5.

Important Championships
The most important Championships are:

World Championships
Olympic Games

World Men’s Handball Championships

History

The first World Championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams
from Europe who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen
years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden.
Throughout their history, the World Championships has been dominated by European teams,
with no medals being won by non-European countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the
organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in
both the preliminary and main rounds, but more recently a knockout system has been applied
after the preliminary round.

In 2019 World Championships were played in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27

January 2019. Participants Teams:

ANGOLA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRIA
BAHRAIN
BRAZIL
CHILE
CROATIA
DENMARK
EGYPT
FRANCE
FYR MACEDONIA
GERMANY
HUNGARY
ICELAND
JAPAN
KOREA
NORWAY
QATAR
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SAUDI ARABIA
SERBIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
TUNISIA
 The three most dominating teams in this competition are:

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 France 6 1 4 11

2 Sweden 4 3 4 11

3 Romania 4 0 2 6

World Women's Handball Championship

History

The IHF World Women's Handball Championship has been organized by the International
Handball Federation since 1957.
Only 9 teams participated in the first championship, this number grew to the present 24 which
was introduced in 1997. In 1977 a B tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C-
tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A-tournament. The B
and C tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system in
1993. From 1993 it has been held every other year, between 1978 and 1990 it was held every
fourth alternating with the Olympic tournament (introduced for women handball in 1976), and
before that it was held more irregularly. The first five tournaments were held in the summer or
early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December

In 2017 World Championships were played in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017.

Participants Teams:

Angola
Argentina
Brazil
Cameroon
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Japan
Korea
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
P.R of China
Paraguay
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Tunisia

The three most dominating teams in this tournament were:

Final ranking

Rank Team[12]

France

Norway

Netherlands
Olympic Games

History

Handball at the Summer Olympics refers to two different sports. Field handball was introduced
for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped after that. At the 1952 Olympics,
field handball was a demonstration sport. (Indoor) handball was introduced for men at
the 1972 Summer Olympics, also on German territory. Women's handball competition was
introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

How Many Countries Participate in the Olympics

For a country to participate in the Olympics, it must have a National Olympic Committee (NOC)
approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Currently, there are 206 NOCs,
although the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended in October 2015.

The three most dominating teams in this competition are:

Men's medal count

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 France 2 1 1 4

2 Soviet Union 2 1 0 3

Croatia 2 0 1 3

3
Yugoslavia 2 0 1 3

Women's medal count

Ran
Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
k

1 Denmark 3 0 0 3

2 South Korea 2 3 1 6

3 Norway 2 2 2 6

IMPORTANT TEAMS AND PLAYERS

The most important country in medals ranks is

Ran
Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
k

1 Soviet Union (URS) 4 3 1 8

History of the Russia Team

Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared in early 20th century (approx. in
1909). In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11
players form and 7 players form. The main centers for the development of handball in
Russia till the end of 40s were Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and other
cities of the Russian Federation. Its high popularity, growing authority, both in center and in
provinces demanded the formation of united organizational and methodical center, and it
was had formed. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball, was
approved the statutes of this public sports organization, were defined the directions for the
development of handball, and that appeared to be a stimulus to wide development of
handball in the country. There were formed the sections of handball, were set up handball
teams, the handball competitions were held. By early 60s was finally approved a single
form of handball game – 7players form.
At that period, thanks to active and purposeful efforts of handball public family – All-Russia
and regional federations, coaches, athletes and just lovers for handball – started to work
centers for children and youths where were trained young athletes – future champions of
world and Olympic Games. The first center of that kind was the sports school “Start” for
children and youths in Rostov-on-Don. Then similar schools were opened
in Moscow, Sverdlovsk, Leningrad, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, in the Far East.
More than 100 such centers for training young athletes were opened in Russia. The best of
them were awarded with the status of specialized sports schools of Olympic reserve. The
opening of those sports schools of Olympic reserve played a significant role in preparation
of high class athletes – the reserve of the master teams and of national teams of the
country. Young athletes in the age of 10–17 years had their sports training in those schools
using special programs. To the moment of appear at the international arena the Russian
handball players had got sufficient sports potential and could be able to equally withstand
to club and national teams of the countries where handball 7players form started its
development much earlier

Medal record
Olympic Games

Gold 2000 Sydney

Bronze 2004 Athens
World Championship

Gold 1993 Sweden

Gold 1997 Japan
Silver 1999 Egypt
European Championship

Gold 1996 Spain

Silver 1994 Portugal
Silver 2000 Croatia
Important players

Mikkel Hansen

Born 22 October 1987 is a Danish handball player for Paris

Saint-Germain and the Danish national team
Often considered as the best in the world, and
regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time.

Career
He was voted as the IHF World Player of the Year in
2011 ,2015 and 2018 by the International Handball
Federation.
He joined FC Barcelona Handbol in June 2008. He
previously played for Danish Handball League club GOG,
with whom he won the Danish championship in 2007. On 2
June 2010 he returned to Denmark, to play for AG
København, after 2 years of playing in Spain.
Mikkel Hansen is an Olympic Champion, a World Champion, and European Champion with
the Danish national team, winning the 2016 title in Rio de Janeiro, the 2019
title in Denmark, and 2012 title in Serbia. He was also selected into the All-Star team of the
tournament as the best left back. In 2011 he was a part of the Danish team that finished
second in the World Championships in Sweden. He was the tournament's overall top goal
scorer.
In 2019, he lead Denmark to their first ever World Championships win. He became the
topscorer and MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the tournament. Later same year he was
named the best in the world for the third time of his career
 Stine Bredal Oftedal

Born 25 September 1991. Is a

Norwegian handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and
the Norwegian national team, where she is the team
captain

She hails from Nittedal and started her career in Nit/Hak

HK. She then continued to Fjellhammer IL before
continuing to Helset IF. Helset is a feeder team
for Stabæk Håndball, and so she has played for Stabæk
since the 2008–09 season while still being registered in
Helset

Individual awards

 All-Star Left Wing of the U18 European Open: 2008

 All-Star Centre Back of the Junior World Championship: 2010
 All-Star Centre Back of Postenligaen: 2010/2011
 French Championship MVP: 2014
 All-Star Centre Back of the World Championship: 2015
 French Championship Best Playmaker: 2014, 2016
 Most Valuable Player of the World Championship: 2017
 All-Star Centre Back of the European Championship: 2018

Joan Cañellas Reixach

born 30 September 1986. Is a Spanish handball player

for SC Pick Szeged and the Spanish national team

Cañellas scored 50 goals for Spain at the 2014 European

Championship in Denmark. He was the tournament's top
scorer

Clubs
BM Granollers (ESP) 2004-2005
FC Barcelona-Cifec (ESP) 2005-2008
BM Ciudad Real (ESP) 2009-2010
Renovalia Ciudad Real (ESP) 2010-2011
BM Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2011-2013
HSV Hamburg (GER) 2013-2014
THW Kiel (GER) 2014-2016
HC Vardar (MKD) 2016-2018
MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) 2018-2019
MOST IMPORTANT TEAM IN SPAIN

Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol

Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol, for sponsorship reasons FC Barcelona Lassa, is a

Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi
sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in
the Liga ASOBAL and in the European Champions League. It is the most successful
handball club in Spain and Europe with a record number of domestic and international titles

History

The handball section of Futbol Club Barcelona was founded on 29 November 1942 during
the presidency of Enrique Piñeyro. In the beginning handball was played with eleven
players per team and did not have a specialized field to play. They used football fields until
the late 50's, when they started to play, as in actual games, with seven players and a
covered field.
In the early stages, competitions were dominated by other teams like Atlético de
Madrid and Granollers, breaking their domination few times. Things changed radically with
the arrival of one of the best coaches in handball history, Valero Rivera. With him, the team
became virtually unbeatable in Spain and in Europe, winning a record of 62 trophies under
his rule, including 5 consecutive European Cups.
In the summer of 2013, the Barça handball team, conducted by the head coach Xavi
Pascual, won the Super Globe trophy, the only trophy that was still missing from the clubs
trophy cabinet.
FC Barcelona’s handball team closed out the 2013/14 Liga Asobal with a record-breaking
winning run. Barça made history this season when they completed their Liga Asobal
without dropping any points from all 30 match days.
FC Barcelona successfully defended its IHF Super Globe title in 2014, marking the first
time a team has won back-to-back titles since the most prestigious club handball event has
been hosted annually in the Qatari capital Doha.
Again, FC Barcelona handball team ended the 2014/2015 Liga Asobal season unbeaten for
the second consecutive year.
FC Barcelona handball team won the seven titles disputed the 2014/2015 season,
something which had not happened since the 1999/2000 season with Valero Rivera's
Dream Team.
In 2017 FC Barcelona handball was again champion of the IHF’s Super Globe after beating
the German team Füchse Berlin.
In 2018 won again four Super Globe trophy. In a repeat of last year the team of head coach
Xavi Pascual won the IHF Super Globe Final against Füchse Berlin, this time by a five-goal
difference,29:24
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