The Italian Handball Federation (FIGH) (''Italian: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Handball'') is the governing body 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 ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. FIGH has been affiliated with the

Italian National Olympic Committee The Italian National Olympic Committee (, CONI), founded in 1914 and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is responsible for the development and management of sports activity in ItalyWithin Italy, CONI recognizes 48 national ...

(CONI),

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, Au ...

(EHF) and

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) since 1968.

Presidents

Secretaries general

Tournaments

* Serie A1 (Men's) * Serie A1 (Women's) * Serie A2 (Men's) * Serie A2 (Women's)

National teams

Handball

Italy men's national handball team The Italy national handball team is the national handball team of Italy. It only had 1 appearance in World championship 1997, and the next year hosted the European Championship (in both times coached by Lino Červar). It had poor result in both c ...

* Italy men's national junior handball team * Italy men's national youth handball team *

Italy women's national handball team The Italy women's national handball team () represent Italy in international team handball competitions. It participated in the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, which was hosted in Italy, placing 16th. It won the EHF Challenge Trophy in ...

* Italy women's national junior handball team * Italy women's national youth handball team

Beach Handball

* Italy national beach handball team * Italy women's national beach handball team

References

External links

* European Handball Federation

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 ...

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