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. ...
The European men's handball championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years.
In 1946, the International HandballFederation was founded by eight European nations
It was a group of enthusiasts who made the decision to build a team of skillful handball players that would be competitive on the European sport arena and who strove to bring women’s handball to the highest level.
Women’s handball team Lada received the title of the Champion of Russia for the first time of its existence and became No.1 team of the European Cupwinners’ Cup in spring 2002 having won over several top European clubs, including “Metz”, France, and “Olthim”, Romania.
European Championship among girls born in 1985 was held in Togliatti with participation of 12 teams.