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What Are Rules of Team Handball?

Diagram of a handball court viewed from above, showing labeled field dimensions and features such as the 40 meter by 20 meter playing area, goalposts, nets, center line, coaching zones, substitution lines, 6-meter goal-area lines, 7-meter penalty marks, 9-meter free-throw lines, and goalkeeper's restraining lines.

Diagram of an Olympic handball court showing labeled dimensions and markings, including a length of 131.23 feet (40 meters), width of 65.62 feet (20 meters), goal areas, free throw lines, penalty marks, goalkeeper's restraining lines, and center line.

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What Are Rules of Team Handball?

What Are Rules of Team Handball?

An overview of team handball.

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Team handball is a sport played between two teams of seven players.

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Diagram of a handball court viewed from above, showing labeled field dimensions and features such as the 40 meter by 20 meter playing area, goalposts, nets, center line, coaching zones, substitution lines, 6-meter goal-area lines, 7-meter penalty marks, 9-meter free-throw lines, and goalkeeper's restraining lines.

Handball court

A labeled diagram of a handball court.

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Diagram of an Olympic handball court showing labeled dimensions and markings, including a length of 131.23 feet (40 meters), width of 65.62 feet (20 meters), goal areas, free throw lines, penalty marks, goalkeeper's restraining lines, and center line.

Dimensions of a seven-man handball court

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