International Handball Federation

[2010-03-11]

Germany moves up to Women’s Youth WCH

As no team from Oceania will participate at the 3rd Women’s Youth World Championship 2010 in the Dominican Republic, Europe has the right to send a substitute nation for this free place. The...

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[2010-03-08]

RELEASE FOR PUBLICATION

We have been informed on 4 March 2010 of the following disciplinary measures for doping violation imposed by the Tribunale Nationale Antidoping...

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[2010-03-08]

The Super Globe draw

The IHF Super Globe, the World Championship for club teams will take place in Qatar from 17 to 21 May.The draw of the preliminary groups took place in Doha on Saturday 6 March 2010.Ciudad Real...

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[2010-03-05]

IHF inspects venues for 2011 World Championship in Sweden

The official inspection tour of the IHF took place in the WCh hosting country just in time for the end of the qualifying tournaments for the men's WCh 2011 in Sweden (Africa and Asia). They inspected...

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[2010-03-04]

WHM-Tech released in six languages

The next WHM-Tech will be released in March 2010 and from now on be printed in six languages. Besides the traditional languages of the IHF (English, French, German) the WHM-Tech will now also be...

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[2010-03-01]

Rules of the game change

Handball is a vivid, progressing sport. Therefore the rules of the game have to be adapted accordingly. The rule working group with representatives from the PRC (Playing Rules and Referees Commission)...

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[2010-03-01]

Women’s Junior WCH in Korea

The17th World Championship for Women’s Juniors will take place in Korea this year. The International Handball Federation, represented by President Dr. Hassan Moustafa, and the Korea Handball...

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[2010-03-01]

Super Globe : Nearly all the participants are known

The SuperGlobe, the IHF World Championship for club teams will take place in Qatar from 17th to 21th May 2010. Coming from Europe, Champions League winner Ciudad Real (Spain) will play...

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[2010-02-26]

RELEASE FOR PUBLICATION

The responsible disciplinary body of the Hellenic Handball Federation imposed the following disciplinary measures for doping violation in accordance with the IHF Anti-Doping...

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[2010-02-24]

RELEASE FOR PUBLICATION

The Executive Committee of the Russian Handball Federation imposed the following disciplinary measures for doping violation in accordance with the IHF Anti-Doping...

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[2010-02-24]

ANTALYA 2010 BEACH HANDBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: FIRST WORKSHOP COMPLETED

The first Organizational Workshop between the IHF's Beach Handball Working Group and the Local Organizing Committee of the upcoming IV Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships was held in...

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[2010-02-22]

II Extraordinary Congress of the International Handball Federation – Registration

As previously announced the Italian capital Rome will host the II Extraordinary IHF Congress of the International Handball Federation from 23 to 24 April 2010.The national federations and...

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[2010-02-21]

African Championship: Gold for Tunisia and Angola

Angola’s women and Tunisia’s men stood on top of the podium at the 19th African Championships in Egypt. As it was the tenth African Nations title for Angola, Tunisia won Gold for the eight...

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[2010-02-20]

African championship: Men’s dream final perfect

It was a hard struggle, but in the end the host nation has reached the men’s final of the 19th African championships: Egypt beat Algeria in a very close semifinal 26:24. Algeria was ahead...

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[2010-02-20]

Asian Championship: Gold for Korea, Bronze for Japan

Seven matches, seven clear victories: Korea is the well deserved old and new men’s continental champion of Asia. By beating the surprise team of Bahrain 32:25 (16:13) in the final of the 14th...

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[2010-02-19]

African Championship: Favourites in the women’s final

The women teams of Angola and Tunisia have reached their main objective – the finals of the 19th African nations Championship in Egypt. Aside, both have secured their position at...

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[2010-02-18]

African Championship: DR Congo in the semis

DR Congo has secured the last semifinal place in the men’s competition of the 19th African nations Championships. They beat Morocco in the last and decisive main round match of group II 30:28. In...

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[2010-02-18]

Asian Championships: Korea and Bahrain play for Gold

Korea and Bahrain have reached the final of the 14th men’s Asian Championship – the qualification tournament for WCH in Sweden 2011, played in Beirut, Lebanon. Korea – the only team...

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[2010-02-17]

Asian Championship: UAE and China win placement matches

The United Arabic Emirates secured the 11th place of the 14th Asian Men’s Championships. The Emirates beat Jordan in the placement match Jordan 43:36. After losing right at the start of the tournament...

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[2010-02-17]

African Championship: Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria in the semifinals

Three of the four men’s semifinalists of the 19th African Championships in Egypt are known after match day 2 of the Main Round. In group I Tunisia and Algeria are through after both had beaten...

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[2010-02-16]

Asian Men’s Championship: South Korea – Japan and Saudi-Arabia – Bahrain in the semifinals

The Main Round and the ranking round 9-12 have come to an end at the 14th Asian Men’s Championship in Beirut, Lebanon. In Main Round group I Saudi-Arabia tied on the last match day 26:26 against...

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[2010-02-16]

African Championship: Women’s semifinals clear, Egypt and Tunisia win men’s Main Round openers

The four favourites Angola, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Algeria have qualified for the women’s semifinals of the 19th African Nations Championships, played in Cairo and Suez, Egypt....

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[2010-02-14]

Asian Championships: Main Round

Group A Rnk Team Name Games GFor GA GDiff Points 1 KSA Kingdom of Saudi...

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[2010-02-14]

African Nations ChampionshiP: group ranking

African Championship: Main Round and quarterfinals start The Preliminary Round is over, today the decisive stages of the competitions start at the 19th African Championships for men and women,...

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[2010-02-13]

Asian Championships: Main Round

Asian Championship: Favourites without problems at the Main Round start The top favourites for the qualification for men’s World Championship 2011 in Sweden have started well in the...

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[2010-02-12]

No surprises at the start of the African Nations Championship

The 19th African Nations Handball Championship has started in Egypt on Thursday. Men and women teams play in Cairo and Suez for the medals and the qualification for the upcoming World Championships...

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[2010-02-12]

Asian Championships: Main Round starts on Saturday

On Saturday, Sunday and Monday the Main Round of the 14th Asian Men’s Championship will be played in Beirut, Lebanon. In group A Korea, Lebanon, Syria and Bahrain will meet, in group B...

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[2010-02-11]

Asian Men’s Championship: Main Round nearly completed

Ten of the twelve Preliminary Round matches of the 14th Men’s Asian Championships have been played in Beirut (Lebanon) – and seven of the eight Main Round Participants are already known.In...

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[2010-02-09]

Asian Men’s Championship: Syria beat China

Three match days have been played at the 14th Asian Men’s Championship taking place in Beirut, Lebanon. And the first big surprise of the Preliminary Round has occurred in group A, as Syria beat...

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[2010-02-08]

Handball Photo of the Year

The IHF would like to revive an old tradition: We search for the Handball Photo of the year 2009. Handball is a global sport that was played all over the world also last year and it is a very...

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[2010-02-08]

IHF meets other team sports federations to discuss about CAS

Several International team sports Federations, including the International Handball Federation, and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) discussed issues concerning the collaboration with the...

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[2010-02-02]

IHF supports Haiti

After the earthquake in Haiti, the building of the Fédération Haitienne de Handball is inoperative. To help with the restructure and to encourage everyone to do so as well, the IHF decided on...

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[2010-02-01]

Asian Men’s Championship: Three tickets to Sweden

14 teams and three „tickets“ to Sweden: From 6 February to 19 February the 14th Asian Men’s Championship will be played in Beirut, Lebanon. The three medalists will qualify directly for the 2011 World...

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[2010-02-01]

France has written history: “Les Bleus” are European Champions

France has written handball history on Sunday evening in Vienna: As the first team ever the “Bleus” are now Olympic, World and European Champions at the same time. In the final of the 9th...

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[2010-01-29]

African Championship starts on 11 February in Egypt

20 nations will meet from 11 to 20 February in Egypt for the 19th Men’s and Women’s African Championship. All matches will take place in Cairo and Suez. The three top ranked teams of the men’s...

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[2010-01-29]

Crunch time at the EURO 2010: Croatia - Poland and Iceland - France in the semifinals

The 9thEHF EURO has reached it’s final stage and destination in Vienna – and four of the leading handball nations have reached the semifinals after highly dramatic main round matches....

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[2010-01-29]

Historical moment for Handball

On the fringes of the 9th Men’s European Championship in Austria a high potential working group met in Vienna on 28 January. On initiative of the IHF President Dr Hassan Moustafa,...

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[2010-01-25]

Oleg Velyky passes away

Handball is mourning the loss of German national team player, Oleg Velyky. The HSV Hamburg player passed away in Ukraine on Saturday night after a long battle with skin cancer. He was 32. On Monday he...

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IV Super Globe 2010 in Qatar

In view of the 2010 Super Globe in Qatar, the International Handball Federation received the Qatar Handball Association and Al Sadd Club Qatar at the Head Office in Basle on Saturday 23 January....

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[ 2010-01-23]

New distribution of tasks at the IHF Head Office

After the resignation of the former Head of Sports, Mr. Ekkehard Hoffmann, the IHF implements with immediate effect the proposal made by the working group for the revision of the IHF Bylaws and...

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[ 2010-01-22]

Meeting of calendar working group in Vienna

On the occasion of the 9th Men’s European Championship in Austria a high potential working group for calendar of events will meet in Vienna on 28 January. IHF President Dr. Hassan Moustafa will host...

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[2010-01-19]

From Austria to Sweden – EURO 2010 starts on Tuesday

The host Austria promises “Magic Moments”; and – at least - the three top ranked teams are qualified directly for the World Championship in Sweden 2011. The EURO 2010 is the first continental...

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IHF President awards the World Handball Player in Paris Bercy

Big stage for Linn- Kristin Riegelhuth and Thierry Omeyer: On the fringes of the 23rd handball tournament Paris Ile de France, the two World Handball Player of the Year 2008 were awarded by the IHF on...

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[ 2010-01-12]

The IHF suspends handball in Kuwait

Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories...

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[2010-01-05]

Handball is free of doping

Following the provisions of the WADA-Code, the Anti-Doping Unit (ADU) of the International Handball Federation conducted 38 no-advance notice out-of-competition tests in 2009 in the approach to the...

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[2009-12-20]

Russia again! Trefilow team defends title by beating France 25:22 in the final

They danced on the field, as they did in 2001, 2005 and 2007: Again Russia became Women’s World Champion and was awarded by IHF President Hassan Moustafa with the winner’s trophy...

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[2009-12-18]

The IHF Head Office will close during Christmas and New Year

Dear Handball friends, Kindly be informed that the Head Office of the international Handball Federation will close for Christmas from 24 to 27 December 2009 and New Year from 31 December 2009 to 3...

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[2009-12-07]

Jiangsu 2009 WebTV live on http://handball2009.videosport.com/

Handball fans around the world can follow the 2009 Women's World Championship in Jiangsu (China) live on the internet as usual. IHF, together with its partner SPORTFIVE, will once again stream all...

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[ 2009-12-05]