Asian Handball Federation

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The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in Asia. It has 44 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey – which are instead members of European Handball Federation (EHF). Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also EHF members. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries (both are special regions of China), are also members of the AHF.

Asian Handball Federation
AHF
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websitewww.asianhandball.org
History
Year of formation26 August 1974; 50 years ago (1974-08-26)
at Tehran, Imperial State of Iran Iran
Demographics
Membership size44 Members
Affiliations
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1974
Other affiliation(s)
Governance
PresidentJapan Yoshihide Watanabe (acting)
1st Vice-President
  • Japan Yoshihide Watanabe
Secretariat
Address
  • South Surrah, Al-Salam Area, Block 7, Street No. 705, Villa 508
Country Kuwait
Secretary GeneralPakistan Muhammad Shafiq
Official Language(s)English (Official)
Arabic (Also used for correspondences)
Number of staff8
Finance
SponsorsAl Kass Sports Channels
SK Group
Gerflor
Molten Corporation
Regions

One of IHF's six continental confederations, the AHF was formed officially on 26 August 1974 in Tehran (Imperial State of Iran), on the sidelines of the 7th Asian Games 1974. The AHF headquarters is located in Kuwait City (Kuwait). Its current president is Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from Kuwait, who is a member of House of Al Sabah, the ruling family of Kuwait.

History

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The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) is in one way absolutely unique: During its history to date it has had only two presidents, and they were father and son.

When in 1976 the federation was officially founded and Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was elected as president, the sheikh had already contributed significantly to efforts around the sport. In 1974, during the 7th Asian Games in Tehran (Iran), he applied as head of the Kuwaiti delegation at the executive committee for the inclusion of handball into the sports programme and the foundation of a continental handball federation. Handball was at that point already widely spread in Asia. The leaders of the Asian Games accepted handball as an official sport and asked the sheikh to act as interim president and to prepare the statutes of the federation. In this task he was supported by the Secretary General Syed Abul Hassan (Pakistan).[1]

Presidents

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S. No. Name Tenure
1.   Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 26 August 1974 – 2 August 1990[1]
Acting   Mohammed Ali Abul 2 August 1990 – 1991
2.   Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah 1991 – 5 November 2021[2]
Acting   Yoshihide Watanabe 5 November 2021 – present

^1 Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah died on 2 August 1990 during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait while defending Dasman Palace. Mohammed Ali Abul served as acting president until the war finished in 1991.
^2 Sheikh Ahmed stepped down from AHF presidency following a guilty verdict against him in a Swiss forgery trial. Therefore, 1st Vice-President Yoshihide Watanabe was appointed as acting president till further orders.

Secretaries general

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S. No. Name Tenure
1.   Syad Abul Hassan 26 August 1974 – 26 November 2000
2.   Dr. Roshan Lal Anand 26 November 2000 – 25 October 2013
3.   Muhammad Shafiq 25 October 2013 – present

Executive committee

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The following is the AHF Executive Committee for 2017 – 2021.

Designation Name
President Vacant
1st Vice-President   Yoshihide Watanabe
Secretary General   Muhammad Shafiq
Treasurer   Bader Mohammad Al-Theyab
Member   Ahmed Mohamed Abdulrab Al-Shaabi

Council

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The following is the AHF Council for the term 2021 — 2025.

Designation Name
President   Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
1st Vice-President   Yoshihide Watanabe
Vice-President   Ahmad Mohammed Abdulrab Al-Shaabi
  Ali Mohamed Isa Eshaqi
  Dr. Sari Hamdan Ghanima
  Ms. Wang Tao
Secretary General   Muhammad Shafiq
Treasurer   Bader Mohammad Al-Theyab
Council Member   Ameen Al-Barwani
  Choi Jung-suck
  Mohammed Julfar
  Sombat Kuruphan
  Alireza Pakdel
Female Council Member   Gulnara Turlykhanova
Chairman of AHF COC   Fadhel Al-Nemer
Chairman of AHF PRC   Saleh bin Ashour
Chairman of AHF CCM   Prof. Dr. Chung Hyung-kyun
Chairman of AHF MC   Dr. Katsuhiko Sakuma
Chairman of AHF CPP   Mitra Noorigollehjareh
Chairman of AHF MKC   Mohammad Jaber Al-Mulla
Chairman of AHF UDC   Ismoiljon Matkhalikov
Chairman of AHF CYSH   Mohammed Al-Araje

Commissions

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The following are the AHF Commission members for the term 2017 — 2021.

Commission Chairman Members
AHF Commission of Organizing and Competition (COC)   Fadhel Al-Nemer
COC Members
AHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC)   Saleh bin Ashour
PRC Members
  •   Khalaf Al-Enezi
  •   Zuhir Samha
  •   Dr. Zain Al-Abedin Bani Hani
  •   Wu Ruiting
  •   Minoru Nakada
  •   Dr. Chatchai Sangsukeelux
AHF Commission of Coaching and Methods (CCM)   Prof. Dr. Chung Hyung Kyun
CCM Members
  •   Alireza Habibi
  •   Amjad Karwani
  •   Dr. Nabeel Taha Al-Shehab
  •   Dr. Taiysir Mansi
  •   Dhafer Sahib Mohammed
AHF Medical Commission (MC)   Dr. Katsuhiko Sakuma
MC Members
  •   Dr. Mohammad Saeid Rajaei
  •   Dr. Hussein Al-Haddad
AHF Promotion and Public Relations Commission (CPP)   Mitra Noorigollehjareh
CPP Members
  •   Helmi Cheaib
  •   Husain Al-Asfoor
  •   Othman Al-Qasmi
  •   Ameen Al-Muddaeai
  • TBA
  •   Matar Al-Zarraa
  •   Kareem Abdullah Al-Rammahi
AHF Marketing Commission (MKC)   Mohammad Jaber Al-Mulla
MKC Members
AHF Under Development Countries Commission (UDC)   Ismoiljon Matkhalikov
UDC Members
  •   Hamza Saleh Hamza
  •   Jamal Abuyousef
  •   Ms. Nour Obeidat
  •   Tej Bahadur Gurung
  •   Francis Gihan Dalpethado
  •   Ms. Mavjuda Matkhalikova
  •   Kim Kwang-su
AHF Commission of Youth and School Handball (CYSH)   Mohammed Al-Araje
CYSH Members
  •   Moosa Al-Bulushi
  •   Ms. Joanna Franquelli
  •   Ms. Samha Salem Al-Ajmi
  •   Ms. Abeer Ali Al-Zadjali
  •   Mustafa Masyhur
  •   Ms. Yang Li
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AHF Arbitration Commission (AC)
NA
AC Members
  •   Dr. Abdulla Musfir Al-Hayyan
  •   Ms. Roya Rahimi
AHF Experts Commission (EC)
NA
EC Members
AHF Women's Commission (WC)
NA
WC Members
  •   Mrs. Gulnara Turlykhanova
  •   Ms. Nguyễn Thị Như Quỳnh
  •   Ms. Valentina Degtyareva
  •   Ms. Mona Khalil Kamal
  •   Ms. Dalal Mohammad
AHF Beach Handball Working Group (BHWG)
NA
BHWG Members
  •   Ismail Salem Mohammad
  •   Fadhil Ahmed Baqer
  •   Muhammad Imran
  •   Dr. Mutasem Ahmad Khatatbeh
  •   Ms. Long Peili
  •   Ms. Sirintra Poburipanich

Tournaments

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Club

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Beach

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Zones

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West Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

East Asia

Current champions

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Category Men's Women's
Senior Handball Championship   Qatar (2024) (6)   South Korea (2022) (16*)
Asian Games   Qatar (2018) (2)   South Korea (2018) (7*)
Junior Handball Championship   Japan (2022) (1)   India (2022) (1)
Asian Youth Games   Qatar (2013) (1*)   South Korea (2013) (1*)
Youth Handball Championship   South Korea (2022) (3*)   Iran (2022) (1)
Beach Handball Championship   Qatar (2023) (6)   Vietnam (2023) (2)
Asian Beach Games   Qatar (2016) (3*)   Vietnam (2016) (1)
Youth Beach Handball Championship   Iran (2022) (1*)   Thailand (2022) (1*)
Club Handball Championship   Al-Najma (2028) (5)   Kaysar Club (2019) (2*)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

Disputes

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A dispute arises between the International Handball Federation (IHF) and the AHF following a controversial decision to replace referees of opening match of Asian Men's Handball Qualification Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics between Kuwait and South Korea played on 1 September 2007 in Toyota (Japan). AHF replaced experienced and IHF nominated German referees Lemme and Ulrich with Jordanian referees Al-Shoubaki and Hirzallah, neither of whom stood on the list of IHF-qualified referees having "IHF Status", meaning that they had not completed the Global Referees Training Programme (GRTP), a program established by the IHF for the development of IHF-level referees. The Jordanian referee pair completely destroyed the South Korean team with more than 20 wrong decisions only in first half of the match which favoured the Kuwaiti team. IHF COC Chairman Aleksandr Kozhukhov (Russia) who was appointed by IHF as supervisor for the event and member of AHF Technical Committee Khalaf Al-Enezi (Kuwait) intervened into the matter at half-time of the match and asked the referees to be fair but the South Korean team nevertheless could not get the result in their own favour losing the match by 28–20.

Later, on 17 December 2007, in an IHF Council meeting held in Paris (France), IHF decided not to approve the results of the event conduct by AHF and decided to replay both men's and women's events due to biased referee allegations. AHF objected against this decision and warned all the AHF member federations not to participate in the replay organised by IHF. Only South Korea and Japan participated in the IHF replay and South Korea won both men's and women's matches. On February 5, 2008, AHF imposed a fine of $1000 on both the Japan and South Korea and banned them from participating in any event organised by AHF until the fine is paid.[2]

When the matter becomes that complicated, both AHF and IHF mutually decided to took the case to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for decision. The Kazakhstan Handball Federation and Kuwait Handball Association also want to become a party in the case but CAS refused their appeal. On 20 May 2008, after hearing all the parties, CAS decided to approve the result of IHF men's replay and also approved the AHF organised women's event results.[3]

Members

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First level
Second level
Third level
  • ✝ non-active member

Sponsors

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References

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  1. ^ "AHF History". Asian Handball Federation's Official Website. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Referee Questions for Handball and Badminton". www.aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Original decision of CAS" (PDF). www.tas-cas.org. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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