Schedule Of Handball Events

The team handball game was formed by the end of the 19th century in northern Europe, mainly in the countries like Germany, Norway Denmark, and Sweden. Danish gym teacher, lieutenant and Olympic medalist Holger Nielsen from Ordrup grammar school north of Copenhagen was the first to publish the written set of team handball rules in 1906. However the modern set of rules was published by Karl Schelenz, Max Heiser, and Erich Konigh from Germany on the 29 October 1917. The first international game was played in 1925 between Germany and Belgium for men. For women the first international game was between Germany and Austria in 1930. Therefore modern handball is in fact a game of German origins. Team handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but was dropped after that, and was re-introduced at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory. Women's team handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal.

Handball Events in London 2012 Olympics
Till the 7th of August all the matches both men and women will be played at the handball arena. But after that from the 8th of August till the end of the events the matches will be played at the basketball arena.

28 July 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
28 July 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
28 July 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
29 July 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
29 July 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
29 July 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
30 July 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
30 July 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
30 July 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
31 July 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
31 July 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
31 July 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
01 August 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
01 August 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
01 August 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
02 August 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
02 August 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
02 August 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
03 August 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
03 August 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
03 August 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
04 August 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
04 August 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
04 August 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
05 August 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
05 August 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
05 August 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Women's Preliminaries (2 matches)
06 August 2012
09:30 - 12:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
06 August 2012
14:30 - 17:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
06 August 2012
19:30 - 22:45
Men's Preliminaries (2 matches)
07 August 2012
10:00 - 12:00
Women's Quarter-final
07 August 2012
13:30 - 15:30
Women's Quarter-final
07 August 2012
17:00 - 19:00
Women's Quarter-final
07 August 2012
20:30 - 22:30
Women's Quarter-final
08 August 2012
11:00 - 13:00
Men's Quarter-final
08 August 2012
14:30 - 16:30
Men's Quarter-final
08 August 2012
18:00 - 20:00
Men's Quarter-final
08 August 2012
21:30 - 23:30
Men's Quarter-final
09 August 2012
17:00 - 19:00
Women's Semi-final
09 August 2012
20:30 - 22:30
Women's Semi-final
10 August 2012
17:00 - 19:00
Men's Semi-final
10 August 2012
20:30 - 22:30
Men's Semi-final
11 August 2012
17:00 - 19:00
Women's Bronze medal match
11 August 2012
20:30 - 23:00
Women's Gold medal match, victory ceremony
12 August 2012
11:00 - 13:00
Men's Bronze medal match
12 August 2012
15:00 - 17:30
Men's Gold medal match, victory ceremony

Team Rules
Handball team comprises of up to fourteen players. At any time, not more than seven players can be present on the court. The rests play as substitutes during the match. There are six outfield players and a goalkeeper. However the goalkeeper may become a court player at any time. Likewise a court player can also become a goalkeeper at any moment. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team with the most number of goals scored is declared winner. At the start of the game, a team should at least have 5 players on the court. However the game may continue even if a team is reduced to less than five players on the court. The decision to stop the game depends entirely on the referees.