Portuguese Handball Federation

The Federação Portuguesa de Andebol (FPA, port. for: Portuguese Handball Federation ) is the governing body for handball in Portugal. The FPA has its headquarters in Lisbon. She was co-organizer of the European Handball Championship in 1994 and the Men's Handball World Championship Men 2003 in Portugal.

History

After the German -born Armando Tschopp published in November 1929, the handball rules in the Portuguese sports newspaper Sports, handball became known to a wider public in Portugal. The first official handball game was held in Porto on 31 January 1931. In 1931 the first Handball Federation was founded in Lisbon, followed by 1932, the Association of Porto. 1932 Championships were first played in Lisbon and Porto, and in 1934 came the first time a selection from Porto to Lisbon a selection. So far, handball was played only as field handball, also called 11er 's handball in Portugal after his team's strength.

On the initiative of Handball Associations of Porto, Lisbon and Coimbra, the FPA was founded in 1939. In 1946 she was a founding member of the International Handball Federation. As of 1949, the present form of handball was played with seven -headed team in Portugal increased. Field handball was increasingly rarely in the sequence, and is now in Portugal and internationally alike history.

Today, tens of thousands of people play handball in continental Portugal, Madeira and the Azores. In Portugal, handball is the meistpraktizierte of women sports.

Portugal with the FPA hosted the European Handball Championship 1994. 's Own choice ended the tournament from any points, but the popularity continued to grow slowly. 2003 was the co-organizer of the FPA 's Handball World Championship men in Portugal. The Portuguese men's national handball team came at the end on the 12th Place.

The FPA recorded after a further slight increasing interest in handball in the country. The national team has been able to show, however, no major follower. However, Portuguese clubs reached several times the final at EHF Challenge Cup, Sporting Lisbon to win 2010.

Organization

The FPA is a founding member of the World Handball Federation IHF and EHF European Handball Federation. She is also a member of the Comité Olímpico de Portugal, the National Olympic Committee of Portugal.

Members

40 454 individual members included the Association in 2012, plus a variety coming sports clubs.

In the FPA, the handball associations of Portuguese districts and autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira are organized. Currently (2013 ) there are 23 district associations:

  • Associação de Andebol do Algarve (Algarve )
  • Associação de Andebol de Aveiro ( Aveiro)
  • Associação de Andebol da Ilha do Faial ( Azores )
  • Associação de Andebol da Ilha de Santa Maria ( Azores )
  • Associação de Andebol da Ilha de S. Miguel ( Azores )
  • Associação de da Ilha Terceira Andebol ( Azores )
  • Associação de Andebol de Beja (Beja )
  • Associação de Andebol de Braga (Braga )
  • Associação de Andebol de Bragança ( Bragança )
  • Associação de Andebol de Castelo Branco ( Castelo Branco)
  • Associação de Andebol de Coimbra (Coimbra )
  • Associação de Andebol de Évora ( Évora )
  • Associação de Andebol da Guarda ( Guarda )
  • Associação de Andebol de Leiria (Leiria )
  • Associação de Andebol de Lisboa (Lisbon )
  • Associação de Andebol da Madeira (Madeira)
  • Associação de Andebol de Portalegre ( Portalegre )
  • Associação de Andebol do Porto (Porto)
  • Associação de Andebol de Santarém (Santarém )
  • Associação de Andebol de Setúbal (Setúbal )
  • Associação de Andebol de Viana do Castelo ( Viana do Castelo )
  • Associação de Andebol de Vila Real ( Vila Real)
  • Associação de Andebol de Viseu (Viseu )

Organs

President Manuel Brandão is Ulisses Pereira. In addition to the Executive Committee and the General Assembly of the FPAs has five other institutions:

  • Conselho Fiscal ( engl.: Board or Control )
  • Conselho de Justiça (English: Judiciary )
  • Conselho de Arbitragem (German: Expediency )
  • Conselho disciplinar (English: Disciplinary )
  • Concelho Técnico (German: Technical sportive or Council )

Competitions and activities

The FPA operates through its resident in Porto Liga Portuguesa de Andebol (LPA ) is a first Handball League Men ( Campeonato Português de Andebol Masculino, Primeira Divisão ) with twelve teams. This is followed by a two-pronged ( Zona Norte and Zona Sul ) second division with 14 teams, and a multi-faceted third league, above the league operations of the district associations. In the women's handball there are two leagues, in addition to the first division with 12 clubs a multi-faceted second division. There are also youth leagues and cup competitions, especially the Supercup both the men and the women. Record champion of the first Handball League is for men of FC Porto, with 41 titles, followed by Académico Basket Clube from Braga ( Braga ABC ) with 35 titles.

The FPA also organizes the participation of Portuguese handball national teams in international competitions, especially the Olympics, World, European and Mediterranean Championships.

Other activities include, inter alia, Handball competitions for the disabled, the training of arbitrators, training of trainers, and the implementation of promotional activities for the sport of handball in Portugal.

Indicators

In the FPA balance of the year 2012 the total expenditure of € 5,005,084 were a total income of € 5,029,959 against. After deduction of taxes, there remained a net profit of € 13,124.

The most significant source of revenue with 50.54 % state grants, which were thereby reduced by the public sector in the sign of the ongoing euro crisis before by 17%. The largest expenditure items with 50.69 % direct sports expenses of the FPA.

In 2012, the FPA had 40 454 registered members, 18,138 of whom played active in organized competitions of the Association.

1994 European Men's Handball Championship Portuguese Handball First Division ABC Braga
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