In Spain first one occurred to know the handball eleven, like a derivation of soccer and, little by little, one went away happening to the handball to seven that one gambled in covered rooms. According to the Spanish technician Juan de God Dry Roman, in a recent study on the history of the handball in Spain, was the Military school of Toledo the epicenter where he cooks the first norm and the first works of technical type which they were elaborated on this sport. It is possible to be said that the origins of the Spanish handball come from the military spheres. In the naval school of Ferrol they get it to practice its cadets and students. Official data of which in 1928 the handball in the Alcántara Regiment appears, in Barcelona exist. After the Civil War, as much the Front of Youths as the Feminine Section and the SEU is the only official organisms that control of some form the sport in Spain. The first norm that is known in Spain, is signed by the Beautiful captain and dates from 1929. It was a first outline of a regulation, with the title of "ball by hand", document that later becomes serious ten years by the Central School of Physical education of Toledo.

The Spanish Federation of Handball is believed in 1941, with Don Emilio Suárez Marcelo like first leader. In season 42-43, according to LLuis Miracle in its book "handbol to onze catalá", organizes the I Championship of Spain, in which the SEU of Valladolid obtains the first national title in the history of the Spanish handball. In that same year, the Spanish Federation publishes the game regulation officially.

During those years, the handball players were absolutely amateurs. In these first years the coming to Spain of a German had a great importance, Jans Keiter. It was who seated the first bases. Acting as selecting national took to Spain his first international contacts. In the stage of the Corts, in Barcelona, year 1949, the first international party of Hispanic handball takes place, modality to eleven, against France, that wins 3-1. The Spanish set was formed by 15 Catalan players and one Basoue. In 1950 they become to face the French selection and obtain a tie to 6. Two years later, the national equipment takes part for the first time in Championships of the World, in Switzerland. Spain happens before Portugal and falls defeated Austria and Sweden in front of, respectively.

At national level they were years of dominion of the equipment of Guipuzcoa, Barcelona and Madrid. The last edition of Liga to eleven gambled season 58-59 and had like champion to the Granollers when defeating to the Sabadell. In year 51 Division takes off First National, to seven, in that champion the Athletic one of Madrid proclaims itself, that in the following season is released by its eternal rival in soccer, the Real one.

Also Liga in 1952 begins to dispute itself Feminine National, with triumph of the Feminine Section of Madrid and later, three consecutive times by a feminine selection of Barcelona. Soon the dominion arrived from the equipment like the Picadero of Barcelona, the Medina of Valencia, the Athletic of Madrid and in the last stage Iber of Valencia, champion more than ten consecutive times and great impeller of the practice of this sport at the present time. In 1977 seat in a World-wide feminine B is obtained for the first time. In 1998, the feminine Spanish selection establishes the feat to classify itself for a European, with an historical victory on Norway, in the Valencian locality of Algemesí.

The time of the Spanish handball to seven is released internationally with the confrontation of the Hispanic equipment, of the hand of Alberto San Roman, before Sweden, with which it loses by 23-12. In 1958 position became of the national equipment the legendary Domingo Bárcenas and was he who obtained the first really important victory in the Championship of the World of the RDA (1958), when Spain surpassed to Finland 19-16. Ten Castilian players and seven Catalans comprised of this national equipment: Alcántara, Góngora and Anchústegui (Athletic Madrid), Casajuana Pregona, Jose Luis Garci'a Mir, Fontdevila and Martín Font (Granollers), Farrés (Sabadell), Left-handed Fernandez (Bressel), Emilio Villanueva (Real Madrid), Jose Medina and Rafael Orb (San Fernando).

In this same year the Division is born of Honor of handball to seven instead of the one of First Division. The first champion was the B.M. Granollers.

The stage of Domingo Bárcenas in the Spanish selection was larguísima. With some intervals and sharing functions, in some phases, with Antonio Roncero, Sergi Petit and Emilio Alonso, it arrived until 1980.

Meanwhile, in the masculine national competition it followed the predominance of the Granollers, with some incursions of Athletic of Madrid and the F.C. Barcelona. Later four years from dominion of the Calpisa would come and from 1979 Athletic Madrid and Barcelona the triumphs were practically distributed to the present time into that the Portland bursts in with great force San Antonio.

The great era of predominance of the Granollers indeed ended its triumph in the first Recopa of Europe in 1976. Later other equipment was able to also register their names in palmarés of the Recopa: Calpisa de Alicante in 1980, the F.C. Barcelona of the hand of Valero Shore, obtained three consecutive triumphs in years 84, 85 and 86.

The 1979 were a very special year for the Spanish handball because the title of champion in the World-wide B was obtained and also a seat for the Olympic Games of Moscow was obtained. The selection directed by Domingo Bárcenas and Emilio Alonso, like second trainer, was composed by: Pagoaga (q.e.p.d.), Of Miguel, Cecilio Alonso, Eugene Castellví, Albisu, Juanón of the Bridge, Calabuig, Nacho Novoa, Of Andrés, Quico Lopez, Mountain Eugene, Goyo (q.e.p.d.), Uría, Milián and Sagarribay. Spain in the previous phase wins to Austria and Holland, in the definitive phase to Czechoslovakia and the end, in the Palau Blau Grana, to the Swiss by 24-18. The world-wide one of Barcelona served as launching for several players like Goyo, Cecilio Alonso, Pagoaga, among others.

Most of them they will also participate in the JJ.OO. of Moscow, a year later, in 1980. Those games registered in letters of gold to all their protagonists in the history of the Spanish handball. The games registered in letters of gold to all their protagonists in the history of the Spanish handball. The selection was fitted in the Group To, next to Denmark, Cuba, Poland, Hungary and RDA. Spain lost before RDA 21-17, won to Denmark 20-19, fell before Hungary 17-20, tied with Cuba 24-24 and gave the first surprise before Poland with an unexpected triumph by 24-22. That located it in third position of group, with which it maintained the Maxima already category and, in addition, it chose to the fifth seat. In the final phase it arrived most surprising. Spain won to Yugoslavia by 24-23 before the clear incredulity of the public and the Balkans. That fifth position was most remarkable that it had never obtained the Spanish handball.

In Barcelona the passport for the World-wide A had been acquired. In the 1982 edition, in Federal Germany, Spain elbows itself with the world-wide elite but it only obtains a eighth position in spite of overcoming to selections like the Rumanian or the Swedish and tying with the Hungarian. Spain returned to category B and it did not obtain position for the Olympic Games of the Angels when obtaining in the World-wide B of 1983, in Holland, the sixth seat. Due to the boycott our selection goes to the Olympic Games obtaining only a eighth position reason why fichó to a new selector, the Yugoslav Branislav Pokrajac, that replaced Juan de God Roman, and position became of the equipment in the World-wide B of Norway, in 1985, where with the sixth position it is promoted again to category A.
A year later, Juan de God Roman returns to be in charge of the national selection and confronts the World-wide one To of Switzerland (1986) with Rico and Zúñiga in portería, and with Serrano, Cabanas, Melo, Of the Source, Kingdom, Lopez Leon, Puig, Ruiz, Novoa, Luisón, Chechu and Milián in addition to Perico and Papitu that did not get to make debut like field players. In the preliminary phase a goal in the last moments before Poland obtained the tie and with him it happens of the eliminatory one. In the following phase one gains to the USSR (25-17) and the RDA (21-19). It lost Yugoslavia in front of and the fifth seat is reached when defeating to Iceland (24-22)

Two years later another bad performance in JJ.OO., this time in Seoul, lead to Spain to category B when being in ninth position. Juan de God Roman is relegated of his functions and occupy the bench Emilio Alonso and Caesar Argilés.

The great luck was that the Olympic Games of the 92 would be disputed in Barcelona reason why Spain was classified automatically like organizing country. Yet, it was necessary to return to become engraved in the elite for the World-wide one To of Czechoslovakia de1990, thing that was obtained in the B of France of the 89, when obtaining the fourth seat.

In the world-wide ones of Japan, of 1997, they were seventh, in the one of Egypt of the 99, quarters after losing against ugoslavia in the fight by the bronze medal, and in the one of France of the 2001, fifth.

The third seat of the JJ.OO. of Sydney it equals the participation of Spain in the Olympic Games.

The Granollers opened the door of the triumphs in Europe with the conquest of the Recopa. The same footpath followed other equipment like the missing Calpisa de Alicante, that conquered so flaming title when surpassing to the legendary and historical German Gummersbach, in double party. That palmarés has improved it remarkably the F.C. Barcelona, that years has in the last not left any other equipment reaches the continental crown by clubs, having done so the best equipment of this decade is denominated to him. In season 99/00 they again obtain the championship from Europe when defeating to the Zagreb 28-22. The Pórtland San Antonio obtains the Recopa from Europe when winning Dunaferr (HUN). In the 2000 Portland sec orona champion of Supercopa of Europe putting aim to the hegemony of the Barça when defeating it by 24-28 and in this same year obtains the Glass of Europe. Also in May of the 2001 champion of the Glass of S.M. proclaims itself the King when defeating to the B.M. Real City by 22-20.

In Santander, the first Teka and, now, the Cantabria Box also they follow in the continental top.
The Spanish league, along with the German Bundesliga, is the strongest competitions of Europe.

It is necessary to make a special recognition to the national quarry, to which it is taken care of, although when those good players arrive at the clubs of Division of Honor see closed their passage by the foreign legion, although it is necessary to admit that lately it seems to be changing this tendency. The National Selection Masculine Junior has managed to be in podio in several occasions, as much in European competitions as in a World-wide one. Also it is necessary to emphasize the extraordinary performance of the Feminine Youthful National Selection that already has obtained a gold medal in the Championship of Europe celebrated in Austria.

The strongest equipment in the feminine handball the Sea L'Eliana in Spanish Liga, the Mislata Railcar, the Alsa Elda or the Sea Osito.

In the Championship of Europe of Sweden the 2002 champion would be the host (Sweden) which I win in a final poémica against the Germans with fit 33 -31 after prorogues it. In the 2004 campeona would be the German selection, after defeating to the host Slovenia.

World-wide of Portugal the 2003 championship took the Croatia to it, and in the 2005, celebrated in Tunisia the champion would be the Spanish selection of Handball, where it did a championship spectacular arriving at the end where apaplastó to old campeona of the World.

Already, in the 2006, in the European of Switzerland, the French selection would obtain title and the Spanish selection would be second, after badly divided despues of to have do a great championship.