IHF Council

IHF Council

Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Official language	English
President	Dr. Hassan Moustafa
1st Vice-President	Mr. Joël Delplanque
Main organ	IHF Congress
Parent organization	International Handball Federation
Subsidiaries	IHF Executive Committee
Staff (2017 – 2021)	19
Website	www.IHF.info

The IHF Council is an institution of International Handball Federation (the governing body of handball and beach handball). It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of IHF Congress. Its members are elected by the IHF Congress. The council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for IHF and global handball.

Composition

The council will be made up of the following individuals:

• IHF President
• IHF 1st Vice-President
• AHF: one vice-president and one member
• CAHB: one vice-president and one member
• EHF: one vice-president and one member
• NACHC: one member
• OCHF: one member
• SCAHC: one member
• IHF Treasurer
• Two IHF Executive Members
• Chairperson of COC
• Chairperson of PRC
• Chairperson of CCM
• Chairperson of CD
• Chairperson of MC
• Chairperson of AC

IHF Council 2017 – 2021

Designation	Name	Country
President	Dr. Hassan Moustafa	Egypt
1st Vice-President	Mr. Joël Delplanque	France
Vice-Presidents	Mr. Bader Mohammed Al-Theyab	Kuwait
	Mr. Michael Wiederer	Austria
	Dr. Mansourou Aremou	Benin
Treasurer	Ms. Anna Rapp	Sweden
Executive Members	Ms. Narcisa Lecușanu	Romania
	Prof. Dr. František Táborský	Czech Republic
Chairperson of IHF Commission of Organizing and Competitions	Mr. Per Bertelsen	Denmark
Chairperson of IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission	Mr. Ramón Gallego	Spain
Chairperson of IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods	Mr. Dietrich Späte	Germany
Chairperson of IHF Medical Commission	Dr. François Gnamian	Ivory Coast
Chairperson of IHF Commission for Development	Ms. Raquel Pedercini Marinho	Canada
Representative Asia	Mr. Yoshihide Watanabe	Japan
Representative Africa	Mr. Charles Omboumahou	Republic of the Congo
Representative Europe	Mr. Predrag Bošković	Montenegro
Representative Oceania	Mr. Ricardo Blas	Guam

General conditions

If a continental confederation has at least 15 national federations as full members, it may nominate a council member for the continent that shall be confirmed by the IHF Congress. Each continental confederation may nominate one vice-president if it has at least 23 national federations as full members. The council shall convene at least twice a year. The term of office of council members shall be four years, re-election is possible. In case of urgent business, the president may seek to make resolutions and decisions by mail between council meetings. Council is the body that awards the IHF World Men's Handball Championship and IHF World Women's Handball Championship. ^[1]

IHF Commission of Organising and Competition

IHF Commission of Organising and Competition (COC) is composed of one chairperson and 7 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Per Bertelsen	Denmark
African Representative	Khaled Hammouda	Egypt
Asian Representative	Ahmed Abu Al-Lail Al-Failakawi	Kuwait
European Representative	Peter Sichelschmidt	Germany
Members	Philippe Bana	France
	Alaa El-Sayed	Egypt
	Mohammed Jaber Al-Mulla	Qatar

IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission

IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC) is composed of one chairperson and 7 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Ramón Gallego	Spain
African Representative	Aimé Mbengue	Senegal
Asian Representative	Saleh Ashour	United Arab Emirates
European Representative	Dragan Nachevski	Macedonia
Members	François García	France
	Bjarne Munk Jensen	Denmark
	Monika Hagen	Sweden

IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods

IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods (CCM) is composed of one chairperson and 7 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Dietrich Späte	Germany
African Representative	Nahla Boudhina	Tunisia
Asian Representative	Chung Hyung-kyun	South Korea
European Representative	Péter Kovács	Hungary
Members	Jorge Dueñas de Galarza	Spain
	Paul Landuré	France
	Mats Olsson	Sweden

IHF Medical Commission

IHF Medical Commission (MC) is composed of one chairperson and 7 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Dr. François Gnamian	Ivory Coast
African Representative	Dr. Yannick Mossus	Cameroon
Asian Representative	Dr. Shizuo Sakamoto	Japan
European Representative	Dr. Marina Gillard	Russia
Members	TBD by Council

IHF Commission for Development

IHF Commission for Development (CD) is composed of one chairperson and 7 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Ms. Raquel Pedercini Marinho	Canada
African Representative	Yazid Souadi	Morocco
Asian Representative	Dr. Sari Hamdan	Jordan
European Representative	Helmut Höritsch	Austria
Members	TBD by Council

IHF Athletes' Commission

IHF Athletes' Commission is composed of one chairperson and 4 members elected by the players participating in the Summer Olympic Games every four years.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Gro Hammerseng-Edin	Norway
Members	Diego Esteban Simonet	Argentina
	Mouna Chebbah	Tunisia
	Cristina Neagu	Romania
	Igor Vori	Croatia

IHF Arbitration Commission

IHF Arbitration Commission is composed of one chairperson and 10 members elected by the IHF Congress.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Tomislav Grahovac	Croatia
Members	Miguel Fernandes	Portugal
	Filip Miloshevski	Macedonia
	Nurul Fazal Bulbul	Bangladesh
	Mouadh Ben Zaied	Tunisia
	Helen Boyd	Australia
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant

IHF Arbitration Tribunal

IHF Arbitration Tribunal is composed of one chairperson and 10 members elected by the IHF Congress.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Zoran Radojičić	Montenegro
Members	Pedro Mourão	Portugal
	Juan María Pérez-Ortiz	Spain
	Agata Dziarnowska	Poland
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant

IHF Ethics Commission

IHF Ethics Commission is composed of one chairperson and 3 members elected by the IHF Congress.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Hussein Moustafa Fathy	Egypt
Members	Jorge Pulido Vázquez	Mexico
	Marko Vujošević	Serbia
	Vacant

References

External links

• IHF Council