The Handball Federation of Kosovo ( sq, Federata e Hendbollit të Kosovës, sr, Рукометни савез Косова / ''Rukometni savez Kosova'') is the governing body of

team 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 ...

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, based in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

. It is a member of the

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, ...

and 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 ...

History

The Kosovo Handball Federation is the governing body of team handball in Kosovo, based in Pristina. It is an associated member of the European Handball Federation (EHF). The decision to accept Kosovo as an associated member was taken on 18 December 2004 at the European Congress of EHF, held in Budapest. With actual status in EHF, Kosovo could not participate with national team, and is without right of vote in the assembly of European Handball Federation. However, Kosovo will take part in qualification for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 pending a congress decision on full membership in September 2014. Kosovo Handball Federation become full member of European Handball Federation in 2014 when the member nations of the EHF have decided at the EHF Congress to grant full membership to the handball association of Kosovo, making it the 50th member federation. During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had own Superleague and lower divisions in both genders. In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from Yugoslavian system, organising its own league based with different teams from seven major cities of Kosovo. From 2004, Besa Famiglia, HC Prishtina, HC Kstrioti (men) and HC Vëllaznimi, HC Prishtina, HC Kastrioti, HC Kosova, HC VIcianet (women), participated in different European cups qualifications, and the best success remains, being qualified for one round. However, HC Prishtina wrote history for the country of Kosova, because they qualified in the second round after beating Junior Fassano (ITA) in two legs played.

Domestic competitions

It organises the Kosovar

Championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

and

Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ...

. In the 2006–2007 club competition season in Europe, Kosovo had five clubs participate: KH Besa Famiglia Pejä, KH Kastrioti Ferizaj, KH Kosovo Vushtrri, KH Vellaznimi Gjakove, and KH Vicianet Vushtrri.

International competitions hosted by the HFK

2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship The 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The tournament was held in Pristina and Gjakova, Kosovo, from 20 to 26 June. A t ...

References

External links

* {{National Members of the International Handball Federation Sports governing bodies in Kosovo

Handball in Kosovo Sports organizations established in 1953