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Rules: 1936 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics Munich 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal

Men's field handball was played at the 1936 Olympics, then indoor handball grew in Scandinavia. Team handball was played at the 1972 Olympics, and women's team handball was added in 1976. Eastern European countries that refined the sport became dominant when it was reintroduced due to its popularity in the region. The International Handball Federation has organized men's and women's world championships since the 1930s/40s, and now has 166 member federations with around 19 million players.

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Rules: 1936 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics Munich 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal

Men's field handball was played at the 1936 Olympics, then indoor handball grew in Scandinavia. Team handball was played at the 1972 Olympics, and women's team handball was added in 1976. Eastern European countries that refined the sport became dominant when it was reintroduced due to its popularity in the region. The International Handball Federation has organized men's and women's world championships since the 1930s/40s, and now has 166 member federations with around 19 million players.

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Men's field handball was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

During the next several


decades, indoor handball flourished and evolved in the Scandinavian countries. The sport re-
emerged onto the world stage as team handball for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Women's
team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Due to its popularity in the
region, the Eastern European countries that refined the event became the dominant force in the
sport when it was reintroduced.
The International Handball Federation organised the men's world championship in 1938 and every
four (sometimes three) years from World War II to 1995. Since the 1995 world championship in
Iceland, the competition has been held every two years. The women's world championship has been
held since 1957. The IHF also organizes women's and men's junior world championships. By July
2009, the IHF listed 166 member federations - approximately 795,000 teams and 19 million players.

Rules[edit]
The rules are laid out in the IHF's set of rules.[7]

Summary

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