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Hungarian Handball Federation

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Founded
  
1933

Area served
  
Hungary

Type
  
Handball federation

President
  
Máté Kocsis

Hungarian Handball Federation

Website
  
http://www.keziszovetseg.hu/

The Hungarian Handball Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség, MKSZ) is the national handball federation in Hungary.

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The Hungarian Handball Federation is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF). Its headquarters are in Budapest. The federation organizes the Hungarian league (Hungarian: Nemzeti Bajnokság) for men and women, and administers the national handball teams for men and women.

Its chairman is Iván Vetési, the general secretary is Balázs Nemcsik, and its technical director is István Juhász.

Hosted tournaments

Men's
  • 2005 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
  • 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship, August 10–23
    • Women's
  • 1982 World Women's Handball Championship, December 2–12
  • 1995 World Women's Handball Championship (with  Austria), December 5–17
  • 2004 European Women's Handball Championship, December 9–19
  • 2014 European Women's Handball Championship (with  Croatia), December 7–21
  • 2001 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
  • 2009 Women's Junior European Handball Championship
  • 1992 Women's Youth European Handball Championship
    • Beach handball
  • 2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Budapest, July 12–17

    • Honours

    Men's
  • World Championship: Runner-up (1 time - 1986)
  • Carpathian Trophy: Bronze medal - 1964, 1976
    • Women's
  • Olympic Games: Runner-up (1 time - 2000); Third place (2 times - 1976, 1996)
  • World Championship: Winner (1 time - 1965); Runner-up (4 times - 1957, 1982, 1995, 2003); Third place (4 times - 1971, 1975, 1978, 2005)
  • European Championship: Winner (1 time - 2000); Third place (3 times - 1998, 2004, 2012)
  • Carpathian Trophy: Silver medal - 1971, 1984, 2012; Bronze medal - 1970, 1975, 1981, 2011
  • Møbelringen Cup: Silver medal - 2003

    • Current head coaches

    As of 21 July 2016

    Competitions

    Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség is responsible for organising the following competitions:

    Men's handball

  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Tier 1)
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (Tier 2) – two sections (East, West)
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Tier 3) – six sections (North-West, North, North-East, South-West, South, South-East)

    • Women's handball

  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) (Tier 1)
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women) (Tier 2) – two sections (East, West)
  • Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women) (Tier 3) – six sections (North-West, North, North-East, South-West, South, South-East)

    • Cups

  • Magyar Kupa – Men
  • Szuperkupa – Men's Supercup
  • Magyar Kupa (women) – Women
  • Szuperkupa (women) – Women's Supercup

    • Beach handball

  • Strandkézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság (Tier 1)

    • Current sponsorships

  • Szerencsejáték Zrt. - Official main sponsor
  • Provident - Official sponsor (Platinum support)
  • Mercedes-Benz - Official sponsor (Gold support)
  • MTVA - Official sponsor
  • Generali - Official sponsor
  • Adidas - Official sponsor
  • Molten - Official sponsor
  • Sport Basica - Official sponsor
  • Haluxvill - Official sponsor
  • LBT - Official sponsor

    • References

    Hungarian Handball Federation Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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