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International Amateur Handball Federation

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International Amateur Handball Federation
AbbreviationIAHF
PredecessorInternational Association of Athletics Federations
Successor
Formation4 August 1928;96 years ago(1928-08-04);during theSummer Olympics
Founded atAmsterdam,Netherlands
Dissolved1946;78 years ago(1946)
TypeInternational Sports Federation
HeadquartersMunich,Germany
Coordinates48°09′21″N11°30′41″E/ 48.15597°N 11.5114813°E/48.15597; 11.5114813[1]
Region
Worldwide
Fields

TheInternational Amateur Handball Federation(IAHF) was the administrative and controlling body forhandballandfield handball.IAHF was responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably theWorld Men's Handball Championship,which commenced in 1938, and theWorld Men's Outdoor Handball Championship,which commenced in 1938. The organization was dissolved after World War II.[2]

History

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On 13 September 1925 the first international field handball game between Germany and Austria happened. Because of this event, uniform rules and an international association were desired.

In 1926, theInternational Amateur Athletics Federation(IAAF, now known as World Athletics) created a commission to govern all ball games played with the hands, such as field-handball, court-handball, volleyball and basketball.[3]In the same year the first international field handball rules were created inThe Hague.[4]

Two years later during the1928 Summer Olympicsthe IAAF invited national representatives to create an independent federation.[5]Representatives from 11 countries founded the International Amateur Handball Federation on 4 August 1928 inAmsterdam.[3][6]The laterIOC presidentAvery BrundageandLauri Pihkalahow inventedPesäpallowere founding members.[4][7]

TheInternational Olympic Committeerecognized handball as Olympic sport in 1933.[8]Three years later during the1936 Summer Olympicsfield handball had its first and last appearance at the Summer Olympics. At this point IAHF had 23 members.[4]

In 1938 the first Outdoor andIndoorWorld Men's Handball Championship were organized by the IAHF.

In 1946 the successor theInternational Handball Federationwas founded by Denmark and Sweden.[4]

Basketball

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Main article:Protocol of Stockholm

In 1934, oversight of basketball was transferred to theFédération Internationale de Basketball(FIBB, now abbreviated FIBA).

Volleyball

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The first (failed) attempt to create an independent volleyball federation at the 1934 IAHF congress in Stockholm. During a friendly match between the Czech and French national teams on 26 August 1946 the two nations and Poland created a document to create an international federation. The following year 14 nations founded theFIVBin Paris between 18 and 20 April.[9]

Presidents

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Name Country Start End Comment
1. Franz-Paul Lang Germany 1928 1931 President of Deutschen Sportbehörde für Athletik
interim Karl Ritter von Halt Germany 1931 1934 IOC member
2. Germany 1934 1938
3. Richard Herrmann Germany 1938 1941 Head of the Handball and Basketball department ofNSRL[10]
4. unknown

Members

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Following counties were member of the IAHF as of the 4th IAHF-Congress:[11][12]

Country Since Until Federation
Argentina 18 May 1930 Argentine Basketball Confederation
Austria 4 August 1928 Austrian Handball Federation
Belgium 30 August 1934 Between30 August 1934–13 August 1936
Brazil 18 May 1930 Brazilian Sports Confederation
Canada 4 August 1928 Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Czechoslovakia 4 August 1928 Ceskoslovensky Svaz Hazené
Denmark 4 August 1928 Danish Athletics Federation
Egypt 18 May 1930 Union Egyptienne des Sociétés Sportives
EstoniaEstonia 30 August 1934 Estonia Handball Association
Finland 4 August 1928 Between30 August 1934–13 August 1936
France 4 August 1928 French Athletics Federation(1930)
French Handball Federation of Metz(1936)
Germany 4 August 1928 German Athletics Association(1930)
NSRL(1936)
Greece 4 August 1928 Between4 August 1928–18 May 1930 Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association
Haiti 30 August 1934 Fédération Haïtienne de Ballon à la Main Amateur
Hungary 18 May 1930 Hungarian Handball Federation
Ireland 4 August 1928 Irish Amateur Handball Association
Japan 18 May 1930 Japan Association of Athletics Federations
Luxembourg 30 August 1934 Luxembourg Athletics Federation
Netherlands 30 August 1934 Netherlands Handball Association
Poland 18 May 1930 Polski Zwiazek Gier Sportowych
Portugal 13 August 1936 Associacao Lisbonense de Hand-Ball
Romania 18 May 1930 Romanian Athletics Federation(1930)
Romanian Handball Federation(1936)
Sweden 4 August 1928 Swedish Athletics Association(1930)
Swedish Handball Federation(1936)
Switzerland 18 May 1930[a] Swiss Gymnastics Federation(1929–1939)
Schweizerischer Handballausschuss(1939–1946)
United States 4 August 1928 Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
Uruguay 30 August 1934 Centro Athletico «Gimnasia y Deportes»
Yugoslavia 30 August 1934 Between30 August 1934–13 August 1936
  1. ^According to a swiss source from 1952 they joined already in 1929.[13]

References

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  1. ^"Adresses des Fédérations Internationales Sportives"[Addresses of the international sport federations](PDF; 13,4 MB).Bulletin officiel du Comité International Olympique(in Swiss French).9(25).Lausanne:International Olympic Committee(IOC): 5. April 1934.OCLC313543287.Archivedfrom the original on 4 May 2020.Retrieved4 May2020– viaOlympic World Library.{{cite journal}}:External link in|via=(help)
  2. ^Krieger, Jörg; Duckworth, Austin (2021)."Annexation or fertile inclusion? The origins of handball's international organisational structures".Sport in History.42(2): 235–256.doi:10.1080/17460263.2021.1927810.ISSN1746-0263.S2CID236363980.
  3. ^ab"The History of FIBA and international Basketball".USA Basketball.Archived fromthe originalon 3 January 2010.Retrieved11 February2020.
  4. ^abcd"Handball sport history?".Sports Comet.Archived fromthe originalon 30 May 2009.Retrieved11 February2020.
  5. ^"Section 19Handball".Handbook of the International Amateur Athletic Federation 1927-1928.Västerås: 51. October 1928.Retrieved4 May2020– viaIssuu.
  6. ^"Handball-Bundesliga".Die Welt der 80er(in German). Archived fromthe originalon 5 September 2010.Retrieved11 February2020.
  7. ^Backlund, Jens (11 August 2010)."11-Man Team handball in Finland".Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2020.Retrieved11 February2020.
  8. ^"Die Geschichte des Handballsports".Sportego(in German).Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2020.Retrieved11 February2020.
  9. ^"Chronological Highlights".Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2020.Retrieved11 February2020.
  10. ^Eggers, Erik (2007).Handball – Eine deutsche Domäne.Verlag Die Werkstatt. pp. 70–71.ISBN978-3-89533-558-7.
  11. ^1936 Annual Handbook.Berlin: International Amateur Handball Federation. 1937.OCLC84831907.
  12. ^"Die oberste Handballbehörde".Sporttagblatt(in German).64(108/109): 9–10. 13 April 1930.
  13. ^h, h (2 May 1952)."Die Internationale Handball Federation".Oberländer Tagblatt(in Swiss High German): 6.Retrieved1 May2020– viae-newspaperarchives.ch/.
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