The Spanish

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 ...

league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the Liga ASOBAL. In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away. The Spanish league teams compete in

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under the

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, most notably in the EHF Champions League. The teams also compete in a domestic cup competition each year, called the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. The winners of the Liga ASOBAL play the winners of the Copa del Rey in the

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the win ...

(Super Cup).

Current hierarchical divisional breakdowns

* División de Honor (16 teams) * División de Plata (16 teams) * List of handball clubs in Spain For a list of teams, see List of handball clubs in Spain The

Spain men's national handball team The Spain national handball team is governed by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Spain is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won two IHF World Men's Handball Championship, World Championship ...

represents the whole country, who has won two World Championships.

Current female hierarchical divisional breakdowns

* División de Honor Femenina (14 teams) For a list of teams, see List of handball clubs in Spain The Spain national women's handball team represents the whole country.

Others Competitions

* Copa del Rey de Balonmano *

Copa de la Reina de Balonmano The Copa de la Reina de Balonmano (English: Queen's Cup of Handball) is an annual cup for Spanish women's handball clubs organized by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation '' , abbrev= RFEBM , logo=Spain handball.png , logosize= 150px , countryfla ...

Copa ASOBAL The Copa ASOBAL is an annual cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL season. Season by season Titles by team External ...

External links

Liga ASOBAL Official WebsiteDivisión de Honor Femenina Official WebsiteRoyal Spanish Handball Federation Official WebsiteSpanish Handball "balonmano" CommunityDocument for handball trainers
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