26 August 1974; 49 years ago (1974-08-26) at Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Demographics
Membership size
44 Members
Affiliations
International federation
International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since
1974
Other affiliation(s)
Olympic Council of Asia
Governance
President
Yoshihide Watanabe (acting)
1st Vice-President
Yoshihide Watanabe
Secretariat
Address
South Surrah, Al-Salam Area, Block 7, Street No. 705, Villa 508
Country
Kuwait
Secretary General
Muhammad Shafiq
Official Language(s)
English (Official) Arabic (Also used for correspondences)
Number of staff
8
Finance
Sponsors
Al Kass Sports Channels SK Group Gerflor Molten Corporation
Regions
Western Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
East Asia
The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in Asia. It has 44 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey – which are instead members of European Handball Federation (EHF). Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also EHF members. Hong Kong China and Macau, although not independent countries (both are Special regions of China), are also members of the AHF.
One of IHF's six continental confederations, the AHF was formed officially on 26 August 1974 in Tehran (Imperial State of Iran), on the sidelines of the 7th Asian Games 1974. The AHF headquarters is located in Kuwait City (Kuwait). Its current President is Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from Kuwait who is a member of House of Al Sabah, the ruling family of Kuwait.
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Global Information
Yoshihide Watanabe (acting)
Kuwait
Muhammad Shafiq