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(EHF) and the

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, and administers the national handball teams for

and

. Its president is

, the Secretary General is András Novák.

Hosted tournaments

;Men's *

2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden ...

(with ), January 13–30 * 2005 Men's Junior World Handball Championship * 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship, August 10–23 ;Women's * 1982 World Women's Handball Championship, December 2–12 *

1995 World Women's Handball Championship The 1995 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Austria and Hungary 5–17 December 1995. It was the only to have 20 teams and the first to have multiple hosts. South Korea won its first title in Vienna. Squads Group stage Group ...

(with ), December 5–17 *

2004 European Women's Handball Championship The 2004 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Hungary from 9–19 December, it was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Denmark women's national handball team, Denmark 27–25 in the final match. Ve ...

, December 9–19 *

2014 European Women's Handball Championship The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hungar ...

(with ), December 7–21 *

2024 European Women's Handball Championship The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship will be held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. This will be the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Bidding process The vote took place on 25 January 2020 ...

(with and ) *

2001 Women's Junior World Handball Championship 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship The 2018 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship that took place in Debrecen, Hungary from 1 to 14 July 2018. Hungary won their first ever title by defeating Norway 28–22 in the f ...

* 2009 Women's Junior European Handball Championship * 2019 Women's Junior European Handball Championship * 1992 Women's Youth European Handball Championship ;Beach handball * 2016 Beach Handball World Championships,

, July 12–17

Honours

;Men's *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

''Runner-up'' (1 time -

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

) *

Carpathian Trophy The Carpathian Trophy ( ro, 'Trofeul Carpaţi') is an annual men's and women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation The Romanian Handball Federation ( ro, Federaţia Română de Handbal) (FRH) is the governin ...

Bronze medal - 1964, 1976 ;Women's *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

''Runner-up'' (1 time -

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

);

Third place (2 times -

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 ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

) *

Winner (1 time -

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

);

''Runner-up'' (4 times -

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

);

Third place (4 times -

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

) * European Championship: Gold medal europe

Winner (1 time -

);

Third place (3 times -

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *

Silver medal - 1971, 1984, 2012; Bronze medal blank

Bronze medal - 1970, 1975, 1981, 2011 *

Møbelringen Cup The Intersport Cup, formerly known as the Møbelringen Cup, is an annual women's handball tournament arranged by the Norwegian Handball Federation. Norway plus three invited national teams compete for the title, normally in a single round-robin for ...

Silver medal - 2003

Divisions

;Men's *

Hungary men's national handball team The Hungary national handball team is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation. Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Olympic Games Competitive record at th ...

* Hungary men's national junior handball team * Hungary men's national youth handball team * Hungary national beach handball team ;Women's *

Hungary women's national handball team The Hungary women's national handball team ( hu, magyar női kézilabda-válogatott) is the national team of Hungary. It is governed by the Hungarian Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competiti ...

Hungary women's national junior handball team The Hungary women's junior national handball team is the national under-19 handball team of Hungary. Controlled by the Hungarian Handball Federation it represents the country in international matches. History World Championship Ch ...

* Hungary women's national youth handball team *

Hungary women's national beach handball team The Hungary women's national beach handball team is the national beach handball team of Hungary. It is governed by the Hungarian Handball Federation and takes part in international beach handball competitions. Results World Championshi ...

Current head coaches

Competitions

Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség is responsible for organising the following competitions:

Men's handball

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

''(Tier 1)'' * Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B ''(Tier 2)'' – two sections (East, West) *

Nemzeti Bajnokság II NB II, currently known as the Merkantil Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of Hungarian football. At the end of the 2004–05 season, the tournament format was changed from one division of 14 teams to two divisions: ''Keleti ...

''(Tier 3)'' – six sections (North-West, North, North-East, South-West, South, South-East)

Women's handball

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) ''(Tier 1)'' * Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women) ''(Tier 2)'' – two sections (East, West) * Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women) ''(Tier 3)'' – six sections (North-West, North, North-East, South-West, South, South-East)

Cups

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

– Men *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

– Men's Supercup * Magyar Kupa (women) – Women * Szuperkupa (women) – Women's Supercup

Beach handball

* Strandkézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság ''(Tier 1)''

Presidents

Current sponsorships

- Official main sponsor
Provident
- Official sponsor (Platinum support) *

- Official sponsor (Gold support) * MTVA - Official sponsor * Generali - Official sponsor *

- Official sponsor *

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- Official sponsor
Sport Basica
- Official sponsor
Haluxvill
- Official sponsor
LBT
- Official sponsor

References

External links

Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség
(official website)
Hungary
at EHF site Handball in Hungary

1933 establishments in Hungary Sports organizations established in 1933 {{handball-stub

Hosted tournaments

Honours

Divisions

Current head coaches

Competitions

Men's handball

Women's handball

Cups

Beach handball

Presidents

Current sponsorships

See also

References

External links