Elections for various IHF positions will be held at the upcoming Ordinary IHF Congress in Antalya, Turkey, taking place from 5 to 8 November 2021.

By the deadline of 6 August, the IHF received numerous candidatures, which are being submitted to the Working Group of Candidatures for IHF Positions for review and confirmation, before the candidatures are presented to the IHF Council. 

According to Article 14.3.6 of the IHF Statutes, the Working Group of Candîdatures for IHF Positions, which is an independent electoral working group, shall ensure the compliance of the candidates’ applications with the conditions stipulated in the IHF Statutes.

In their last meeting on 15 July 2021, the IHF Council decided on the following composition of the working group:

Chairperson: Mr Jean Brihault, former IHF Council Member (chairperson of Working Group of Candidatures for IHF Positions in 2013 and 2017)

Members:

• Mr Jörgen Holmqvist, IHF Honorary Member 
• Mr Francisco V. Blázquez García, President of Royal Spanish Handball Federation

CANDIDATURES

President
Dr Hassan MOUSTAFA (EGY) – Re-election 

1st Vice-President
Mr Joël DELPLANQUE (FRA) – Re-election 
Mr Andreas MICHELMANN (GER) – New election 

Treasurer
Mrs Anna RAPP (SWE) – Re-election

Two (2) members to the Executive Committee
Mrs Narcisa LECUSANU (ROU) – Re-election 
Mr Frantisek TABORSKY (CZE) – Re-election 
Mr Faisal BAQER (KUW) – New election 
Mr Tjark DE LANGE (NED) – New election
Mr Ali ESHAQI (BRN) – New election 
Mr Asaduzzaman KOHINOOR (BAN) – New election
Mr Stephen NEILSON (GBR) – New election

Chairperson of Commission of Organising and Competition (COC)
Mr Per BERTELSEN (DEN) – Re-election

Chairperson of Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC)
Mr Per Morten SØDAL (NOR) – New election

Chairperson of Commission of Coaching and Methods (CCM)
Mr Dietrich SPÄTE (GER) – Re-election
Mr Hyung-Kyun CHUNG (KOR) – New election
Mr Nur Maye OSMAN (SOM) – New election 

Chairperson of Medical Commission (MC)
Dr François GNAMIAN (CIV) – Re-election
Dr Lidi Kédéka BESSI KAMA (TOG) – New election
Dr Kyungtai LEE (KOR) – New election

Chairperson of Commission for Development (CD)
Mr Ahmed AL-SHAABI (QAT) – New election
Mr Tomislav GRAHOVAC (CRO) – New election 
Mrs Ana Cecilia HERNÁNDEZ (ESA) – New election 

Chairperson of Arbitration Tribunal 
Mr Zoran RADOJICIC (MNE) – Re-election

Ten (10) Members of Arbitration Tribunal
Mr Abdulla AL-HAYYAN (KUW) – Re-election
Mrs Agata DZIARNOWSKA (POL) – Re-election
Mrs Matea HORVAT (CRO) – Re-election 
Mr Pedro MOURAO (POR) – Re-election
Mr Juan María PÉREZ ORTIZ (ESP) – Re-election 
Mr Maxim GULEVICH (RUS) – New election 
Mr Rémy LEVY (FRA) – New election
Mr Juan Pablo MONTES MERY (CHI) – New election 

Chairperson of Arbitration Commission
Mr Lovro BADZIM (CRO) – New election

Ten (10) Members of Arbitration Commission
Mr Mouadh BEN ZAIED (TUN) – Re-election
Mr Nurul Fazal BULBUL (BAN) – Re-election
Mr Miguel FERNANDES (POR) – Re-election
Mr Filip MILOSHEVSKI (MKD) – Re-election 
Ms Elena BORRÁS ALCARAZ (ESP) – New election  
Mr Yevgen PETRUSHEVSKYI (UKR) – New election
Ms Elizabeth Ling YANG (HKG) – New election

Chairperson of Ethics Commission
Mr Hussein Moustafa FATHY (EGY) – Re-election

Five (5) Members of Ethics Commission
Mr Amatékoé KANGNI (TOG) – Re-election
Mr Jorge PULIDO VÁZQUEZ (MEX) – Re-election
Mr David BARRUFET BOFILL (ESP) – New election
Mr José COSTA (POR) – New election
Mr Dorjsuren JARGALSAIKHAN (MGL) – New election 
Mr Roman LEBEDENKO (RUS) – New election 

Two (2) internal IHF auditors and one (1) substitute auditor 
Mr Ulisses PEREIRA (POR) – Re-election  

Note: Candidates for re-election are listed first (in alphabetical order), followed by first-time candidates (also in alphabetical order).