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German Handball Association

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German Handball Association
German: Deutscher Handballbund
DHB
IOC nationFederal Republic of Germany (GER)
National flagGermany
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websitewww.dhb.de
HISTORY
Year of formation1 October 1949; 77 years ago (1949-10-01)
DEMOGRAPHICS
Number of Handball clubs3,720 (as of 2026)
Membership size765,368 (as of 2026)
AFFILIATIONS
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1950; 76 years ago (1950)
Continental associationEuropean Handball Federation
National Olympic CommitteeGerman Olympic Sports Confederation
GOVERNING BODY
PresidentAndreas Michelmann Germany
HEADQUARTERS
Address
CountryGermany
Secretary GeneralMark Schober Germany
FINANCE
SponsorsPuma ®
Harting [de]
Walbusch Walter Busch [de]
DB
Mitsubishi Motors
Deutsche Kreditbank
Atlas [de]
Hella [de]
Alsco
Lidl
Gerflor

The German Handball Association (German: Deutscher Handballbund) (DHB) is the national handball association of Germany. DHB organizes team handball within Germany and represents German handball internationally. The DHB headquarters are in Dortmund.[1]

With around 700,000 individual members and 3,700 clubs, it is the largest handball federation in the world.[2]

History

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It was founded on the 1st of October 1949.[3] The association has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1950[4] and the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991, just after the country's re-unification.

Prior to 1991 handball in East Germany was governed by the Deutscher Handballverband [de], founded in 1958.[3] In 1991 the two organizations were merged, and at the 1993 World Women's Handball Championship, the organization won their first title as a unified country.

Presidents

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Period Head President
1949–1955Germany Willi Daume
1955–1966Germany Ernst Feick
1966–1972Germany Otto Seeber
1972–1989Germany Bernhard Thiele
1989–1993Germany Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs
1993–1998Germany Bernd Steinhauser
1998–2013Germany Ulrich Strombach
2013–Germany Bernhard Bauer

Competitions

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Men's Senior Competitions

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Women's Senior Competitions

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References

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  1. ↑ "Geschäftsstelle des Deutschen Handballbundes" (in German). DHB. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bestandserhebung 2024 - Stichtag der Erfassung: 1. Januar 2024" (PDF; 971 kB). cdn.dosb.de (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund e. V. 2025-02-28. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  3. 1 2 "Geschichte des Deutschen Handballbundes: Meilensteine und Erfolge im Handball in Deutschland" (in German). German Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "German Handball Federation celebrates 75th anniversary". IHF. 1 October 1949. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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