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Federação Angolana De Andebol
The Angolan Handball Federation (''Federação Angolana de Andebol'' or simply FAAND) is the governing body of official handball competitions in Angola. FAAND was founded on May 20, 1974, still in the heat of the anti-colonial struggle, when a group of nationalists decided to establish the federation. On May 20, every year, the National Handball Day is celebrated, to mark the day that for the first time, a handball tournament was organized in Angola. However, only in 1976 it officially began to operate. Mr. Francisco António de Almeida was appointed as chairman. FAB oversees the activities of the 18 provincial handball associations in the country. On an annual basis, the federation organizes the Angola Men's Handball League, men's national championship, the Angola Women's Handball League, women's championship as well as the Angola Handball Cup, Angolan Cup and Angola Handball Super Cup, Super Cup, including in the lower age categories. It also oversees the provincial championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 African Women's Handball Championship
The 1992 African Women's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Ivory Coast from 11 to 24 November 1992. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship. Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC±0).'' Group A Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Main round Group I ---- ---- Group II ---- ---- Placement games Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final Final ranking External linksResults on todor66.com {{African Handball Championship 1992 Women African Women's Handball Championship African Women's Handball Championship The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of Africa, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the African champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournam ... 1992 in African handball Women's handball in Ivor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
