Tag: International Handball Federation
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The Road to London: www.ihf.info starts countdown for Olympic Games
March 05, 2012: Starts Countdown, From 28 July to 12 August the whole world will look to London – when the 2012 Olympic Games are taking place. Currently half of the in total 24 participants of the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Handball Tournaments are known; the rest will follow from 6 to 8 April (Men’s Olympic…
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Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011
Fans, media and an IHF expert group have decided: The male and female World Handball Players of the Year 2011 are from Scandinavia. Pivot Heidi Løke is the third Norwegian in five years (and the fifth in total) to be awarded with this title, whilst left back Mikkel Hansen is the first ever Dane to…
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IHF: Olympic Games Seeding System
Olympic Games Seeding System, The International Handball Federation received many enquiries about the reason of creating a new system for the Olympic Games in London 2012. The IHF hereby explains the history of the implementation of the system. After establishing a new system for Beijing 2008 due to the implementation of the IHF Olympic Qualification…