Olympic Qualifier Championship at Jaipur

International Handball Federation has accorded IHF Championship Trophy to Handball Federation of India. This  IHF Championship Trophy will also determine the Olympic qualifier team for 2012. HFI will conduct the Championship at pink city Jaipur from 28th Jun to 4th July 2011.The other nations are Australia, Finland, Venezuela etc. This is the first time Indian Handball team will challenge Other Continental Champion teams. HFI is preparing for the event and making all out efforts to make Handball game popular in India.

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FEDERATION CUP-2011 at VARANASI

UP Handball association has planned for Federation Cup from 25th April to 28th April 2011 at Varanasi (UP) for Men and Women. The following teams are expected to participate in Men section
1. Services
2. Delhi
3. Chattisgarh
4. Punjab
5. West Bengal
6. NHA
7. Haryana
8. Madhya Pradesh

In Women Section :

1. Delhi
2. Punjab
3. Railways
4. Maharashtra
5. Chattisgarh
6. Manipur
7. Haryana
8. Kerala

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Handball history in India

First of all congratulations to Indians for wining Cricket World Cup-2011, it was fantastic teamwork...!
  In the history of Handball it is presumed that Game Handball was brought to India arguably  by Shri JS Chauhan of Haryana. He conducted two all India seminar on Handball at Rohtak in Haryana before the formation of Fedration in year 1971-72. Amateur Handball Federation of India (AFHI) was formed in 1972 and got provisional affliation with International Handball Federation. The Asian Handball Federation granted it Affliation in 1976. AHFI is affiliated in our country with Govt. of India, the all India council of sports and Indian Olympic Association. The present form of HFI is known to all  and organisation information is available on this site. The little knowledge of history of  HFI could be disputed but any one is aware of further knowledge may share with us.

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CONDUCT AND ORGANISING VARIOUS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

1.    The General Council of Handball Federation of India allocates the organising of various National championships to affiliated members units.

2.    In principle each National championship is an HFI event.  All questions relating to the organising have to be dealt with and approved by the HFI.  All championships takes place at regular intervals in accordance with the decisions taken by the General Council of the HFI. 

3.    HFI and organisers shall send the detailed circulars to all affiliated units at least 45 days prior to the scheduled start of the championship informing the dates, venue, nearest Railway Station / Bus Station and facilities offered by the organisers for the participating teams.

4.    As per the objectives of the Constitution  Handball Federation of India shall organise mini Nationals for Boys and girls under 12 years, Sub Junior Nationals for Boys and girls under 15 years.  Junior Nationals for Boys and girls under 19 years, Senior Nationals for men and women, National Federation cup for men and women, Zonal and inter-zonal Championships for men and women and Beach Handball Championship. Beach Handball is another interesting event organised by IHF and in India HFI, which is becoming popular day by day.

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West-Zone Handball Championship in Gujrat

West-Zone Handball Championship  is scheduled to be held at Unjha, District Mehsana in Gujrat. The 15th championship will be conducted from 26th to 28th March 2011 at Arts and Commerce College ground, Unjha.

The tournaments will be conducted under the aegis of HFI by Gujrat Handball Association. Last year Rajasthan was champion of not only West-Zone but also champion of Inter-Zone.

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North-Zone Handball Championship, Delhi Women shines

North-Zone handball Championship is concluded at Jammu (J&K) today. In men Section Jammu and Kashmir became the champion and Delhi women were outstanding and won the championship. The condition of conducting tournaments are improving day by day and standard of game is also marking progress. But when we compare India with other Asian countries lot needs to be done. There are two ways to go presently, forming of clubs with contribution and training young children in schools, secondly inviting sponsors and getting our teams trained by foreign coaches and exposing our teams to better teams outside country. Things are improving since last year but at a slow pace. India had won Inter-continental Championship at chennai and now our U-20 team will play World Cup qualifying round, India is again chosen to conduct this championship, some where in May-June this year. Appeal to all handball lovers to make it success for better future of Handball in India. 

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Senior Open Handball Tournament at Rohtak (Haryana)

Handball Association Rohtak had conducted Senior Open Handball Tournament at Rohtak in Haryana.  The Tournament was played  at MD University Indoor Stadium, Rohtak. Total ten teams participated including Air Force, National Handball Academy, SAI Gujrat, Haryana Ploice Delhi A and B, Sonipat, Hisar, and Jind. The Semi-Finalist were Delhi-A Vs Gujrat SAI and Air Force Vs Delhi B  Air Force has won the final match from Delhi A by margin of Six goals, Lalit kumar of Air Force was declared as Man of the Match .

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