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.
TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga.
Markus Baur is a former German handball player now turned trainer.
Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer is a now-retired professional German handball player and present-day coach. As a member of the Germany men's national handball team, he won the world championship in 2007 and the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Florian Stefan Kehrmann is a former German handball player and current coach for TBV Lemgo.
Daniel Stephan is a retired German handball player.
Nikola Karabatić is a French-Serbian born professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history.
Carsten Lichtlein is a former German handball player and goalkeeper. He is a World champion from 2007 with the German national team, a European champion from 2004 and from 2016 and participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.
Vignir Svavarsson is an Icelandic retired professional handballer. He enjoyed his very long playing career which started in 2000. In 2005 he left Iceland to join the Danish club Skjern Håndbold. He has subsequently played for TBV Lemgo, TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and GWD Minden in the German Bundesliga and HC Midtjylland and TTH Holstebro in the Danish league and concluded his handballing career in Haukar. He was a player for many years of Iceland national team, captained them for Euro 2016.
The Israel national handball team is controlled by the Israel Handball Association, and represents Israel in international matches.
Ferenc Ilyés is a retired Hungarian handball player.
Tamás Mocsai is a retired Hungarian handball player who played for MKB Veszprém KC and the Hungarian national team. Currently he serves as the mayor of Felsőmocsolád.
László Marosi is a Hungarian former handball player, currently the president of the Tatabánya KC club. He participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian national team placed fourth, and at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the team placed seventh. He also represented Hungary on two World Championships in 1986 and 1990 and won a silver medal on the first one.
Lajos Mocsai is a former Hungarian international handball player, coach, university professor and sports director.
The 2013 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament and was held at Hungary from 10 – 23 August 2013.
Finn Lemke is a German retired handball player, who last played for MT Melsungen and the German national team. He ended his career in 2023 due to injuries.
Donát Bartók is a Hungarian handball player for Kadetten Schaffhausen and the Hungarian national handball team.
Niels Versteijnen is a Dutch handball player for German Bundesliga club TBV Lemgo-Lippe and the Dutch national team.
Bobby Schagen is a Dutch handball player for TBV Lemgo and the Dutch national team.
Jonathan Carlsbogård, is a Swedish professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Sweden national team.
