Romanian Handball Federation

Romanian Handball Federation
Formation	1936
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Bucharest, Romania
Official language	Romanian
President	Constantin Din
Website	frh.ro

The Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Handbal) (FRH) is the governing body of handball in Romania. It is based in Bucharest. FRH is led by 6 departments.

History

The official rules of the game are written and published by Karl Schelenz in Berlin (1919).
On 17 June 1921, the first game of handball takes place in Romania. The game was played at the Central Stadium Sibiu. It was organized by professor Wilhelm Binder, and the teams were two local high schools: Brukenthal High School and Girls High School.
In 1931, Sibiu will organize the first major competition: Transylvania Cup.
In 1933, handball is added to the existing Romanian Volleyball and Basketball Federation becoming Romanian Volleyball, Basketball and Handball Federation (FRVBH).
In 1934, Transylvania Cup becomes Handball National League. The league is formed from three sub-divisions based on their location: North League (Ardeal), West League (Banat) and South League (Bucharest and Ploieşti).
In 1936, Romanian Handball Federation is founded as an independent governing body.

Competitions

The Romanian Handball Federation organizes the following handball leagues:

It also organizes the Romania men's national handball team and the Romania women's national handball team and also Carpathian Trophy.

Presidents

Name	Tenure
Nicolae Duţescu	1933–1936
Ion Drăgan	1936–1940
Maxim Ganţu	1940–1949
Adrian Sabatini	1950–1952
Petre Capră	1952–1957
Tudor Vasile	1957–1968
Dumitru Costea	1968–1973
Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu	1973–1986
Ani Matei	1986–1989
Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu	1990–1992
Adrian Pascal	1992–1993
Cornel Oțelea	1993–1995
Valentin Samungi	1995–1996
Cristian Gațu	1996–2014
Alexandru Dedu	2014–2022
Constantin Din	2022-

References

"Structure details" (PDF). www.frh.ro.

External links

Official website (in Romanian)

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

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)

African Handball
Confederation (CAHB)

Asian Handball
Federation (AHF)

European Handball
Federation (EHF)

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)

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

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

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