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Handball

Handball

Handball is also referred to as team handball or European handball. It is a two team sport, each team has seven players. They pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal, guarded by a goal keeper of the opposing team.

The team with the most goals after two periods of 30 minutes wins. Players can try to defend against the players on the other team but only by being fully in front of them.

Any contact from the side or especially from behind is considered dangerous and is usually met with penalties.

Handball is normally played indoors but has been adapted to be played on a field or beach.

Handball was first incorporated into the Asian Games in 1982 and beach handball into the Asian Beach Games in 2008.

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  • Beach Handball
  • Handball

Beach Handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to team handball, but is not played in a sports hall, but on sand instead. Matches are played in two or three sets depending on when a team wins their second set of the Game.

List of events

  • men

    1. TEAM

  • women

    1. TEAM

Handball has elements of both Football and Basketball – but it’s probably older than both. There are references to a sport very similar to Handball in ancient Greek literature, although the modern game developed in northern Europe at the end of the 19th century.

Today, fast-moving, high-scoring matches make Handball one of the most popular Olympic events in continental Europe. Handball has been an Asian Games event since 1982 in New Delhi, India.

List of events

  • men

    1. TEAM

  • women

    1. TEAM

Hiroshima, Japan, August 23, 2023: The Asian Women’s Handball Qualification for the 2024 Olympic ...
24.08.2023
Tehran, Iran, April 6, 2022: Iran dethroned Qatar to win the 8th Asian Men’s Beach Handball Champ...
06.04.2022
Doha, Qatar, January 18, 2022: Reigning Asian champions Qatar have arrived in Saudi Arabia to tak...
18.01.2022
Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2021: Bahrain’s roller-coaster ride in the men’s handball event of Tokyo ...
04.08.2021
Sanya, China, November 12, 2020: The Asian Beach Games host city Sanya has welcomed handball play...
13.11.2020
Doha, Qatar, October 12, 2019: China’s first victory in the women’s handball tournament at the AN...
29.10.2019
Doha, Qatar, October 28, 2019: Bahrain will play in the men's handball tournament at the Olympic ...
28.10.2019
Doha, Qatar, October 11, 2019: Host nation Qatar made a blistering start in men’s handball as the...
11.10.2019

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