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Men's field handball was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

During the next several decades, indoor handball flourished and evolved in the Scandinavian countries.

The sport re-emerged onto the world stage as team handball for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Women's team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Due to its popularity in the region, the Eastern European countries that refined the event became the dominant force in the sport when it was reintroduced.