Table 1. Description and distribution of male and female handball players’ position and continental federation, by competition and category.
| 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-19[n(%)] | U-21[n(%)] | Sen[n(%)] | U-19[n(%)] | U-21[n(%)] | Sen[n(%)] | U-19[n(%)] | U-21[n(%)] | Sen[n(%)] | ||||
| M | Pos | Goalkeeper | 52 (14%) | 50 (14.5%) | 55 (13.4%) | 56 (15.2%) | 46 (13.5%) | 56 (13.7%) | 52 (14.1%) | 46 (13.5%) | 58 (14.3%) | 471 |
| Wing | 92 (24.7%) | 92 (26.7%) | 99 (24.1%) | 87 (23.6%) | 81 (23.8%) | 103 (25.2%) | 92 (25.0%) | 88 (25.9%) | 97 (23.8%) | 831 | ||
| Lateral Back | 110 (29.6%) | 108 (31.3%) | 129 (31.5%) | 112 (30.4%) | 109 (32.1%) | 120 (29.4%) | 120 (32.6%) | 104 (30.6%) | 115 (28.3%) | 1027 | ||
| Centre-Back | 66 (17.7%) | 49 (14.2%) | 58 (14.1%) | 56 (15.2%) | 61 (17.9%) | 59 (14.5%) | 46 (12.5%) | 52 (15.3%) | 67 (16.5%) | 514 | ||
| Pivot | 52 (14.0%) | 46 (13.3%) | 69 (16.8%) | 57 (15.5%) | 43 (12.6%) | 70 (17.2%) | 58 (15.8%) | 50 (14.7%) | 70 (17.2%) | 515 | ||
| Fed | CAHB | 62 (16.7%) | 71 (20.6%) | 52 (12.7%) | 45 (12.2%) | 59 (17.4%) | 51 (12.5%) | 49 (13.3%) | 75 (22.1%) | 48 (11.8%) | 512 | |
| NACHC/SCAHC | 57 (15.3%) | 40 (11.6%) | 52 (12.7%) | 55 (14.9%) | 66 (19.4%) | 50 (12.3%) | 50 (13.6%) | 35 (10.3%) | 50 (12.3%) | 455 | ||
| AHF | 48 (12.9%) | 39 (11.3%) | 53 (12.9%) | 46 (12.5%) | 49 (14.4%) | 53 (13.0%) | 45 (12.2%) | 39 (11.5%) | 70 (17.2%) | 442 | ||
| EHF | 205 (55.1%) | 195 (56.5%) | 237 (57.8%) | 222 (60.3%) | 166 (48.8%) | 254 (62.3%) | 224 (60.9%) | 191 (56.2%) | 239 (58.7%) | 1933 | ||
| OCHF | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (3.9%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | 16 | ||
| Male players by CAT [n (%)] | 372 (33.0%) | 345 (30.6%) | 410 (36.4%) | 368 (33.0%) | 340 (30.5%) | 408 (36.6%) | 368 (33.0%) | 340 (30.5%) | 407 (36.5%) | 3358 | ||
| W | Pos | Goalkeeper | 51 (14.5%) | 52 (15.7%) | 57 (14.5%) | 54 (15.0%) | 49 (14.2%) | 58 (14.6%) | 55 (14.9) | 53 (16.2%) | 55 (13.8%) | 484 |
| Wing | 92 (26.2%) | 86 (25.9%) | 91 (23.2%) | 93 (25.8%) | 90 (26.0%) | 94 (23.7%) | 89 (24.1%) | 78 (23.8%) | 89 (22.3%) | 802 | ||
| Lateral Back | 100 (28.5%) | 90 (27.1%) | 116 (29.6%) | 111 (30.8%) | 101 (29.2%) | 127 (32.1%) | 110 (29.8%) | 90 (27.4%) | 118 (29.6%) | 963 | ||
| Centre-Back | 57 (16.2%) | 54 (16.3%) | 68 (17.3%) | 53 (14.7%) | 58 (16.8%) | 58 (14.6%) | 61 (16.5%) | 54 (16.5%) | 71 (17.8%) | 534 | ||
| Pivot | 51 (14.5%) | 50 (15.1%) | 60 (15.3%) | 49 (13.6%) | 48 (13.9%) | 59 (14.9%) | 54 (14.6%) | 53 (16.2%) | 66 (16.5%) | 490 | ||
| Fed | CAHB | 40 (11.4%) | 29 (8.7%) | 81 (20.7%) | 35 (9.7%) | 45 (13.0%) | 50 (12.6%) | 41 (11.1%) | 27 (8.2%) | 48 (12.0%) | 396 | |
| NACHC/SCAHC | 40 (11.4%) | 42 (12.7%) | 60 (15.3%) | 62 (17.2%) | 43 (12.4%) | 64 (16.2%) | 30 (8.1%) | 38 (11.6%) | 49 (12.3%) | 428 | ||
| AHF | 68 (19.4%) | 56 (16.9%) | 50 (12.8%) | 68 (18.9%) | 67 (19.4%) | 64 (16.2%) | 74 (20.1%) | 42 (12.8%) | 50 (12.5%) | 539 | ||
| EHF | 203 (57.8%) | 205 (61.7%) | 185 (47.2%) | 195 (54.2%) | 191 (55.2%) | 218 (55.1%) | 224 (60.7%) | 221 (67.4%) | 252 (63.2%) | 1894 | ||
| OCHF | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (4.1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 16 | ||
| Female players by CAT [n (%)] | 351 (32.7%) | 332 (30.9%) | 392 (36.5%) | 360 (32.7%) | 346 (31.4%) | 396 (35.9%) | 369 (33.7%) | 328 (29.9%) | 399 (36.4%) | 3273 | ||
U-19, youth category; U-21, junior category; Sen, senior category; M, men; W, women; Pos, playing position; Fed, national federation; CAT, category; CAHB, African Handball Confederation; NACHC, North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation; SCAHC, South and Central America Handball Confederation; AHF, Asian Handball Federation; EHF, European Handball Federation; OCHF, Oceania Continent Handball Federation