IHF Council

The council is made up of the following individuals:

• IHF President
• IHF 1st Vice-President
• AHF: one vice-president and one member
• CAHB: one vice-president and one member
• EHF: one vice-president and one member
• NACHC: one member
• OCHF: one member
• SCAHC: one member
• IHF Treasurer
• Two IHF Executive Members
• Chairperson of COC
• Chairperson of PRC
• Chairperson of CCM
• Chairperson of CD
• Chairperson of MC
• Chairperson of AC

If a continental confederation has at least 15 national federations as full members, it may nominate a council member for the continent that shall be confirmed by the IHF Congress. Each continental confederation may nominate one vice-president if it has at least 23 national federations as full members. The council shall convene at least twice a year. The term of office of council members shall be four years; re-election is possible. In case of urgent business, the president may seek to make resolutions and decisions by mail between council meetings. Council is the body that awards the IHF World Men's Handball Championship and IHF World Women's Handball Championship.^[2]

IHF Commission of Organising and Competitions (COC) is composed of one chairperson and seven members elected by the IHF Council.^[3]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Pascal Jenny	Switzerland
African Representative	Yazid Souadi	Morocco
Asian Representative	Absullah Al-Theyab	Kuwait
European Representative	Bozidar Djurkovic	Serbia
North America and Caribbean Representative	Kurt Lauritsen	Greenland
Oceania Representative	Makiroa Mitchell-John	Cook Islands
South and Central America Representative	Martin Chilaca	Bolivia
Members	Balázs Soós	Hungary

IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC) is composed of one chairperson and seven members elected by the IHF Council.^[3]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Per Morten Sødal	Norway
African Representative	Mamoudou Diabate	Ivory Coast
Asian Representative	Saleh Ashour	United Arab Emirates
North America and Caribbean Representative	Alejandro Martinez	Mexico
Oceania Representative	Gaston Fuso	New Zealand
South and Central America Representative	Teodoro Adjemian	Argentina
Members	Bjarne Munk Jensen	Denmark

IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods (CCM) is composed of one chairperson and seven members elected by the IHF Council.^[3]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Dietrich Späte	Germany
African Representative	Nahla Boudhina	Tunisia
Asian Representative	Dr. Nabeel Taha	Brunei
European Representative	Pedro Sequeira	Portugal
North America and Caribbean Representative	Franklyn Guevara	Cuba
South and Central America Representative	Eduardo Gallardo	Argentina
Members	Paul Landuré	France

IHF Medical Commission (MC) is composed of one chairperson and seven members elected by the IHF Council.^[3]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Dr. Yannick Mossus	Cameroon
African Representative	Dr. Yannick Mossus	Cameroon
Asian Representative	Dr. Katsuhiko Sakuma	Japan
North America and Caribbean Representative	Dr. Llewellyn Harper	Barbados
South and Central America Representative	Dr. Alejandro Orizola	Chile
Members	Prof. Hazem Khamis	Egypt

IHF Commission for Development (CD) is composed of one chairperson and seven members elected by the IHF Council.^[3]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Tomislav Grahovac	Croatia
African Representative	Nair Almeida	Angola
Asian Representative	Dr. Sari Hamdan	Jordan
European Representative	Francisco Blazquez Garcia	Spain
North America and Caribbean Representative	Carline Choute	Haiti
Oceania Representative	Carl J. Floor	American Samoa
South and Central America Representative	Cecilia Hernandez	El Salvador
Members	Stefan Albrechtson	Sweden

IHF Athletes' Commission is composed of one chairperson and four members elected by the players participating in the Summer Olympic Games every four years.^[3]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas	Spain
Members	Mohammad Sanad	Egypt
	Dika Mem	France
	Xenia Smits	Germany
	Ana Gros	Slovenia

IHF Arbitration Commission is composed of one chairperson and ten members elected by the IHF Congress.^[4]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Lovro Badžim	Croatia
Members	Mouadh Ben Zaied	Tunisia
	Miguel Fernandes	Portugal
	Elena Borrás Alcaraz	Spain
	Elizabeth Ling Yang	Hong Kong
	Nicolae Luca	Romania
	Muhammad Amir Yousaf	Pakistan
	David Hernández González	Mexico
	Santiago Nicolás Lorenzatto	Argentina
	Vacant
	Vacant

IHF Arbitration Tribunal is composed of one chairperson and ten members elected by the IHF Congress.^[4]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Zoran Radojičić	Montenegro
Members	Pedro Mourão	Portugal
	Alazne Giraldo Iglesias	Spain
	Rémy Levy	France
	Barış Orhonlu	Turkey
	El Adli El Hanafi	Morocco
	Bibiana Bárbara Ferrea	Argentina
	Judith Amandine A. Goude-Djessin	Benin
	Terence Vembe	Nigeria
	Vacant
	Vacant

IHF Ethics Commission is composed of one chairperson and five members elected by the IHF Congress.^[4]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairperson	Hussein Moustafa Fathy	Egypt
Members	Jorge Pulido Vázquez	Mexico
	José Costa	Portugal
	David Barrufet Bofill	Spain
	Mamadouba Camara	Guinea
	Guy Oswald Yakass	Togo

IHF Beach Handball Working Group (BHWG) is composed of one chairman and four members elected by the IHF Council.^[5]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairman	Giampiero Masi	Italy
Members	Ioannis Meimaridis	Greece
	Tamas Neukum	Hungary
	Oscar Miras	Spain
	Wellington Novaes Alves Esteves	Brazil

IHF Handball at School Working Group is composed of one chairwoman and two members elected by the IHF Council.^[5]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairwoman	Ilona Hapkova	Czech Republic
Members	Craig Rot	United States
	Dr. Nabeel Taha Al-Shebab	Bahrain
	Dr. Gerard Lasierra Aguila	Spain

IHF Wheelchair Handball Working Group is composed of one chairman and six members elected by the IHF Council.^[5]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairman	František Táborský	Czech Republic
Members	Flávio Anderson Pedrosa de Melo	Brazil
	Khalil El Haddaoui	Canada
	Muhammad Shafiq	Pakistan
	Dr Hossam Eldin Mostafa Saad	Egypt
	Eoin Murray	Ireland
	Pedro Sequeira	Portugal

IHF Women's Handball Working Group is composed of one chairwoman and four members elected by the IHF Council.^[5]

Designation	Name	Country
Chairwoman	Narcisa Lecușanu	Romania
Members	Bente Aksnes	Norway
	Lyudmila Bodniyeva	Russia
	Alexandra do Nascimento	Brazil
	Leonor Mallozzi	Portugal
	Gulnara Turlykhanova	Kazakhstan

The following is the list of IHF secretaries general.^[6]

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Carl Filip Borgh	Sweden	11 July 1946 – 9 September 1950
2.	Albert Wagner	Switzerland	9 September 1950 – 23 August 1972
3.	Max Rinkenburger	West Germany	23 August 1972 – 14 September 1988
4.	Raymond Hahn	France	14 September 1988 – 2 December 2004
5.	Peter Mühlematter	Switzerland	2 December 2004 – 4 June 2009
6.	Joël Delplanque	France	4 June 2009 – 2 May 2011
Post abolished on 2 May 2011. Since then the position is managed by a salaried Managing Director.
1.	Ms. Amal Khalifa	Egypt	2 May 2011 – present

S. No.	Name	Country	Term
1.	Wolf Lyberg	Sweden	11 July 1946 – 9 September 1950
2.	Jan Krijgsman	Netherlands	9 September 1950 – 27 September 1954
3.	Max Rinkenburger	West Germany	27 September 1954 – 23 August 1972
4.	Anders Fredslund Pedersen	Denmark	23 August 1972 – 25 July 1984
5.	Raymond Hahn	France	25 July 1984 – 14 September 1988
6.	Rudi Glock	West Germany	14 September 1988 – 26 November 2000
7.	Miguel Roca Mas	Spain	26 November 2000 – 4 June 2009
8.	Sandi Šola*	Croatia	4 June 2009 – 19 December 2015
Acting	Miguel Roca Mas	Spain	19 December 2015 – 11 November 2017
9.	Anna Rapp	Sweden	11 November 2017 – present

• Sandi Šola was asked by IHF Council to resign during the IHF Council meeting held in Herning (Denmark) on 19 December 2015. Then IHF 1st Vice-President Miguel Roca Mas (Spain) held the charge until the next IHF Congress in 2017.