Czechoslovak Women's Handball Championship
The Czechoslovak women's handball championship was the premier championship for women's team handball, handball teams in Czechoslovakia. It was created in 1950 and dissolved in 1993. In its early stages the championship was dominated by Czech teams, mostly DHC Sparta Prague, Sparta Prague in the 1950s and DHC Bohemians Prague, Bohemians Prague in the 1960s. The tables were turned after Odeva Hlohovec became the first Slovak champion in 1969, with Slovak teams winning all remaining seasons except for two titles for HK Zlín (handball), TJ Gottwaldov in the 1970s and another one for DHC Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague in 1991. The championship was highly disputed from then on, and no team won three titles in a row after Bohemians. Odeva and HK Nitra (handball), Plastika Nitra, which were the leading teams in the early 1970s with three and two championships respectively, were followed by HC Inter Bratislava, Inter Bratislava with three titles in the second half of the 1970s, ŠKP Senec, ...
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Team 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 ...
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