Title: Handball
Content: onto the world stage as team handball for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Due to its popularity in the region, the Eastern European countries that refined the event became the dominant force in the sport when it was reintroduced. The International Handball Federation organised the men's world championship in 1938 and every four (sometimes three) years from World War II to 1995. Since the 1995 world championship in Iceland, the competition has been held every two years. The women's world championship has been held since 1957. The

Title: Handball
Content: game was codified at the end of the 19th century in Denmark. The modern set of rules was published in 1917 in Germany, and had several revisions since. The first international games were played under these rules for men in 1925 and for women in 1930. Men's handball was first played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as outdoors, and the next time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich as indoors, and has been an Olympic sport since. Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The International Handball Federation was formed in 1946 and, ,

Title: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Content: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics included a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. From the quarter final stage onwards, the women's event moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the Helliniko Olympic Complex, with the men joining them there for their semi-finals and final. The men's Handball event first made an appearance, played outside, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany but did not then re-appear until the Games returned to Germany

Title: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Content: were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women and twelve men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia). A total of 230"(*)" handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations – women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. On July 26, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's

Title: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Content: for the Munich Olympics in 1972 since when it has been ever present. The women's game debuted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics and again has been ever present since. The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups. Group A: Group B: The women's event involved ten teams split in two groups. Group A: Group B: When all teams within a group have played each other in both men's and women's competitions the top four from each group will progress into their respective quarter finals. Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball at the

Question: In what year was indoor handball introduced as an Olympic event for men?
Answer: 1972