Handball in Serbia was first played during the Interwar period. Originally, it was played in the form of Czech handball and

field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field) between l ...

, forerunners to the modern sport of handball. From 1958, modern handball took primacy over other forms of the game. In November 1948 the first Belgrade handball championship took place. The

Handball Federation of Yugoslavia The Handball Federation of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Rukometni Savez Jugoslavije, Рукометни Савез Југославије; sl, Rokometna zveza Jugoslavije; mk, Ракометен Сојуз на Југославија) was the gove ...

was formed in 1949. From 1953, the Yugoslav championship for men and women began. From 1955, the Yugoslavia national cup began.''www.jagodina.autentik.net''
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History of handball

History of handball in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

has not been sufficiently researched. There are data from official publications, as well as data from some other publications, whose authors are predominantly from the western parts of the former

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. There are encountered in the data that suggest that the handball was played in Serbia after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. According to these data, the initiative for the development of handball in Serbia, was transcribed to instructors from Board for Handball Gymnastics Association of

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. In

Youth Work Actions Youth work actions (Serbo-Croatian: ''Omladinske radne akcije'', often abbreviated to ''ORA'', Slovenian: ''Mladinske delovne akcije'') were organized voluntary labor activities of young people in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The ...

(Samac - Sarajevo 1947. year) instructors were running a school for "training" fitness instructors, including instructor for a handball game. In each of the 10 sections along the vast construction site was one handball instructor. In the year of 1948. during the work on the youth line Kučevo - Bodrica, was formed handball company, within the sports brigade, whose manager was Vojislav Vojnovic. With participation in the company of handball, instructors were got the "legitimacy" to after return in their own community, they were now able to work on establishing the handball section at their local gyms and gymnastic societies. Later these instructors are throughout Serbia, were founded the first handball clubs and teams in the country.''Миладин Илић - Мајстор''; РУКОМЕТ 1949-1999; ''Пеликан принт, Ниш 2000. године'' The credit for the development of

sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

in Serbia, Yugoslavia, later, to a certain degree belong to students who have gained their knowledge abroad. They are after arrival in their homeland, brought with them foreign local culture, features, and sports. Czech handball than later

was found its way in

over

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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and

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

. Sports were continues to spread across the school organization, school physical education and other ways.

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{{Handball League of Serbia

History of handball

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