Mediterranean Handball Confederation

Mediterranean Handball Confederation
Arabic: اتحاد كرة اليد البحر الأبيض المتوسط
French: Confédération Méditerranéenne du Handball

Map of Mediterranean sea and neighbouring countries
Abbreviation	MHC
Founded at	Cairo (Egypt)
Type	Sports Federation
Region	Africa, Asia, Europe
Membership	22 Full members Albania Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Egypt France Greece Israel Italy Lebanon Libya Malta Montenegro Morocco Portugal Serbia Slovenia Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey 2 Associated members Andorra Monaco
Official language	English
President	Mr. Francesco Purromuto
1st Vice-President	General Charalambos Lottas
Vice Presidents	Mr. Zoran Radojičić Mr. Günal Ensari Mr. Alain Koubi
Main organ	MHC Congress
Parent organization	International Handball Federation, International Committee of Mediterranean Games
Affiliations	African Handball Confederation, Asian Handball Federation, European Handball Federation
Website	Official Website
Formerly called	Mediterranean Handball Association

The Mediterranean Handball Confederation (Arabic: اتحاد كرة اليد البحر الأبيض المتوسط; French: Confédération Méditerranéenne du Handball), officially abbreviated as MHC, is the governing body of handball in the Mediterranean region.

History

On 12 June 1999 in Cairo (Egypt), the Mediterranean Handball Association (MHA) has been established among the following countries: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yugoslavia. The first president of MHA was Dr. Hassan Moustafa (Egypt).

On 22 February 2003, in Rome (Italy), the Mediterranean Handball Association decided to change the original name into Mediterranean Handball Confederation and an Executive Committee was elected Francesco Purromuto (Italy) (President), Rui Coelho (Portugal), Jaume Conejero (Spain), Jean Férignac (France), Taoufik Khouaja (Tunisia) and General Charalambos Lottas (Cyprus), having the task to perform all the necessary acts to summon the MHC Congress for the approval of the MHC Rules of procedure, for the election of the Statutory bodies.

The 1st Congress was held on 28 and 29 February 2004, in Castelo Branco (Portugal), and the following countries participate as foundation members: Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Libya, Malta, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey. Each year, the Mediterranean Handball Confederation organises the Mediterranean Men's Handball Championship and Mediterranean Women's Handball Championship on different dates. These competitions are preferably reserved to young athletes.

From 24 to 29 February 2004, the first Mediterranean Men's Handball Championship, was conducted under the aegis of the MHC, in Castelo Branco (Portugal). From 21 to 28 June 2004, the first Mediterranean Women's Handball Championship was held in Misano Adriatico (Italy). The Mediterranean Games with handball as an event were organized for the first time in Tunis 1967 (men's tournament) and Split 1979 (women's tournament).

MHC Presidents

MHC Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the Mediterranean Handball Confederation managing Body. It consists of the MHC President and the members elected by the MHC Ordinary Congress for a four-years mandate. The following Executive Committee has been elected, for the term of the office 2015 – 2019, during the 3rd Ordinary Congress in Rome (Italy) in September 2015.

MHC Tournaments

• Mediterranean Men's Handball Championship from 2004.
• Mediterranean Women's Handball Championship from 2004.
• Handball at the Mediterranean Games from 1967 (Men's) and 1979 (Women's).
• Beach Handball at the Mediterranean Beach Games from 2015.

Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships

From 2004 (2005 and 2014 was not held):

Men's Mediterranean Handball Championships

From 2004:

Current title holders

Handball

• (Titles) (*) Record

Beach Handball

• (Titles) (*) Record

MHC Members

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain competed in 2020 Men's Mediterranean Handball Championships.

See also

• Mediterranean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Mediterranean Games
• Mediterranean Beach Games
• Balkan Handball Championships from 1979.