Detroit, Michigan, United States
The Detroit Handball League (DHL) gives athletes of all skill levels the opportunity to learn and play the sport of handball at a high-level.
The DHL is the only American league that offers players the opportunity to play full matches with statistics, highlight videos, and trained officials.
Players in the DHL are also actively scouted by our network of professional and national team coaches, and opportunities may be presented to qualified participants to travel and train with professional teams in Europe.
NO HANDBALL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
The Detroit Handball League is the first and only American handball league to produce weekly highlight videos.
The first-ever docu-series about an American handball club is currently in development!
Handball, or team handball, is one of the most popular Olympic sports in the world. Handball had the second highest viewership of any sport during 2016 Olympics, and nearly 1 billion people tuned into 2019 IHF Handball World Championship. Countries like Germany, France, and Denmark are home to some of the top professional clubs in the world, which catalyze millions of dollars in economic impact every year.
Check out this video from Telekom Veszprem, one of the top professional clubs in the world!
Detroit is one of America's fastest-growing cities, and is experiencing an entrepreneurial renaissance of epic-proportions.
Detroit Handball Club is contributing to this historic rebirth by introducing Detroiters to the AWESOME sport of handball, and, in turn, introducing the international-handball community to the INCREDIBLE city of Detroit.
Handball, or team handball, is a fast-paced, high-scoring Olympic sport, played between two teams on a court approximately the size of a basketball court. Seven (7) players, including a goalkeeper, from each team try to outscore their opponent by shooting a volleyball-sized ball into their opponent’s net.
Detroit Handball Club seeks to enhance lives by giving people the chance to play, watch, and learn about the sport of handball.
By developing youth handball, fostering an inclusive environment for spectators, and fielding world-class teams, Detroit Handball Club is striving to catalyze the growth of handball in Detroit and the United States.