Danish Handball Federation
The Dansk Håndbold Forbund (short DHF) is the national sport governing body for the sport of handball in Denmark and has its seat at Idraettens Hus ( House of Sport ) in Brøndby. He is the umbrella organization for 885 clubs where over 124,000 members are active (as of 2010). Founded in 1935, The DHF is one of around 60 sports federations of the Danish Sports Association and a founding member of the International Handball Federation (IHF ) in 1946 and their European continental federation, the EHF in 1991.
In addition to the DHF Handball is played in Denmark and in other organizations, including the second largest sports federation in the country, the Danske gymnastics -og Idrætsforeninger ( DGI), the Workers' Sports Association ( Dansk Arbejder Idrætsforbund, DAI), the Danish YMCA Sports Association ( KFUMs Idrætsforbund ) and in operating sports association Dansk company Idrætsforbund ( DFIF ).
Structure
The DHF is divided into the three regional associations:
- Håndbold region Øst (HRO ) based in Greve for Zealand, Lolland- Falster and Bornholm,
- Funen Håndbold Forbund ( FHF ), headquartered in Odense for Fyn and
- Jydsk Håndbold Forbund ( JHF ), headquartered in Viby Jutland, which is additionally organized in eight circles.
History
Handball in Denmark began as a school sport in the 1890s and a first public school tournament in 1904 in Randers. Although the country is thus counted as one of the pioneering countries of handball, setting up their own association only took place on June 2, 1935. Previously the sport in Dansk athletics Forbund was organized, who is also a founding member of the IHF 's predecessor body, the International Amateur Handball Federation ( IAHF ) from 1928, was.
In the field handball, played with eleven players until 1959 ( women until 1960 ) and in the Sevens team until 1972, took place on 20 August 1934 in Copenhagen, the first international match of a Danish men's national team. The match against the German team lost Denmark with 16:5. In handball the first encounter led on March 8, 1935 against a team from Sweden, which also ended up with a result of 18:12 with a defeat.
When, in the course of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, where the Danish handball player did not participate for sporting reasons, it was alleged by the Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, the handball game was invented in Germany, which sparked among the Danes from a protest which, however, according to a lawsuit when IAHF was unsuccessful.
Danish Championships
In March 1936 Danish title was determined in Aarhus for the first time, the championships were officially recognized until three years later by the Danish National Sports Association. Until the season 1946/47, the district champion met each other here in a weekend tournament, then the league system was in the highest class, today's Håndboldligaen introduced. The game of the second division began operating in the season 1952/53, which was divided for six years from the end of the 1950s until the early 1960s in two areas on either side of the Great Belt. The league system for the first and second League of Women was introduced in the 1961/62 season.
First for women and men a National Cup winners were from the teams of the season in 1964 in the following year determined the final tournament has since been held every year in different venues. Named after a sponsor tournament is organized by the knockout round of the district associations.
Handball World Cup and European Championships in Denmark
The Handball World Championship for Men were first held in Denmark in 1978. The Women's World Cup 1999 was held together with Norway, in 2015, the country is once again hosting the Women's World Cup. Furthermore, Denmark was the host of the European Handball Championships for Women 1996, 2002 and together with Norway 2010. European Championship Men was first held in 2014 in their own country.
Best Merits
- The Danish men's handball team, which always took part in all World Cup except in 1990, 1997 and 2001, previously won three times the silver medal in this tournament in 1967 and 2011 in Sweden and 2013 in Spain. The title of European champions, the team won the European Championship 2008 in Norway and 2012 in Serbia.
- The Danish women's handball team won the World Cup in 1997 and the European Championships in 1994, both held in Germany, as well as the EM 1996 and EM 2002, both of which were held in their own country. 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 in Athens at the Olympics, the women's team went three times in a row as the winner.