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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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Beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

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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 ...

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Bulgarian Olympic Committee The Bulgarian Olympic Committee ( bg, Български олимпийски комитет, ''Balgarski olimpiyski komitet''; abbreviated as БОК, BOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Bulgaria and a pa ...

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European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, ...

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Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

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Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

. Founded in 1958, BHF is a member of

(EHF) and the

(IHF).

National teams

Bulgaria men's national handball team The Bulgaria national handball team is the national team of Bulgaria. It takes part in international handball competitions. The team participated at the 1974 and 1978 World Men's Handball Championships. World Championships record European ...

* Bulgaria men's national junior handball team *

Bulgaria women's national handball team The Bulgaria national women's handball team is the national team of Bulgaria. It takes part in international team handball competitions. The team's greatest result came in 1984 when they won the Balkan Championship along with achieving the 10th ran ...

Competitions

* Bulgarian GHR A

References

External links

Official website

Bulgaria
at the IHF website.
Bulgaria
at the EHF website. Handball in Bulgaria

Sports organizations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Bulgaria Handball governing bodies European Handball Federation National members of the International Handball Federation Organizations based in Sofia {{Handball-stub