Handball

Handball is a modern team sport. Handball is one of the fastest indoor sports. There are
Two different versions of handball - there is an outdoor version called outdoor handball and an inside version called indoor handball. Handball is an Olympic sport played in over 150 countries. You can play handball when you are fit and healthy.

You play handball with 6 court players and one goalkeeper per team. You have to shoot the ball into the goal on the opposite site.
Handball is played on a court 40 long and 20 meters wide. The game is two halves of 30 minutes each. The shots at the goal can reach over 100 km/h per hour. Handball is a game where you catch, jump, shoot, pass and save.
Handball is played with 4 officials.2 referees and 1 time keeper and one score keeper. Two referees are required because the game is so fast. For the 1 penalty you play you get a yellow card. For the second foul you play you have to go out for 2 minutes.



Handball started in the ancient world in Greece but the game wasn’t called handball it was called Urania.The real game Handball started in the 19th century in Berlin as an outside version. The inside version was invented 1906 by a teacher from Copenhagen.


The 21st Handball World cup started on the 1st of February 2009 in Croatia. The current winner of the world cup is France. France won the final against Croatia. France won the world cup already 3 times -1995, 2001 and 2009.

In think that handball is a very interesting and fast game. If you want to play handball you have to very fit and healthy because the sport is fast and you need to be in excellent physical condition.

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