Denmark men's national handball team
The Denmark men's national handball team is controlled by the Danish Handball Association and represents Denmark in international matches. They are the team with the fourth most medals won in European Championship history on the men's side behind Sweden, France and Spain, with a total of seven medals. Two of these are gold medals, one silver (2014) and four bronze medals.
2017 World Men's Handball Championship Sweden / Denmark (Group D) 16 January 2017.
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.
A handball game in progress at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.
A picture copied from an amphora shows youths playing a version of handball, c. 500 BC.
An outdoor handball court
Team timeout