Handball Federation of India

Handball Association India (formerly Handball Federation of India) is the governing body for handball in India. HAI is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 at Rohtak. It is a member of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1974. It is also a member of Commonwealth Handball Association and South Asian Handball Federation. Originally, HFI was founded by Jagat Singh Lohan, a Jat from Rohtak (Haryana) 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 HAI was founded by Jagat Singh Lohan, also founder of netball and throwball games in India. His efforts in Germany during the Munich Olympics in 1972 helped in establishing HAI. 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.

Presidents

General secretaries

Executive committee

Following is the HAI Executive committee for the term 2022 – 2025.

Head coaches

The following are the head coaches of the Indian national handball teams:

Current title holders

(Month and year of event) TBD = To be decided

Competitions hosted

HAI had hosted following international championships:

Affiliated members

State associations

Andhra Pradesh Handball Association

Arunachal Pradesh Handball Association

Assam Handball Association

Bihar Handball Association

Chhattisgarh Handball Association, Bhilai

Goa Handball Association

Gujarat Handball Association

Haryana State Handball Association, Bhiwani

Himachal Pradesh Handball Association, Bilaspur

Jharkhand State Handball Association, Jamshedpur

Karnataka Handball Association

Kerala Handball Association

Madhya Pradesh Handball Association

Handball Association of Maharashtra

Manipur Handball Association

Meghalaya Handball Association

Mizoram Handball Association

Nagaland Handball Association

Odisha State Handball Association

Punjab Handball Association

Rajasthan State Handball Association

Sikkim Handball Association

Tamil Nadu Handball Association, Chennai

Telangana Handball Association

Tripura Handball Association

Uttar Pradesh Handball Association

Uttarakhand Handball Association

West Bengal State Handball Association

Union territories associations

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Handball Association

Chandigarh Handball Association

Handball Association of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Handball Association of Delhi

Handball Association of Union Territory of Ladakh

Jammu and Kashmir Handball Association

Lakshadweep Handball Association

Pondicherry State Handball Association

Other units

Association of Indian Universities

Central Industrial Security Force

Central Reserve Police Force

Mumbai Handball Academy

National Handball Academy

Railways Sports Promotion Board

Services Sports Control Board

Sports Authority of India

See also

India men's national handball team

India women's national handball team

Notes

References

1972 establishments in Haryana

Asian Handball Federation

Handball governing bodies

Handball in India

National members of the International Handball Federation

Organisations based in Lucknow

Handball

Sports organizations established in 1972