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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.

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