IHF Badge of Merit
The Badge of Merit is awarded to individuals who made an extraordinary contribution to the development of handball.
Levels
The Badge of Merit is awarded at three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
IHF Bronze Badge of Merit
The Badge of Merit in Bronze is awarded to individuals who made an extraordinary contribution to the development of handball within their national and/or continental federation.
The Badge of Merit consists of the Council’s insignia with a half garland in bronze. It is awarded by the continental federations at the request of their committee or the member federations. Every year, the IHF Council establishes a quota for such awards. The final date for the submission by the continental federations of their list of awards to the Head Office is 30 October of each year. This list is also sent to the Council for information.
The list of awards must contain the surname, given name, date of birth and nationality of the recipient and a brief reasoning.
IHF Silver Badge of Merit
The Badge of Merit in Silver is awarded to individuals who have worked with merit for many years within the sport of handball and/or have made a particular contribution to the organisation of IHF competitions.
The Badge of Merit consists of the Council’s insignia with half garland in silver. It is awarded by the Council at the recommendation of the continental federations, of the member federations, of the IHF Commissions or of the Head Office.
Recipients of IHF Silver Badge of Merit
| Year | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Robert Rosner |  Austria |
| 1996 | Edmund Leser | Austria |
| 1998 | Aziz Derouaz |  Algeria |
| 2000 | Erik Elias |  Sweden |
| 2000 | Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Herrmann |  Germany |
| 2000 | Konstanrin Kotona |  Albania |
IHF Gold Badge of Merit
The Badge of Merit in Gold is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution and/or given many years’ service to the sport of handball within the IHF. It therefore recognises, in particular, many years’ successful work within an IHF organ and/or a creative impetus for the development of handball.
The Badge of Merit consists of the Council’s insignia with half garland in gold. It is awarded by the IHF Council at the recommendation of the IHF Executive Committee, of the continental federations or of the member federations.
Recipients of IHF Gold Badge of Merit
| Year | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Paul Högberg | Sweden |
| 1974 | Aurelio Chiappero |  Italy |
| 1976 | Enrique Feist |  Portugal |
| 1976 | Mohamed Fadali |  Egypt |
| 2000 | Bob Elphinston |  Australia |
| 2000 | Gilbert Felli |  International Olympic Committee |
| 2000 | Rudi Glock | Germany |
| 2000 | Pere Miro | International Olympic Committee |
| 2000 | Nabil Salem | Egypt |
| 2000 | Sultan bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud |  Saudi Arabia |
| 2002 | Alberto de San Roman y de la Fuente |  Spain |
| 2002 | Otto Schwarz |  Switzerland |
| 2002 | Babacar Fall |  Senegal |
| 2002 | Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |  Kuwait |
| 2002 | Dr. Peter Buehning |  United States |
Recipients of IHF Gold Badge of Merit
| Year | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | André Amiel |  France |
| 2009 | Cristian Gatu |  Romania |
| 2009 | Jesus Lopez Ricondo | Spain |
| 2009 | Luis Santos | Portugal |
| 2009 | S. M. Bali |  India |
| 2009 | Shaul Selzer |  Israel |
| 2009 | Aleksandar Dimitric | Australia |
| 2009 | Vladimir Maximov |  Soviet Union/ Russia |
| 2009 | Muhammad Shafiq |  Pakistan |
| 2009 | Mihajlo Mihajlovski |  Macedonia |