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Handball (leagues & tournaments): The strongest league is the Handball-Bundesliga. The top competition is the Champions League. The World Championship is held every two years. At Munich 1972 handball returned to the Olympic programme as an indoor sport. The continental championship is the European Championship. The sand variant is beach handball. Modern indoor handball was mainly shaped in Germany. The old outdoor variant was field handball. Good to know: Germany's HBL is regarded as the strongest club league in the world. The Handball Champions League crowns Europe's best club champion. Men and women each hold their World Championships every two years. Indoor handball returned to the Olympics in Munich in 1972; the old field handball had long vanished by then. The Handball European Championship is held every two years. Spectacular trick shots (spins, 'Kempas') score double points. Scandinavia also shaped the sport early on. Until the 1960s handball was played as field handball with eleven players: now gone.
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Handball-Bundesliga
The German Handball-Bundesliga is regarded as the strongest league in the world: top players from everywhere play there.
💡 Did you know? Germany's HBL is regarded as the strongest club league in the world.
Champions League
The Champions League is the club elite; its „Final Four“ in Cologne is handball's biggest celebration.
💡 Did you know? The Handball Champions League crowns Europe's best club champion.
every two years
World and European Championships alternate, so there's a big national tournament almost every year.
💡 Did you know? Men and women each hold their World Championships every two years.
1972
At Munich 1972 handball returned to the Olympic programme as an indoor sport.
💡 Did you know? Indoor handball returned to the Olympics in Munich in 1972; the old field handball had long vanished by then.
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