International Amateur Handball Federation

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International Amateur Handball Federation
AbbreviationIAHF
Predecessor International Association of Athletics Federations
Successor
Formation4 August 1928;96 years ago (1928-08-04); during the Summer Olympics
Founded at Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dissolved1946;79 years ago (1946)
Type International Sports Federation
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Coordinates 48°09′21″N11°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]

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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 4 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

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

NameCountryStartEndComment
1. Franz-Paul Lang Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 19281931President of Deutschen Sportbehörde für Athletik
interim Karl Ritter von Halt Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg  Germany 19311934 IOC member
2.Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 19341938
3. Richard Herrmann Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 19381941Head 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]

CountrySinceUntilFederation
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 18 May 1930 Argentine Basketball Confederation
State flag of Austria (1934-1938).svg  Austria 4 August 1928 Austrian Handball Federation
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 30 August 1934Between 30 August 1934 – 13 August 1936
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 18 May 1930 Brazilian Sports Confederation
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 4 August 1928 Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 4 August 1928 Ceskoslovensky Svaz Hazené
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4 August 1928 Danish Athletics Federation
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 18 May 1930 Union Egyptienne des Sociétés Sportives
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 30 August 1934 Estonia Handball Association
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4 August 1928Between 30 August 1934 – 13 August 1936
Flag of France (1794-1958).svg  France 4 August 1928 French Athletics Federation (1930)
French Handball Federation of Metz (1936)
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 4 August 1928 German Athletics Association (1930)
NSRL (1936)
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 4 August 1928Between 4 August 1928 – 18 May 1930 Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of Haiti (1859-1964).svg  Haiti 30 August 1934 Fédération Haïtienne de Ballon à la Main Amateur
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary 18 May 1930 Hungarian Handball Federation
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 4 August 1928 Irish Amateur Handball Association
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 18 May 1930 Japan Association of Athletics Federations
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 30 August 1934 Luxembourg Athletics Federation
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 30 August 1934 Netherlands Handball Association
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 18 May 1930 Polski Zwiazek Gier Sportowych
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 13 August 1936 Associacao Lisbonense de Hand-Ball
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 18 May 1930 Romanian Athletics Federation (1930)
Romanian Handball Federation (1936)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4 August 1928 Swedish Athletics Association (1930)
Swedish Handball Federation (1936)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 18 May 1930 [a] Swiss Gymnastics Federation (1929–1939)
Schweizerischer Handballausschuss (1939–1946)
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 4 August 1928 Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 30 August 1934 Centro Athletico «Gimnasia y Deportes»
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 30 August 1934Between 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). 9 (25). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee (IOC): 5. April 1934. OCLC   313543287. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020– via library.olympic.org/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/169781/bulletin-officiel-du-comite-international-olympique-vol-25-avril-1934 Olympic World Library.
  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. 1 2 "The History of FIBA and international Basketball". USA Basketball . Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ 1936 Annual Handbook. Berlin: International Amateur Handball Federation. 1937. OCLC   84831907.
  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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