Czech handball

The first women's Czech handball world cup was organised in 1930.

This was the first time that Czech handball was played in England.

The netball and other ball sports' association organised the printing and publishing of the rules of Czech handball.

Some international federations preferred Czech handball, others preferred Field handball).

Thanks to Kristof, the first Czech handball association was established (in Prague) and the rules were made public in 1908.

Students from Russia and Yugoslavia, who had become acquainted with Czech handball in Prague, brought this sport back to their own countries.

Czech handball federation (cz)

Czech handball became very popular during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in WWII.

On the International level, the bookmaker sponsored the Romanian and the Czech Handball Federation.

The Civil Service Club in London was the first Czech handball club in Britain.

SSK MB played their first Czech handball match at the Ljudski vrt.

They won the Czechoslovak handball league 28 times and after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia the Czech handball league twice.

In this federation, the rules of Czech handball were made official (in those times, there was also one similar sport, Field handball in Germany.

In 1947, the International Handball Federation promoted the expansion of team handball, but no further foreign countries would adopt Czech handball.

Czech handball is first mentioned by Vaclav Karas, a teacher a Prague, in a sports journal in Brno in 1905.

Alexander Radčenko (born July 5, 1973) is a Czech handball player, currently playing for HT Tatran Prešov in the Slovak Extraliga.

Václav Straka (born May 24, 1978) is a Czech handball player, currently playing for TJ Štart Nové Zámky in the Slovak Extraliga.

Czech teachers taught Czech handball in Russian middle schools and there was a competition with 14 teams in Charkov in 1915, but efforts to expand the sport ended after the October Revolution.

Modern handball is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball and Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball (also called sandball).

Martin Lipták (born March 23, 1964) is a Czech handball coach, he currently coaches the Czech Republic national handball team and will participate at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship held in Serbia.