Field Handball Czech Handball Beach Handball
Field Handball Czech Handball Beach Handball
Field Handball Czech Handball Beach Handball
game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals
each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted,
the defenders trying to stop the attackers from approaching the goal. No protective equipment is
mandated, but players may wear soft protective bands, pads and mouth guards.[3]
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball)[2] 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 other team. A standard match
consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.
Modern handball is played on a court of 40 by 20 metres (131 by