International Handball Federation (IHF)

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Events

The 2029 and 2031 editions of both the men’s and women’s World Handball Championships will be held in Europe, extending the International Handball Federation (IHF)’s reliance on the continent as the host of its flagship events.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Handball Federation has renewed a supplier deal with Danish sportswear brand Hummel. The new five-year deal will run until 2027, extending a relationship which commenced in 2019
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Media

Sporza, the sports arm of Flemish-language public broadcaster VRT, has secured rights in Belgium to the upcoming Men's World Championship after striking a multi-platform deal with the Sportfive agency
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Media

Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a sublicensing agreement with Sportdeutschland.tv, the streaming platform operated by the German Olympic Sports Confederation, for free-to-air rights to the forthcoming 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Online holiday platform Trivago has agreed a deal to sponsor the 2023 Men’s World Handball Championship, which will take place in Sweden and Poland from January 11-29.
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Media

Viaplay Group, the international subscription streaming broadcaster, has secured rights to International Handball Federation (IHF) competitions in 10 European countries, including the Nordic countries…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has appointed Swedish beverages brand Nocco as an official sponsor of its 2023 Men’s and Women’s World Championships.
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Media

The Sportfive agency will continue to sell global media rights to the International Handball Federation’s leading events until 2031 after directly negotiating a new agreement with the world body that a…
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Data

The International Handball Federation has signed a multi-year agreement with Sportradar to provide bet monitoring and integrity services at its events
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Governance

Hassan Moustafa has secured a sixth term as president of the International Handball Federation, while Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been re-elected as president of the Asian Handball Federation despite…
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Events

India’s Premier Handball League has announced that Garvit Gujarat will be the first team to compete in the inaugural edition of the league, slated to start next year.
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Media

The recent IHF World Men’s Handball Championship can serve as a role model for major events held amid Covid-19 restrictions, while being an example to follow from a broadcast production point of view, a…
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Media

Broadcast rights to the 2021 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship, which begins today (Wednesday) in Egypt, have been distributed widely by the Sportfive agency in handball markets worldwide, with the e…
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Events

The International Handball Federation has announced that its World Men’s Championship will go ahead this month behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Media

Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF has acquired rights to the 2021 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship which takes place in Egypt next month.
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Events

The International Handball Federation (IHF) Council has awarded the hosting rights to the 2025 Men’s Handball World Championships to Croatia, Denmark and Norway.
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Media

Discovery-owned international sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured exclusive rights in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway to the six handball qualifying tournaments for the 2020 summer Olympic Games
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Germany and the Netherlands have announced plans to submit a joint bid for the 2025 edition of the World Women’s Handball Championship.