Longitudinal Study on the Effectiveness of the Game Actions at the World Men's Handball Championship Seniors (2005-2015)

Abstract

Handball is a sport relatively young, appeared at the end of the 19th century (Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic) and quickly spread worldwide. Ancestors of this game are still found in ancient cultures. Determination of the effectiveness of the game in the teams participating in the World Handball Championships may be a reference to the revaluation playing model at senior level high performance handball. This study may lead to the identification of elements that indicate trends of male handball for the period 2005-2015, thus creating the conditions for determining the principles for achieving training and participation in high level competitions. Taking into account that the study covers a period of 10 years which took place 6 editions of Men’s World Handball Championships, the data obtained and analyzed got a high degree of reliability and can be used as benchmarks for the following competitions.