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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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European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, ...

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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 ...

association of

. DHB organizes team

within Germany and represents German handball internationally. The association has been a member of the

(IHF) since 1950 and the

(EHF) since 1991, just after the country's unification. The DHB headquarters are in

Presidents

Competitions

Men's Senior Competitions

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

(Division 1) *

2. Handball-Bundesliga The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany. Season It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the lea ...

(Division 2) * German Handball Cup * German Handball Super Cup

Women's Senior Competitions

* Women's Handball-Bundesliga (Division 1) * 2. Women's Handball-Bundesliga (Division 2) * Women's German Cup

External links

* European Handball Federation

Handball in Germany Sports organizations established in 1949 {{Handball-stub