International Handball Federation

International Handball Federation (IHF)

Logo of IHF
Formation	11 July 1946
Type	Sport federation
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	204 National Federations
Official language	English, French and German
President	Dr. Hassan Moustafa
1st Vice-President	Mr. Miguel Roca Mas
Vice-President	Mr. Bader Al-Theyab Mr. Mario Moccia Mr. Michael Wiederer Dr. Mansourou A. Aremou
Website	www.IHF.info

The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball, beach handball, wheelchair handball and snow handball. IHF has 204 national member federations.

History

The IHF was founded on July 11, 1946, in Copenhagen (Denmark) by representatives of 8 national federations. The founding members are Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. In 1954, the first IHF Men's World Championship, was conducted under the command of the IHF, in Sweden with the participation of 6 national teams. In 1957, the first IHF Women's World Handball Championship was held in Yugoslavia with the participation of 9 national teams. The Olympic Games they have seen for the first time in its agenda a Handball tournament from Munich 1972 (men's tournament) and Montreal 1976 (women's tournament).

Structure

The IHF is composed of five continental federations which organize continental championships held every other second year: Asian Handball Federation, African Handball Confederation, Pan-American Team Handball Federation, European Handball Federation and Oceania Handball Federation. In addition to continental competitions between national teams, the federations arrange international tournaments between club teams.^[1] The federations and their corresponding tournaments and members are summarize in the following table:

Asia

Africa

Pan-America

Oceania

Europe

IHF Presidents

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Mr. Gösta Björk	Sweden	1946-1950
2.	Mr. Hans Baumann	Switzerland	1950-1971
3.	Mr. Paul Högberg	Sweden	1971-1984
4.	Mr. Erwin Lanc	Austria	1984-2000
5.	Dr. Hassan Moustafa	Egypt	2000 - Till Date

IHF Secretary Generals

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Mr. Carl Filip Borgh	Sweden	1946 - 1950
2.	Mr. Albert Wagner	Switzerland	1950 - 1972
3.	Mr. Max Rinkenburger	Germany	1972 - 1988
4.	Mr. Raymond Hahn	France	1988 - 2004
5.	Mr. Peter Mühlematter	Switzerland	2004 - 2009
6.	Mr. Joel Delplanque	France	2009 - 2011
	No elections were held since 2011

IHF Executive Committee

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Hassan Moustafa	Egypt
1st Vice President	Mr. Miguel Roca Mas	Spain
Executive Members	Mr. Joel Delplanque	France
	Mr. Frantisek Taborsky	Czech Republic

IHF Council

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Hassan Moustafa	Egypt
1st Vice President	Mr. Miguel Roca Mas	Spain
Vice Presidents	Mr. Bader Al-Theyab	Kuwait
	Mr. Mario Moccia	Argentina
	Mr. Michael Wiederer	Austria
	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
Treasurer	Mr. Sandi Sola	Croatia
Executive Members	Mr. Joel Delplanque	France
	Mr. Frantisek Taborsky	Czech Republic
Chairman of IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission	Mr. Manfred Prause	Germany
Chairman of IHF Commission for Development	Mr. Rafael Sepulveda	Puerto Rico
Chairman of IHF Medical Commission	Dr. François Gnamian	Ivory Coast
Representative Asia	Mr. Yoshihide Watanabe	Japan
Representative Africa	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo
Representative Europe	Mr. Predrag Bošković	Montenegro
Representative Pan-America	Mr. Mario Garcia de la Torre	Mexico
Representative Oceania	Mr. Ricardo Blas	Guam

IHF Commissions

Commission	Chairman	Country
IHF Commission of Organizing and Competitions	Mr. Per Bertelsen	Denmark
IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission	Mr. Manfred Prause	Germany
IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods	Mr. Dietrich Späte	Germany
IHF Medical Commission	Dr. François Gnamian	Ivory Coast
IHF Commission for Development	Mr. Rafael Sepulveda	Puerto Rico
IHF Arbitration Commission	Mr. Velimir Marjanović	Serbia
IHF Arbitration Tribunal	Mr. Zoran Radojičić	Montenegro
IHF Ethic Commission	Mr. Göran Petersson	Sweden

IHF Honorary Members

Designation	Name	Country
Honorary President	Mr. Erwin Lanc	Austria
Honorary Secretary General	Mr. Raymond Hahn	France
Honorary Members	Mr. Christer Ahl	United States
	Mr. Oivind Bolstad	Norway
	Mr. Tadeusz Bregula	Poland
	Mr. Hermann Brunner	Costa Rica
	Mr. Alberto de San Roman y de la Fuente	Spain
	Mr. Jean-Michel Germain	France
	Mr. Rudi Glock	Germany
	Mr. Janis Grinbergas	Lithuania
	Mr. Karl Güntzel	Switzerland
	Mr. Jörgen Holmqvist	Sweden
	Dr. Jiri Jeschke	Czech Republic
	Mr. Chong-Ha Kim	South Korea
	Dr. Gijs Langevoort	Netherlands
	Dr. Jaroslav Mraz	Czech Republic
	Mr. Peter Mühlematter	Switzerland
	Ms. Carin Nilsson Green	Sweden
	Dr. Nabil Salem	Egypt
	Mr. Kjartan K. Steinbach	Iceland
	Mr. Ulrich Strombach	Germany
	Mr. Heinz Suter	Switzerland
	Mr. Otto Schwarz	Switzerland
	Dr. Walter Schwedhelm	Canada
	Mr. J. Henrik K. Vænerberg	Finland
	Mr. Christophe Yapo Achy	Ivory Coast

IHF Tournaments

World National Championship

• IHF World Men's Handball Championship
• IHF Emerging Nations Championship
• IHF World Women's Handball Championship
• IHF Men's Junior World Championship
• IHF Women's Junior World Championship
• IHF Men's Youth World Championship
• IHF Women's Youth World Championship
• IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Multi-Sport Events

• Summer Olympic Games
• Summer Youth Olympic Games
• World Games

World Club Championship

• IHF Super Globe

Title holders

Nations (Handball)

Tournament	Men	Women	Men's U-21	Women's U-20	Men's U-19	Women's U-18
World Championship	France (2015).(5*)	Norway (2015).(3)	France (2015).(1)	Denmark (2016).(2)	France (2015).(1)	Russia (2016).(2*)
Olympics	Denmark (2016).(1)	Russia (2016).(3)	N/A
Emerging Nations	Faroe Islands (2015).(1*)	N/A
Olympic Youth	N/A				Slovenia (2014).(1)	South Korea (2014).(1)
IHF Inter-Continental Trophy	N/A	N/A	Faroe Islands	Guadeloupe	N/A

Continental Title Holders

Commission	Men	Women	Men's U-20	Women's U-19	Men's U-18	Women's U-17
Africa (CAHB)	Egypt (2016).(6)	Tunisia (2014).(3)	Egypt (2014).(11*)	Angola (2015).(8*)	Egypt (2014).(5*)	Egypt (2015).(1)
America (PATHF)	Brazil (2016).(3)	Brazil (2015).(9*)	Brazil (2013).(5)	Brazil (2014).(7*)	Brazil (2014).(5)	Brazil (2014).(10*)
Asia (AHF)	Qatar (2014).(1)	South Korea (2015).(13*)	Qatar (2014).(4)	South Korea (2015).(14*)	South Korea (2014).(2*)	South Korea (2015).(6*)
Europe (EHF)	Germany (2016).(2)	Norway (2014).(6*)	Germany (2014).(3)	Denmark (2015).(4*)	France (2014).(1)	Denmark (2015).(3*)
Euro Olympic Youth	N/A				France (2015).(2)	Russia (2015).(5*)
European Open Youth	N/A				Iceland (2015).(1)	Sweden (2016).(1)
Oceania (OCHF)	Australia (2014).(8*)	Australia (2013).(6*)	French Polynesia (2014).(1)	New Zealand (2014).(1)	New Zealand (2011).(1)	N/A
Pacific (OCHF)	Australia (2006).(2*)	New Caledonia (2007).(1)	N/A

• .(Titles) (*) Record

Nations (Beach Handball)

Beach handball	Men	Women
World Championship	Croatia (2016).(2*)	Spain (2016).(1*)
Pan-America (PATHF)	United States (2016).(1)	Uruguay (2016) .(2)
Asia (AHF) (M) (W)	Qatar (2015).(3*)	Thailand (2015).(2*)
Europe (EHF)	Croatia (2015).(4*)	Hungary (2015).(2)
Oceania (OCHF)	Australia (2016).(2*)	Australia (2016).(2*)

• .(Titles) (*) Record

Clubs

IHF Tournament	Men	Women
Handball Club World Cup	Füchse Berlin (2015)	N/A
African Champions League (M) (W)	Zamalek Sports Club (2015)	1º de Agosto (2015)
Panamerican Clubs Championship	Handebol Clube Taubaté (2016)	N/A
Asian Club League	Lekhwiya Handball Club (2015)	N/A
EHF Champions League (M) (W)	Vive Targi Kielce (2016)	CSM București (2016)
Oceania Club Champions Cup (M) (W)	Sydney University Handball Club (2016)	A.S Dragon (2010)

Combined medal table

This table shows all medals by country, in all International Handball Federation Team Handball national competitions. This table does not include medals won at club level and Beach Handball.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	20	7	4	31
2	Russia	17	9	2	28
3	Denmark	16	14	10	40
4	France	10	7	6	23
5	Sweden	9	10	10	29
6	Yugoslavia	9	8	12	29
7	Germany	8	7	9	24
8	Romania	8	3	10	21
9	Norway	6	7	9	22
10	South Korea	5	10	7	22
11	East Germany	4	5	5	14
12	Croatia	4	5	3	12
13	Spain	2	6	6	14
14	Czechoslovakia	2	4	4	10
15	Egypt	2	1	1	4
16	Hungary	1	9	8	18
17	Serbia	1	2	0	3
18	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
19	Brazil	1	0	1	2
20	Iceland	0	2	2	4
21	Austria	0	2	1	3
22	Poland	0	1	5	6
23	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
	Montenegro	0	1	1	2
	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
24	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
25	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	China	0	0	1	1

IHF Awards

The IHF issues awards to organisations and individuals in recognition of their particular contribution to developing the sport of handball and the IHF.

These awards are:

• Hans Baumann Trophy
• IHF Badge of Merit
• IHF Certificate of Merit
• IHF Cup of Honour and certificate
• IHF Honorary President and Honorary Members
• IHF Olympic Order
• IHF Plaque of Merit
• IHF Referee's Badge of Honour
• IHF Referee's Diploma of Honour
• IHF Ring of Honour
• IHF World Player of the Year
• IHF World Coach of the Year

Sponsors

• Adidas
• Gerflor
• Molten
• beIN Sports
• Intersport
• Grundfos

References

External links

International handball
IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women
Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women
Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women
Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women
Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)
African Handball Confederation (CAHB)	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CAF CHA CGO COD COM CIV CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GHA GEQ GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAR MAD MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Asian Handball Federation (AHF)	AFG BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW ǂ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMN PAK PLE PHI PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
European Handball Federation (EHF)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FRO FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF)	ASA AUS COK FJI GUM KIR NRU NZL PNG SAM SOL TGA TUV VAN
Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)	Caribbean ANT BAR CUB DMA DOM HAI LCA PUR SKN TRI Central America BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN Northern America CAN GRL MEX USA South America ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN
Affiliated Members	ENG FSM MHL MNP NCL SCO TAH WLF
ǂ = suspended by the IHF