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.
Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce. Dujshebaev is considered by many to be one of the greatest handball coaches of his generation. He successively played for 4 national teams in his playing career: First for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia and finally Spain. His most usual demarcation as a player was centre backcourt. After initially having success with BM Ciudad Real as a coach, he has been coaching Kielce for nearly a decade now.
Anita Görbicz is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish former professional handball player.
Heidi Løke is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.
Győri ETO KC is a Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC.
Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
Katarina Bulatović is a retired Montenegrin handball player, that played the right back position.
Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa, also known as Alexandrina Cabral or Alexandrina Barbosa or Shandy Barbosa, is a former handballer who last played for Brest Bretagne Handball. Born in Portugal, she represented Spain at international level. She retired after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Milena Raičević née Knežević, is a Montenegrin international handballer for the Montenegrin national team.
Eliza Iulia Buceschi is a Romanian handballer for Rapid București and the Romanian national team.
Thames Handball Club is an amateur handball club founded in 2005 in London, UK. It is affiliated to the England Handball Association and currently runs competitive men's handball team in Development leagues. The women's team voluntarily withdrew from official competition in 2016/17 and plays in a newly formed Handball Union.
Affiliated to the EHA, London GD Handball Club currently has 3 men's and 2 women's competitive handball teams in both the English National and Regional leagues, as well as a Youth Development Programme in place to generate Junior squads. The club which was formerly known as London Great Dane was founded in 1976.
Susann Müller is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin.
Olimpia Lopes Da Veiga is a Portuguese team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club.
Caroline Brodahl, is a Norwegian team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club. She was mentioned as a key player in 2013, when the club played in London against a top team of Hungarian handball players and won. In December 2013 she won the Jack Petchey Award for her sporting achievements. In 2014/15 she participated in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 where she scored goals in both, home and away matches. Where highly unusually identical goal scores were recorded on both playing dates.
Charlotte Morkken, is a Norwegian team handball player. She played for the club Thames Handball Club. She was mentioned as a key player in 2013, when the club played in London against a top team of Hungarian handball players and won. She participated in the 2014/15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 where she was listed among the top 50 goal scorers of the round.
Lisa Johansen Persheim is a Norwegian team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club. She started her playing career at her club Ellingsrud IL in the junior section and later on participated in the Sparserien league in Norway. In 2014/15 she participated in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 where a highly unusual result of identical scores was recorded on both playing dates
Henny Ella Reistad is a Norwegian professional handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
The 2022 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from 4 to 20 November 2022. The tournament was advanced a month in order not to coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This tournament was the last to feature 16 teams that had been the case since 2002.
