Handball: Report: Hanning becomes national coach in Italy

Former DHB Vice President Bob Hanning is to become the new coach of the Italian national handball team. This is reported by the newspapers “Dolomites” and “Flensborg Avis”. Hanning would follow Riccardo Trillini, who has been holding the job for almost eight years. Hanning is to be officially presented in Oslo this Friday. The final weekend of the handball World Cup takes place in Norway’s capital.

The Italian selection is predicted great potential. At their first World Cup participation in 28 years, the “Azzurri” were among the surprise teams of the tournament and celebrated victories against Tunisia, Algeria and the Czech Republic. In the main round, the team around Bundesliga professional Domenico Ebner lost to the German ranks.

Hanning should remain managing director of Füchse Berlin

As early as the previous year, Hanning described it as attractive to look after a national team that was not one of the big ones in the world. The 56-year-old has not yet worked as a national coach, but has plenty of trainer experience. Most recently, the sports official had led VfL Potsdam from the 3rd league to the upper house. He already coached HSV Hamburg over 20 years ago.

Hanning is currently the managing director of the German runner -up Füchse Berlin and should remain. Hanning’s activity should have advantages for both sides, as a player transfer on Thursday showed. The Berliners signed the Italian top performer Leo Prantner.