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Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball [3] or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes ...
The European Men's Handball Championship and European Women's Handball Championship are the flagship national team events of the European Handball Federation and rank amongst the leading indoor sports events on the international sports market. First played in 1994, the EHF EUROs have taken place in host nations across the continent on a ...
Each successive European Men's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF. Year
Six teams participate in this round: the first and seconde of the Phase 1, the three of the lowest-ranked fourth-ranked teams in the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship qualification and the best European team of the 2025 IHF Emerging Nations Championship. It will be held between 6 and 12 January 2026. [2]
In 1946, the International Handball Federation was founded by eight European nations, [1] and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations. [2] European Handball Federation is founded in 1991. At the same time (1995), the World Championship was changed from a quadrennial ...
EHF Euro Cup is a European handball competition for national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF). The reigning defending champions are Denmark. [1] Teams, that already automatically qualified for the next European Men's Handball Championship, play against each other in a four team group. The tournament is played at the ...
The Germany national handball team is the country's national men's handball team and represents Germany in international tournaments in men's handball and is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won three World Championships and two European Championship.
Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Handball-Bundesliga provides the most squad members. Player representation by club [ edit ]