- History
- List of congresses
- Presidential Elections
- References
- External links
The IHF Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Handball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Handball), commonly known by the acronym IHF. IHF is the international governing body of handball, beach handball and wheelchair handball. The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary. Ordinary congress shall place every two years (odd years) after the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. Each congress shall determine the date and place of the following ordinary congress. IHF bodies including the President, IHF Council and IHF Executive Committee shall be elected every four years at the congress taking place the year after the Summer Olympic Games. Each of the 204 members of IHF has one vote in the congress. The members of IHF can propose candidates for the presidency of IHF and for IHF Council. The IHF Presidential election takes place at the congress in the year following the Summer Olympic Games. The extraordinary congress shall be convened by the IHF Council upon the written request of a simple majority of the member federations or Council members. Extraordinary congress must be convened within three months of the receipt of the request. [1] HistoryThe IHF congress has been held since 1946. Before 31st Ordinary Congress 2007 in Madrid (Spain), the congresses were held in even years. IHF Presidential elections have taken place at the 1st, 3rd, 14th, 20th, 28th, 30th, 32nd and 34th ordinary congresses. List of congresses{{legend|#BBF3BB|Congress voting for president}}{{legend||Total number of member federations at the time of congress are mentioned. Total no. of members attending are unknown|text=*}} Congress Number | Year | City | Member Federations Attending | Total No. of Member Federations |
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1st | 1946 | DEN}} Copenhagen | 8 | 14 | 2nd | 1948 | FRA}} Paris | 6 | 18 | 1st Extraordinary Congress | 1948 | FRA}} Paris | 14 | 18 | 3rd | 1950 | AUT}} Vienna | 13 | 21 | 4th | 1952 | FRG}} Saarbrücken | 16 | 22 | 5th | 1954 | YUG}} Opatija | 15 | 25 | 6th | 1956 | SWE}} Stockholm | 18 | 26 | 7th | 1958 | FRG}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 17 | 27 | 8th | 1960 | BEL}} Liège | 21 | 30 | 9th | 1962 | Spain|1945}} Madrid | 24 | 34 | 10th | 1964 | HUN}} Budapest | 27 | 38 | 11th | 1966 | DEN}} Copenhagen | 26 | 39 | 12th | 1968 | NED}} Amsterdam | 28 | 41 | 13th | 1970 | Spain|1945}} Madrid | 36 | 54 | 14th | 1972 | FRG}} Nuremberg | 43 | 54 | 15th | 1974 | ITA}} Jesolo | 43 | 65 | 16th | 1976 | POR}} Estoril | 41 | 68 | 17th | 1978 | ISL}} Reykjavik | 43 | 74 | 18th | 1980 | URS}} Moscow | 52 | 80 | 19th | 1982 | GBR}} London | 53 | 86 | 20th | 1984 | USA}} San Diego | 48 | 95 | 21st | 1986 | SEN}} Dakar | 49 | 98 | 22nd | 1988 | KOR}} Seoul | 69 | 101 | 23rd | 1990 | POR}} Madeira | 47 | 106 | 24th | 1992 | ESP}} Barcelona | 62 | 123 | 25th | 1994 | NED}} Noordwijk | 59 | 133 | 26th | 1996 | USA}} Hilton Head Island | 79 | 138 | 27th | 1998 | CIV}} Yamoussoukro | 62 | 143 | 28th | 2000 | POR}} Estoril | 122 | 146 | 29th | 2002 | RUS}} Saint Petersburg | 92 | 147 | 2nd Extraordinary Congress | 2003 | SUI}} Basel | 67 | 147 | 30th | 2004 | EGY}} El Gouna | 134 | 150 | 31st | 2007 | ESP}} Madrid | 120 | 159 | |
32nd | 2009 | EGY}} Cairo | 139 | 171 | 3rd Extraordinary Congress | 2010 | ITA}} Rome | Cancelled due to eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. | 171 | 33rd | 2011 | MAR}} Marrakech | 109 | 181 | 34th | 2013 | QAT}} Doha | 163 | 192 | 35th | 2015 | RUS}} Sochi | 141 | 198 | 4th Extraordinary Congress | 2015 | RUS}} Sochi | 124 | 198 | 36th | 2017 | TUR}} Antalya | 152 | 201 | 37th | 2019 | SWE}} Gothenburg | Future event | 201 |
Presidential ElectionsFollowing table shows the results of election of the President of International Handball Federation in recent decades. Election of the President of International Handball Federation |
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Year | Venue | Candidate 1 | Candidate 2 |
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2000 | POR}} Estoril | EGY}} Hassan Moustafa {{Composition bar|103|122|hex=green}} | AUT}} Erwin Lanc Withdrew before election | 2004 | EGY}} El Gouna | EGY}} Hassan Moustafa {{Composition bar|85|134|hex=green}} | SWE}} Staffan Holmqvist {{Composition bar|46|134|hex=red}} | 2009 | EGY}} Cairo | EGY}} Hassan Moustafa {{Composition bar|115|142|hex=green}} | LUX}} Jean Kaiser {{Composition bar|25|142|hex=red}} | 2013 | QAT}} Doha | EGY}} Hassan Moustafa {{Composition bar|150|163|hex=green}} | Unopposed | 2017 | TUR}} Antalya | EGY}} Hassan Moustafa {{Composition bar|104|152|hex=green}} | Unopposed | 2019 | TBD | Candidate 1 {{Composition bar>0|201|hex=lightblue}} | Candidate 2 {{Composition bar>0|201|hex=lightblue}} |
References1. ^{{Cite news|date= |url=http://ihf.info/en-us/thegame/statutesandregulations.aspx |title=IHF Congress |publisher=IHF |archivedate=2010-04-05 |df= }}
External links- IHF Congress
- Congress Venues 1946–2015
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