bulgaria
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How big is the popularity of ice hockey in Germany?
Is the game in top 5 among the others sports?
How big is the popularity of ice hockey in Germany?
Is the game in top 5 among the others sports?
Ok....
How big is the popularity of ice hockey in Germany?
Is the game in top 5 among the others sports?
Ok....
How big is the popularity of ice hockey in Germany?
Is the game in top 5 among the others sports?
I'd say it's definitely more popular than basketball and in cities with both handball and hockey teams the hockey teams always outdraw the handball teams but the perception among "non-fans" is still that hockey is not a German sport because we suck at it.
The German hockey team is known as the "least successful German sports team", they are basically perceived as losers and not sexy.
So hockey outdraws basketball and handball but a lot more people would watch handball on TV, it's an easy sport to "get" and the Germans are good at it.
Handball? Really? Handball!? The childen's game that we used to play against the exterior of the school wall back in elementary school? People would prefer watching that over bar none the fastest, most physical, exciting team sport on the planet? Do we need to liberate the Germans again?
Handball? Really? Handball!? The childen's game that we used to play against the exterior of the school wall back in elementary school? People would prefer watching that over bar none the fastest, most physical, exciting team sport on the planet? Do we need to liberate the Germans again?
Handball? Really? Handball!? The childen's game that we used to play against the exterior of the school wall back in elementary school? People would prefer watching that over bar none the fastest, most physical, exciting team sport on the planet? Do we need to liberate the Germans again?
While I love hockey, I don´t understand why some people need to offend an another sport when defending hockey? Handball is a great sport to watch/play and it is a tough sport just like hockey, it is no children´s game. Maybe you have not seen real handball in your life yet considering that outside Europe almost everyone sucks at it, which can be seen at the handball WC as well. There are 32 teams and the last time out of the 16 that made it to the next round just one was non-European (ROK).
I think he was talking about this sport:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_handball
Yes, this is American handball as played by children in schools and in prisons.
While I love hockey, I don´t understand why some people need to offend an another sport when defending hockey? Handball is a great sport to watch/play and it is a tough sport just like hockey, it is no children´s game. Maybe you have not seen real handball in your life yet considering that outside Europe almost everyone sucks at it, which can be seen at the handball WC as well. There are 32 teams and the last time out of the 16 that made it to the next round just one was non-European (ROK).
My apologies for my ignorance (it wasn't meant to be intentionally provocative) but I wasn't aware of the video images and clips that several posters showed me. I was under the mistaken impression that it was similar to the game where you hit a ball against the wall (which we used to play at recess) and the international version was akin to something like squash. Sorry if I offended anybody, but it just struck me as ridiculous that anyone would prefer handball to hockey.