Finnish Handball Association

Governing body of handball in Finland

Finnish Handball Association Finnish: Suomen Käsipalloliitto SKPL
IOC nation	Republic of Finland (FIN)
National flag
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach handball
Official website	www.finnhandball.net
HISTORY
Year of formation	May 1941; 83 years ago (1941-05)
AFFILIATIONS
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	1946 (founder)
Continental association	European Handball Federation
National Olympic Committee	Finnish Olympic Committee
GOVERNING BODY
President	Jari Henttonen
HEADQUARTERS
Address	Valimotie 10, 00380 Helsinki
Country	Finland
Secretary General	Mrs. Päivi Mitrunen

The Finnish Handball Association (Finnish: Suomen Käsipalloliitto) (SKPL) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in Republic of Finland. Founded in May 1941, SKPL is a founder member of both the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF).

National teams

"Suomen Käsipalloliitto". www.eurohandball.com. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
"Finland". www.ihf.info. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

v t e Sports governing bodies in Finland (FIN)
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
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
Others Sports	American Football Disc golf Rugby Union Rugby League Ringette
Finnish Olympic Committee Finnish Paralympic Committee

v t e 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

Caribbean	ANT BAH BAR CAY CUB DMA DOM GLP GRN HAI IVB JAM LCA MTQ PUR SKN TTO
Northern America	CAN GRL MEX USA

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

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

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