IHF Council

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

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 (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 (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	North Macedonia
Members	François García	France
	Bjarne Munk Jensen	Denmark
	Monika Hagen	Sweden

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

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	François Gnamian	Ivory Coast
African Representative	Yannick Mossus	Cameroon
Asian Representative	Shizuo Sakamoto	Japan
European Representative	Marina Gillard	Russia
Oceania Representative	Luis G. Cruz	Guam
Members	Llew Harper	Barbados
	Cristobal Saez	Chile
	Juan José Munoz Benito	Spain

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

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Raquel Pedercini Marinho	Canada
Acting Chairperson	Stefan Albrechtson	Sweden
African Representative	Yazid Souadi	Morocco
Asian Representative	Sari Hamdan	Jordan
European Representative	Helmut Höritsch	Austria
Oceania Representative	Makiroa Mitchell-John	Cook Islands
Members	Carline Choute	Haiti
	Edgar Hubner	Brazil
	Stefan Albrechtson	Sweden

• IHF Ethics Commission on 5 October 2018 decided suspend the right of the Chairperson of IHF Commission for Development (CD), Mrs. Raquel Pedercini, to participate in three continuous official meetings of the IHF Council in accordance with Article 9 of the IHF Ethics Code due to the fact that her behaviour during and after the 2nd IHF Council Meeting held in Zagreb, Croatia on 14 January 2018 is considered a violation of the IHF Ethics Code, particularly Article 5.
• On 18 October 2018, the Council unanimously approved to appoint CD Member Stefan Albrechtson (SWE) as acting Chairperson of the IHF Commission for Development.

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 Simonet	Argentina
	Mouna Chebbah	Tunisia
	Igor Vori	Croatia

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	North Macedonia
	Nurul Fazal Bulbul	Bangladesh
	Mouadh Ben Zaied	Tunisia
	Helen Boyd	Australia
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant
	Vacant

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
	Amatékoé Kangni	Togo
	Abdulla Musfir Al-Hayyan	Kuwait
	Judith Amandine A. Goude-Djessin	Benin
	Matea Horvat	Croatia
	Roya Rahimi	Iran
	Vacant
	Vacant

IHF Ethics Commission is composed of one chairperson and 5 members elected by the IHF Congress.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Hussein Moustafa Fathy	Egypt
Members	Jorge Pulido Vázquez	Mexico
	Marko Vujošević	Serbia
	Ms. Helen Boyd	Australia
	Amatékoé Kangni	Togo
	Vacant

IHF Beach Handball Working Group (BHWG) is composed of one chairman and 4 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairman	Giampiero Masi	Italy
Members	Panos Antoniou	Cyprus
	Fernando Posada	Spain
	Burak Tezcan	Turkey
	Saša Kuburović	Serbia

IHF Handball at School Working Group is composed of one chairwoman and 2 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairwoman	Ilona Hapkova	Czech Republic
Members	Craig Rot	United States
	Maria Luísa Dias Estriga	Portugal

IHF Wheelchair Handball Working Group is composed of one chairman and 4 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairman	František Táborský	Czech Republic
Members	Jerzy Eliasz	Poland
	Minoru Kino	Japan
	Flávio Anderson Pedrosa de Melo	Brazil
	Nicole Rabenseifner	Austria

IHF Women’s Handball Working Group is composed of one chairwoman and 4 members elected by the IHF Council.

Designation	Name	Country
Chairwoman	Narcisa Lecușanu	Romania
Members	Bente Aksnes	Norway
	Lyudmila Bodniyeva	Russia
	Alexandra do Nascimento	Brazil
	Leonor Mallozzi	Portugal

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Wolf Lyberg	Sweden	11 July 1946 – 9 September 1950
2.	Jan Krijgsman	Netherlands	9 September 1950 – 27 September 1954
3.	Max Rinkenburger	West Germany	27 September 1954 – 23 August 1972
4.	Anders Fredslund Pedersen	Denmark	23 August 1972 – 25 July 1984
5.	Raymond Hahn	France	25 July 1984 – 14 September 1988
6.	Rudi Glock	West Germany/ Germany	14 September 1988 – 26 November 2000
7.	Miguel Roca Mas	Spain	26 November 2000 – 4 June 2009
8.	Sandi Sola*	Croatia	4 June 2009 – 19 December 2015
Acting	Miguel Roca Mas	Spain	19 December 2015 – 11 November 2017
9.	Ms. Anna Rapp	Sweden	11 November 2017 – Till date

• Sandi Sola was asked by IHF Council to resign during the IHF Council meeting held in Herning (Denmark) on 19 December 2015. Then IHF 1st Vice-President Miguel Roca Mas (Spain) held the charge until the next IHF Congress in 2017.

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