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2007 World Men's Handball Championship

It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts.

2008 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 13th American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2008, was the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America, held from June 24 to June 28, 2008 in São Carlos, Brazil.

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.

Akademisk Boldklub

Other famous footballers from the AB history include Knud Lundberg, who represented the Danish national team in not one, but three sports (basketball, handball and football), and Karl Aage Hansen, who scored 17 goals in 22 matches for the national team.

Alexandra Lacrabère

Alexandra Lacrabère (born 27 April 1987) is a French handball player, who has played for the French national team.

Alfred Kałuziński

Alfred Józef Kałuziński (December 21, 1952 in Kraków – September 4, 1997 in Klimkówka near Gorlice) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Allmänna Idrottsklubben

The club's achievements include Swedish championship titles in a slew of sports: football, ice hockey, bandy, handball, floorball, bowling, badminton, athletics and many other sports as well as Wimbledon championships and French Open in tennis (through Sven Davidson, Lennart Bergelin and Ulf Schmidt).

Anna Kawamura

Anna Kawamura (born 26 October 1991) is a South Korean handball player for Tokai University and the Japanese Republic national team.

Antonio Bordon

Antonio Bordon is a Paraguayan handball coach of the Paraguayan national team.

Antonio García Robledo

Antonio García Robledo (born 6 March 1984) is a Spanish handball player for Paris Handball and the Spanish national team.

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.

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.

Bjarni Fritzson

Bjarni Fritzson (born 12 September 1980) is an Icelandic handball player who in 2008 played for Saint-Raphaël, Var handball in France.

Bjørg Andersen

Bjørg Andersen (born 1942) is a Norwegian handball player, who played for the clubs Skjeberg IF, Østsiden IL and Lisleby FK.

Cape Coast Sports Stadium

The stadium features a 300 car parking capacity, two basketball fields, a handball court and tennis court, and an indoor facility that can be used for any indoor games.

Celestin Mpoua

Celestin Mpoua is a Congolese handball coach of the DR Congo national team.

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.

Darko Martinović

Darko Martinović (born September 18, 1982 in Mostar) is a Bosnian professional handballer, playing as right back.

Doina Furcoi

Doina Furcoi Solomonov (born September 4, 1945 in Miloșești, Ialomiţa County) is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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.

Frank von Behren

Frank von Behren (born 28 September 1976 in Hille) is a retired German team handball player.

Frauen SHV-Cup

The Frauen SHV-Cup is an annual single-elimination tournament for Swiss women's handball clubs organized by the Swiss Handball Federation (SHV).

Horst Jankhöfer

Horst Jankhöfer (born January 26, 1942 in Sandersdorf, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Isabelle Wendling

Isabelle Wendling (born 30 January 1971 in Boulay-Moselle) is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion French national team.

Julija Portjanko

Julija Portjanko, (Macedonian: Јулија Портјанко) also Julija Nikolić (Јулија Николиќ) (born 20 April 1983) is a Macedonian handball player.

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.

Marco Oneto

Marco Antonio Oneto Zúñiga (born June 3, 1982 in Viña del Mar, Chile) is a professional handball player, and a captain of Chilean handball team.

Mateo Garralda

Mateo Garralda Larumbe (born December 1, 1969 in Burlada) is a retired Spanish handball player and the current head coach of BM Guadalajara in the Spanish Liga ASOBAL.

Morten Stig Christensen

Morten Stig Christensen (born December 27, 1958 in Amager) is a former Danish handball player.

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).

Orosházi FKSE

Orosházi Férfi Kézilabda Sportegyesület is a Hungarian handball club from Orosháza, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary.

Osaki Osol

Osaki OSOL is a men's Handball club based in Miyoshi, Saitama, Japan.

PEPS

For the 1976 Summer Olympics, it hosted four women and seven men's team handball competitions.

Pinki Hall

Opened on October 21, 1974, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Zemun being liberated from the Nazis and their puppet state Independent State of Croatia, the hall has hosted various basketball, handball, and volleyball teams.

PLER KC

Pestszentlőrinc-Elektromos-Rév Kézilabda Club was a Hungarian team handball club from Pestszentlőrinc, Budapest.

Romsås IL

It was founded in 1972, and the club has sections for football, handball, floorball, orienteering, aerobic and artistic gymnastics

Rune Johansson

Rune Arnold Georg Johansson (August 23, 1920 – December 30, 1998) was a Swedish sportsperson who played bandy, football, handball, ice hockey, and competed in track and field.

Sato Shiroishi

Sato Shiroishi (born 2 December 1992) is a South Korean handball player for Tokyo Women's College and the Japanese Republic national team.

SD Željezničar

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

Tatiana Dronina

Tatiana Dronina is a Russian team handball player, playing for the club Zvezda Zvenigorod and for the Russian women's national handball team.

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.

Váci NKSE

Váci Női Kézilabda Sportegyesület are a Hungarian women's handball club from Vác, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland

Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (born 9 October 1972 in Voiron, Isère) is a French former handballer who played for the French national team.

Vitaly Krokhin

Vitaly Krokhin (born 19 August 1947) is a Russian handball coach for the Russian women's national team.

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.

Zoltán Bergendi

Zoltán Bergendi (born 21 March 1969 in Šaľa) is a Hungarian-Slovak former handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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.


see also

Íþróttarhúsið á Torfnesi

It is the homecourt to KFÍ (Basketball), Hörður (Team Handball) and Skellur (Volleyball) but also hosts several other events every year.

Maricel

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

RK Bosna Sarajevo

RK Bosna Sarajevo is a team handball club based in Centar Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, the capital of Bosnia.

Sørlie

Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (born 1978), Norwegian team handball player, world champion and Olympic gold medallist

Stefan Lövgren

He is a former member of the IHF Athletes Commission, and is one of the most respected players in team handball (with, among others, Nikola Karabatić citing him as a role model both as a person, player and captain).

Szűcs

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

Vivaldo Eduardo

Vivaldo is the spouse of Angolan team handball star player Marcelina Kiala.