How a handball match works

1. Two teams of seven, one of them a goalkeeper, pass and throw the ball by hand. Substitutes can come on at any time.
2. A player with the ball may take at most three steps and hold it for at most three seconds, then must pass, shoot or bounce it.
3. The goal area inside the 6-metre line belongs to the goalkeeper alone. Players may jump from outside it and shoot in the air.
4. A goal is scored when the whole ball crosses the goal line. The team with more goals wins.

Punishments

A foul that destroys a clear chance gives a 7-metre throw, one attacker against the goalkeeper. A two-minute suspension leaves the team one player short for two minutes.

How long

Two halves of 30 minutes.