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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 ...

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Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...

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Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, chiefexec= , secretarygeneral= Khaled Mohammed Al-Najem , financetitle=FINANCE , companystatus= , operatingincome= , sponsors= The Bahrain Handball Federation (BHF) ('' ar, اتحاد البحرين لكرة اليد'') is the governing body 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 ...

and beach handball in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Founded in 1974, BHF is affiliated to the International Handball Federation and the Asian Handball Federation. BHF is also affiliated to the Bahrain Olympic Committee. It is based in

BHF Presidents

Competitions hosted

International

2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship The 2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (2nd tournament) took place in Bahrain from 26 July–3 August. Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- - ...

Continental

2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship The 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship held from 27 August - 5 September 2016 at Manama, Bahrain under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. Is also acted as the quali ...

2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held from 15 to 28 January 2016 in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Championshi ...

2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain, from 25 January to 6 February 2014. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Me ...

* 2012 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship * 1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship *

1993 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 1993 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the seventh Asian Championship, which took place from 24 September to 5 October 1993 in Manama, Bahrain. Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group ...

Handball

National teams

Club teams

= Asia

= * Al-Najma SC

References

External links

Bahrain Handball Federation
at the IHF website. Handball governing bodies Handball in Bahrain Asian Handball Federation Sport in Bahrain

1974 establishments in Bahrain Sports organizations established in 1974 {{Handball-stub