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 goals wins.
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations, and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
The Russia women's national handball team is the national team of the Russian Federation. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Russia and takes part in international handball competitions.
Nikola Karabatić is a French Serbo-Croatian born professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Branko Vujović is a Montenegrin handball player for TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and the Montenegrin national team.
Lois Abbingh is a Dutch female professional handballer who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Dutch national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Danick Albertine Snelder is a Dutch handball player for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Dutch national team.
Yvette Broch is a Dutch professional handball player, who plays for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.
Ahmed Moustafa Nasr El-Ahmar is an Egyptian handball player for captains club Zamalek SC and the Egyptian national team.
Bence Bánhidi is a Hungarian handballer for SC Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team.
Yahia Khaled Mahmoud Fathy Omar is an Egyptian handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the Egyptian national team.
Wheelchair handball is handball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing an able-bodied sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations, and many other disabilities. The IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship (IHF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair handball worldwide.
Kristjan Horžen is a Slovenian handball player who plays for VfL Gummersbach and the Slovenia national team. He represented Slovenia at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.
Bart Ravensbergen is a Dutch handball player in the German Bundesliga for Frisch Auf! Göppingen. He is the goalkeeper of the Dutch national team.
Luc Steins is a Dutch professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Dutch national team.
Bobby Schagen is a Dutch handball player for TBV Lemgo and the Dutch national team.
Ivo Steins is a Dutch handball player for Limburg Lions.
Kay Kirsten Evert Smits is a Dutch handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Dutch national team. He is the first ever men's player of the Netherlands to win the EHF Champions League, Europe's most important club competition with SC Magdeburg in 2022/2023.
