Club Sport Marítimo is a handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 team based in Funchal

Funchal

Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...

, Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

, and is part of the C.S. Marítimo sports club. They currently compete in the top-tier Liga Portuguesa de Andebol

Liga Portuguesa de Andebol

Liga Portuguesa de Andebol, also known as the Liga Halcon due to sponsorship, is the premier professional handball league in Portugal, consisting of 12 teams...

, after stepping up from the Divisão de Elite

Divisão de Elite

Divisão de Elite is the second handball league in Portugal. The worsts are relegated to Portuguese Handball First Division. Teams can only get to Liga Portuguesa de Andebol by candidature, because LPA is a closed league.This is the Federation premier division!...

in 2009. Before being accepted into the premier division, Marítimo was a dominant force in the Divisão de Elite, having been crowned Champions for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 season's.