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(For the different sport of the same name played with two, three or four players, see.)

Handball game

Handball
Handball pictogram.svg
Handball
Highest governing bodyIHF
First played2 December 1917; 105 years ago (1917-12-02) in Berlin, Germany.
Registered players> 27 million (2016)
Characteristics
ContactLimited
Team members7 per side (including goalkeeper)
Mixed genderseparate competitions
TypeTeam sport, ball sport
EquipmentBall and goals
VenueIndoor court
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide but most popular in Europe
OlympicPart of Summer Olympic programme in 1936.
Demonstrated at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Returned to the Summer Olympic programme in 1972.

Handball (also known as team handball, field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport similar to football (soccer). Two teams of 7 players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball using the hands, trying to throw it into the goal of the other team. Games are an hour of playing time, divided into 30-minute halves, with 15 minutes break at halftime. The size of the court is a little bigger than a basketball court, 40 meters by 20 meters, which is the same court as indoor soccer. It has a six-meter line which no one but the goalie is allowed to have possession of the ball and touching the ground. If this happens, a foul is called and the player committing the foul gets ejected, (sitting out of the game for two minutes, five minutes, or the rest of the game). There are seven players total on a handball team, six players and a goalie. Most historians agree that handball predates soccer, (football) but that is not for certain

Compare: Football and Handball
FootballHandball
Players11 players and 3 substitutesThere are 14 players (7 players on the court and 7 substitutes)
Time90 minutes regular time, 15 minutes break and time which referee will add60 minutes regular time and 15 minutes break at halftime . The first part has 30 minutes and the second part has 30 minutes too
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