Kune uchapupu hwevakadzi vekare veRoma vaitamba mutambo wenhabvu unonzi expulsim ludere. Kune zvinyorwa zvemitambo yakafanana nebhora remaoko muMedieval France, uye pakati peInuit muGreenland, muMiddle Ages. Pakazosvika zana ramakore rechi19, pakanga paine mitambo yakafanana yehandbold kubva kuDenmark, házená muCzech Republic, handbol muUkraine, uye torball kuGermany. Mutambo wenhabvu wemaoko wemazuva ano wakanyorwa pakupera kwezana ramakore rechi19 kuchamhembe kweEurope: kunyanya kuDenmark, Germany, Norway neSweden. Mutambo wekutanga wakanyorwa wemitemo yenhabvu yemaoko wakaburitswa muna 1906 nemudzidzisi weDanish gym, lieutenant uye menduru yeOlympic Holger Nielsen kubva kuOrdrup grammar chikoro, kuchamhembe kweCopenhagen yemazuva ano. Mitemo yakaburitswa musi wa29 Gumiguru 1917 naMax Heiser, Karl Schelenz, uye Erich Schelenz kubva kuGreenland.
Muna 1906