尽管1988年和1992年的(奥运)女子手球金牌均由韩国夺得,尽管世界上150多个国家里有超过八百万人玩手球,手球仍被普遍认为是一种仅属于欧洲的运动。事实上,要是你问美国人他们眼中的手球是什么,他们可能会将其描述为一种类似于短拍壁球的运动——由两名参加者用手将一个小球击向墙壁使之反弹。其实并非如此。 Although both the 1988 and 1992 (Olympic) women’s handball medals were won by South Korea, although more than eight million people in more than 150 countries play handball, handball is still generally considered to be a European sport. In fact, if you ask the Americans what their handball is, they may describe it as a short-sneak squash-like exercise—by two participants hitting a small ball against the wall and bounce it by hand. . This is not the case.