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Mediterranean Handball Confederation
Arabic: اتحاد كرة اليد البحر الأبيض المتوسط
French: Confédération Méditerranéenne du Handball
AbbreviationMHC
Founded atCairo (Egypt)
TypeSports Federation
Region
Africa, Asia, Europe
Membership
Official language
English
President
Mr. Francesco Purromuto Italy
1st Vice-President
General Charalambos Lottas Cyprus
Vice Presidents
Mr. Zoran Radojičić Montenegro
Mr. Günal Ensari Turkey
Mr. Alain Koubi France
Main organ
MHC Congress
Parent organization
International Handball Federation, International Committee of Mediterranean Games
AffiliationsAfrican Handball Confederation, Asian Handball Federation, European Handball Federation
WebsiteOfficial 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

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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).[1]

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.[2]

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

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S. No. Name Country Term
1. Dr. Hassan Moustafa  Egypt 12 June 1999 – 22 February 2003
2. Mr. Francesco Purromuto  Italy 22 February 2003 – Till date

MHC Executive Committee

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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.

Designation Name Country
President Francesco Purromuto  Italy
1st Vice-President Charalambos Lottas  Cyprus
Vice-President Zoran Radojičić  Montenegro
Günal Ensari  Turkey
Alain Koubi  France
Treasurer Mehdi Khouaja  Tunisia
Member Francisco Vidal Blázquez García  Spain
Leon Kalin  Slovenia
Hesham Nasr Soliman Ahmed  Egypt
Siniša Ostoić  Croatia
Konstantinos Violitzis  Greece

MHC Tournaments

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Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships

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Main article: Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships

From 2004 (2005 and 2014 was not held):[3]

Number Year Host City Host Country Teams
1 2004 Misano Adriatico  Italy
2 2006 Tivat / Budva  Montenegro
3 2007 Paris  France
4 2008 Mersin  Turkey
5 2009 Lignano Sabbiadoro  Italy
6 2010 Ploče  Croatia
7 2011 Mestrino  Italy
8 2012 Eilat  Israel
9 2013 Budva  Montenegro
10 2015 Nabeul / Hammamet  Tunisia
11 2016 Žabljak  Montenegro
12 2017 Nabeul  Tunisia
13 2018
14 2019
15 2020

Men's Mediterranean Handball Championships

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Main article: Men's Mediterranean Handball Championships

From 2004:[4]

Number Year Host City Host Country Teams
1 2004 Castelo Branco  Portugal
2 2005 Katerini  Greece
3 2006 Loutraki  Greece
4 2007 Larnaca  Cyprus
5 2008 Port Said  Egypt
6 2009 Mahdia  Tunisia
7 2010 Bar  Montenegro
8 2011 Trabzon  Turkey
9 2012 Lagoa  Portugal
10 2013 Nabeul / Hammamet  Tunisia
11 2014 Chieti  Italy
12 2015 Pescara  Italy
13 2016 Alexandria  Egypt
14 2017 Paris  France
15 2018 Marrakesh  Morocco
16 2019 Port Said  Egypt
17 2020 Athens  Greece

Current title holders

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Handball

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Tournament Men Women
Mediterranean Handball Championship  Spain (2019) (1)  Romania (2017) (1)
Mediterranean Games  Croatia (2018) (4)  Spain (2018) (2)

• (Titles) (*) Record

Beach Handball

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Tournament Men Women
Mediterranean Beach Games  Greece (2019) (1*)  Greece (2019) (1*)

• (Titles) (*) Record

MHC Members

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Full Members
Associated Members

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Short History". Mediterranean Handball Confederation. 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ "History at MHC website". mediterraneanhandballconfederation.org. 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Women's Championships : Mediterranean Handball Confederation". www.mediterraneanhandballconfederation.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Men's Championships : Mediterranean Handball Confederation". www.mediterraneanhandballconfederation.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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