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 Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and World Championship. The most successful team is Sweden who have won five titles. Spain, however, have won most medals.
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.
Nikola Karabatić is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.
Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold and the Denmark national team.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship.
Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Handball in the United States is a minor sport. The U.S. is represented in international competitions, such as the Summer Olympics and the Pan American Games, by the United States men's national handball team and the United States women's national handball team. The U.S. men's and women's teams have struggled in international competitions against nations where handball is more popular.
Cristina Georgiana Neagu is a Romanian professional handballer who plays as a left back for CSM București and the Romanian national team.
The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those of Norway, Poland and France after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, in Malmö, Sweden. This was the third time that the World Championship was hosted in the Middle East And North Africa, after Egypt in 1999 and Tunisia in 2005.
Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league, and in EHF competitions.
Luka Stepančić is a Croatian professional handball player for SC Pick Szeged and the Croatian national team.
The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021.
Bence Bánhidi is a Hungarian handballer for SC Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team.
Jim Gottfridsson is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team.
The World University Handball Championship is the World University Championship (WUC) in handball competition contested by the men's and women's university's national teams of the member federations/associations of International University Sports Federation (FISU).
Timo Kastening is a German handball player for MT Melsungen and the German national team.
David Schmidt is a German handball player for Frisch Auf Göppingen and the German national team.
Laetitia Quist is a German female handball player for HSG Blomberg-Lippe and the German national team.
