International handball federation
| International Handball Federation (IHF) | |
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| founding | July 11, 1946 |
| Place of foundation |
Copenhagen , Denmark
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| President |
 Hassan Moustafa (since 2000)
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| Secretary General |
 Joel Delplanque (since 2009)
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| Members (approx.) | 209 201 full members 4 associated 4 regional |
| Seat |
Basel , Switzerland
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| Website | www.ihf.info |
The International Handball Federation ( english International Handball Federation , shortly IHF ) is the World Handball association based in Switzerland, Basel . In its current form, the IHF was on 11 July 1946 at the Danish Copenhagen established.
The association can be every two years the World Handball Championship men's and women's handball world championship align in a member country. In addition, the IHF organizes the U-21 World Handball Championship for men , the U-20 World Championship for women , the U-19 World Championship for men and the U-18 World Championship for women as well as the Super Globe , a club world championship. The beach handball world championship has also been organized by the IHF since 2004 and the U17 beach handball world championship since 2017.
The IHF associations
- CAHB - Confédération Africaine de Handball ( Africa )
- AHF - Asian Handball Federation ( Asia )
- EHF - European Handball Federation ( Europe )
- NACHC - Handball Confederation of North America and the Caribbean (North America and the Caribbean)
- OCHF - Oceania Continent Handball Federation ( Oceania )
- NACHC - South and Central American Handball Confederation (South and Central America)
Association management
The first president of the IHF was the Swede Gösta Björk from 1946 to 1950 . From 1950 to 1971 the Swiss Hans Baumann , from 1971 to 1984 the Swede Paul Högberg and from 1984 to 2000 the Austrian Erwin Lanc held this office; since 2000 the Egyptian Hassan Moustafa has been president. Frenchman Joel Delplanque has been General Secretary since 2009; His predecessors in office were the Swede Carl Filip Borgh from 1946 to 1950, the Swiss Albert Wagner from 1950 to 1972, the German Max Rinkenburger from 1972 to 1988, the French Raymond Hahn from 1988 to 2004 and the Swiss Peter Mühlematter from 2004 to 2009 .
Each continental association has a vice-president.
IHF world rankings
The IHF World Ranking List (IHF Ranking) is the ranking list ("Ranking Table") of the national handball associations published by the International Handball Federation (IHF).
Handball rules
One of the tasks of the IHF is the definition and temporary adaptation of the handball rules , for which it has set up a rules committee. The current rules have been in effect since August 2010 and represent a slightly revised version of the 2005 rules in some points. They regulate the behavior of all those involved (players, officials, timekeepers and referees ) during the game and the technical requirements for conducting a game.
Basic rules were first summarized in Denmark in 1898 by Holger Louis Nielsen and refined in 1917/19 in Germany by Carl Schelenz . After them, international games were held in Europe from 1925. In 1926 the International Association of Athletics Federations nominated a committee to revise them, after which Berlin organized the 1936 Olympic Games and the International Amateur Handball Federation organized the 1938 World Cup, which then took place every three to four years. Handball was also part of the canceled 1940 Tokyo Games. After Tokyo withdrew and Helsinki stepped in for a short time, most ball sports, including handball, were canceled. In 1952, field handball was held as a demonstration between Denmark and Sweden. Indoor handball was originally intended for the 1964 Games (there were already plans and a pictogram), but was then dropped in favor of volleyball. It was finally introduced in Munich in 1972 at the instigation of Germany, Scandinavia and the Eastern Bloc.
Web links
- Official website of the IHF (English)
- Erik Eggers: Lost ( memento from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . Article in the FTD of 26 January 2009 on corruption in the IHF.
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the International Handball Federation (English)
- ^ Frowin Fasold, Ruben Goebel: Learning to play beach handball . 1st edition. BoD - Books on Demand, Cologne, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3-7448-7502-8 , pp. 7 .
- ↑ Mauritius 2017 - Groups for U17 Beach Handball World Championships determined. In: ihf.info. IHF, May 17, 2017, accessed March 15, 2019 .
- ↑ IHF Presidents (English)
- ↑ library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1940/OR1940.pdf
- ↑ library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952part2.pdf
- ↑ library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v1pt1.pdf
- ↑ CBC.ca, handball at Olympia