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Handball

Sports
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more... Wikipedia
Contact: Limited
Country or region: Worldwide; but most popular in Europe
Equipment: Ball and goals
First played: 2 December 1917; 106 years ago in Berlin, Germany.
Highest governing body: IHF
Mixed-sex: Separate competitions
Registered players: 27 million (2016)