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Beach Handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

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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 g ...

in Britain. It has been a member of the

(IHF) since 1970 and of the

(EHF) (for IHF matters). It has 864.683 members as of 2014. Other representation at European level is under different national associations: the

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and the

Scottish Handball Association The Scottish Handball Association is the governing body for non-International Handball Federation related matters of team handball in Scotland while the British Handball Association has governance over matters relating to the International Hand ...

. This dual structure, which is shared by several others sports, reflects the conflict between the desire of the

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to organise the sport separately, and the need to have an overall body for international purposes, such as the Olympics.

History

The British Handball Association was founded in Liverpool in 1967 by four Liverpool teachers Phil Holden, Chris Powell, Jeff Rowland and Andy Smith. In 1968 the Association was accepted as a member of the

. Prior to this the IHF had recognised the Hull Handball League which existed between 1958 and 1962

British Cup

The British Cup was a knock-out competition for British Handball Clubs.

Results (Men)

Data sources: 1977-1982; 1983; 1986 & 1998; 1987, 1996, 1999 & 2000; 2005 British Handball Association; 2006 London GD; 2004 & 2007 Great Dane Handball Club ''Club Achievements''.

National Teams

Results Men (Senior)

Data Sources 1959 & 196

196

197

200

Results Men (Under 21)

References

External links

Official website

Handball blog
{{National Members of the International Handball Federation European Handball Federation, Great Britain Handball in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Lancashire Sports organizations established in 1967 Sport in the Borough of Rossendale