Team Handball: USA vs. Los Angeles, 7/17/2010

The US National Handball Team defeated the Los Angeles Team Handball Club, the reigning national club champions, 23-19 on July 17, 2010 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Adam El-Zoghby had nine goals to pace Team USA's effort.

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• team handball
• handball
• USA
• Chicago
• LATHC
• Olympics

[somepotguy]

1:11 'takes time to learn blah blah blah' i can do that and i'm 15. (I'm Slovenian)

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@somepotguy I'm guessing you picked it up in like 10 minutes, right? Point being, 15-year-olds here have never played. Go smoke more pot.

[blackandblue10]

I never understood why this hasn't taken off in the USA. I thought Americans like sports with lots of scoring? (basketball)

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@blackandblue10 We have too many sports here already and it's not like Americans are looking for new ones to fill the void. Because there IS no void. Handball is a ton of fun to watch. I love it. But kids don't grow up playing it or watching it on TV, nor do they have any stars to emulate, nor do they grow up thinking it's something they could potentially do one day for a living. We haven't had a totally new sport "take off" in this country in forever.

[DStrothi]

Do the Players get money for playin in the big clubs?

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@DStrothi Not in this country, no.

[pesiuber]

wow handball is so popular in USA, I mean look at all the audience...

[thecelebratedmisterk]

@jensbolle Would that make you feel better? Good for you, Bunky. You could beat a country that can't play by 30 goals. Aren't there some crippled children you could go taunt?

[DCIFanatic1]

Holy people. As a Canadian learning the sport, it kills me when you guys run on and on about how a 14 year old could play better! I've been to France, I've seen that every gym has handball lines and a net. Let's put the shoe on the other foot for a second, could you imagine Canada vs France, or Spain, or Germany in a hockey game? Or US versus the same teams in Baseball or Basketball? Let's work together to develop all sports around the world rather than beat other countries down over it!

[ibaividalecheverria]

I think that if USA people discover Beach handball that it's played i europe, he will love it. He put animators with bikini and enjoy it

[ibaividalecheverria]

I wish that handball will be stronger is EUA, it's a spectacular sport that with good marketing can developed in USA. I love it

[RasmusVibe]

@in10forever: Pro handball is not restricted to germany/spain. It is widely spread all over europe. France, Poland, Denmark, Crotia, Slovakia, Austria etc. etc. The best clubs are in Spain and Germany, but the best still get a lot of money in other countries.

In terms of handball orign and history:

The first set of handball rules was written down and published by a dane. The game was further developed in northern Europe (DK, D etc.)

[in10forever]

@RasmusVibe Created in germany not denmark.

[in10forever]

@DStrothi Yes in germany/spain