Games similar to handball were played in Ancient Greece and are represented on amphorae and stone carvings. Although detailed textual reference is rare, there are numerous descriptions of ball games being played whe… See more

The rules are laid out in the IHF's set of rules, most recently published in 2015.
Two teams of seven players (six court players plus one goalkeeper) take the court and attempt to score points by putting the game ball i… See more

Players are typically referred to by the positions they are playing. The positions are always denoted from the view of the respective goalkeeper, so that a defender on the right opposes an attacker on the left. However, n… See more