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Encyclopedia > European Handball Federation
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The European Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym EHF, is the administrative and controlling body for European team handball. It represents the national handball associations of Europe. Image File history File links Ehf. ... Image File history File links Ehf. ... Handball (also known as team handball, field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ...


EHF was founded on November 17, 1991 in Berlin, Germany. At the first EHF Congress on June 5, 1992, the headquarters were assigned to Vienna, Austria. Its current Secretary General is Michael Wiederer. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (help· info) is the capital city and a state of Germany. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya;) Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...


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