The Australian Handball Federation (AHF) is the governing body for the Olympic sport of handball (also known as European Handball or Olympic Handball) in Australia.
History The body was founded in 1985. In 1988, the body became the 100th member of the International Handball Federation. There are currently 204 member nations of the IHF.
State members CodeStateFederation/AssociationACTAustralian Capital Territory Handball AssociationNSWNew South Wales Handball AssociationNTNorthern Territory Handball AssociationQLDHandball Queensland (Queensland Team Handball Association)SAHandball SATASTasmanian Handball LeagueVICHandball Federation of VictoriaWAHandball Western Australian State Members makeup on AHF website
National teams Australian teams world rankingsInternational Handball FederationTeamRankPointsReference Overall 41 48 Reference Men 36 7 Reference Women 34 7 Reference Men U21 No ranking – Reference Women U21 46 3 Reference Men U18 30 3 Reference Women U18 No ranking – Reference Men Beach 16 3 Reference Women Beach 16 5 Reference Men Olympic 30 4 Reference Women Olympic 25 6 Referencerankings as of June 2016 The national team coach for the men is Taip Ramadani since September 2021
The Australian Men's Indoor team have qualified for seven IHF World Men's Handball Championships, have won five Oceania Handball Nations Cups and participated in the Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Sydney.
The Australian Women's Indoor team have qualified for seven IHF World Women's Handball Championships and won six Oceania Handball Nations Cups and participated in the Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Sydney.Sports Reference Australian Handball team – Sydney 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2014
Both the Men's and Women's National Beach Handball teams have participated at three Beach Handball World Championships and Beach Handball at the 2013 World Games.Sports Reference Australian Handball team – Sydney 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2014
At a Junior level Australia has qualified for the IHF Women's Junior World Championship, IHF Men's Youth World Championship and Handball at the Youth Olympic Games. In 2013, the Men & Women Under 21 were invited to the 2013 Continental Challenge Trophy in Mexico. IHF Continental Challenge Trophy. Retrieved 15 October 2014 Neither team won a game.
Main pages Australia Men's Handball team Australia Junior Men's Handball team Australia Youth Boy's Handball team Australia Women's Handball team Australia Junior Women's Handball team Australia Youth Girl's Handball team Australia Men's Beach Handball team Australia Women's Beach Handball team
National championships The National championships involve all state and territory federations. Main article Australian National Handball Championship
Australia also has a national club championship. The winner of this goes to the Oceania Handball Champions Cup. Main article Australian Handball Club Championship
See also Oceania Handball Nations Cup – Seniors Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy – Junior (Under 21s) Oceania Youth Handball Championship – Youth – (Under 19s) Oceania Beach Handball Championship - Seniors Oceania Junior Beach Handball Championship - Under 19's Handball League Australia Australian University Games
References
External links
Handball on the Australian Olympic web page Australian Institute of Sport Handball page Australia on the International Handball Federation page Oceania Continent Handball Federation page Australian Handball on the London Olympics web page Article on ABC Local 12 June, 2012 Australian news on Team Handball.Com web site Australia could be a world power in handball – just add money. Quest Newspapers. Westside News. 5 July, 2011