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Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) [3] 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, and the team that ...
Handball is a children's ball game widely documented in Australian schools, similar to downball.The rules of the game vary considerably across different sites and conditions, but it is generally played on a flat game court with lined square zones (occasionally with a wall for rebounds), and involves at least two players, who each occupies a square and take turns hitting a ball (often a tennis ...
Handball at the Summer Olympics refers to two different sports. Field handball was introduced for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , but dropped after that. At the 1952 Olympics , field handball was a demonstration sport.
The handball tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France were held from 25 July to 11 August 2024. [1] Preliminary pool matches occurred at South Paris Arena 6, with the final phase staged at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille.
The handball tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. [1] [2]It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
USA Team Handball is the governing body for handball in the United States. USA Team Handball is funded in part by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. [1] Previously, the governing body was the United States Team Handball Federation. [2] USA Team Handball is led by an 9-person Board of Directors. The interim president is Patrick Jalabert.
The men's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament occurred between January 2023 and March 2024, [2] assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental events winners (Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Americas), and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.
1 Denmark: 2019 Pan American Games: 31 July – 5 August 2019: Lima: 1 Argentina: AHF Men’s Asian qualification event: 17–26 October 2019: Doha: 1 Bahrain: 2020 European Championship: 10–26 January 2020 Austria Norway Sweden: 1 Spain: 2020 African Championship: 16–26 January 2020 Tunisia: 1 Egypt: 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification ...