Field handball

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11 player handball played on a grass field

Dimensions of a field of field handball played with 11 players at 1936 Summer Olympics.

Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) is a soccer-like outdoor predecessor of what is now (indoor) handball. It was played at the Olympics once, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It was dominated by Germany, winning all World Championships (except when banned in 1948), with German teams (two of them post-war) never been beaten or tied by a non-German squad.

The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field, using the same goals) between 90 and 110 metres (300 and 360 ft) long, 55 to 65 metres (180 to 213 ft) wide. The field has two parallel lines 35 metres (115 ft) from the goal line, which divide the field into 3 sections; each section can have up to 6 players of each team. The goal area is a semicircular line with a 13-metre (43 ft) radius, and the penalty mark at 14 metres (46 ft) from the goal. The goal is the same as in soccer, 7.32 metres (24 ft) wide and 2.44 metres (8 ft) high.

The game is played with the same ball as the indoor type, by two teams of 11 players (plus 2 reserves), and in two periods of 30 minutes each. Compared to soccer and American football, a forward handball pass is slower and shorter with the round ball being thrown rather than getting kicked like the soccer ball, or being aerodynamically shaped like the gridiron football.

Indoor handball used to be the winter alternative only. With quicker action and spectators being closer to the game, similar to basketball, it gradually grew in popularity to replace field handball also in summer. The last World Men's Championship was played in 1966 as the teams from both German states dominated the sport.

## See also

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* Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
* IHF World Men's Field Handball Championship
* IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship

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## External links

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Media related to Field handball at Wikimedia Commons

* Handball at the Olympics
* Video 1 about field handball (in German)
* Video 2 about field handball (in German)
* IHF video
* Field Handball rules

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International Handball Federation (IHF)

* History of IHF
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* Handball at the Summer Olympics
* List of handball federations

Sports|

* Handball
* Field handball
* Beach handball
* Wheelchair handball

Predecessors|

* International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) (1926–1928)
* International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF) (1928–1946)
* Protocol of Stockholm

Confederations|

* CAHB
* AHF
* EHF
* NACHC
* OCHF
* SCAHC
* PATHF (1977–2018)

Men's tournaments|

* IHF World Men's Handball Championship
* IHF Men's Junior World Championship
* IHF Men's Youth World Championship
* Beach Handball World Championships
* IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship
* IHF Men's Super Globe
* Summer Olympic Games
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Women's tournaments|

* IHF World Women's Handball Championship
* IHF Women's Junior World Championship
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* Beach Handball World Championships
* IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship
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Presidents|

* Gösta Björk (1946–1950)
* Hans Baumann (1950–1971)
* Paul Högberg (1971–1984)
* Erwin Lanc (1984–2000)
* Hassan Moustafa (2000–Till date)

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* Peter Mühlematter (2004–2009)
* Joel Delplanque (2009–2011)
* Position dissolved by IHF Congress

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World Field Handball Championships

Men's|

| Tournaments|

* Germany 1938
* France 1948
* Switzerland 1952
* West Germany 1955
* Austria 1959
* Switzerland 1963
* Austria 1966

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* 1938
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* 1966

Women's|

| Tournaments|

* Hungary 1949
* West Germany 1956
* Netherlands 1960

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