedish youth national player Niklas Kraft joins the Swedish League promoters for next season OV Helsingborg. LINK.
06.04.2017:
Branko Tamše continues in Celje
The head coach of the Slovenian champions RK Celje, Branko Tamše, has extended his contract to the summer of 2020. LINK.
Lyngsøe leaves TM Tønder
The head coach of the promoters of the Danish League TM Tønder, Claus Lyngsøe, has decided to leave TM Tønder after this season. LINK.
THW Kiel promotes youngsters
The German record holders THW Kiel has promoted Thies Bergemann and Ferris Klotz to the 1st team for the upcoming season. LINK.
05.04.2017:
Andersen stays in Mors-Thy long-term
Mads K. Andersen stays in Mors-Thy to the summer of 2020. LINK.
Robert Beguš leaves RD Ribnica
The current head coach of the Slovenian club RD Ribnica, Robert Beguš, leaves the club after this season. LINK.
Babarskas returns to Bregenz
The Lithuanian national player Povilas "Paul" Babarskas returns to Bregenz Handball. LINK.
Vadkerti retires
The former Hungarian national player Attila Vadkerti has decided to retire. LINK.
04.04.2017:
Noah Gaudin joins Aix
The French League club PAUC has signed a 3-year contract with the French youth national player Noah Gaudin from next season. LINK.
Mindegia to Chambéry
The Spanish playmaker Niko Mindegia leaves the Danish League club KIF Kolding-København one year early to join the French club Chambéry Savoie Handball from next season. LINK.
Panić signs contract with Pulawy
The ambitious Polish club Azoty Pulawy has signed a contract with the Bosnian right back Marko Panić from next season. LINK.
Sanad leaves La Rioja
The Spanish top club Naturhouse La Rioja and the Egyptian right wing Mohamed Sanad have decided to terminate the contract. LINK.
03.04.2017:
Kadetten keeps playmaker long-term
Gábor Császár has extended his contract with Kadetten Schaffhausen to the summer of 2021! LINK.
Zagreb ends cooperation with coach
RK Zagreb and their head coach Silvio Ivandija have decided to end the cooperation by mutual agreement with immediate effect. Slavko Goluza takes over for the rest of the season. LINK.
Gorazd Škof to Erlangen
HC Erlangen has signed a contract with the 39-year-old Slovenian goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain, Gorazd Škof. LINK.
Skjern promotes youngster
The 18-year-old Danish line player Mads Houmøller has signed a 1-year contract with Skjern Håndbold and gets promoted to the 1st team. LINK.
01.04.2017:
Goalkeeper stays in Alpla HC Hard
The 24-year-old Austrian goalkeeper Thomas Hurich has extended his contract with the Austrian top club Alpla HC Hard for another year. Read the press release (in German) from Alpla HC Hard here.
Swiss club extends club with youngsters
The Swiss League club TSV St.Otmar St.Gallen Handball has extended the contracts with the 21-year-old Swiss left back Dominik Jurilj and the 18-year-old Swiss playmaker Thierry Gasser. Read the press release (in German) from The Swiss League club TSV St.Otmar St.Gallen Handball here.
Tomás Moreira stays in Puente Genil
The 24-year-old Spanish line player Tomás Moreira has extended his contract with the Spanish League club Angel Ximénex Balonmano Puente Genil with 1 year. Read the press release (in Spanish) from Angel Ximénex Balonmano Puente Genil here.
Player news from Grand Nancy Metropole Handball
The French 2nd League club Grand Nancy Metropole Handball has extended the contracts with Antoine Blanc (22, French playmaker) and Yann Ducreux (29, French left wing) with 2 years to the summer of 2019. Furthermore, the French club has signed the 33-year-old Portuguese line player José Costa from ABC Braga and the 21-year-old French goalkeeper Florent Bonneau from USAM Nimes. Both has signed 2 years contracts. Read the press release (in French) from Grand Nancy Metropole Handball here.
Slavko Goluža becomes head coach of Tatran Prešov
The legendary Croatian handball person Slavko Goluža becomes head coach of the Slovakian champions Tatran Prešov. Read more here.
Topscorer stays on Iceland
The promosing Icelandic right wing, Theodór Sigurbjörnsson, has extended his contract with the Icelandic top club IBV Handbolti with 2 years to the summer of 2019. Read more here.
Lindskog stays long-term in Wetzlar
The Swedish line player of the German Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar, Anton Lindskog, has extended his contract to the summer of 2020. Read more here.
31.03.2017:
González new Macedonian national coach
The Spanish coach Raúl González replaces Lino Cervar as head coach of the Macedonian national team. Read more here.
Oscar Carlén returns to Ystads IF
The former Swedish national player Oscar Carlén becomes assistant coach of Jerry Hallbäck from next season in the Swedish League club Ystads IF. Read more here.
Hanisch leaves IFK Kristianstad
The Swedish back court player Richard Hanisch leaves the Swedish champions IFK Kristianstad after this season. Read more here.
Aagaard returns to Denmark
The 25-year-old former Danish youth national goalkeeper Thomas Aagaard returns to Denmark after 3 years abroad. Read more here.
Promising Brazilian moves to Spain
The Spanish Liga Asobal club BM Ciudad Encantada has signed the Brazilian left back Leonardo Dutra Ferreira. Read more here.
Dusan Bozoljac joins BM Sinfin
The Spanish Liga Asobal club BM Sinfin has signed a contract with the Serbian left back of RK Metaloplastika Sabac, Dusan Bozoljac, for the rest of the season. Read more here.
Bern signs coach and right back
The Swiss club BSV Bern Muri has signed the German coach Aleksandar Stevic and the Portuguese right back Pedro Spinola. Read more here.
Bregenz lends Celje-player
The Austrian top club Bregenz Handball lends the Slovenian left back Luka Kikanović from RK Celje for the next 2 years. Read more here.
30.03.2017:
Ivanov becomes assistant coach of Russia
The Polish legend Vitali Ivanov becomes new assistant coach of the Russian national team. Read more here.
Torsten Jansen is new HSV-coach
Torsten Jansen replaces Jens Häusler as head coach of the German 3. Bundesliga North club Handball Sport Verein Hamburg with immediate effect. Read more here.
WHV quartet extended contracts
The 21-year-old German goalkeeper Frederick Lüpke, the 29-year-old Slovakian left back Lukas Kalafut and the 20-year-old Dutch line player Duncan Postel has extended the contract to the summer of 2019 – the 24-year-old German left wing Matej Kozul has extended the contract to 2018 with the German 2. Bundesliga club Wilhelmshavener HV. Read press release (in German) from Wilhelmshavener HV here.
Ademar extends contracts
The Spanish top club Ademar León has extended the contracts with the 28-year-old Argentine national right back Federico Vieyra (1 year), the 22-year-old Spanish right wing Mario Lopez Alvarez (2+1 year) and the 20-year-old left wing Jaime Fernandez Fernandez (2+1 year).
National player extends contract with Brest
The Belarusian champion HC Meshkov Brest has extended the contract with the 21-year-old Belarusian playmaker Artsiom Kulak to the summer of 2019. Read more here.
Promising goalkeeper stays in Plock
Wisła Płock and the Polish national goalkeeper Adam Morawski have signed a new agreement to the summer of 2020. Read more here.
Experienced goalkeeper retires
The 38-year-old Hungarian goalkeeper of the French 2nd League club JS Cherbourg Manche Handball, Laszlo Fulop, retires after this season. Read the press release (in French) from JS Cherbourg Manche Handball here.
OV Helsingborg keeps captain
The 23-year-old Swedish playmaker Oskar Hansson has extended his contract with the newly promoted Swedish League club OV Helsingborg with two more years. Read the press release (in Swedish) from OV Helsingborg here.
29.03.2017:
Promosing goalkeeper stays with Konstanz
The 23-year-old former German youth national goalkeeper, Konstantin Poltrum, has extended his contract with the German 2. Bundesliga club HSG Konstanz with one year to the summer of 2018. Read the press release (in German) from HSG Konstanz here.
Berg leaves the Bundesliga and returns to Sweden
The 24-year-old Swedish national player Andreas Berg leaves the German Bundesliga club Frisch Auf! Göppingen and has signed a 3-year contract with the Swedish club Alingsås HK after this season. Read more here.
Anis Gatfi will not yet play for BM SinFin
The 33-year-old Tunesian riht-back Anis Gatfi had signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Spanish Liga Asobal club BM SinFin, but due to problems with his visa the contract has been terminated. Gatfi recently played in the Saudi Arabian club Al Qadisiya. Read the press release (in Spanish) from BM SinFin here.
Swedish line player stays in Schaffhausen
The 26-year-old Swedish line player Christoffer Brännberger has extended his contract with the Swiss champions Kadetten Schaffhausen. Read more here.
Billere signs French playmaker
The 25-year-old French playmaker, Valentin Doudeau, leaves JS Cherbourg Manche Handball after this season. He has signed a 2-year contract with the French 2nd League club Billere Handball from next season. Read the press release (in France) from Billere Handball here.
Birkefeldt and TTH continues cooperation
The 26-year-old Danish right-back Simon Birkefeldt has extended his contract with the Danish vice-champions TTH Holstebro with 2 years. Read more here.
BM Granollers has found new coach constellation
Antonio Rama García replaces Carlos Viver as head coach of the Spanish Liga Asobal club BM Fraikin Granollers after this season. Read more here.
Dylan Garain reinforces Dunkerque
The 20-year-old French left back, Dylan Garain, who has a contract with Paris Saint-Germain Handball to the summer of 2019, has signed a 1-year loan deal with the French League rivals US Dunkerque Handball from next season. Read more here.
Line player continues in Ystads IF
The 25-year-old Swedish line player Herman Hugosson has extended his contract with 2 years to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in Swedish) from Ystads IF here.
Lukas Kister stays in GWD Minden
The German youth national player Lukas Kister has extended his contract with GWD Minden to the summer of 2019 and is promoted to the 1st team. Read more here.
Komló keeps head coach
The Hungarian League club Komló Sport Kft has extended the contract with their head coach Bálint Kilvinger to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in Hungarian) from Komló here.
Cesson-Rennes lends Delecroix from Nantes
The French club Cesson-Rennes lends the French talent Florian Delecroix from the League rivals HBC Nantes for next season. Read more here.
Goalkeeper leaves Skjern
The 19-year-old youth national goalkeeper Loke Peter Brasen has signed a contract with HC Odense. Read more here.
28.03.2017:
Balonmano Ciudad Encantada keeps head coach
The Spanish head coach of the Spanish Liga Asobal club BM Ciudad Encantada, Lidio Jiménez, has extended his contract with 2 years to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in Spanish) from BM Ciudad Encantada here.
Bækkelaget extends contracts
The Norwegian League club Bækkelaget SK has extended the contracts with 3 players. The 26-year-old Norwegian back court player Emil Sundal and the 20-year-old Norwegian line player Aksel Strupstad has signed 2-year contracts, while the 19-year-old Norwegian back court player Vetle Basma has extended his contract with 1 year. Read the press release (in Norwegian) from Bækkelaget SK here.
Drammen signs Hermann Gabriel Ranneberg Vildalen
The Norwegian League club Drammen HK has signed a 2-year contract with the 21-year-old Norwegian left back of the League rivals St. Hallvard, Hermann Gabriel Ranneberg Vildalen, from next season to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in Norwegian) from Drammen HK here.
Vidal leaves BM Ciudad Encantada
The Argentine national player Agustín Vidal has decided to leave his Spanish club BM Ciudad Encantada after this season. Read more here.
27.03.2017:
Chambéry got hold of Bannour
The Tunesian national player Amine Bannour has signed a contract with Chambéry Savoie Handball from next season. Read more here.
Kukucka continues in Kadetten
The Swiss champions Kadetten Schaffhausen extends the cooperation with their head coach Peter Kukucka. Read more here.
Danish youth national player extends contract
The promosing Danish youth national player Lasse Møller has extended his contract with the Danish club GOG with one year from the summer of 2018 to the summer of 2019. Read more here.
Burud stays in Elverum
The 23-year-old Norwegian left hander Jonas Burud stays with the Norwegian champions Elverum HH for another year. Read more here.
TM Tønder keeps key player
The 21-year-old Danish left back Oliver Eggert has extended his contract with the Danish League club TM Tønder for another year to the summer of 2018. Read more here.
Aleksander Børresen retires
The 31-year-old Norwegian line player of Elverum HH, Aleksander Børresen, retires after this season. Read more here.
Einar Ingi Hrafnsson returns to Iceland
The 32-year-old experienced Icelandic line player Einar Ingi Hrafnsson leaves the Norwegian club ØIF Arendal and returns to Iceland. He has signed a 3-year contract with the Icelandic top club Ungmennafélagið Afturelding. Read the press release (in Icelandic) from Afturelding here.
Tilman Pröhl leaves TV Emsdetten
The 20-year-old German youth national player and line player of the German 2. Bundesliga club TV Emsdetten, Tilman Pröhl, leaves the club after this season. The talented line player has signed a contract with the top club of the 3. Bundesliga West, VfL Eintracht Hagen. Read the press release (in German) from TV Emsdetten here.
Sander Andreasen continues in Haslum
The 20-year-old right handed Norwegian back court player Sander Andreasen has extended his contract with the Norwegian club Haslum HK to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in Norwegian) from Haslum HK here.
Sandefjord Håndball and Filip Pettersson continues cooperation
The 21-year-old Swedish line player of the Norwegian club Sandefjord Håndball, Filip Pettersson, has extended his contract with another year to the summer of 2018. Read the press release (in Norwegian) from Sandefjord Håndball here.
Freddy Andersson stays in Ystad IF
The young right wing of the Swedish League club Ystad IF, Freddy Andersson, has extended his contract with another year to the summer of 2018. Read the press release (in Swedish) from Ystad IF here.
26.03.2017:
Hasanefendić replaces Kurtagic in Gummersbach
Sead Hasanefendić replaces Emir Kurtagic as head coach of VfL Gummersbach with immediate effect. Read more here.
Bech returns to Halden
The 24-year-old Danish goalkeeper Rasmus Bech leaves Randers HH and returns to Halden Topphåndball. Read more here.
Tremblay Handball signs Dutch national player
The Dutch national player of the French 2nd League club Massy Essonne Handball Luc Steins has signed a 2-year contract with the League rivals Tremblay Handball. Read more here.
25.03.2017:
Slovakian national player extends contract with ThSV Eisenach
The German 2. Bundesliga club ThSV Eisenach has extended the contract with the 27-year-old Slovakian right wing Tomas Urban with another year to the summer of 2018. Read the press release (in German) from ThSV Eisenach here.
Boilesen stays in Drammen HK
The 18-year-old Norwegian youth national player Thomas Boilesen has extended his contract with the Norwegian League club Drammen HK with 2 years to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in Norwegian) from Drammen HK here.
Stranigg leaves Mors-Thy one year early
The 22-year-old Hungarian left back János Stranigg leaves Mors-Thy Håndbold one year early and returns to his former Hungarian club Orosházi FKSE. Read more here.
SønderjyskE gives Jacob Lyck a contract
The Danish League club SønderjyskE has signed a 2-year contract with the homegrown left back Jacob Lyck. Read more here.
24.03.2017:
OV Helsingborg keeps homegrown talent
The 16-year-old Swedish back court player Oskar Joelsson has signed a 3-year contract with his current Swedish club, OV Helsingborg, who has promoted to the Swedish League for the upcoming season. Read the press release (in Swedish) from OV Helsingborg here.
ASV Hamm-Westfalen signs Greek left wing
The 31-year-old Greek national player and left wing of the German 2. Bundesliga club HC Empor Rostock, Vyron Papadopoulos, replaces the current left wing of the 2. Bundesliga rivals ASV Hamm-Westfalen, Joscha Ritterbach, after this season. Vyron Papadopoulos has signed a 2-year contract to the summer of 2019. Read the press release (in German) from ASV Hamm-Westfalen here.
Munk joins ØIF Arendal
The 26-year-old Danish line player Jesper Munk has signed a 2-year contract with the Norwegian League club ØIF Arendal. Read more here.
Persson replaces Tollbring in Kristianstad
The 18-year-old Swedish left wing Anton Persson replaces Jerry Tollbring in IFK Kristianstad after this season. Read more here.
Hayder Al-Khafadji returns to Redbergslids IK
The Swedish goalkeeper Hayder Al-Khafadji has signed a 2-year contract with Redbergslids IK. Read more here.
GUIF keeps Lucau and Dickfors
The Swedish League club Eskilstuna GUIF has extended the contracts with playmaker Robin Andersson Dickfors and goalkeeper Herdeiro Lucau. Read more here.
LUGI extends contracts with trio
The Swedish top club LUGI has extended the contracts with the 29-year-old Swedish right wing Hampus Jildenbäck, the 37-year-old Serbian defense specialist Nemanja Milosevic and the 21-year-old Swedish left wing Lucas Pellas. Read more here.
Mariusz Jurasik has found a new job
The 41-year-old Polish legend Mariusz Jurasik is hired as head coach of the Polish 2nd League club KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski for the rest of the season. Read more here.
Hübscher promoted in TBV Lemgo
The 21-year-old German left wing Robin Hübscher has signed a 1-year contract with the German Bundesliga club TBV Lemgo. From next season he replaces Tom Skroblien and becomes a part of the 1st team. Read more here.
