Handball Activities-II

In sequel to my previous article where i mentioned about international activities in Handball game, and i also appealed to Handball lovers to suggest means by which we can get sponsors to field our teams in international arena and have continuous coaching camps for all age groups in men and women section. In the mean time HFI is making all out efforts to field our team with the help of Govt sanctions. Some other tournaments are also taking place like 15th Asian Men's Championship from 26th Jan to 8th Feb 2012 in soudi Arabia, this is also qualification tournaments for Men's World Championship 2013. In women section 11th Asian Women Junior Championship from 14 Sep to 20 sep 2011 is being held in Kazakhistan, this will determine the qualifying teams for Women Junior World Cup Championship-2012. Both tournaments are very important for improvement of our teams and their exposure.

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Handball Activities

Handball is popular in Europe and in some  Asian nations like Qatar, Kuwait, China and Korea etc. But South Asian Nations have huge potential, and due to lack of finance and sponsors, the progress is slow. Although lot of activities are planned and taking place but SA Nations are not able to participate in such tournaments. This is right time for all handball lovers to come together and make out plan for more activities and explore feasibility to participate.
Asian Friendly Beach Handball Championship is being conducted at Pattaya from 27 to 29th May 2011. Asian Men and Women Beach Handball Championship from 01 Oct to 10 Oct 2011.These are some of the tournaments which are planned and announced more such championships are coming up but we need to set a program  by which we are able to train our team and participate in those.......... for that we welcome suggestions.

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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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