Handball is a team sport

Team sport

A team sport includes any sport which involves players working together towards a shared objective. A team sport is an activity in which a group of individuals, on the same team, work together to accomplish an ultimate goal which is usually to win. This can be done in a number of ways such as...

 in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team with the most goals scored wins.

Modern handball is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball

Field handball

Field handball was the original form of what is now team handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....

 and Czech handball

Czech handball

Czech handball is an outdoor ball game which was created in 1905 in Prague and up to this date is played. This sport is very similar to the Team handball.- History :...

 (which were more common in the past) and beach handball

Beach handball

Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to team handball, but is not played in a sports hall but on sand instead...

 (also called sandball).