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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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Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

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Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

, chiefexec= , secretarygeneral= Miglius Astrauskas , keystaff1position= , keystaff1name= , keystaff2position= , keystaff2name= , keystaff3position= , keystaff3name= , financetitle=FINANCE , companystatus= , operatingincome= , sponsors= The Lithuanian Handball Federation ( lt, Lietuvos Rankinio Federacija) (LHF) is the administrative and controlling body for

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 Republic of Lithuania. Founded in 1991, LHF is a member of European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF).

National teams

Lithuania men's national handball team The Lithuania national handball team is the national handball team of Lithuania. Competitive record World Championship European Championship Current squad Notable players * Jonas Truchanovičius 1st Lithuanian to win EH ...

Lithuania men's national junior handball team Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

* Lithuania women's national handball team

Competitions

Lithuanian Handball League The Lithuanian Handball League ( lt, Lietuvos rankinio lyga), is the top-tier team handball competition in the Republic of Lithuania. Current teams ;Alytus *Alytaus Varsa - Stronglasas ;Kaunas * Granitas Kaunas ;Klaipėda * Dragūnas Klaipėd ...

Lithuanian Women's Handball League The Lithuanian Women's Handball League ( lt, Lietuvos moterų rankinio lyga), is the top-tier team handball competition in the Republic of Lithuania A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; spe ...

References

External links

Official website

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

Sports organizations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Lithuania Handball governing bodies European Handball Federation National members of the International Handball Federation Organizations based in Kaunas {{Handball-stub