Asian Handball Federation

Asian Handball Federation
Logo of Asian Handball Federation
Abbreviation	AHF
Formation	26 August 1974
Founded at	Tehran, Iran
Type	Sports Federation
Purpose	Development of Handball in Asia
Headquarters	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Membership	44 Members
Official language	English & Arabic
President	Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Secretary General	Muhammad Shafiq
Website	asianhandball.org

The Asian Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym AHF, is the administrative and controlling body for Asian team handball. It represents the national handball associations of Asia.

History

The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) is in one way absolutely unique: during its history till date it had two Presidents - and they were father and son.

When in 1976 the federation was officially founded and Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was elected for President, the committed Sheikh had already put a lot of efforts and preparation work into it. In 1974, during the 7th Asian Games in Tehran (Iran), he applied as head of the Kuwaiti delegation at the executive committee for the inclusion of Handball into the sports programme and the foundation of a continental handball federation. The explanation was easy and convincing: meanwhile handball was widely spread in Asia. The leaders of the Asian Game accepted handball as an official sport and asked the Sheikh to act as interim president and to prepare the statutes of the federation. In this task he was supported by the Secretary General Syad Abul Hassan (Pakistan).

Disputes

As of February 5, 2008, the AHF imposed a warning and $1,000 fine each to Japan and South Korea, due to the disputes surrounding the rematch of the qualifiers for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after AHF's controversial decision to replace referees during the original qualifying tournaments which took place in September 2007.

AHF Presidents

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	H. E. Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	26 August 1974 - 2 August 1990
2.	H. E. Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah	Kuwait	2 August 1990 - Till Date

AHF Secretary Generals

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Mr. Syad Abul Hassan	Pakistan	1976 -
2.	Dr. Roshan Anand	India	2013
3.	Mr. Muhammad Shafiq	Pakistan	25th October 2013 - Till Date

AHF Executive Committee

Following is the AHF Executive Committee.

Designation	Name	Country
President	Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah	Kuwait
1st Vice President	Mr. Yoshihide Watanabe	Japan
Secretary General	Mr. Muhammad Shafiq	Pakistan
Treasurer	Mr. Bader Mohammad Al-Theyab	Kuwait
Executive Member	Dr. Sari Hamdan	Jordan
Executive Director	Dr. Ahmed Abu Al-Lail	Kuwait

AHF Council

Following is the Asian Handball Federation Council.

Designation	Name	Country
President	Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah	Kuwait
1st Vice-President	Mr. Yoshihide Watanabe	Japan
Vice Presidents	Mr. Abdullah Ashour	Lebanon
	Mr. Meng Wei	China
	Mr. Ahmad Al-Shaabi	Qatar
	Mr. Abdul Rehman Al-Halafi	Saudi Arabia
Secretary General	Mr. Muhammad Shafiq	Pakistan
Executive Director	Mr. Ahmed Abu Al-Lail	Kuwait
Treasurer	Mr. Bader Mohammed Al-Theyab	Kuwait
Council Members	Mrs. Gulnara Turlykhanova	Kazakhstan
	Mr. Jin Soo-Kim	South Korea
	Mr. Sami Saeed Al-Nuaimi	United Arab Emirates
	Mr. Amin Al-Barwany	Oman
	Mr. Sombat Kuruphan	Thailand
	Mr. Ali Mohamed Isa Eshaqi	Bahrain

AHF Commissions

Commission	Chairman	Country
AHF Commission of Organizing and Competition	Colonel Abdul Karim Raee	Syria
AHF Under Development Countries Commission	Mr. Ahmad Abdul Rab Al-Shuaibi	Qatar
AHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission	Mr. Dawud Tawakoli	Iran
AHF Commission of Youth & School Handball	Mr. Jalal Kozehgari	Iran
AHF Medical Commission	Dr. Shizou Sakamoto	Japan
AHF Promotion & Public Relations Commission	Dr. Sari Hamdan	Jordan
AHF Commission of Coaching and Methods	Dr. Chung Hyung Kyun	South Korea
AHF Marketing Commission	Mr. Muhammad Jaber Al-Mulla	Qatar

AHF Tournaments

Nations

Multi-Sport Events

Asian Games
Asian Beach Games
Asian Youth Games

Clubs

Beach Handball

Current Title Holders

Handball

Competitions	Current Champion	Title
Asian Men's Handball Championship	Qatar (2016)	2nd
Asian Women's Handball Championship	South Korea (2015)	12th
Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship	Qatar (2016)	5th
Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship	South Korea (2015)	13th
Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship	Bahrain (September 2016)	1st
Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship	South Korea (2015)	6th
Asian Club League Handball Championship	Al-Noor Club (2016)	1st
Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship	Kaysar Club (2016)	1st
Asian Games (Men's Event)	Qatar (2014)	1st
Asian Games (Women's Event)	South Korea (2014)	6th
Asian Youth Games (Boy's Category)	Qatar	1st
Asian Youth Games (Girl's Category)	South Korea	1st

Beach Handball

Competitions	Champion	Title
Asian Men's Beach Handball Championship	Qatar (2015)	3rd
Asian Women's Beach Handball Championship	Thailand (2015)	2nd
Asian Beach Games (Men's Category)	Qatar (2016)	3rd
Asian Beach Games (Women's Category)	Vietnam (2016)	1st
Asian Men's Youth Beach Handball Championship	Thailand (2016)	1st
Asian Women's Youth Beach Handball Championship	China (2016)	1st

AHF Affiliated Members

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Bahrain
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong China
Indonesia
India
Iran
Iraq

Jordan
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
~~Kuwait~~
Laos
Lebanon
Macau China
Malaysia

Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Palestine
North Korea
Qatar
Singapore

Sri Lanka
Syria
Thailand
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
East Timor
Chinese Taipei
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

International Handball Federation had suspended the Kuwait Handball Association on 11 September 2015 due to not organizing an electoral General Assembly to elect the Board of Directors.

External links

(English) (Arabic) Official website

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)

African Handball
Confederation (CAHB)

Asian Handball
Federation (AHF)

AFG
BAN
BHU
BRN
BRU
CAM
CHN
HKG
IND
INA
IRI
IRQ
JOR
JPN
KAZ
KGZ
KOR
KSA
KUW ǂ
LAO
LIB
MAC
MAS
MDV
MGL
MYA
NEP
OMN
PAK
PLE
PHI
PRK
QAT
SIN
SRI
SYR
THA
TJK
TKM
TPE
UAE
UZB
VIE
YEM

European Handball
Federation (EHF)

Oceania Continent
Handball Federation
(OCHF)

Pan-American Team
Handball Federation
(PATHF)

Caribbean	ANT BAR CUB DMA DOM HAI LCA PUR SKN TRI

Central America	BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN

Northern America	CAN GRL MEX USA

South America	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU PAR PER URU VEN

Affiliated Members

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

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