Akwai shaidar tsohuwar matan Romawa suna wasa da nau'in wasan kwallon hannu da ake kira expulsim ludere. Akwai bayanan wasanni masu kama da wasan kwallon hannu a tsakiyar Faransa, da kuma tsakanin Inuit a Greenland, a tsakiyar zamanai. Zuwa karni na 19, akwai wasanni masu kama da na håndbold daga Denmark, házená a Jamhuriyar Czech, handbol a Ukraine, da torball a Jamus. Wasan kwallon hannu na yau an tsara shi a ƙarshen karni na 19 a arewacin Turai: da farko a Denmark, Jamus, Norway da Sweden.
Shekara ta 1906