Handball

Handball is team sport discipline (team game), practiced all over the world - both by women and men - in which two teams of 7 players each take part. The goal of the game is to score as many goals as possible. The ball can be thrown, pushed, caught, hit and stopped. The players, except for goalkeepers, are not allowed to take more than 3 steps with the ball in their hands, which forces them to run with dribbling and numerous passes.

The game was codified at the end of the 19th century in Denmark. The modern set of rules was published in 1917 in Germany, and had several revisions since. The first international games were played under these rules for men in 1925 and for women in 1930. Men's handball was first played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as outdoors, and the next time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich as indoors, and has been an Olympic sport since. Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics.