Handball Federation of India


Handball Federation of India is the governing body for handball in India. HFI is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 at Rohtak. It is a member of the Asian Handball Federation and the International Handball Federation since 1974. It is also a member of Commonwealth Handball Association and South Asian Handball Federation. HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan from Rohtak who was an alumnus of YMCA College of Physical Education of Madras Chennai. He was also the first secretary general of HFI.

Formation

In India, sport of handball and HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Chauhan, also founder of netball and throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during the Munich Olympics in 1972 helped in establishing HFI. The founding member states were Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Vidharbha and Jammu and Kashmir. 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.

Executive committee

Following is the HFI Executive committee for the term 2022 – 2025.
DesignationNameState
Life-presidentRoshan Lal AnandPunjab
PresidentDigvijay ChautalaHaryana 
Sr. vice-presidentPradeep Kumar BalmuchuJharkhand
Vice-presidentBraj Kishore SharmaBihar 
Vice-presidentNassarudeen MusaliKerala
Vice-presidentYogesh MehtaDelhi
Secretary generalPritpal Singh SalujaMadhya Pradesh
Joint secretaryNand Kishore SharmaHimachal Pradesh 
Joint secretaryRandhir SinghMaharashtra
Joint secretaryShyamla Pavan KumarTelangana 
Joint secretaryVaruni NegiDelhi
TreasurerGursharan Singh GillPunjab 
Executive memberRavinder SinghChandigarh
Executive memberRama Shankar SharmaUttarakhand 
Executive memberBirendra Kumar BeheraOdisha 
Executive memberJile SinghDadra and Nagar Haveli 
Executive memberAshutosh SharmaJammu and Kashmir 
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Title holders

Competitions hosted

HFI had hosted following international championships:
ChampionshipVenue
2019 Asian Women's Youth Handball ChampionshipJaipur
2017 Asian [Men's Club League Handball Championship]Hyderabad
2016 South Asian GamesGuwahati
2015 Asian Women's Youth Handball ChampionshipNew Delhi
2004 Asian Men's Junior Handball ChampionshipHyderabad
1982 Asian GamesNew Delhi

Affiliated members

;State associations
  1. Andhra Pradesh Handball Association
  2. Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association
  3. Assam Handball Association
  4. Bihar Handball Association
  5. Chhattisgarh Handball Association, Bhilai
  6. Goa Handball Association
  7. Gujarat Handball Association
  8. Haryana State Handball Association, Bhiwani 
  9. Himachal Pradesh Handball Association, Bilaspur 
  10. Jharkhand State Handball Association, Jamshedpur
  11. Karnataka Handball Association
  12. Kerala Handball Association
  13. Madhya Pradesh Handball Association
  14. Handball Association of Maharashtra
  15. Manipur Handball Association
  16. Meghalaya Handball Association
  17. Mizoram Handball Association
  18. Nagaland Handball Association
  19. Odisha State Handball Association
  20. Punjab Handball Association
  21. Rajasthan State Handball Association
  22. Sikkim Handball Association
  23. Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai 
  24. Telangana Handball Association
  25. Tripura Handball Association
  26. Uttar Pradesh Handball Association
  27. Uttarakhand Handball Association
  28. West Bengal State Handball Association
;Union territories associations
  1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association
  2. Chandigarh Handball Association
  3. Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
  4. Handball Association of Delhi
  5. Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh
  6. Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association
  7. Lakshadweep Handball Association
  8. Pondicherry State Handball Association
;Other units
  1. Association of Indian Universities 
  2. Central Industrial Security Force 
  3. Central Reserve Police Force 
  4. Mumbai Handball Academy 
  5. National Handball Academy
  6. Railways [Sports Promotion Board] 
  7. Services Sports Control Board
  8. Sports Authority of India

National teams