The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations, and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
Chekhovskie Medvedi is a professional handball club from Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League and in the SEHA League. After the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Handball Federation in February 2022 temporarily suspended the team.
SKIF Krasnodar is a team handball club from Krasnodar, Russia. SKIF Krasnodar competes in the Russian Handball Super League.
The Russia women's national handball team is the national team of the Russian Federation. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Russia and takes part in international handball competitions.
The Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball is the top women's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organised by the Handball Federation of Montenegro.
Zvezda Zvenigorod is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, near Moscow. They won the Champions League and the Champions Trophy in 2008, and the EHF Cup in 2006/07. Between 2006 and 2011 the club was coached by Russian national team trainer Evgeny Trefilov. In the summer of 2011 he was replaced by head coach Zdravko Zovko.
Dinamo Volgograd is a Russian women's handball club from Volgograd. Founded in 1972 as Burevestnik Volgograd, it represented Rotor Volgograd following the collapse of the Soviet Union and was subsequently named Aqva before taking its current name in 2003.
The Russian Handball Super League (RHSL) is the top men's professional team handball league in Russia.
The South East Handball Association League, or simply the SEHA League, is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast Europe, featuring teams from Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovakia. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League. The league exists alongside scaled-down national leagues of the participating nations and all of SEHA League teams join their respective country's own competitions in late spring after the SEHA League regular season and post-season have been completed. The league's headquarters are in Zagreb, Croatia, and the league's president is Božidar Đurković. 2011–12 was the first season of the competition, with Vardar from Skopje becoming the first champions.
Yvette Broch is a Dutch professional handball player, who plays for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.
The Russian Women's Handball Superleague is the premier women's handball competition in Russia. Currently eleven clubs take part in the competition, with the top eight playing the championship play-offs.
HC Kuban Krasnodar is a Russian women's handball team from Krasnodar competing in the Russian Super League.
Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.
Elizaveta Vyacheslavovna Malashenko is a Russian handballer for HC Astrakhanochka and the Russian national team.
Polina Yuryevna Vedekhina is a Russian handballer who plays for Astrakhanochka and the Russia national team.
Daria Sergeyevna Samokhina is a Russian handballer for HC Astrakhanochka and the Russian national team.
Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan, also known as Dinamo Astrakhan, is a Russian handball team located in Astrakhan. Their home matches are played at the Sports Complex Star. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League.
CSKA Moscow is a professional handball club from Moscow, Russia. CSKA is competing in the Russian Handball Super League and in the SEHA League.
The 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup was the 39th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 7 September 2019. Siófok KC were defending champions. On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that the competition would be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The Russia national youth handball team is the national under–18 handball team of Russia. Controlled by the Russian Handball Federation, that is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF as well as a member of the European Handball Federation EHF, The team represented Russia in international matches.
