Handball Handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. Teams consist of seven players, including a goalkeeper. The goals are surrounded by a close to semicircular line that's about 6 m away from the goal; only the defending goalkeeper is allowed to step inside the 6 m perimeter. Modern team handball finds it's origins in Germany around 1895. The ball is smaller than a football in order for players to be able to hold and handle it with a single hand. The game is quite fast and includes much contact. The International Handball Federation was founded in 1946. Olympic Games: Men Women World Championships: Men Women World Cup: Men Women European Championships: Men Women Pan American Championships: Men Women Pan American Games: Men Women African Championships: Men Women All Africa Games: Men Women Asian Championships: Men Women Asian Games: Men Women International Club Competitions: Men: European Champions Cup European Cup Winners Cup EHF Cup European Challenge Cup European Club Championship African Champions Cup African Cup Winners Cup Asian Club Championship Women: European Champions Cup European Cup Winners Cup EHF Cup European Challenge Cup African Champions Cup African Cup Winners Cup National Championships: Men: Algeria Argentina Austria Belarus Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Croatia Czechia Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland Italy Kosovo Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Morocco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Women: Austria Belarus Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Croatia Czechia Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland Italy Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Defunct: Men: Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia & Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia Women: Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia & Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia Junior World Championships: Men Women Defunct Events: Field World Championships: Men Women Men: Intercontinental Cup Women's World Games