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Blauw-Wit Neerbeek
Blauw-Wit was a handball club from Neerbeek, Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Blauw-Wit played together with its rival HV Caesar in sports hall De Haamen. The men's team of Blauw-Wit won three NHV Eredivisie, national titles, two times the NHV Cup, national cup and one time the NHV Super Cup, Super Cup. In 1998, Blauw-Wit merged with Caesar and became Beekse Fusie Club, Beeker Fusie Club. History Blauw-Wit was founded in April 1957 in Neerbeek. In the fifties and sixties, the club led a fairly quiet existence, although the number of members of both the men's and women's teams grew steadily. In 1978, the men's team promoted to the NHV Eredivisie, Eredivisie. The team managed to win the national title in 1980 and 1981, at the expense of renowned teams such as HV Sittardia, Sittardia and Hermes Den Haag, Hermes. From that moment on, the club played at the highest national handball level. In 1981, Léon Frissen, Leon Frissen became the club's president, succeeding Pim Vrancken, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted for the def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
