German Handball Association

German Handball Association
German: Deutscher Handballbund
DHB
IOC nation Federal Republic of Germany (GER)
National flag
Sport Handball
Other sports
Official website www.dhb.de
HISTORY
Year of formation 1 October 1949
DEMOGRAPHICS
Number of Handball clubs 4,356 (as of 2016)
Membership size 756,987 (as of 2016)
AFFILIATIONS
International federation International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since 1950
Continental association European Handball Federation
National Olympic Committee German Olympic Sports Confederation
GOVERNING BODY
President Andreas Michelmann
HEADQUARTERS
Address
Country Germany
Secretary General Mark Schober
FINANCE
Sponsors Kempa
Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse
Nigrin
Deutsche Kreditbank
Prowin
Bosch Car Service
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 association has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1950 and the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991, just after the country's unification. The DHB headquarters are in Dortmund.

Presidents

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

Competitions

Men's Senior Competitions

Women's Senior Competitions