IHF Handball Challenge was a series of professional

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simulation video games developed by German studio Neutron Games from 2011 to 2014.

IHF Handball Challenge 12

IHF Handball Challenge 12 was the first PC

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ever devoted to handball (excluding management game Handball Manager and the arcade game Heavy Smash/Hyper Handball). Developed by Neutron Games for PC, it was released on October 28, 2011. On February 3, 2011, Neutron Games announced that the game would be sponsored by the International Handball Federation, so that all national teams are included in the game. The game also included the World Men's Handball Championship.

League

* –

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* – Liga ASOBAL * Rest Of The World * National Teams

IHF Handball Challenge 14

IHF Handball Challenge 14 was the second

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developed by Neutron Games, and released for the

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, Windows,

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. It included all 120 teams from the 2013-2014 season.

Current state of IHF Handball Challenge

This series has been abandoned by

, and has been completely replaced by the

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series by

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, a subsidiary of

References

* {{moby game, id=-group/ihf-handball-challenge-series, name=''Handball challenge'' series

External links

Official website
Sports video games PlayStation 3 games Video games developed in Germany Windows games Windows-only games Xbox 360 games International Handball Federation Handball culture Video game franchises Video game franchises introduced in 2011