Hand me the ball!

There are different variants of handball the field handball, Czech handball and beach handball or known as sandball. For now modern handball is usually played indoors. This game is quite similar to indoor soccer, two teams of seven players including the goalkeeper take the field and attempt to score points by putting the game ball into the goal using their hands. At London 2012, both the men’s and women’s Handball competitions will begin with a preliminary phase, the 12 teams in each event will be divided into two groups of six, and each team will play every other team in their group. The four best teams in each group will qualify for the knockout phase, with the winners of the semi-finals eventually going head-to-head for the gold. The venue will be held at the Handball Arena at the Olympic Park.