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Ukraine, torball in Germany and local versions in Ireland and Uruguay.
Contemporary handball was formed at the end of the 19th century in northern
Europe, mainly in Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Dane Holger Nielsen
wrote the first rules and rules of modern handball (håndbold) in 1898 (he
published them in 1906) - among others 3 seconds to hold the ball or ban on
running with the ball. Another set of rules of the game was published on October
29, 1917 by Max Heiser. In his assumption it was supposed to be a game for
women, more friendly for them than the newly created "male" football.
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This date is taken for the birth of handball. In 1919, the rules of the game were
developed by Carl Schelenza, who introduced rules that would make this
discipline more attractive for men. The first inter-state match was played on
September 13, 1925 in Halle: Germany - Austria 6: 3. During the Olympic Games
in Amsterdam in 1928, the first International Federation of Amateur Handball
(IAHF) was established. The first world championships of men's teams 7- (the so-
called Danish version) and 11-person (the so-called German version) were played
in 1938 in Germany. In both categories, the hosts won. The women's world
championship has been played since 1957. For several years, both forms of
handball existed side by side, but the game with the participation of 11 players
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