History
The IHF
What is the International Handball Federation?
A successful scoring attempt results in the award of this many points
What is 1?
Like football, this simple action decides which team will start the game with a throw off
What is a coin toss?
A handball game is played between this many teams
What is 2?
The floor in an official handball game is bigger than this commonly played sport's court
What is basketball?
Team Handball originated in europe in this decade
What were the 1900's?
A regulation handball game is played with this many minutes in a half
What is 30 minutes?
Players can run with the ball before and after dribbling for this many steps
What is 3?
This many players on each team are allowed on the court at the same time
What is 7?
The IHF recognizes this many countries as members
What is over 140?
Women's handball was added to the olympics in this year
What was 1976?
True/ False: Typical final scores in this game run in the mid twenties
What is True?
Players can hold the ball for this many seconds without moving
What is 3 seconds?
In one game of handball players can be substituted this many times
What is unlimited?
On a handball team the players are given these positions
What is 6 court players and 1 goalie?
Handball first appeared in the olympics in these games with this many players on each side
What were the 1936 olympic games with 11 players?
Handball combines the elements of these three sports
What is Soccer, Ultimate frisbee, and basketball?
True/ False: The players try to score by catching the ball in the area at the end of the floor
What is False?
If a player wants to substitute then they must enter the game from this specific area
What is their own substitution area?
Players can not step inside this area when they have the ball
What is the Goal Area Line?
Handball didn't appear in the olympics again until this year with this many players on each side
What was 1972 with 7 players
This many players move the ball down the floor in an attempt to score
What is 6?
players can not forcefully remove the ball from the other team after this happens
What is successfully caught?
If a player wants to substitute for another players they must wait for this to happen
What is the player must leave the court?
In a game the clock only stops for these three things
What are team timeouts, injuries, or at the referee's discretion?