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team handball

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team handball

▪ sport
also called  fieldball , or  handball 

      game played between two teams of 7 or 11 players who try to throw or hit an inflated ball into a goal at either end of a rectangular playing area while preventing their opponents from doing so. It is unrelated to the two- or four-player games (see handball and fives), in which a small, hard ball is hit against one or more walls.

      A game consists of two 30-minute halves with an intermission, and players wear no protective equipment. The ball is moved by passing, dribbling, or hitting it with any part of the body above the knee. In handball, only the goalkeeper may kick the ball. Running more than three steps with the ball and holding it longer than three seconds are illegal.

      Attacking players must take their shots at goal from outside an arc marked on the playing surface, within which only the defending goalkeeper may play. Free throws (usually passes to a teammate) are awarded for minor violations of rules and taken from the spot of the violation or from a line a short distance outside the goal area, or circle. Penalty throws at goal are awarded for more serious infractions and are taken from a penalty mark just outside the circle and directly in front of the goal.

 The two principal forms of team handball differ in number of players and dimensions of the field. The ball used in both is 58–60 cm (about 23–24 inches) in circumference and weighs 425–475 grams (15–17 ounces); women and younger players use a smaller ball. For the seven-man game, usually played indoors, the court is 40 metres (131.2 feet) long and 20 metres (65.6 feet) wide, the goal cage is 2 metres (6.5 feet) high and 3 metres (9.8 feet) wide, and the goal-area line is 6 metres (19.7 feet) from the centre of the goal. For the 11-man game, usually played outdoors, the playing area is 90–110 metres (295–360 feet) long and 55–65 metres (180–213 feet) wide, the goal is 2.44 metres (8 feet) high and 7.32 metres (24 feet) wide, and the goal circle is 13 metres (43 feet) from the goal.

      Handball in its present form developed in Europe in the 1920s from earlier games. The game, in its 11-man outdoor version, first appeared at the Olympics (Olympic Games) in 1936. It was subsequently dropped from the Olympics but returned as the 7-man indoor game in 1972. Women's team handball became an Olympic sport in 1976. The Fédération Internationale de Handball is the world governing body.

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