Editing Handball (section)

==Organization==
Handball teams are usually organised as [[sports club|clubs]]. On a national level, the clubs are associated in federations which organize matches in leagues and tournaments.

===International body===
The [[International Handball Federation]] (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for international handball. Handball is an [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] sport played during the [[Handball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]].<ref name=gz2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.gz2010.cn/08/0821/16/4JSPNB190078007E.html|title=Handball The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games|date=21 August 2008|publisher=Guangzhou Asian Games|access-date=2 February 2009|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008023522/http://www.gz2010.cn/08/0821/16/4JSPNB190078007E.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The IHF organizes [[world championship]]s, held in odd-numbered years, with separate competitions for men and women.<ref name="ihf-rules-V">{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/upload/Manual/IHF_STATUTS_CHAP_05_GB.pdf|title=Regulations for IHF Competitions|date=September 2007|publisher=International Handball Federation|page=10|access-date=2 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801145505/https://archive.ihf.info/upload/Manual/IHF_STATUTS_CHAP_05_GB.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[IHF World Men's Handball Championship]] 2025 title holders are [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://competition.ihf.info/competitions/mens-world-championships/308/2019-ihf-mens-world-championship/147/news/931|title=Flawless Denmark claim first world title|date=27 January 2019}}</ref> The [[IHF World Women's Handball Championship]] 2023 title holder is France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/competitions/women/307/26th-ihf-womens-world-championship-2023-denmarknorwaysweden/128037/news/162657|title=Six talking points after a stunning 2023 IHF Women's World Championship
|date=21 December 2023}}</ref>

The IHF is composed of five continental federations: [[Asian Handball Federation]], [[African Handball Confederation]], [[Pan-American Team Handball Federation]], [[European Handball Federation]] and [[Oceania Handball Federation]]. These federations organize continental championships held every other second year. Handball is played during the [[Handball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]],<ref name="gua-2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/esp/03_deportes/deportes_origen_historia.asp?id_dep=4|title=Deportes Panamericanos – Balonmano|publisher=Guadalajara 2011|language=es|access-date=2 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204195817/http://guadalajara2011.org.mx/esp/03_deportes/deportes_origen_historia.asp?id_dep=4|archive-date=4 February 2009}}</ref> [[Handball at the All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]],<ref name="ihf-africa-07">{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=189&idart=751|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115182135/http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=189&idart=751|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2008|title=Handball at the 2007 All Africa Games in Algiers|date=20 July 2007|publisher=International Handball Federation|access-date=2 February 2009}}</ref> and [[Handball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]].<ref name=gz2010 /> It is also played at the [[Handball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]. In addition to continental competitions between national teams, the federations arrange international tournaments between club teams.<ref name="ihf-rules-I">{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/upload/Manual/IHF_STATUTS_CHAP_01_GB.pdf|title=Bylaws|date=September 2007|publisher=International Handball Federation|page=7|access-date=2 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801121344/https://archive.ihf.info/upload/Manual/IHF_STATUTS_CHAP_01_GB.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

===International competitions===
* Nor.Ca. Handball Championship ([[Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship|men]], [[Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship|women]])

===National competitions===
====Europe====
* Austria: [[Handball Liga Austria]]
* Belgium: [[BENE-League Handball]] (shared competition with the Netherlands)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina: [[Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* Croatia: [[Croatian First League of Handball]]
* Czech Republic: [[Czech Handball Extraliga]]
* Denmark: [[Danish Women's Handball League|Damehåndboldligaen]] (women), [[Danish Handball League|Jack & Jones Ligaen]] (men)
* England: [[England Handball Association]]
* Finland: [[Finnish Handball League]]
* France: [[LNH Division 1|Liqui Moly Starligue]] (men), [[LFH Division 1 Féminine|Ligue Butagaz Énergie]] (women)
* Germany: [[Handball-Bundesliga]], [[Handball-Bundesliga (women)]]
* Greece: [[Greek Men's handball championship]]
* Hungary: [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)|Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] (men), [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Women's handball)|Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] (women)
* Iceland: [[Olís deildin]]
* Israel: [[Ligat Ha'Al (handball)|Ligat Winner]]
* Italy: {{ill|Serie A Gold|it}}
* Montenegro: [[Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball|First League (men)]], [[Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball|First League (women)]], [[Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball|Second League (men)]], [[Montenegrin Second League of Women's Handball|Second League (women)]] 
* Netherlands: [[BENE-League Handball]] (shared competition with Belgium), [[Eredivisie (women's handball)|Eredivisie]] (women)
* North Macedonia: [[Macedonian Handball Super League]]
* Norway: [[Eliteserien (men's handball)]], [[Eliteserien (women's handball)]]
* Poland: [[Polish Superliga (men's handball)]], [[Ekstraklasa (women's handball)]]
* Portugal: [[Portuguese Handball First Division|Andebol 1]] (men), [[1ª Divisão de Andebol Feminino|1ª Divisão Feminino]] (women)
* Romania: [[Liga Națională (men's handball)|Liga Națională]] (men), [[Liga Naţională (Handbal Feminin)|Liga Naţională]] (women)
*Russia:  [[:ru:Чемпионат России по гандболу среди мужчин|Men's Championship]], [[:ru:Чемпионат России по гандболу среди женщин|Women's Championship]], [[:ru:Кубок России по гандболу среди женщин|Women's Handball Cup]], [[:ru:Кубок России по гандболу среди мужчин|Men's Handball Cup]], [[:ru:Суперкубок России по гандболу среди женщин|Women's Handball Super Cup]], [[:ru:Суперкубок России по гандболу среди мужчин|Men's Handball Super Cup]]
* Scotland: [[Scottish Handball League]]
* Serbia: [[Serbian First League of Handball]]
* Slovakia: [[Slovenská hadzanárska extraliga]]
* Slovenia: [[Slovenian First League of Handball]], [[Handball Cup of Slovenia]]
* Spain: [[Liga ASOBAL]], [[División de Plata de Balonmano]]
* Sweden: [[Handbollsligan]] (men), [[Svensk handbollselit]] (women)
* Turkey: [[Turkish Handball Super League|Handball Super League]] (men), [[Turkish Women's Handball Super League|Women's Handball Super League]] (women)

====Other====
* Angola: [[Angola Men's Handball League]] (men), [[Angola Women's Handball League]] (women)
* Argentina: [[Argentinean Handball Confederation|Confederación Argentina de Handball]]
* Australia: [[Australian Handball Club Championship]], [[Handball League Australia]], [[Australian National Handball Championship|Australian National Handball Championship (States)]]
* Egypt: [[Egyptian Handball League]]
* Japan: [[Japan Handball League]]
* Korea: [[Handball Korea League]]
* Tahiti: [[Tahitian Handball League]]
* United States: [[USA Team Handball Nationals]], [[USA Team Handball College Nationals]]