Romanian Handball Federation

Romanian Handball FederationFormation| 1936

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Type| Sports federation
Headquarters| Bucharest, Romania

Official language

| Romanian

President

| Constantin Din
Website| frh.ro

The Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Handbal) (FRH) is the governing body of handball in Romania. It is based in Bucharest. FRH is led by 6 departments.

## History

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* The official rules of the game are written and published by Karl Schelenz in Berlin (1919).
* On 17 June 1921, the first game of handball takes place in Romania. The game was played at the Central Stadium Sibiu. It was organized by professor Wilhelm Binder, and the teams were two local high schools: Brukenthal High School and Girls High School.
* In 1931, Sibiu will organize the first major competition: Transylvania Cup.
* In 1933, handball is added to the existing Romanian Volleyball and Basketball Federation becoming Romanian Volleyball, Basketball and Handball Federation (FRVBH).
* In 1934, Transylvania Cup becomes Handball National League. The league is formed from three sub-divisions based on their location: North League (Ardeal), West League (Banat) and South League (Bucharest and Ploieşti).
* In 1936, Romanian Handball Federation is founded as an independent governing body.

## Competitions

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The Romanian Handball Federation organizes the following handball leagues:

* Romanian First League of Men's Handball
* Romanian First League of Women's Handball
* Division A Men's Handball
* Division A Women's Handball
* Juniors League I Men's Handball
* Juniors League I Women's Handball
* Juniors League II Men's Handball
* Juniors League II Women's Handball
* Juniors League III Men's Handball
* Juniors League III Women's Handball

It also organizes the Romania men's national handball team and the Romania women's national handball team and also Carpathian Trophy.

## Presidents

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Name[1] | Tenure

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Nicolae Duţescu  | 1933–1936
Ion Drăgan  | 1936–1940
Maxim Ganţu  | 1940–1949
Adrian Sabatini  | 1950–1952
Petre Capră  | 1952–1957
Tudor Vasile  | 1957–1968
Dumitru Costea  | 1968–1973
Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu  | 1973–1986
Ani Matei  | 1986–1989
Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu  | 1990–1992
Adrian Pascal  | 1992–1993
Cornel Oțelea | 1993–1995
Valentin Samungi | 1995–1996
Cristian Gațu | 1996–2014
Alexandru Dedu | 2014–2022
Constantin Din | 2022-

## References

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1. ^ "Structure details" (PDF). www.frh.ro.

## External links

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* Official website (in Romanian)

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National members of the European Handball Federation

Eastern Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Georgia
* Hungary
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* FYR Macedonia
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Poland
* Romania
* Russian Federation
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Ukraine

Western Europe|

* Andorra
* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Scotland
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey

England and Scotland are associated members of EHF

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National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)

African Handball
Confederation (CAHB)|

* ALG
* ANG
* BEN
* BOT
* BUR
* BDI
* CMR
* CAF
* CHA
* CGO
* COD
* COM
* CIV
* CPV
* DJI
* EGY
* ETH
* GAB
* GAM
* GBS
* GHA
* GEQ
* GUI
* KEN
* LBA
* LBR
* LES
* MAR
* MAD
* MAW
* MLI
* MOZ
* MRI
* MTN
* NAM
* NGR
* NIG
* RSA
* RWA
* SEN
* SEY
* SLE
* SOM
* SSD
* SUD
* TAN
* TOG
* TUN
* UGA
* ZAM
* ZIM

Asian Handball
Federation (AHF)|

* AFG
* BAN
* BHU
* BRN
* BRU
* CAM
* CHN
* HKG
* IND
* INA
* IRI
* IRQ
* JOR
* JPN
* KAZ
* KGZ
* KOR
* KSA
* KUW
* LAO
* LBN
* 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)|

* ALB
* AND
* ARM
* AUT
* AZE
* BEL
* BIH
* BLR
* BUL
* CRO
* CYP
* CZE
* DEN
* ESP
* EST
* FRO
* FIN
* FRA
* GBR
* GEO
* GER
* GRE
* HUN
* IRL
* ISL
* ISR
* ITA
* KOS
* LAT
* LIE
* LTU
* LUX
* MDA
* MKD
* MLT
* MNE
* MON
* NED
* NOR
* POL
* POR
* ROU
* RUS
* SLO
* SRB
* SUI
* SVK
* SWE
* TUR
* UKR

North America and Caribbean
Handball Confederation
(NACHC)|

| Caribbean|

* ANT
* BAH
* BAR
* CAY
* CUB
* DMA
* DOM
* GLP
* GRN
* HAI
* IVB
* JAM
* LCA
* MTQ
* PUR
* SKN
* TTO

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Northern America|

* CAN
* GRL
* MEX
* USA

Oceania Continent
Handball Federation
(OCHF)|

* ASA
* AUS
* COK
* FJI
* GUM
* KIR
* NRU
* NZL
* PNG
* SAM
* SOL
* TGA
* TUV
* VAN

South and
Central America
Handball Confederation
(SCAHC)|

| Central America|

* BIZ
* CRC
* ESA
* GUA
* HON
* NCA
* PAN

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South America|

* ARG
* BOL
* BRA
* CHI
* COL
* ECU
* GUF
* GUY
* PAR
* PER
* URU
* VEN

Associated Members|

* ENG
* FSM
* MHL
* MNP
* NCL
* SCO
* TAH
* WLF

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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