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    Rules: 1936 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics Munich 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal

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    The document discusses the history and organization of international handball. It notes that men's handball was played at the 1936 Olympics and then grew in popularity in Scandinavia. The modern team handball format emerged for the 1972 Olympics. Women's team handball was added in 1976. The International Handball Federation governs world championships for men and women since the 1950s/1970s, with the men's event originally every 3-4 years and now every 2 years. There are over 166 member federations and nearly 20 million players worldwide according to the IHF.

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    The document discusses the history and organization of international handball. It notes that men's handball was played at the 1936 Olympics and then grew in popularity in Scandinavia. The modern team handball format emerged for the 1972 Olympics. Women's team handball was added in 1976. The International Handball Federation governs world championships for men and women since the 1950s/1970s, with the men's event originally every 3-4 years and now every 2 years. There are over 166 member federations and nearly 20 million players worldwide according to the IHF.

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    in 1938 and every four (sometimes three) years from World War II to 1995.

    Since the 1995 world


    championship in Iceland, the competition has been held every two years. The women's world
    championship has been held since 1957. The IHF also organizes women's and men's junior world
    championships. By July 2009, the IHF listed 166 member federations - approximately 795,000 teams
    and 19 million playMen's field handball was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. During
    the next several decades, indoor handball flourished and evolved in the Scandinavian countries. The
    sport re-emerged onto the world stage as team handball for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
    Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Due to its popularity
    in the region, the Eastern European countries that refined the event became the dominant force in
    the sport when it was reintroduced.
    The International Handball Federation organised the men's world championship ers.

    Rules[edit]
    The rules are laid out in the IHF's set of rules.[7]

    Summary

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