Friday, 2 December 2016

IHF International Handball Federation

The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and control body for handball, beach handball, wheelchair handball and snowball. IHF has 204 national affiliates.

The IHF was founded on 11 July 1946 in Copenhagen (Denmark) by representatives of eight national associations. The founding members are Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. In 1954, the first IHF Men's World Cup was conducted under the direction of the IHF in Sweden with the participation of six national teams. In 1957, the first IHF Women's Handball European Championship was held in Yugoslavia with 9 national teams. For the first time in the Olympics, they have seen a handball tournament from Munich 1972 (men's tournament) and Montreal 1976 (women's tournament).

The IHF is made up of five continental associations every two years: the Asian handball federation, the African handball team, the Panamerican handball team, the European handball federation and the Oceanic Handball Federation. In addition to the continental contests between national teams, the associations organize international tournaments between club teams

IHF Tournaments World Championship

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

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