International Amateur Handball Federation
AbbreviationIAHF
PredecessorInternational Association of Athletics Federations
Successor
Formation4 August 1928; 95 years ago (1928-08-04); during the Summer Olympics
Founded atAmsterdam, Netherlands
Dissolved1946; 78 years ago (1946)
TypeInternational Sports Federation
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Coordinates48°09′21″N 11°30′41″E / 48.15597°N 11.5114813°E / 48.15597; 11.5114813[1]
Region
Worldwide
Fields

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

History

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, the International 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 in The Hague.[4]

Two years later during the 1928 Summer Olympics the IAAF invited national representatives to create an independent federation.[5] Representatives from 11 countries founded the International Amateur Handball Federation on 4th of August 1928 in Amsterdam.[3][6] The later IOC president Avery Brundage and Lauri Pihkala how invented Pesäpallo were founding members.[4][7]

The International Olympic Committee recognized handball as Olympic sport in 1933.[8] Three years later during the 1936 Summer Olympics field handball had its first and last appearance at the Summer Olympics. At this point IAHF had 23 members.[4]

In 1938 the first Outdoor and Indoor World Men's Handball Championship were organized by the IAHF.

In 1946 the successor the International Handball Federation was founded by Denmark and Sweden.[4]

Basketball

Main article: Protocol of Stockholm

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

Volleyball

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 the FIVB in Paris between 18 and 20 April.[9]

Presidents

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. Karl Ritter von Halt  Germany 1934 1938 IOC Member
3. Richard Herrmann  Germany 1938 1941 Head of the Handball and Basketball department of NSRL[10]
4. unknown

Members

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

Country Since Until Federation
 Argentina between 1930 and 1934 Argentine Basketball Confederation
 Austria 4 August 1928 Austrian Handball Federation
 Belgium 30 August 1934 13 August 1936
 Brazil before 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 before 1930 Union Egyptienne des Sociétés Sportives
Estonia Estonia 30 August 1934 Estonia Handball Association
 Finland 4 August 1928 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 between 1930 and 1934 Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association
 Haiti 30 August 1934 Fédération Haïtienne de Ballon à la Main Amateur
 Hungary before 1930 Hungarian Handball Federation
 Ireland 4 August 1928 Irish Amateur Handball Association
 Japan before 1930 Japan Association of Athletics Federations
 Luxembourg 30 August 1934 Luxembourg Athletics Federation
 Netherlands 30 August 1934 Netherlands Handball Association
 Poland before 1930 Polski Zwiazek Gier Sportowych
 Portugal 13 August 1936 Associacao Lisbonense de Hand-Ball
 Romania before 1930 Romanian Athletics Federation (1930)
Romanian Handball Federation (1936)
 Sweden 4 August 1928 Swedish Athletics Association (1930)
Swedish Handball Federation (1936)
  Switzerland between 1930 and 1934[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 13 August 1936
  1. ^ According to a swiss source from 1952 they joined already in 1929.[13]

References

  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). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 (25): 5. April 1934. OCLC 313543287. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020 – via Olympic 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. ISSN 1746-0263. S2CID 236363980.
  3. ^ a b "The History of FIBA and international Basketball". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Handball sport history?". Sports Comet. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Section 19 Handball". Handbook of the International Amateur Athletic Federation 1927-1928. Västerås: 51. October 1928. Retrieved 4 May 2020 – via Issuu.
  6. ^ "Handball-Bundesliga". Die Welt der 80er (in German). Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ^ Backlund, Jens (11 August 2010). "11-Man Team handball in Finland". Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Die Geschichte des Handballsports". Sportego (in German). Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Chronological Highlights". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ^ Eggers, Erik (2007). Handball – Eine deutsche Domäne. Verlag Die Werkstatt. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-3-89533-558-7.
  11. ^ Annuaire (PDF) (in French). Berlin: IAHF. 1937. pp. 6–11.
  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. Retrieved 1 May 2020 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch/.


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