The Scottish Handball Association is the governing body for non-International Handball Federation related matters of team handball in Scotland while the British Handball Association has governance over matters relating to the International Handball Federation. The SHA is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the Commonwealth Handball Association (CHA).

History The Association was formed in 1972

Scottish teams

Armadale Ayr Broxburn Cumbernauld Dundee Handball Club EK82 Handball Club Edinburgh Eagles Falkirk Glasgow Gracemount Edinburgh Handball Club Kirkliston Liberton Linlithgow Livingston Na Feidh Troon Tryst 77 Whitburn

Scottish National League champions Year Men Women 1973/74 EK HC EK HC 1974/75 EK HC EK HC 1975/76 EK HC EK HC 1976/77 EK HC EK HC 1977/78 EK HC/Barrhead Handball Club EK HC 1978/79 EK HC Strathclyde Satellites HC 1979/80 Strathclyde Satellites HC 1980/81 Strathclyde Satellites HC 1981/82 Strathclyde Satellites HC 1982/83 EK82 HC Strathclyde Satellites HC 1983/84 EK82 HC Strathclyde Satellites HC 2000/01 Falkirk 2001/02 Tryst 77 HC 2002/03 Edinburgh Eagles 2003/04 Tryst 77 HC 2004/05 Tryst 77 HC 2005/06 Tryst 77 HC 2006/07 Tryst 77 HC Glasgow HC 2007/08 Tryst 77 HC Glasgow HC 2008 Glasgow HC 2009 Tryst 77 HC Glasgow HC 2009/10 Gracemount HC Glasgow HC 2010–11 Tryst 77 HC 2011–12 Tryst 77 HC 2012–13 Tryst 77 HC 2013–14 Tryst 77 HC 2014-15 Glasgow HC 2015-16 Glasgow HC 2016-17 Livingston HC 2017-18 Glasgow HC 2018-19 Glasgow HC 2019-20 N/A 2020-21 N/A

Scottish National Cup finals Full details of past winners and the current season's fixtures/results can be found at the SHA Cup page.

Scottish League season 2009/10 The Scottish Handball League Championship Campaign commenced in October 2009. All league games will be played at Blackburn, West Lothian.

This year seven teams from across central Scotland will be taking part in the league campaign, for full details of results and fixtures see the Scottish Handball Season 2009/10 page.

The Scottish Cup Competition will be contested by 7 sides from across Scotland, with Ayr HC being replaced by Glasgow University HC. The 2009/10 season fixtures and results can be view on the SHA Cup page.

League table 2009/10 Team P W L D G F G A G D Pts Gracemount HC 12 11 0 1 473 307 166 23 Cumbernauld HC 12 9 3 0 327 261 66 18 Glasgow HC 12 8 3 1 406 318 88 17 Tryst 77 HC 12 6 6 0 337 267 70 12 Liberton HC 12 5 7 0 307 335 -28 10 Ayr HC 12 2 10 0 262 386 -124 4 EK82 HC 12 0 12 0 274 511 -237 0

Scottish national team The Scottish National squad have competed in the European Handball Federation Men's Challenge Trophy since 2005, and will enter a team into this year's tournament at the end of October 2009.

EHF Challenge Trophy The Challenge Trophy is an International Handball Tournament held by the EHF for developing Handball Nations.

2005 EHF Men's Challenge Trophy The 2005 tournament was held in Dublin, Ireland. Scotland finished in a respectable third place beating England in the play-offs.

Group stages Scotland's fixtures were as follows: Home team Away team Score Moldova Scotland 30:14 Scotland Azerbaijan 16:27 Scotland Malta 16:12 England Scotland 20:17 Ireland Scotland 21:24

Group table The final standings after all group matches were completed was as follows Team P W D L F A GD Pts Moldova 5 5 0 0 185 82 103 10 Azerbaijan 5 4 0 1 156 82 74 8 England 5 2 0 3 98 121 -23 4 Scotland 5 2 0 3 87 110 -23 4 Malta 5 2 0 3 90 133 -43 4 Ireland 5 0 0 5 85 173 -88 0

Third and fourth place play-off Home team Away team Score England Scotland 18:24

Final standings Team 1st Moldova 2nd Azerbaijan 3rd Scotland 4th England 5th Malta 6th Ireland

2007 EHF Men's Challenge Trophy The 2007 Challenge Trophy took on a different format. There were 2 groups this time around, one with 4 teams with the group matches taking place in Georgia, and the other with 6 teams and the group matches taking place in Luxembourg. The winner of the two groups then faced each other in the Final, in Drammen, Norway.

Scotland were drawn in Group L, and played their matches in Luxembourg.

Group L Scotland's fixtures were as follows:

Home team Away team Score Scotland England 20:31 Malta Scotland 20:21 Faroe Islands Scotland 58:19 Scotland Luxembourg 24:37 Scotland Ireland 23:27

Group L table The final standings after all group matches were completed was as follows

Team P W D L F A GD Pts Luxembourg 5 5 0 0 199 95 104 10 Faroe Islands 5 4 0 1 201 106 95 8 England 5 3 0 2 107 132 -25 6 Ireland 5 1 1 3 112 168 -56 3 Scotland 5 1 0 4 107 173 -66 2 Malta 5 0 1 4 93 145 -52 1

2009 EHF Men's Challenge Trophy Scotland will again compete in the EHF Men's Challenge Trophy with the group phase taking place between 30 October and 1 November 2009. This year's tournament consists of two groups, Group G1 being based in Moldova and Group G2 based in Malta, of 4 teams playing each other once in a round robin format with the winners of the group stages facing each other in the Final to be held in Linz, Austria.

Group G2 Scotland's fixtures were as follows: Home team Away team Score Scotland Finland 14:38 Malta Scotland 34:21 Ireland Scotland 35:29

Group G2 table Team P W D L F A GD Pts Finland 3 3 0 0 113 53 60 6 Malta 3 2 0 1 90 78 12 4 Ireland 3 1 0 2 74 103 -29 2 Scotland 3 0 0 3 64 107 -43 0

References

External links Scottish Handball Association Official site A Handball Blog with entries related to Scottish Handball European Handball Federation Official Site