German Handball Association

German Handball Association
German: Deutscher Handballbund
DHB
IOC nation Federal Republic of Germany (GER)
National flag Germany
Sport Handball
Other Sports
Official website www.dhb.de
HISTORY
Year of formation 1 October 1949 (1949-10-01)
DEMOGRAPHICS
Number of Handball clubs 4,356 (as of 2016)
Membership size 756,987 (as of 2016)
AFFLIATIONS
International federation International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since 1950 (1950)
Continental association European Handball Federation
National Olympic Committee Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
GOVERNING BODY
President Andreas Michelmann Germany
HEADQUARTERS
Address
Country Germany
Secretary General Mark Schober Germany
FINANCE
Sponsors Kempa
Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse
Nigrin
Deutsche Kreditbank
Prowin
Bosch Car Service
Lidl
Gerflor

The German Handball Association (German: Deutscher Handballbund) (DHB) is the national Handball association of Germany. DHB organizes team handball within Germany and represents German handball internationally. The association has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1950, and also of the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991 just after the unification of the country. The DHB headquarters are in Dortmund.

Presidents

Period Head President
1949–1955Germany Willi Daume
1955–1966Germany Ernst Feick
1966–1972Germany Otto Seeber
1972–1989Germany Bernhard Thiele
1989–1993Germany Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs
1993–1998Germany Bernd Steinhauser
1998–2013Germany Ulrich Strombach
2013–Germany Bernhard Bauer

Competitions

Men's Senior Competitions

Women's Senior Competitions

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