Handball Trivia Quiz

Answer: 7

The game was introduced at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, as the 11-player outdoor game. When it was reintroduced at the 1972 Olympics, it was 7-player indoor game.

Answer: 20x40 m

It features 2x3m goals at each end. Each goal is surrounded by 6m goal area(26m radius arcs).

Answer: True

There is no shot clock, but if the referees think the player hasn't been trying to score, then team will lose the ball, whether after 30 seconds or 3 minutes.

Answer: 7 m

For example, if a defender fouls you while you are making a fairly certain shot at goal, then you get a 7m throw.

Answer: 5 minute suspension

After three 2 minute suspensions, players get a red card, but he is replaced with another player after 2 minutes. Simple fouls get no punishment. Yellow card is given, for example, after brutal push. Second yellow card is red card.

Answer: Sinaida Turtschina

Turtschina was 1982 and 1986 world champion in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986 European Cup winner with Spartak Kiew. Kretzschmar was world champion 1971, 1975, and 1978. She won two Olympics medals with Germany and she was European Cup winner with SC Leipzig(1974).

Answer: Magnus Wislander

Wislander is one of the best handballers in history. In 1993 and 1995 he won the bronze medal at World Championship, and 1992 Olympic silver medal. He was world handball player of the year 1990. Richardson won WC 1995 with France, and 1993 European Cup with OM Vitrolles, world handball player of the year 1995. Russian Lavrov was Olympic champion 1988, and 1992 and 1993 world champion.

Answer: South Korea

Korea was 1988 and 1992 Olympic champion (women). 1995 they won WC.

Answer: False

The surface of the playing court must consist of a layer of sand that is at least 40 cm deep. The playing area is 15m long and 12m wide. The game consists of two halves, each half lasts 10 minutes. Team consists of up to 8 players, a maximum of 4 players per team may be on the playing court.

Answer: Barcelona

Barcelona defeated Zagreb in final 1997, 1998, and 1999. Zagreb won Champions Cup 1992 and 1993.

Answer: Sweden

Russia won EC 1998. Spain won silver medals 1996 and 1998.

Answer: Denmark

Norway won 1998, Denmark took silver medal that same year. One of the best Danish players at that time was Anja Andersen, world handball player of the year 1997. Her autobiography was a best-seller in Denmark.

Answer: True

The founding fathers of field Handball were German physical education experts, who gained recognition for field Handball as a separate sport at the turn of the century, based on the games of Raffbal (snatch ball) and Koningsbergball. In October 1917, a German called Max Haiser and drew up the first set of rules for field Handball.

In 1919, Berlin sports teacher Karl Schelenz launched this form of Handball, played on full-size outdoor pitch. Later on he improved the rules. In 1938 the first field Handball WC was also played in Germany.

Answer: Architect of African Handball

Babacar Fall, a former vice president of the IHF(International Handball Federation), president of African Handball Confederation, and president of Senegal Handball Association died 1993. For nearly 30 years he was active in Handball, and his work gained recognition when three major events were awarded to Africa: the 1986 Congress in Senegal, the 1989 Junior WC in Nigeria, and 1993 Junior WC in Egypt

Answer: Croatia

Germany took silver medal, France bronze and Spain was 4th. That is a first WC title for Croatia, they won gold Olympic medal in Atlanta 1996.