The IHF Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Handball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Handball), commonly known by the acronym IHF. IHF is the international governing body of handball, beach handball and wheelchair handball.

IHF Congress
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Official language
English, French, German
President
Hassan Moustafa Egypt
1st Vice-President
Joël Delplanque France
Parent organization
International Handball Federation
SubsidiariesIHF Council, IHF Executive Committee
Websiteihf.info

The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary. Ordinary congress shall place every two years (odd years) after the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. Each congress shall determine the date and place of the following ordinary congress. IHF bodies including the President, IHF Council and IHF Executive Committee shall be elected every four years at the congress taking place the year after the Summer Olympic Games. [1]

Each of the 204 members of IHF has one vote in the congress. The members of IHF can propose candidates for the presidency of IHF and for IHF Council. The IHF Presidential election takes place at the congress in the year following the Summer Olympic Games.

The extraordinary congress shall be convened by the IHF Council upon the written request of a simple majority of the member federations or Council members. Extraordinary congress must be convened within three months of the receipt of the request.[1]

History

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The IHF congress has been held since 1946. Before 31st Ordinary Congress 2007 in Madrid (Spain), the congresses were held in the even years.

IHF Presidential elections have taken place at every congress until the 14th IHF Congress 1972 in Nuremberg, West Germany, where the delegates decided to vote the elections to be held every four years in the Olympic rhythm.

List of congresses

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  Congress voting for president
* Total number of member federations at the time of congress are mentioned. Total no. of members attending are unknown
Congress Number Year City Member Federations Attending Total No. of Member Federations
1st 1946 Copenhagen 8 14
2nd 1948 Paris 6 18
1st Extraordinary Congress 1948 Paris 14 18
3rd 1950 Vienna 13 21
4th 1952 Saarbrücken 16 22
5th 1954 Opatija 15 25
6th 1956 Stockholm 18 26
7th 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 17 27
8th 1960 Liège 21 30
9th 1962 Madrid 24 34
10th 1964 Budapest 27 38
11th 1966 Copenhagen 26 39
12th 1968 Amsterdam 28 41
13th 1970 Madrid 36 54
14th 1972 Nuremberg 43 54
15th 1974 Jesolo 43 65
16th 1976 Estoril 41 68
17th 1978 Reykjavik 43 74
18th 1980 Moscow 52 80
19th 1982 London 53 86
20th 1984 San Diego 48 95
21st 1986 Dakar 49 98
22nd 1988 Seoul 69 101
23rd 1990 Madeira 47 106
24th 1992 Barcelona 62 123
25th 1994 Noordwijk 59 133
26th 1996 Hilton Head Island 79 138
27th 1998 Yamoussoukro 62 143
28th 2000 Estoril 122 146
29th[2] 2002 Saint Petersburg 92 147
2nd Extraordinary Congress 2003 Basel 67 147
30th 2004 El Gouna 134 150
31st 2007 Madrid 120 159
32nd 2009 Cairo 139 171
3rd Extraordinary Congress 2010 Rome Cancelled due to eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. 171
33rd 2011 Marrakech 109 181
34th 2013 Doha 163 192
35th 2015 Sochi 141 198
4th Extraordinary Congress 2015 Sochi 124 198
36th 2017 Antalya 152 201
5th Extraordinary Congress 2019 Gothenburg 146 201
37th 2019 Gothenburg 151 201
38th 2021   It was held through videoconferencing at IHF Head Office in Basel (SUI) due to COVID-19 pandemic. It was previously scheduled to be held in Antalya (TUR). Future event 201
39th[3] 2023 Katowice Future event 201

Presidential elections

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Following table shows the results of election of the President of International Handball Federation in recent decades.

Election of the President of International Handball Federation
Year Venue Candidate 1 Candidate 2
2000   Estoril   Hassan Moustafa
103 / 122
  Erwin Lanc
Withdrew before election
2004[4]   El Gouna   Hassan Moustafa
85 / 134
  Staffan Holmqvist
46 / 134
2009[5][6]   Cairo   Hassan Moustafa
115 / 142
  Jean Kaiser
25 / 142
2013[7]   Doha   Hassan Moustafa
150 / 157
Unopposed
2017[8][9]   Antalya   Hassan Moustafa
104 / 117
Unopposed
2021[10]   Antalya   Hassan Moustafa
135 / 151
Unopposed

References

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  1. ^ "IHF Congress". IHF.
  2. ^ Kozhukhov, Alexander. "XXIX ORDINARY CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL HANDBALL FEDERATION IN SAINT-PETERSBURG ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE". Handball Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ "XXXVIII Ordinary Congress comes to an end". ihf.info. 6 November 2021.
  4. ^ Handball – Fascination for thousands of years, Volume 1: History and stories (PDF). December 2013. pp. 108–109. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Hassan Moustafa wins poll to lead handball federation 4 more years". dailynewsegypt.com. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Handball: Hassan Moustafa herrscht weiter". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  7. ^ "NEW-OLD IHF President: Hassan Moustafa re-elected with 91% of all votes!". Handball Planet. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Hassan Moustafa re-elected as IHF president". sportspromedia.com. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  9. ^ "13.1 Election of the IHF president". XXXVI ordinary congress of the IHF (PDF). Antalya. 10–13 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "Moustafa set for unopposed re-election as International Handball Federation President". insidethegames.biz. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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