Sports Menu Web Page Team Handball Team Handball is a fast and exciting sport for men and women in which players try to score goals by throwing a ball into their opponents' goal. There is two referees officiating every game. All games are divided up into two 30-minute periods. The court is 40 meters long and 20 meters wide. A goal line runs the width of the field at each end.
Sidelines surround the playing area lengthwise.
A goal is centered lengthwise on each goal line. The goal consists of two posts that are 2 meters high and 3 meters apart. The posts are connected by a horizontal bar. A net is attached to the posts and bar. The ball is made up of a leather-covered rubber bladder.