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Bangladesh Handball Federation Bengali: বাংলাদেশ হ্যান্ডবল ফেডারেশন BHF
IOC nation	People's Republic of Bangladesh (BAN)
National flag
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach Handball Wheelchair Handball
Official website	www.bdhandball.org
History
Year of formation	30 September 1983; 41 years ago (1983-09-30)
Affiliation
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	1986
Continental association	Asian Handball Federation
National Olympic Committee	Bangladesh Olympic Association
Other affiliation(s)	South Asian Handball Federation Commonwealth Handball Association National Sports Council
Governing body
Patron	Lt. Col. M. A. Hamid
President	Nurul Fazal Bulbul
Headquarters
Address	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Secretary General	Assaduzzaman Kohinoor

The Bangladesh Handball Federation (BHF) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ হ্যান্ডবল ফেডারেশন) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Founded in 1983, BHF is affiliated to the International Handball Federation and Asian Handball Federation. BHF is also affiliated to the Bangladesh Olympic Association and South Asian Handball Federation. It is based in Dhaka.

History

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Handball game was launched in Bangladesh in 1982 under the leadership of the then vice-president of National Sports Control Board MA Hamid. The then assistant director of National Sports Council, Siddiqur Rahman Munshi, and the general secretary, Asaduzzaman Kohinoor, were the facilitators for the overall management.

Hamid, organized a founding congress of BHF on 30 September 1983 along with some of the most prominent sports organizer and benevolent. The meeting was held at the office of the then DCMLA Secretariat (Present Prime Minister's Office) and was chaired by the Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan. Under the leadership of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan an ad-hock committee was formed with him as chief patron, Hamid as president, General Secretary Ali Akbar, Joint Secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor.

On 1 May 1984, BHF received formal recognition by the then National Sports Control Board. BHF being incorporated with Asian Handball Federation, by their affiliation in 1985. The International Handball Federation (IHF), also given the affiliation in 1986, Commonwealth Handball Association in 1990 and South Asian Handball Federation incorporated as an affiliate member in 1995.

National teams

• Bangladesh men's national handball team
• Bangladesh men's national junior handball team
• Bangladesh men's national youth handball team
• Bangladesh women's national handball team
• Bangladesh women's national junior handball team
• Bangladesh women's national youth handball team

Competitions hosted

• 2000 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship
• 2010 South Asian Games

References

1. "Profile at IHF website". ihf.info. 8 November 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Bangladesh Handball Federation at IHF site

v t e Sports governing bodies in Bangladesh (BAN)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Olympic Esports Games	Bangladesh Youth Development & Electronic Sports Association
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports	Olympics
Others Sports	Carrom Kabaddi Rugby League Rugby Union
Bangladesh Olympic Association

v t e 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 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 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

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