IHF Congress

The IHF Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Handball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Handball), commonly known by the acronym IHF. IHF is the international governing body of handball, beach handball and wheelchair handball.

IHF Congress
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Official language
English, French, German
President
Hassan Moustafa
1st Vice-President
Joël Delplanque
Parent organization
International Handball Federation
SubsidiariesIHF Council, IHF Executive Committee
Websitewww.IHF.info

The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary. Ordinary congress shall place every two years (odd years) after the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. Each congress shall determine the date and place of the following ordinary congress. IHF bodies including the President, IHF Council and IHF Executive Committee shall be elected every four years at the congress taking place the year after the Summer Olympic Games.

Each of the 204 members of IHF has one vote in the congress. The members of IHF can propose candidates for the presidency of IHF and for IHF Council. The IHF Presidential election takes place at the congress in the year following the Summer Olympic Games.

The extraordinary congress shall be convened by the IHF Council upon the written request of a simple majority of the member federations or Council members. Extraordinary congress must be convened within three months of the receipt of the request.[1]

History

The IHF congress has been held since 1946. Before 31st Ordinary Congress 2007 in Madrid (Spain), the congresses were held in the even years.

IHF Presidential elections have taken place at every congress until the 14th IHF Congress 1972 in Nuremberg, West Germany, where the delegates decided to vote the elections to be held every four years in the Olympic rhythm.

List of congresses
  Congress voting for president
* Total number of member federations at the time of congress are mentioned. Total no. of members attending are unknown
Congress NumberYearCityMember Federations AttendingTotal No. of Member Federations
1st1946 Copenhagen814
2nd1948 Paris618
1st Extraordinary Congress1948 Paris1418
3rd1950 Vienna1321
4th1952 Saarbrücken1622
5th1954 Opatija1525
6th1956 Stockholm1826
7th1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen1727
8th1960 Liège2130
9th1962 Madrid2434
10th1964 Budapest2738
11th1966 Copenhagen2639
12th1968 Amsterdam2841
13th1970 Madrid3654
14th1972 Nuremberg4354
15th1974 Jesolo4365
16th1976 Estoril4168
17th1978 Reykjavik4374
18th1980 Moscow5280
19th1982 London5386
20th1984 San Diego4895
21st1986 Dakar4998
22nd1988 Seoul69101
23rd1990 Madeira47106
24th1992 Barcelona62123
25th1994 Noordwijk59133
26th1996 Hilton Head Island79138
27th1998 Yamoussoukro62143
28th2000 Estoril122146
29th[2]2002 Saint Petersburg92147
2nd Extraordinary Congress2003 Basel67147
30th2004 El Gouna134150
31st2007 Madrid120159
32nd2009 Cairo139171
3rd Extraordinary Congress2010 RomeCancelled due to eruptions in Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.171
33rd2011 Marrakech109181
34th2013 Doha163192
35th2015 Sochi141198
4th Extraordinary Congress2015 Sochi124198
36th2017 Antalya152201
5th Extraordinary Congress2019 Gothenburg146201
37th2019 Gothenburg151201
38th2021 It was held through videoconferencing at IHF Head Office in Basel (SUI) due to COVID-19 pandemic. It was previously scheduled to be held in Antalya (TUR).Future event201
39th[3]2023 KatowiceFuture event201

Presidential Elections

Following table shows the results of election of the President of International Handball Federation in recent decades.

Election of the President of International Handball Federation
YearVenueCandidate 1Candidate 2
2000 Estoril Hassan Moustafa
103 / 122
 Erwin Lanc
Withdrew before election
2004[4] El Gouna Hassan Moustafa
85 / 134
 Staffan Holmqvist
46 / 134
2009[5][6] Cairo Hassan Moustafa
115 / 142
 Jean Kaiser
25 / 142
2013[7] Doha Hassan Moustafa
150 / 157
Unopposed
2017[8][9] Antalya Hassan Moustafa
104 / 117
Unopposed
2021[10] Antalya Hassan Moustafa
135 / 151
Unopposed

References
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  9. "13.1 Election of the IHF president". XXXVI ordinary congress of the IHF (PDF). Antalya. 10–13 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
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