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Handball is known by many names around the world: team handball, field handball, European handball, or Olympic handball. It is a team sport where two teams, each comprised of seven players (six players and a goalkeeper), pass and bounce a ball and attempt to throw it into the goal of the opposing team.

team handball at the 1988 Olympics team handball at the 1988 Olympics


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