Federação de Andebol de Portugal

Federação Portuguesa de Andebol
Founded	1939
Place of foundation	Lisbon
president	Ulisses Manuel Brandão Pereira
Members	40,454
Homepage	http://www.fpa.pt/

The Federação Portuguesa de Andebol (FPA port. For the Portuguese Handball Federation) is the governing body for handball in Portugal . The FPA is based in Lisbon . She co-organized the 1994 European handball championship and the 2003 men's handball world championship in Portugal.

history

After the German-born Armando Tschopp published the handball rules in the Portuguese sports newspaper Sports in November 1929 , handball became known to a wider public in Portugal. The first official handball game took place on January 31, 1931 in Porto. The first handball association was founded in Lisbon in 1931, followed by the Porto Association in 1932. In 1932 championships were played for the first time in Lisbon and Porto, and in 1934 a selection from Porto took place against a Lisbon selection for the first time. Up to this point handball was only played as field handball , in Portugal it was also called 11-handball because of its team strength.

The FPA was founded in 1939 on the initiative of the handball associations of Porto, Lisbon and Coimbra. In 1946 she was a founding member of the International Handball Federation . Between 1938 and 1975 the field handball championship was held. From 1949, the current form of handball was increasingly played with a seven-person team in Portugal. As a result, field handball was practiced less and less and is now history in Portugal as well as internationally.

Today tens of thousands of people play handball in continental Portugal, Madeira and the Azores . In Portugal, handball is the most practiced sport by women.

Portugal with the FPA hosted the 1994 European handball championship . Their own selection finished the tournament without any points, but the popularity continued to grow slowly. In 2003 the FPA co-organized the men's handball world championship in Portugal. The Portuguese men's national handball team came in 12th in the end.

The FPA then recorded a slight increase in interest in handball in the country. The national team has so far not had any major successes. However, Portuguese clubs reached the final in the EHF Challenge Cup several times , which Sporting Lisbon won in 2010.

organization

The FPA is a founding member of the World Handball Federation IHF and the European Handball Federation EHF. She is also a member of the Confederação do Desporto de Portugal and the Comité Olímpico de Portugal , the National Olympic Committee of Portugal.

Members

The association had 40,454 individual members in 2012, plus a large number of sports clubs.

The handball associations of the Portuguese districts and the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira are organized in the FPA . Currently (2013) there are 23 district associations:

• Associação de Andebol do Algarve (Algarve)
• Associação de Andebol de Aveiro (Aveiro)
• Associação de Andebol da Ilha do Faial (Azores)
• Associação de Andebol da Ilha de Santa Maria (Azores)
• Associação de Andebol da Ilha de S. Miguel (Azores)
• Associação de Andebol da Ilha Terceira (Azores)
• Associação de Andebol de Beja (Beja)
• Associação de Andebol de Braga (Braga)
• Associação de Andebol de Bragança (Bragança)
• Associação de Andebol de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco)
• Associação de Andebol de Coimbra (Coimbra)
• Associação de Andebol de Évora (Évora)
• Associação de Andebol da Guarda (Guarda)
• Associação de Andebol de Leiria (Leiria)
• Associação de Andebol de Lisboa (Lisbon)
• Associação de Andebol da Madeira (Madeira)
• Associação de Andebol de Portalegre (Portalegre)
• Associação de Andebol do Porto (Porto)
• Associação de Andebol de Santarém (Santarém)
• Associação de Andebol de Setúbal (Setúbal)
• Associação de Andebol de Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo)
• Associação de Andebol de Vila Real (Vila Real)
• Associação de Andebol de Viseu (Viseu)

organs

The president is Ulisses Manuel Brandão Pereira . In addition to the Presidium and the General Assembly, the FPA has five other organs:

• Conselho Fiscal (German: Supervisory Board or Control Council)
• Conselho de Justiça (German: Judicial Council)
• Conselho de Arbitragem (German: Arbitration Council)
• Conselho Disciplinar (German: Disciplinary Council)
• Concelho Técnico (German: technical or sports advice)

Competitions and Activities

The FPA operates a first men's handball league ( Campeonato Português de Andebol Masculino, Primeira Divisão ) with twelve teams through its Porto-based Liga Portuguesa de Andebol (LPA) . This is followed by a two-track ( Zona Norte and Zona Sul ) second league with 14 teams each, and a multi-track third league, above the league operations of the district associations. In women's handball there are two leagues, in addition to the first division with 12 clubs, a multi-track second division. There are also youth leagues and cup competitions, especially the supertaça for both men and women. The record champions of the first handball league for men are FC Porto with 41 titles, followed by the Académico Basket Clube from Braga ( ABC Braga ) with 35 titles.

The FPA also organizes the participation of the Portuguese national handball teams in international competitions, in particular the Olympiads, world, European and Mediterranean championships.

Other activities include a. Handball competitions for the disabled, the training of referees, the training of coaches, and the implementation of promotions for the sport of handball in Portugal.

Key figures

In the FPA balance sheet for 2012, the total expenditure of € 5,005,084 was set against income of € 5,029,959. After deducting all taxes and duties, a net profit of € 13,124 remained.

The most important source of income is government grants at 50.54%, which were previously reduced by 17% by the public sector in the wake of the ongoing euro crisis . The largest expenditure item is the direct sporting expenses of the FPA with 50.69%.

In 2012 the FPA had 40,454 registered members, of which 18,138 played actively in competitions organized by the association.

Web links

• Official association website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.hotfrog.pt , accessed on September 12, 2013