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ChapitoDito t1_j6fr7s0 wrote

TIL Denmark has won 3 handball championships in a row TIL there’s handball championships

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Unknown1776 t1_j6fwpk8 wrote

Apparently they’ve been going on since 1938. I didn’t realize how old the sport was

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coffeyobey t1_j6gas3b wrote

Nobody else did either.

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darksemmel t1_j6hbpkj wrote

Tell that to anyone in Europe, you'd be surprised...

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nbnno5660 t1_j6oncmy wrote

Yep it's a really popular sport here in Europe. Even the womens championship.

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JayNN t1_j6hlpji wrote

It's a huge sport in Europe and rightfully so.

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Drahy t1_j6i5239 wrote

It's a big sport most places except North America and UK, actually.

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ChapitoDito t1_j6icenx wrote

Came back to say please excuse my North Americanism , TIL also that handball is a huge sport everywhere but 2 spots on the globe and I happen to be from one.

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GravelLot t1_j6jp2t4 wrote

Is it really? Looking at the wiki page for it, it seems like it is overwhelmingly European. There is almost no presence in SA, NA, and a small presence in Asia and Africa.

Seems more accurate to say it's big in Europe and not very big in most of the rest of the world.

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Drahy t1_j6jrtl5 wrote

Men 2023:

  • NA: USA was there
  • SA: Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay
  • ME: 4 teams
  • Africa: 5 teams
  • Asia: Korea

Women 2021:

  • NA: Puerto Rico (US)
  • SA: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
  • ME: Iran
  • Africa: 4 teams
  • Asia: 5 teams

You're right that handball like football is very much rooted in Europe. Football has the WC every fourth year and handball has the WC every second year.

I don't know any other sport than football and handball, that can't have the WC every year.

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GravelLot t1_j6ju5ew wrote

Thanks, yeah, seems like it is not especially popular outside of Europe. It doesn't seem much like football, which is genuinely popular everywhere. Seems like tennis, golf, basketball, ice hockey, and baseball and maybe more have as much or more widespread popularity.

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MysticMac100 t1_j6hlx7v wrote

It’s literally one of the most popular sports in the world

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GravelLot t1_j6jo4mk wrote

Is it really? I googled a bit and everything I find has it outside the top 10, and many sources have it outside the top 20 most popular sports in the world.

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DeezNeezuts t1_j6gwdy8 wrote

I work with some Danes this and pickle ball is all the rage

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