National Junior Girls Handball Championship

• 03 Apr 2025

Why in News? 

Uttar Pradesh won the 47^th 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 50^th 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 19^th 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.