Oxford University Handball Club

Oxford University HC
Full name	Oxford University Handball Club
Short name	OUHaC
Founded	2001
Arena	Iffley Road Sports Centre
President	Aaron Leu
Head coach	Jan Kropf
League	Regional League – South
Club colours
Website Official site

The team of Oxford University Handball Club in the Varsity Match against Cambridge University, January 2018

OUHaC after the end of the 2006 season.

Oxford University Handball Club (OUHaC) was founded and registered as a club at the University of Oxford in 2001 and has since established itself as one of England's most successful clubs. It is a member of the England Handball Association since 2002 and the Association of British Universities Handball Clubs since 2011. Every year, OUHaC competes in the English Handball League, EHA Cup and the British University Championships. ^[1] Beginning in 2014, the club has played in the varsity match against the Cambridge University Handball Club. ^{[2] [3]} In 2016 and 2017 respectively, the women's and men's teams were granted Half Blue status by the Blues committees of the University of Oxford. ^{[4] [5]}

Teams

Men's team

The men's team won the British University Championship title 9 times (in 2004–07, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2023 and 2024) ^{[6] [7]} as well as the English National League in 2006, being the first ever university team in the history of English handball to win the National League title. ^{[8] [9] [10]} Additionally, they were the first university team to compete in the EHF Challenge Cup (2006–07 and 2007–08). They have also won two mixed English Beach Handball tournaments. The team won the EHA League Cup in 2016 and reached the semi-finals of the EHA National Cup in 2017. ^[11]

Women's team

The women's team was created within the club in 2003. The team's greatest achievements include winning the EHA National League 1st Division in 2015 and 2016 as well as the British University Championships in 2016. Moreover, they defeated the University of Cambridge in five consecutive Varsity matches from 2015 to 2019. ^[12]

International competitions

The men's team of the Oxford University Handball Club has participated twice in European competitions, the EHF Challenge Cup both in 2006 and 2007. They qualified for the first round as winners of the English league in 2006 and as winners of the cup in 2007. ^{[13] [14]}

Season	Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
2006–07	29 September 2006	B.B. Ankara SK	38–14	Oxford University HC
	30 September 2006	Oxford University HC	12–56	RK Konjuh Namjestaj Zivinice
	1 October 2006	Riihimäki Cocks	43–22	Oxford University HC
2007–08	28 September 2007	St Patrick's College	25–24	Oxford University HC
	29 September 2007	Oxford University HC	14–34	Ankara Il Özel Idare SK
	30 September 2007	Arkatron Minsk	39–19	Oxford University HC

Results summary

Source: ^{[12] [10] [15] [16]}

Men's team

Season	English League Division 1	English League Division 2 (Regional)	EHA Cup/Shield	University Champs	Varsity
2001–02	–	–	–	3rd	CUHC founded in 2013
2002–03	–	–	–	2nd
2003–04	–	–	–	1st
2004–05	–	–	–	1st
2005–06	1st	–	3rd (Cup)	1st
2006–07	3rd	–	3rd (Cup)	1st
2007–08	5th	–	3rd (Cup)	2nd
2008–09	–	–	–	1st
2009–10	–	–	–	4th
2010–11	–	1st	QF (Shield)	2nd
2011–12	4th	–	–	4th
2012–13		–	–	1st
2013–14	–	–	–	1st	32–26
2014–15	–	–	–	–	31–24
2015–16	–	–	1st (Shield)	3rd [i]	19–27
2016–17	–	2nd	SF (Cup)	[i]	26–38
2017–18	–	1st	QF (Cup)	[i]	29–31
2018–19	–	–	–	[i]	8–23
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19			3rd [i]	26–32
2020–21	Cancelled due to COVID-19			1st [i]	36–30
2021–22	–	1st	–	4th	31–32
2022–23	–	1st	R2 (Cup)	1st	44–23
2023–24	–			1st	39–7
Division 2 – Plate

Women's team

Season	English League Division 2 (Regional)	English League Division 3	EHA Cup	University Champs	Varsity
2001–02	–	–	–	–	CUHC founded in 2013
2002–03	–	–	–	–
2003–04	–	–	–	–
2004–05	–	–	2nd [i]	–
2005–06	–	–	–	–
2006–07	–	–	–	–
2007–08	–	–	–	–
2008–09	–	–	–	–
2009–10	–	–	–	–
2010–11	1st [ii]	–	–	–
2011–12	–	–	–	–
2012–13	–	–	–	–
2013–14	–	–	–	–	12–23
2014–15	1st	–	–	3rd	31–21
2015–16	1st	–	–	1st	31–14
2016–17	–	–	–	–	27–21
2017–18	–	4th	–	–	16–14
2018–19	–	–	–	–	25–15
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19			4th	21–23
2020–21	Cancelled due to COVID-19			–	Forfeit
2021–22	–	1st	–	1st [iii]	30–21
2022–23	3rd	–	–	8th	28–14
2023–24		–		7th	24–19
Joint team with N'hampton & S'hampton Joint team with S'hampton Plate – Division 2

References

1. "Handball". www.bucs.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
2. Oxford University Sport: Spoils Shared In First Handball Varsity Matches on 17 February 2014
3. Cambridge Match Report, Club homepage.
4. Half Blues Sport (Oxford University Sport)
5. Oxford University Sports: "Handball Half Blue 7 awards maximum awarded by Club President"
6. "Handball Blues celebrate national success". The Oxford Student.
7. "Handball: Championships 2022–23". www.bucs.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
8. "En Oxford se estudia, se rema, y se gana la liga de balonmano", Marca (Madrid), 17 November 2006.
9. Waz.de (paywall).
10. "Historic League Winners". Google Docs. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
11. EHA news, May 2017.
12. "Varsity". Oxford Handball. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
13. "Oxford University HC". Eurohandball. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
14. Pressball.by, 2nd Oct 2007
15. "Fixtures & Results". Oxford Handball. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
16. "University Championships". Oxford Handball. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

Other links

• University Sport Website
• Club Website