IHF President's Development Award
SportHandball
Awarded forDevelopment and spread of Handball
Local namePrix du président du développement de l'IHF (French)
Presented byInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
History
First award2017
Editions3
First winnerDeveloped Federations – Russia Handball Federation of Russia
Emerging Federations – Mongolia Mongolian Handball Federation
Most recentDeveloped Federations – Czech Republic Czech Handball Association
Emerging Federations – Colombia Colombian Handball Federation
Websiteihf.info

IHF President's Development Award is awarded by the International Handball Federation to its member federations for the spread and development of handball in their own countries and/or through the world. It is awarded by the IHF President or his representative every two year at the IHF Congress.

History

The IHF President’s Development Award is awarded to IHF member federations. It is granted to two Member Federations every two years at the IHF Congress. Formerly it is known as the Hans Baumann Trophy until 2015.

It is awarded for particular services to the development and spread of handball in the Member Federations’ own countries and/or throughout the world. The recipients are selected and the award granted by the IHF Council at the recommendation of the IHF Executive Committee. After invitation by the IHF, Member Federations may submit a completed IHF questionnaire no later than six months before the Congress.

The Member Federations receiving the award are given a diploma and a small replica of the award. The IHF President’s Development Award is granted to two applicants on two levels:

  • Handball developed countries
  • Emerging federations

Award winners

Handball developed countries

Following is the list of winners of IHF President's Development Award for Handball developed countries:

YearWinnerOther applicants
2017Russia Handball Federation of Russia Norway,  Greece,  Romania,  Serbia,  Ukraine
2019Norway Norwegian Handball Federation Netherlands,  Norway,  Romania
2021Czech Republic Czech Handball Association South Korea

Emerging federations

Following is the list of winners of IHF President's Development Award for Handball emerging federations:

YearWinnerOther applicants
2017Mongolia Mongolian Handball Federation Costa Rica,  Haiti,  Kyrgyzstan,  Kosovo,  Liberia,  Zimbabwe,  Trinidad and Tobago
2019Cuba Cuba Handball FederationNo application received from any country, IHF Executive Committee recommended to grant the award to Cuba due to their achievements in 2018-19
2021Colombia Colombian Handball FederationNo other applicants


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