What is Beach handball?
[[File:Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys Preliminary Round – POR-ITA 07.jpg|thumb|Boys playing beach handball, [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics]]]] [[File:Women's Beach handball Semi-Finals ARG-VEN ROS19 19-03-2019 (13).jpg|thumb|Women playing beach handball, 2019]] '''Beach handball''' is a variation of [[handball]], which is played on the [[beach]], or on [[sand]]. The players are usually [[barefoot]]. Two teams with four players each compete. A match has two rounds, which each last ten minutes. ==How to play== Matches are played as best two-out-of-three times. If teams are tied at the end of a normal game then the teams play for a [[golden goal]]. If the teams are tied at the end of 2 games then the teams will be part in a tie breaker. The tie break involves a goalie throwing the ball to their own player while that player tries to score one-on-one with the other goalie. ==Issues== In 2021, the Norwegian women's team were fined €1500 because they were improperly dressed: At a European championship match in Bulgaria they had worn bike-[[shorts]] (like the men), instead of [[bikini]] bottoms.<ref>{{cite news|date=2021-07-21|title=Norway's beach handball team fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms|work=[[SBS News]]|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/norway-s-beach-handball-team-fined-for-wearing-shorts-instead-of-bikini-bottoms}}</ref> Critics laughed about the fine and the underlying rule. Although the Norwegian Handball Federation announced they would pay the fines, pop singer [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] offered to pay for them.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Daniel Rosney|author2=Manish Pandey|date=2021-07-27|title=Beach handball: 'It's shocking to have to pay to not play in our pants'|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57940896}}</ref> In November 2021, the International Handball Federation changed their dress rules to closely match the shorts that the Norwegian team were fined for wearing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 November 2021|title=Beach handball relents on rule women must