The Scottish Handball Association is the governing body for non-

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related matters of

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while the British Handball Association has governance over matters relating to the

. The SHA is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the Commonwealth Handball Association (CHA).

History

The Association was formed in 1972

Scottish teams

* Armadale * Ayr * Broxburn * Cumbernauld * Dundee Handball Club * EK82 Handball Club * Edinburgh Eagles * Falkirk * Glasgow * Gracemount Edinburgh Handball Club * Kirkliston * Liberton * Linlithgow * Livingston * Na Feidh * Troon * Tryst 77 * Whitburn

Scottish National League champions

Scottish National Cup finals

Full details of past winners and the current season's fixtures/results can be found at the SHA Cup page.

Scottish League season 2009/10

The

Scottish Handball League The Scottish Handball League is the premier Team handball, handball competition for teams in Scotland. The league is regulated by the Scottish Handball Association and is based on a standard Round-robin tournament, round robin format with each team ...

Championship Campaign commenced in October 2009. All league games will be played at

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. This year seven teams from across central

will be taking part in the league campaign, for full details of results and fixtures see the Scottish Handball Season 2009/10 page. The Scottish Cup Competition will be contested by 7 sides from across Scotland, with Ayr HC being replaced by Glasgow University HC. The 2009/10 season fixtures and results can be view on the SHA Cup page.

League table 2009/10

Scottish national team

The Scottish National squad have competed in the European Handball Federation Men's Challenge Trophy since 2005, and will enter a team into this year's tournament at the end of October 2009.

EHF Challenge Trophy

The Challenge Trophy is an International Handball Tournament held by the EHF for developing

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Nations.

2005 EHF Men's Challenge Trophy

The 2005 tournament was held in

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finished in a respectable third place beating

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in the play-offs.

Group stages

Scotland's fixtures were as follows:

Group table

The final standings after all group matches were completed was as follows

Third and fourth place play-off

Final standings

2007 EHF Men's Challenge Trophy

The 2007 Challenge Trophy took on a different format. There were 2 groups this time around, one with 4 teams with the group matches taking place in

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, and the other with 6 teams and the group matches taking place in

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. The winner of the two groups then faced each other in the Final, in

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. Scotland were drawn in Group L, and played their matches in Luxembourg.

Group L

Scotland's fixtures were as follows:

Group L table

The final standings after all group matches were completed was as follows

2009 EHF Men's Challenge Trophy

Scotland will again compete in the EHF Men's Challenge Trophy with the group phase taking place between 30 October and 1 November 2009. This year's tournament consists of two groups, Group G1 being based in

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and Group G2 based in

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, of 4 teams playing each other once in a round robin format with the winners of the group stages facing each other in the Final to be held in

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Group G2

Scotland's fixtures were as follows:

Group G2 table

References

External links

Scottish Handball Association Official site

A Handball Blog with entries related to Scottish Handball

European Handball Federation Official Site
{{National Members of the International Handball Federation

Handball governing bodies Handball in Scotland Sports organizations established in 1972 1972 establishments in Scotland