German Handball Association German: Deutscher Handballbund DHB | |
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IOC nation | Federal Republic of Germany (GER) |
National flag | |
Sport | Handball |
Other sports | |
Official website | www |
HISTORY | |
Year of formation | 1 October 1949 |
DEMOGRAPHICS | |
Number of Handball clubs | 4,356 (as of 2016) |
Membership size | 756,987 (as of 2016) |
AFFILIATIONS | |
International federation | International Handball Federation (IHF) |
IHF member since | 1950 |
Continental association | European Handball Federation |
National Olympic Committee | German Olympic Sports Confederation |
GOVERNING BODY | |
President | Andreas Michelmann |
HEADQUARTERS | |
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Country | Germany |
Secretary General | Mark Schober |
FINANCE | |
Sponsors | Kempa Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Nigrin Deutsche Kreditbank Prowin Bosch Car Service Lidl Gerflor |
The German Handball Association (German: Deutscher Handballbund) (DHB) is the national handball association of Germany. DHB organizes team handball within Germany and represents German handball internationally. The association has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1950 and the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991, just after the country's unification. The DHB headquarters are in Dortmund.
Period | Head President |
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1949–1955 | Willi Daume |
1955–1966 | Ernst Feick |
1966–1972 | Otto Seeber |
1972–1989 | Bernhard Thiele |
1989–1993 | Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs |
1993–1998 | Bernd Steinhauser |
1998–2013 | Ulrich Strombach |
2013– | Bernhard Bauer |
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