Handball Association of India is the governing body for handball in India. HAI is a member of the Asian Handball Federation and the International Handball Federation. It is also a member of Commonwealth Handball Association and South Asian Handball Federation.
History
HAI replaced the Handball Federation of India as the official handball governing body in 2023. HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan from Rohtak (Haryana) who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras Chennai. He was also the first secretary general of HFI.
The 1st Senior National Handball Championship was held at Sir Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak, in the year 1972. Haryana won the gold medal and Vidharba got the silver medal.
Presidents
General secretaries
Executive committee
Following is the HFI Executive committee for the term 2022 â 2025.
Head coaches
The following are the head coaches of the Indian national handball teams:
Competitions hosted
HFI had hosted following international championships:
Affiliated members
State associations
- Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
- Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
- Assam Handball Association
- Bihar Handball Association
- Chhattisgarh Handball Association
- Goa Handball Association
- Gujarat Handball Association
- Haryana State Handball Association
- Himachal Pradesh Handball Association
- Jharkhand State Handball Association
- Karnataka Handball Association
- Kerala Handball Association
- Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
- Handball Association of Maharashtra
- Manipur Handball Association
- Meghalaya Handball Association
- Mizoram Handball Association
- Nagaland Handball Association
- Odisha State Handball Association
- Punjab Handball Association
- Rajasthan State Handball Association
- Sikkim Handball Association
- Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai
- Telangana Handball Association
- Tripura Handball Association
- Uttar Pradesh Handball Association
- Uttarakhand Handball Association
- West Bengal State Handball Association
Union territories associations
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association
- Chandigarh Handball Association
- Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Handball Association of Delhi
- Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh
- Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
- Lakshadweep Handball Association
- Pondicherry State Handball Association
Other units
- Association of Indian Universities
- Central Industrial Security Force
- Central Reserve Police Force
- Mumbai Handball Academy
- National Handball Academy
- Railways Sports Promotion Board
- Services Sports Control Board
- Sports Authority of India
National teams
See also
Notes
References
External links
HFI website (arrchived)