The Australian Handball Federation (AHF) is the
governing body
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for the Olympic
sport
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of
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
(also known as European Handball or Olympic Handball) in
Australia
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.
History
The body was founded in 1985. In 1988, the body became the 100th member of the
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...
. There are currently 204 member nations of the IHF.
State members
State Members makeup on AHF website
National teams
The national team coach for the men is Ante Belicic
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.
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.
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.
IHF Continental Challenge Trophy. Retrieved 15 October 2014 Neither team won a game.
Main pages
* '' Australia men's national handball team, Australia Men's Handball team''
* '' Australia Junior Men's Handball team''
* '' Australia Youth Boy's Handball team''
* '' Australia Women's Handball team''
* '' Australia Junior Women's Handball team''
* '' Australia Youth Girl's Handball team''
* '' Australia Men's Beach Handball team''
* '' Australia Women's Beach Handball team''
National championships
The National championships involve all state and territory federations. Main article ''Australian National Handball Championship The Australian National Handball Championship is a competition run each year by the Australian Handball Federation. It features teams from each state and territory in Australia.
Champions Men's indoor - Sasha Dimitric Cup
Women's indoor
Men's ...
''
Australia also has a national club championship. The winner of this goes to the Oceania Handball Champions Cup
The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship for men featuring teams from the Oceania region.
The winners of this tournament qualify for the IHF Super Globe (World club championship).
Champions
Club performance
...
. Main article ''Australian Handball Club Championship
Handball Australia hosts two separate national club championships. The first is a Beach Handball nationals competition and the second is the Australia Handball Club Championships featuring the state champions for Handball. The winner of the Handbal ...
''
See also
* Oceania Handball Nations Cup
The Oceania Handball Nations Championship was the official competition for senior national handball teams of Oceania, and took place every two years. In addition to crowning the Oceania champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournam ...
– Seniors
* Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy The Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy is a handball competition for Under 20 year old men and Under 19 year old women organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winner of this competition qualifies for the Men's Junior World Handbal ...
– Junior (Under 21s)
* Oceania Youth Handball Championship – Youth – (Under 19s)
* Oceania Beach Handball Championship The Oceania Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national beach handball teams of Oceania Continent Handball Federation, Oceania region. It was first organized by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation in 2013. In ad ...
- Seniors
* Oceania Junior Beach Handball Championship
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- Under 19's
* Oceania Youth Beach Handball Championship The Oceania Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for Under 17 years national beach handball teams of Oceania region. It was first organized by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation in 2017. The first champions for boys were ...
- Under 17's
* Handball League Australia
The Handball League Australia (HLA) is an Australian-based championship for handball run by Australian Handball Federation. The principal idea was to play round robin games in each capital city. There are four teams representing four states.
Se ...
* Australian University Games
The UniSport Nationals is a multi-sport event held annually between the 43 Australian universities and tertiary institutions. Overseen by UniSport, the peak governing body of university sport in Australia, the nationals is the flagship event on ...
References
External links
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Handball on the Australian Olympic web page
Australian Institute of Sport Handball page
Australia on the International Handball Federation page
Oceania Continent Handball Federation page
Australian Handball on the London Olympics web page
Australian news on Team Handball.Com web site
Australia could be a world power in handball – just add money. Quest Newspapers. Westside News. 5 July, 2011
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National members of the Oceania Continent Handball Federation
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