Olympic Committee of Russia Handball is a team playing sport. Two teams compete on the site, each of which consists of 6 field players and goalkeeper. The goal of the game is to throw the ball

Olympic Committee of Russia

Handball – team playing sport. Two teams compete on the site, each of which consists of 6 field players and goalkeeper. The goal of the game is to throw the ball with hands into the goal of rivals.

Interesting

• Goalkeeper Andrei Lavrov is the only handball player in history, which won three Olympic gold. Lavrov achieved his victories as part of three different teams: USSR (1988), United Team (1992) and Russia (2000). On his account also bronze 2004 in the Russian national team
• The Russian women's team won the World Championships 2001, 2005 and 2007, but the Olympic Games did debut only in 2008, immediately conquered silver awards
• The most titled club in the history of female Eurocups is Kyiv "Spartak". Soviet team under the leadership of the famous coach Igor Turchina won the European Champions Cup 13 times in the 1970s – 1980s
• After the return of Handball to the Olympic program in 1972 for a long time, the Olympic champions in men became only the teams of countries that were included in the so-called "Eastern Block", even after its decay (USSR, GDR, Yugoslavia, Croatia, a combined team). Only in 2008 in Beijing the team of France violated this trend
• At the Olympic Games there is a tendency that the winning female team in the next games will definitely protect their title for the first time. Two or three times in a row won the USSR national teams (1976 and 1980), Republic of Korea (1988, 1992), Denmark (1996, 2000, 2004), Norway (2008 and 2012). Only the national team of Yugoslavia could not win in 1988 after its success in 1984.
• The first Soviet women's team, who won the European Champions Cup, became the Moscow "Labor" in 1963, now wearing the name "Light"
• Evgeny Trefilov is the most titled coach of women's teams in the history of the world championships. The Russian national team under his leadership 4 times won the World Championships (2001, 2005, 2007, 2009)

Olympic Games

Handball was first included in the Olympic program in 1936 at Games in Berlin. In competitions that were held in format 11 for 11 players on the site, 6 prefabricated (Germany, Hungary, USA, Austria, Switzerland, Romania) took part. The victory won German handball players.

In 1952, at the games in Helsinki, men's handball 11 on 11 was a demonstration sport. Handball, now in 7 to 7 format, returned to the Olympic program in 1972 at the Games in Munich. In competitions, 16 male teams were attended, the champions were Yugoslav. Since 1980, 12 men's teams participate in the Olympic tournament. The USSR national teams, Yugoslavia, Croatia and France won the Olympic Games twice. On one victory in the account of the handball players of Germany, GDR, Denmark, the United Team and Russia.

Women's handball debuted at the Olympic Games in 1976 in Montreal.Soviet handball players were the first Olympic champions, who repeated their success in 1980 at games in Moscow. Since 2008, 12 women's teams participate in the Olympic tournament. Three victories at the Olympic Games on the Denmark national team, twice the teams of the USSR, the Republic of Korea and Norway won the team. One time gold won the national teams of Yugoslavia and Russia.

Russia

The widespread handball in the USSR received World War II. The option of the game 11 at 11 in the USSR was called "Handmade Ball", and 7 on 7 – handball. However, after the Handball Competitions 11 per 11 ceased to be held, the name "Manual Ball" was adopted behind the game. In 1958, the Federation of the Handheld Ball of the USSR became a member of the International Handball Federation. In the early 1960s, the Soviet prefabs debuted at the World Championships. Soviet handball players moved to world handball leaders since the beginning of the 1970s. In 1976, the Men's and women's team were conquered at the Olympic Games in Montreal. After 4 years at the games in Moscow, women won gold again, and men unexpectedly lost in the Finals of the GDR team.

The 1980s were marked by the dominance of Soviet handball in the world. Men's team won the 1982 World Championships and the 1988 Olympic Games. Women after their Olympic Success in Moscow three times in a row won the World Championships (1982, 1986, 1990). In the club handball dominated Women Kyiv "Spartak", and men are Minsk SKA.

After the collapse of the USSR at the 1992 games in Barcelona, ​​the male join team won, women took the third place.

The 1990s were noted by the success of Russian male handball. Russians won the World Cup 1993 and 1997 and the 1996 European Championship. In 2000, in Sydney, the men's handball team under the leadership of Vladimir Maksimov became the first Russian team in play sports (both summer and winter), which won the Olympic Games. In 2004, in Athens, the men's team of Russia won bronze awards.

In the 2000s it was time for the success of the women's team. The team under the direction of Evgenia Trefilova ran at the World Championships 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2009. In 2008, the women's national team of Russia for the first time managed to break into the Olympic Games and took the second place by giving way in the Norwells Finals. 8 years later, at the Olympic Games in Rio, the national team under the leadership of Trefilov became the first women's team of Russia, who won the Olympic gold in sports sports.

Handball – team playing sport. Two teams compete on the site, each of which consists of 6 field players and goalkeeper. The goal of the game is to throw the ball with hands into the goal of rivals. Direct contact between players of rival commands is allowed. Competitions among men and women are held separately.

Gate size: two meters in height and three meters wide. The size of the site: 40 meters in length and 20 meters in width. Men play with a ball with a diameter of 58-60 cm and weighing 425-475 gr.Women play with a diameter of 54-56 cm and weighing 325-375 gr. Field players are forbidden to intercelace for the 6-meter line near their own and other people's gates (in the jump, field players can cross this line).

Photo – Russian Handball Federation

Match in handball (for all teams since the age of 16) lasts two half for 30 minutes each. During the match, each team can take three minute timeouts (no more than two per time). The match serves two arbiters who have equal status.

In the 1930s – 1960s, along with handball, in which 7 people can be on the site from each team, handball was spread in format 11 per 11 people. In this type of handball, the World Championships were held (the last men's world championship was held in 1966). But with the inclusion of Handball 7 to 7 in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games Program, the development of Handball 11 to 11 sued, currently no competitions on it are not conducted.

Photo – Russian Handball Federation

Games similar to Handball, mentioned since ancient times. The origin of modern handball occurred in the north of Europe: in Scandinavian countries and northern Germany. The first rules of handball were published in Copenhagen in 1906. The rules close to modern, first appeared in Germany in 1917. The first international matches according to these rules were played in 1925 (Men's German national teams of Belgium) and 1930 (female national teams in Germany and Austria).

The International Handball Federation (IMF) was established in 1946. President IFF since 2000 is the Egyptian Hassan Mustafa. As of 2017, the IGF includes 198 national federations.

Photo – Russian Handball Federation

The world championship among men's teams was held for the first time in 1938 in Germany, 4 national teams (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Austria) took part in it. After World War II, the next world championship was played only in 1954 in Sweden. Initially, the World Championship was held every 3-4 years, but since 1995 it takes place every two years in odd years. Men's world championships are traditionally held at the beginning of the year. The most titled teams on the men's world championships are French national teams (6 victories, including 4 victories for the last 5 tournaments), Sweden (4 victories) and Romania (4 victories). Currently, 24 teams participate in the final stages of the world championships. Most often, the World Championships took Germany and Sweden.

The first World Championship among women's teams was held in 1957 in Yugoslavia, 9 national teams took part in it. Since 1993, tournaments have been passing every two years in odd years. The women's world championships traditionally take place at the end of the year. The most titled team is the Russian national team, whose account has 4 gold medals. The USSR national team won three times, also three victories in the assets of Norway and GDRs. Like men, 24 teams participate in the final stages of the world championships.