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in February 2022 suspended Russia both in competitions for national teams and on club level.

History

In 1989 was held the first Constituent Conference of the Handball Union of Russia with participation of 32 members. As the General Director of the Union was elected Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov, the Olympic Champion of

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

. In March 1992 in

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was held the second Conference of the Handball Union of Russia. As the first President of the Union was elected

. As the General Director and Vice-President was elected again Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov. As the Vice-President Mr. Yuri Fedorovich Reznikov, the Honorary Master of Sport of the USSR. As the General Secretary Boris Nikolaevich Makarov. The same year (1992), as the right successor of the former USSR Handball Federation, the Handball Union of Russia had become the equal member of the

(IHF) and of the

(EHF). And since that formation date the Handball Union of Russia hold annual tournaments and championships of Russia. Since 1993 Russia entered the national teams for participation at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. In reaction to the

, the

banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the

suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus as well as Russian and Belarusian clubs competing in European handball competitions. Referees, officials, and commission members from Russia and Belarus will not be called upon for future activities. And new organisers will be sought for the YAC 16 EHF Beach Handball EURO and the Qualifier Tournaments for the Beach Handball EURO 2023, which were to be held in Moscow. In addition, it refused to allow competitions to be held in Russia. The Russian Handball Federation failed in its appeal against the decision to exclude Russia's teams from continental competition, which was rejected by the European Handball Federation Court of Handball.

Competitions

The Handball Union of Russia conducts two competitions for both Men and Women teams: *

- For handball premier league clubs. *

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- For handball Second Division clubs.

Honorary President of the HUR

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Awards

Hans Baumann Trophy

The Handball Union of Russia was awarded with the highest order of the

(IHF) –

Hans Baumann Trophy The Hans Baumann Trophy, which was endowed by the Spanish members of the IHF, commemorates the late President of the IHF (1950 to 1971), Hans Baumann. It is awarded to IHF member federations from 1972 to 2015. In 2017, the IHF Council decided to ...

for the great contribution to the world development of this sport for the first time. The Trophy is kept at the head-office of the Handball Union of Russia, together with five prizes of the

as the best country by sports results.

Best handballers of Russia in the 20th century

In 2001, the congress as well as the members of the executive committee of the Handball Union of Russia named the best Russian handballers of the 20th century. The voting results were:

75-year anniversary of Russian handball

In 2003, the Handball Union of Russia celebrated the 75-Year Anniversary of Russian handball. In many regions of Russia there were held special events to celebrate the jubilee. As the final chord was the organization of the match for men teams Russia national handball team and the World Selection. The match took place in

Dynamo Sports Palace Dynamo Palace of Sports (russian: Дворец спорта «Динамо») is an indoor sporting arena located in Khovrino District, Moscow, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,000. It was built during the preparations for the 1980 Summer ...

, Moscow.

Scorers list

Line-up

References

External links

*
Handball Union of Russia at eurohandball.com
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Sports organizations established in 1989