Why in the News?

• Uttar Pradesh won the 47th National Junior Girls Handball Championship .

Key Points:

About the Championship:

⇒ Uttar Pradesh won the title of this championship for the first time .

⇒ Uttar Pradesh defeated Himachal Pradesh in the final .

⇒ This championship was organized from 26 to 30 March 2025 at K.D. Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow .

⇒ It was organised on the occasion of the 50th foundation day of Uttar Pradesh Handball Association.

Handball:

⇒ It is an indoor game , consisting of two teams and each team has seven players.

⇒ Handball originated in  Scandinavia and Germany in the late 19th century .

⇒ Earlier it was an outdoor game and was known as ‘Field Handball’.

⇒ Later, G. Wallstrom introduced indoor handball in Sweden in 1910.

⇒ Between 1938 and 1966, separate world championships were held for both formats of handball, but from 1967 onwards the world championship was held only for indoor handball.

⇒ Handball was included in the Olympics only once as an exhibition sport in Berlin in 1936, while it was officially included as an Olympic sport in Munich in 1972.

⇒ Women's handball was included in the Olympics in 1976.