Handball Union of Russia

Handball Federation of Russia

Motto	-
Formation	1989
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Membership	Russian Handball Clubs
Official language	Russian
Leader	Sergey Shishkarev
Website	www.rushandball.ru

The Handball Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация гандбола России) commonly known by its acronym, HFR, is the national governing body of handball in Russia. Its headquarters are in Moscow, Russia, and its current president is Sergey Shishkarev. HFR is responsible for the organization and governance of handball's major local championships in Russia, most notably the Russian Handball Super League (Russian: Чемпионат России Супер Лига), held since 1992.

History

In 1989 was held the first Constituent Conference of the Handball Union of Russia with participation of 32 collective members. As the General Director of the Union was elected Mr. Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov, the Olympic Champion of 1976, the USSR Merited Master of Sport, the Merited Coach of the USSR and of the RSFSR.

In March 1992 in Volgograd was held the second Conference of the Handball Union of Russia where the authorities of Union were elected. As the first President of the Union was elected Mr. Alexander Borisovich Kozhukhov, USSR Merited Master of Sport, Merited Coach of the USSR. As the General Director and Vice-President was elected again Mr. Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov. As the Vice-President Mr. Yuri Fedorovich Reznikov, the Honorary Master of Sport of the USSR. As the General Secretary Mr. Boris Nikolaevich Makarov.

The same year (1992), as the right successor of the former USSR Handball Federation, the Handball Union of Russia had become the equal member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and of the European Handball Federation (EHF).

And since that formation date the Handball Union of Russia hold annual tournaments and championships of Russia.

Since 1993 Russia entered the national teams for participation at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships.^[1]

Competitions

The Handball Union of Russia conducts two competitions for both Men and Women teams:^[2]

• Russian Handball Super League - For handball premier league clubs.
• Russian Handball League 1 - For handball Second Division clubs.

Ranking

In accordance with the ranking of the IHF and EHF, the Handball Union of Russia had the following places by the participation results of all national teams at the Olympic Games, the World and European Championships, namely:^[3][4]

IHF annual ranking

1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	2	1	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	4

All-time best IHF ranking (men) Rank Country Points 1 Germany 565 2 Russia 476 3 Sweden 442 4 Serbia 416 5 Denmark 385 6 Spain 321 7 Hungary 302 8 Romania 255 9 France 239 10 Iceland 180

All-time best IHF ranking (women) Rank Country Points 1 Russia 470 2 Germany 451 3 Denmark 355 4 Hungary 342 5 South Korea 318 6 Norway 311 7 Serbia 307 8 Romania 293 9 France 146 10 Poland 142

Honorary President of the HUR

See: Alexander Borisovich Kozhukhov^[5]

Awards

Hans Baumann Trophy

The Handball Union of Russia was awarded with the highest order of the International Handball Federation (IHF) – Hans Baumann Trophy for the great contribution to the world development of this sport. The awarding with the Trophey was held during the IHF XXIX Ordinary Congress in Saint Petersburg by the IHF President Dr. Hassan Moustafa and the IHF General Director Mr. Raymond Hahn. The trophy of Hans Baumann, the second President of IHF, who headed the world handball from 1950 up to 1971, is awarded since 1972 each two years. The Russian handball was awarded the trophy for the first time.

The Trophy is kept at the head-office of the Handball Union of Russia, together with five prizes of the European Handball Federation as the best country by sports results.^[6]

Best Handballers of Russia in the 20th century

In 2001, the congress as well as the members of the executive committee of the Handball Union of Russia named the best Russian handballers of the 20th century. The voting results were:^[7]

Best Player (Men):	Andrey Lavrov
Best Player (Women):	Natalia Anisimova
Best Coach:	Vladimir Maksimov
Best Referee:	Yuri Taranukhin

75-Year anniversary of Russian handball

In 2003, the Handball Union of Russia celebrated the 75-Year Anniversary of Russian Handball. In many regions of Russia there were held special events to celebrate the jubilee. As the final chord was the organization of the match for men teams Russia national handball team and the World Selection.^[8]

It is for the first time that such an imposing event is held in Russia, and for the whole history of the International Handball Federation (since 1948) it is the twentieth, where the World Selection took part. The International Handball Federation had awarded the Handball Union of Russia with such an event for the merits of the national handball and the authority of the Russian handball in the world.

• The match took place in Dynamo Sports Palace, Moscow and was attended by 5,000 supporters and finished (30:30) 1st half (19:14) Russia.
• Match officials: Ivan Dolejs and Vaclav Kohout

International Handball Federation during the match was represented by: President: Dr. Hassan Moustafa, Secretary General: Raymond Hahn, Executive Director: Frank Birkefeld, Adidas Representative: Sascha Janzen, Secretary: Jose Martin

Scorers list

Russia Rank Player Goals 1 Mikhail Tchipourine 5 2 Pavel Bashkin 4 3 Serguei Pogorelov 4 4 Alexander Toutchkine 4 5 Victor Engovatov 3 6 Alexei Rastvortsev 3 7 Vasily Filippov 2 8 Oleg Frolov 1 9 Alexander Gorbatikov 1 10 Vitali Ivanov 1 10 Alexei Kamanin 1 10 Alexei Kostygov 1

World selection Rank Player Goals 1 Eric Gull 6 2 Jan Filip 5 3 Sobhi Sioud 5 4 Mirza Džomba 4 5 Claus Moller Jakobsen 3 6 Eduard Kokcharov 3 7 Raúl González Guiterrez 2 8 Walid Ben Amor 1 9 Velimir Rajić 1

Line-up

Russia Player Date of Birth Club Position Maxim Schevelev 16.02.76 Chekhovskie Medvedi Goalkeeper Alexei Kostoygov 05.07.73 Kaustik Goalkeeper Alexander Safonov 29.09.76 Chekhovskie Medvedi Right Backward Alexander Toutchkine 15.07.64 Filippos Verias Right Backward Serguei Pogorelov 02.06.74 Paris Handball Right Backward Vyacheslav Gorpishin 20.01.70 SG Leutershausen Defender Alexei Rastvortsev 08.08.78 Chekhovskie Medvedi Left Backward Alexei Kamanin 06.06.78 Chekhovskie Medvedi Left Backward Pavel Bashkin 01.09.78 Lukoil Dynamo Right Wing Oleg Frolov 15.11.80 Chekhovskie Medvedi Right Wing Oleg Kouleshov 15.04.74 SC Magdeburg Playmaker Alexander Gorbatikov 24.06.82 Lukoil Dynamo Playmaker Vasily Filippov 18.01.81 Chekhovskie Medvedi Playmaker Vitali Ivanov 03.02.76 Chekhovskie Medvedi Playmaker Mikhail Tchipourine 17.11.80 Chekhovskie Medvedi Pivot Viktor Engovatov 25.07.80 Chekhovskie Medvedi Left Wing Head Coach: Vladimir Maksimov Coach: Anatoli Dratchev

World selection Player Date of Birth Club Position Andrey Lavrov 26.03.62 Retired Goalkeeper Yousef Al-fadhli 14.09.77 Al Salmiya HB Goalkeeper Sobhi Sioud 17.07.75 Montpellier HB Right Backward Eric Gull 28.08.73 Chekhovskie Medvedi Right Backward Carlos Perez 26.08.71 Fotex KC Veszprem Left Backward Velemir Rajić 08.07.66 BM Ciudad de Almería Left Backward Walid Ben Amor 24.05.76 CB Cantabria Playmaker Claus Moller Jakobsen 24.09.71 BM Altea Playmaker Raúl González Gutierrez 08.01.70 BM Valladolid Playmaker Jan Filip 14.06.73 HSG Nordhorn Right Wing Mirza Džomba 28.02.77 Fotex KC Veszprem Right Wing Eduard Koksharov 04.11.75 RK Celje Pivovarna Laško Playmaker Head Coach: Daniel Costantini Coach: Peter Kovacs

References

1. "History of handball in Russia". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
2. "Winners of the Handball Championship of Russia". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
3. "History of HUR". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
4. "All-Time Best IHF Ranking" (PDF). IHF. 2006-01-24. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
5. "Honorary President of the Handball Union of Russia". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
6. "History of the HUR". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
7. "Best Handball Players of Russia of XX Century". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
8. "75-Year Anniversary of Russian handball". HUR. Retrieved 2008-12-08.

External links

• Official website
• Handball Union of Russia at eurohandball.com