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unusual facts about Handball


EnBW

EnBW is also name- and main sponsor of Volleyball-Bundesliga-club EnBW TV Rottenburg and Beko Basketball-Bundesliga-club EnBW Ludwigsburg and main sponsor of Toyota Handball Bundesliga-club Frisch Auf Göppingen.


1960–61 FA Cup

United had the ball in the net through Derek Pace in the first game and although the player insisted that it hit his shoulder, the referee disallowed for handball.

2006 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2006 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the 11th Asian Championship, which was taking place from July 1 to July 5, 2006 in Guangzhou, China.

2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships

The whole event was located in the stadium Eulachhalle, originally the home stadium of the handball club Pfadi Winterthur.

2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship

Irate Louth fans pursued the referee around the pitch at the final whistle, bottles were hurled from the stand and the mayhem was compared to soccer player Thierry Henry's handball that cheated the Irish soccer team of their place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup the previous November.

2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2010 American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2010, was the 14th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America.

2013 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup

The 2013 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup (29th edition), was an international handball tournament held in Hammamet, Tunisia from April 18 to 27 2013.

2014 African Men's Handball Championship

The 2014 African Men's Handball Championship was held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014.

2014 African Women's Handball Championship

The 2014 African Women's Handball Championship was held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014.

Arab League

other Competitions include the Arab Basketball Federation with annual competitions, Sport Federations also exist for 43 games, include the Volley, Handball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Squash and Swimming.

Arason

Kristján Arason, former member of Icelandic national handball team

Association Sportive d'Hammamet H.C.

Association Sportive d'Hammamet H.C (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية بالحمامات ) is a Tunisian handball team based in Hammamet, that plays in Tunisian Professional Handball League.

Christian Holter

He has a relationship with retired handball player Janne Tuven.

Christina Bauer

She was born in Bergen, Norway during a Christmas holiday to a French father, Jean-Luc Bauer, a professional volleyball player, and a Norwegian mother, Tone Bauer, a handball player who played several years in France.

Copper Box

Previously known as the Handball Arena, it was renamed because, aside from handball, it hosted modern pentathlon (fencing) during the Olympics and was the goalball venue for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Coventry handball club

Following a sponsorship deal with Decathlon Group, the club has quickly grown, supporting the creation of Coventry University Handball Club and attracting players from across both the Midlands region and the world.

DeWitt Clinton Park

In 2005, ENK International Trade Events applied to erect a tent for two weeks in September over the handball and basketball courts in exchange for some minor repairs to the park facilities for a Fashion week event.

Do-hun

Park Do-Hun (born 1964), South Korean former handball player

Forever the Moment

South Korea won the silver medal in women's handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, following a close game against Denmark which was decided by a penalty shootout.

Frank Rost

He comes from a sporting family background; his father Peter won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in handball, and his mother Christina, also a handball player, won the silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 1980 Games.

Glossary of Australian rules football

It was pioneered by Kevin Sheedy and is now the most common handball technique in modern football.

Haldun Alagaş Sports Hall

It is in usage of sport teams such as Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Men's Volleyball and Men's Handball Teams and Tekelspor basketball team.

Handball at the South American Games

In addition to crowning the handball champions of the South American Games, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Pan American Games.

HC Bosna Visoko

In the first round of EHF Cup Bosna played against handball club Sutjeska from Nikšić, and passed after playing draw match in Nikšić, and scored win in Visoko.

Holly Lam-Moores

Born in Burnley, Lancashire, Lam-Moores started playing handball aged 12 at Alder Grange High School in Rawtenstall after it had been introduced by coach Bill Baillie.

Libor Sovadina

Libor Sovadina (born 2 November 1964 in Náchod) is a Czech former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Lino Červar

Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950 in Delići near Vrsar) is a Croatian-Macedonian handball coach who is currently coaching the Macedonian handball team RK Metalurg Skopje and a politician, and former member of the Croatian Parliament.

Maksimov

Vladimir Maksimov (born 1945), former Soviet/Russian handball player

Marcelina Kiala

She is the sister of fellow Angolan women's handball player, Luisa Kiala and the wife of Angolan handball coach Vivaldo Eduardo.

Maricel

Maricel Voinea (born 1959), a Romanian team handball player and coach

Memić

Muhammed Memić (born 1960), Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics

Mike Gorman

He has called the NCAA basketball tournament on CBS; tennis at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics with Bud Collins on NBC; the NBA Playoffs on TBS and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Muamer Vugdalič

Born to Sabahudin Vugdalić, former handball goalie and current sports commentator on Televizija OBN, Muamer's early years of his career were associated with Olimpija Ljubljana.

Muhamed Toromanović

Muhamed Toromanović (born April 9, 1984 in Cazin) is a Bosnian handballer who currently plays for Wisła Płock in Poland and the Bosnia national handball team.

Nair Almeida

Nair Filipe Pires de Almeida (born January 23rd, 1984 in Catumbela), Benguela province, is an Angolan handball player who began her career in a small handball team called Escola de Andebol da Restinga, do Lobito (EARL).

Nikola Karabatić

Nikola's father Branko Karabatić is originally from Vrsine, a village between Trogir and Marina (maritime Croatia), and was also a professional handball player.

Pobjeda

Each day, half of its pages are devoted to football (National team of Montenegro, Montenegrin League and international leagues), whereas the rest deal with, in order of importance, basketball, volleyball, waterpolo, handball etc.

SD Željezničar

Rukometni klub (eng. Handball club) Željezničar was the most successful Bosnian handball club in former Yugoslavia, alongside RK Borac Banja Luka.

Søren Colding

Colding has been the general director for handball club AG København but left the club on 30 July 2012, just one day before the club filed for bankruptcy.

Szilvia Ábrahám

She stayed five years by the red and blues, where she worked together among others with legendary Hungarian handball coach Lajos Mocsai.

Szűcs

Gabriella Szűcs (born 1984), Romanian-born Hungarian team handball player

Tomás González

Víctor Tomás (Victor Tomás González, born 1985), Spanish handball player

Tomas Svensson

Tomas Runar Svensson (born February 15, 1968 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland) is a Swedish retired handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeper coach for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

Travis Varcoe

Varcoe played a critical role in delivering a handball to Paul Chapman late in the game which resulted in a brilliant Chapman goal giving Geelong a six point lead.

Veszprém stabbing

Cozma and other members of the KC Veszprém handball team (including Croat goalkeeper Ivan Pešić and Serb playmaker Žarko Šešum) arrived at the two-storey bar at around 12:30 a.m. to celebrate the birth of teammate Gergő Iváncsik's son and the birthday of teammate Nikola Eklemović.

Viktória Mohácsi

After the murder of handball player Marian Cozma by Roma men (see Veszprém stabbing) she commented on TV that "he must have provoked them".

Wolfgang Lakenmacher

Wolfgang Lakenmacher (born October 8, 1943 in Neuenhofe, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Zdzisław Antczak

Zdzisław Antczak (born November 20, 1947 in Miłkowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Zorica

Zorica Vojinović (born 1958), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player

Zvonimir Serdarušić

Zvonimir "Noka" Serdarušić (born 2 September 1950 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former Bosnian Croat handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.


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