Netherlands Handball Association

Netherlands Handball Association Dutch: Nederlands Handbal Verbond NHV
IOC nation	Netherlands (NED)
National flag
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach Handball Wheelchair Handball
Official website	www.handbal.nl
HISTORY
Year of formation	1935 (1935)
DEMOGRAPHICS
Membership size	49,379 (as of 2015)
AFFILIATIONS
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	1946 (1946)
Continental association	European Handball Federation
National Olympic Committee	Dutch Olympic Committee and Sports Federation
GOVERNING BODY
President	Mr. Tjark de Lange
HEADQUARTERS
Address	Pastoor Bruggemanlaan 33, Oosterbeek, Renkum, Gelderland
Country	Netherlands
Secretary General	Mr. Bernard Bullens
FINANCE
Sponsors	Rabobank Hummel International NH Hotel Group Volkswagen

The Netherlands Handball Association (Dutch: Nederlands Handbal Verbond) (NHV) is the national Handball association in Netherlands. NHV organizes team handball within Dutch and represents the Dutch handball internationally. The Association is a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) and European Handball Federation (EHF).

Leagues

Sports governing bodies in the Netherlands (NED)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Ice hockey Luge Skating Figure Speed Short Track Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiards Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Paralympic Sports
Others Sports	American Football Lacrosse Quidditch Rugby League Rugby Union
Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation

Handball in the Netherlands
Nederlands Handbal Verbond
League competitions	BENE-League Handball Dutch Handball League Dutch Women's Handball League
National teams	Men's national team • (U 18 · U 20) Women's national team • (U 17 · U 19) Beach men women Wheelchair
Others	Dutch Men's Players Dutch Women's Players Dutch Coaches Dutch Clubs Main Arenas

National members of the European Handball Federation
Eastern Europe	Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Georgia Hungary Kosovo Latvia Lithuania FYR Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Poland Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine
Western Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey
England and Scotland are associated members of EHF

Caribbean	ANT BAH BAR CAY CUB DMA DOM GLP GRN HAI IVB JAM LCA MTQ PUR SKN TTO
Northern America	CAN GRL MEX USA

Central America	BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN
South America	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU GUF GUY PAR PER URU VEN

Associated Members

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

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