The Australian Handball Federation (AHF) is the

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for the Olympic

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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

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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 ...

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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