The Cook Islands Handball Association (CIHA) is the

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ...

for the sport of

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

and

beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

in the

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

. CIHA is member of the

Oceania Continent Handball Federation The Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF) is the governing body for the Olympic sport of Handball in Oceania. It was founded in 2014 and is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF) and Asian Handball Federation (AHF). The ...

(OCHF),

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

(IHF) and the Commonwealth Handball Association (CHA).

National teams

* Cook Islands men's national handball team * Cook Islands men's national junior handball team * Cook Islands men's national youth handball team

References

Oceania Continent Handball Federation

External links

Official webpage

Profile on International Handball Federation webpage
National members of the Oceania Continent Handball Federation Sports organizations established in 1999 Handball governing bodies National members of the International Handball Federation 1999 establishments in the Cook Islands {{Handball-org-stub

National teams

See also

References

External links