HANDBALL
Handball made a brief appearance on the Olympic programme in 1936 when it was played on an outdoor pitch.
It was re-introduced for men as an indoor sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics . Women’s handball competition followed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
In handball, two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. Handball is played on a court of 40 by 20 metres with a goal in the middle of each end.
The goals are surrounded by a 6-meter (20 ft) zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while “diving” into it. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.
National Federation: Ireland Handball
International Federation: International Handball Federation
HANDBALL NEWS
European Games 2023 – List of Sports Agreed
EOC, Krakow-Małopolska agree on preliminary list of sports for European Games The European Olympic Committees (EOC) this weekend welcomed a delegation from Poland to the CONI headquarters in Rome for discussions on the 3rd edition of the European Games (EG), which are scheduled to take place in Krakow-Małopolska in summer 2023. The meeting was led […]
Olympic Handball planning for success
Members of the Irish Men’s Olympic Handball Squad and the Coaching team of the IOHA were invited to a meeting hosted by the Olympic Council of Ireland in OCI headquarters in Howth, North County Dublin.
Introduction to Handball
Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to put the ball into the goal post of the opposing team, thereby scoring a "goal". The team with the most goals at the end of the match wins. For contact details of Irish Olympic Handball Association please click on Full story
