Australian Handball Federation

The Australian Handball Federation (AHF) is the governing body for the Olympic sport of handball (also known as European Handball or Olympic Handball) in Australia.

Australian Handball Federation
AHF
IOC nationCommonwealth of Australia (AUS)
National flag
SportHandball
Other Sports
Official websitewww.handballaustralia.org.au
HISTORY
Year of formation1985 (1985)
DEMOGRAPHICS
Membership size6 Full Members
2 Associated Members
AFFILIATIONS
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1988
Continental associationOceania Continent Handball Federation
National Olympic CommitteeAustralian Olympic Committee
Other affiliation(s)
GOVERNING BODY
PresidentMs. Helen Boyd
HEADQUARTERS
Address
Country Australia
Secretary GeneralMs. Bronwyn Thompson

History

The body was founded in 1985. In 1988, the body became the 100th member of the International Handball Federation.[1] There are currently 204 member nations of the IHF.

State members
CodeStateFederation/Association
ACTAustralian Capital Territory Handball Association
NSWNew South Wales Handball Association
NTNorthern Territory Handball Association
QLDHandball Queensland (Queensland Team Handball Association)
SAHandball SA
TASTasmanian Handball League
VICHandball Federation of Victoria
WAHandball Western Australian

National Teams
Australian teams world rankings[2]
TeamRankPointsReference
Overall 41 48 Reference
Men 36 7 Reference
Women 34 7 Reference
Men U21 No ranking – Reference
Women U21 46 3 Reference
Men U18 30 3 Reference
Women U18 No ranking – Reference
Men Beach 16 3 Reference
Women Beach 16 5 Reference
Men Olympic 30 4 Reference
Women Olympic 25 6 Reference
rankings as of June 2016

The national team coach for the men is Ante Belicic [3]

The Australian Men's Indoor team have qualified for seven IHF World Men's Handball Championships, have won five Oceania Handball Nations Cups and participated in the Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Sydney.

The Australian Women's Indoor team have qualified for seven IHF World Women's Handball Championships and won six Oceania Handball Nations Cups and participated in the Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Sydney.[4]

Both the Men's and Women's National Beach Handball teams have participated at three Beach Handball World Championships and Beach Handball at the 2013 World Games.[5]

At a Junior level Australia has qualified for the IHF Women's Junior World Championship, IHF Men's Youth World Championship and Handball at the Youth Olympic Games. In 2013, the Men & Women Under 21 were invited to the 2013 Continental Challenge Trophy in Mexico.[6] Neither team won a game.

Main pages

National Championships

The National championships involve all state and territory federations. Main article Australian National Handball Championship

Australia also has a national club championship. The winner of this goes to the Oceania Handball Champions Cup. Main article Australian Handball Club Championship

See also

References
  1. "One Man's Journey". Australian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. International Handball Federation
  3. http://taipramadani.net/jan-ottosen-named-national%20team%20coach%5B%5D AHF Page. Retrieved 15 October 2014
  4. Sports Reference Australian Handball team – Sydney 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2014
  5. Sports Reference Australian Handball team – Sydney 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2014
  6. http://taipramadani.net/ihf-challenge-trophy-2013%5B%5D IHF Continental Challenge Trophy. Retrieved 15 October 2014
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