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Field Handball

Field handball is the historical outdoor form of handball on a large field, including documented 11v11 Olympic competition in 1936. Current active handball entries are handled through handball, beach handball or related modern variants.

LevelHistorical FamilyHandball Family CategoryBall sport

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Classification

Category Ball sport

Family Handball Family

Level Historical

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Historical outdoor handball on a large field.

Geeignet für Suitable for research, handball history or supervised specialist events.

Cost Low to medium, but practically only for historical reconstruction or specialist events. Field, goals, ball, teams, historical rules and organisation. Handball history, club event, museum/archive or specialist tournament. Choose modern handball for active entry; field handball is handled historically.

First progress Research immediately; practical reconstruction only with organisation.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

large field
goals
handball
two teams
historical rules

First steps

read handball history
check 1936 Olympic context
choose modern handball for entry
reconstruct only with supervision

Handball club with history project, IHF/Olympic archive or museum/school sport project.

Clarify contact, field and historical rule interpretation before any specialist game.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Feldhandball, Field Handball

Tags historical, team, outdoor, historisch, field-handball, handball, feldhandball, ball-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Historically: score more goals on a large field than the opposition.

Teilnehmer

Historically large teams, including 11v11 in the 1936 Olympic context.

Teamgröße

Historically 11v11; details source-dependent.

Spielfeld

Large outdoor field, roughly football-pitch scale.

Dauer

Historical/event-dependent.

Wertung

Goals.

Gewinnbedingung

More goals after match time.

Ausrüstung

handball
goals
large field

Wichtige Regelpunkte

unchecked rule interpretation
too much contact
unclear field/goal-area rules

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

International Handball Federation (IHF)
International Handball Federation (IHF)

Handball tournaments at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games International Handball Federation archive · official · high
Handball International Olympic Committee · official · medium
Berlin 1936 Handball results International Olympic Committee · official · medium