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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.
HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors rf is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on the initiative of Georges Doubitsky and fellow students of the Svenska Reallyceum, the Swedish lyceum in Helsinki, it is the oldest continuously-operating Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna (IFK) organization in Finland. HIFK has sections in many sports, including athletics, bandy, bowling, football, ice hockey, and handball.
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 Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 shortly after Montenegro became independent.
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1957.
Swedish brand Craft of Scandinavia is a producer of functional sports apparel. The company is based in Borås, an old and traditional textile industry town in the South of Sweden. The initial concept of its founder Anders Bengtsson was to develop underwear that propels moisture away from the skin during physical activity. Craft started with technical base layers and soon developed the three-layer principle with a second layer of insulation and moisture transportation as well as an outer shell for protection. Today, the company offers gear for many sports, it specializes in layer three for running, triathlon, bike and cross-country skiing.
Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg is a naturalized Norwegian former handball player. She played 99 games and scored 321 goals for the Norwegian national team during her career. With the Norwegian team she won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France, as well as two gold medals and one silver medal at the European Championships.
Lene Rantala is a former Danish handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. Rantala is currently assistant coach for Vipers Kristiansand in the Norwegian REMA 1000-ligaen.
Åbo IFK is a sports club from Turku, Finland. The club was founded in 1908, and originally represented the Swedish-speaking minority of Turku/Åbo.
Korihait is a Finnish basketball team from Uusikaupunki. It was formed as Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat, shortly UU, in 1898 and has won one Korisliiga Finnish Championship (1990) and two Finnish Cups. In 1994 UU had financial problems and entered bankruptcy. Korihait then took UU's place in the league.
The Finnish men's national handball team is the national men's handball team of Finland and is controlled by the Finnish Handball Association. Finland has participated in the finals of an international prestigious tournament just once, which happened at the 1958 World Men's Handball Championship in East Germany. There was no qualification at all for the competition in question. In addition, the Finnish national team participated in the 1955 final tournament of handball played outdoors with 11-man teams.
The Ireland national handball team is controlled by the Irish Olympic Handball Association (IOHA) and represents Ireland in international handball matches.
Bollklubben-46 is a sports club from Karis, Raseborg in Finland. The club was formed in 1946 and the main activities covered are football and handball with large junior sections in both disciplines. BK-46 men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen, the third level of football in Finland. Their home ground is at the Karis sportplan. The Chairman of the club is Leif Österholm.
Kronohagens Idrottsförening is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was founded on 27 September 1908, and has been mainly known for the achievements of its association football and handball teams. In the past the club also played at the top level in ice hockey and has won the Kalevan malja in athletics. Other sports that the club participates include shooting, bandy, bowling, and boxing.
The Faroe Islands women's national handball team are the women's team for the Faroe Islands.
Aatos Ensio Lehtonen was a Finnish association football forward. He was part of the Finnish team that finished ninth at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was the best Finnish scorer at the national championships in 1935–39, and won two national titles in 1936 and 1938. During those years he scored 109 goals, 25 of them in 14 matches in 1937. Internationally he capped for Finland 19 times and scored 7 goals. He retired in 1947 to become a Finnish national coach until 1955. In 1956–58 he worked at his previous club Helsingin Ponnistus (HJK), and in 1959 returned to the national team. In parallel he worked for the Finnish railways in Hyvinkää between 1956 and 1977, wrote articles for the weekly sports magazine Urheilulehti, and translated books on football training into Finnish. In 1993, he was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame.
Benjamin Källman is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia and the Finland national team.
The Finnish Handball Association (SKPL) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in Republic of Finland. Founded in May 1941, SKPL is a founder member of both the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF).
