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I am proposing that this page should not be the automatic result of a search for handball, as there are many equally significant things the term may refer to. For example handball and gaelic handball played on raquetball style courts, the handball in soccer etc. perhaps it would be wisest if the search "handball" was directed to the disambiguation page and the searchee could direct themselves from there?

Handball is an 'olympic' sport, known almost solely under the word handball. A handball in soccer is most often called 'hands'. I think this article should be the primary choice and propose a move back.

sumodivebomb 27/03/07

Contents 1 title 2 Rules 3 Possible history section confusion 4 More Improvement 5 disambiguation 6 Requested move 7 Bordenball 8 How we play team handball or as it is called, Borden ball. 9 handball is fast swtiching and requires energy 10 How to form a team?

[edit] title

I think the title should be simply "handball" and a notification could appear on the side saying "this article is about team hadndball/about the olympic sport. for other uses see..."

[edit] Rules

I searched and cannot find any links to handball rules. Is there a seperate wiki entry, or any external links that will take me to team handball rules? --User:Coffee and TV (20 February 2006)

Here: http://www.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/rules_english.pdf Zé da Silva 18:50, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

guys, just try it on this link... www.ihf.info it is the webpage of the International Handball federation and it will tell you everything you just want to know about handball. I am playing handball by myself and it is an awesome sport. Just read a little bit about it and you will see that it has few similarities to other sports you know but it is way faster and exciting. HAndball is recognized as the fastest indoor sport ever.

If you can't take the ball out of the oppositions' hands, is the only way to get possession of the ball through intercept of a bad pass?

Does anyone know how the game has changed over the years? What rule, regulation, equipment, uniform, strategy changes have been made? And possibly why?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.208.81.119 (talk) 03:21, 14 October 2005

Well, it seems this is going to be a rather late reply.

The most common ways to get the ball are (someone correct me if I forgot something):

• An attacking player missing the goal
• or he scores. This is the most unsatisfying way of getting the ball
• An attacking player hitting the opponents goalkeeper ( = the goalie making a save, if you're on his side =) who deflects the ball out of bounds over the goal line. Quote from the rules: A throw-in is awarded when the ball has completely crossed the side line, or when a court player on the defending team was the last one to touch the ball before it crossed his team’s outer goal line.
• or the goalkeeper/the frame of the goal deflects the ball back onto the field and a defending player picks it up
• An intercepted pass
• A pass that goes out of bounds
• Hitting the ball while the opponent is dribbling.
• A penalty

82.135.74.153 09:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Seems to cover most of them, but you forgot one: The referee can also call for passive play. There has to be a warning first, though; the referee puts up a hand to signal a passive warning (ie. that the attacking team must attempt a shot soon).

-Sesse (talk) 16:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible history section confusion

The article says:

"The first international games were played under these rules, between Germany and Belgium for men in 1925 and Germany and Austria for women in 1930."

while the German article says:

"Das erste Handball-Länderspiel fand am 13. September 1925 in Halle an der Saale zwischen Deutschland und Österreich statt." (translation: "The first international handball game took place on 13 September 1925 in Halle an der Saale between Germany and Austria.")

So, was the first international game between Germany and Austria or between Germany and Belgium, was it men or women, and in which year? (The German article doesn't reveal the gender of the players.)

- Kaare 21:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, the current version of handball (w/7 players) before the Ist World War was primarily played in Poland in 1917. A Polish soldier picked it up from his foreign inmates while being interned and then implemented the modified version (by himself) in his country. Considering the fact that most of you people don't even know where Poland is... ;) - Natalie'

[edit] More Improvement

I think that the article goes on for too long about penalties and red and yellow cards. I think while these are valuable points, they should come later in the article. Does anyone agree? - Tentacle (13 May 2006)

Actually, the current version of handball (w/7 players) before the Ist World War was primarily played in Poland in 1917. A Polish soldier picked it up from his foreign inmates while being interned and then implemented the modified version (by himself) in his country. Considering the fact that most of you people don't even know where Poland is... ;) - Natalie

[edit] disambiguation

acck. The opening line about handball redirecting here is wrong (it doesn't, you go to the disambiguation page), and the handball (disambiguation) Page goes to the handball page. I'm cleaning up the disambiguation links that should come here (or wherever), but don't want to mess with this article as I'm unsure on the decision about redirection. My thoughts would be to remove the opening line of this article, delete the handball page, or have it redirect to handball (disambiguation) so it is a nice neat disambiguation place to be. I have 300 odd links to correct yet, so it will be some time before this needs to be done. Any thoughts?LeeG 17:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

The opening line became wrong after someone moved it and forgot to adjust it. I moved it back. Please feel free to correct only links that point to a non-team-handball, that should be much less work. --Joy [shallot] 20:32, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, sadly there is quite a mixture of links and it is not obvious which type of handball they all refer to. Many (but not all) American articles refer to American handball, for example. I'm quite happy and out of trouble sorting it out for the moment!LeeG 20:53, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

It was requested that this article be renamed but there was no consensus for it be moved. --Stemonitis 11:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bordenball

There should be a section or article on bordenball, a variation on handball popular in schools. A smaller court and hockey nets are used.LK 22:06, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How we play team handball or as it is called, Borden ball.

I am a student from fairfax and at our school we play a game called team handball. But when we play, weplay more like the way it was described as borden ball. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.188.105.205 (talk) 19:15, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] handball is fast swtiching and requires energy

It can be played by men or women

[edit] How to form a team?

How many players? Not very popular. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.109.239 (talk) 14:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)