It is not particularly important. There are far more popular sports, ones which are of particular interest and importance to people. Soccer is popular across all of Europe, as are many sports, and many individual countries have their own national sports that are of great interest within those countries. Handball is a minority sport.
handball is the national sport of Ireland
Handball is ONE of the national sports of Ireland, but that is GAA or Gaelic handball. Team handball is virtually unknown in Ireland.
Football(Soccer)/Rugby/Handball/Basketball/Cycling and many more :)
socceris the most popular sport worldwide, in the united states it would be football.
in australia, no, worldwide though im not shore
It was the ancestor of the modern handball what is played in sports halls. Field handball was played on a sports field, like football (soccer). It was olympic in 1936. But with the time hall handball got more and more popular and in 1972 this type of handball got olympic. In 1966 was the last world chamionship in field handball.
World-wide rugby is more popular in terms of number of players and fan bases.
Track and Cross Country are by far more popular then Rugby.
rugby union is the world cup, the six nations, the european nations cup... rugby union is what people know as rugby. all other forms of rugby are not as popular.
Rugby Union players. They are better publicised on the world stage. They gain more money from sponsorship deals. Rugby Union is a more popular sport so people are more willing to pay to see them.
Australian Rugby League is most likely to be more popular because soccer is the main sport of england.
Rugby League
Both are very Popular. But Worldwide Facebook is Defiantly more Popular!
Rugby League is very popular in Australia, drawing huge attendances for games, however, world wide Rugy Union is generally the preffered sport.