The Hungarian Handball Federation (, , MKSZ) is the national handball federation in Hungary.

The Hungarian Handball Federation is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF). Its headquarters are in Budapest. The federation organizes the Hungarian league () for men and women, and administers the national handball teams for men and women.

Its president is Ferenc Ilyés, the vice president is Katalin Pálinger.

Hosted tournaments Men's 2022 European Men's Handball Championship (with ), January 13–30 2005 Men's Junior World Handball Championship 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship, August 10–23

Women's 1982 World Women's Handball Championship, December 2–12 1995 World Women's Handball Championship (with ), December 5–17 2004 European Women's Handball Championship, December 9–19 2014 European Women's Handball Championship (with ), December 7–21 2024 European Women's Handball Championship (with and ) 2001 Women's Junior World Handball Championship 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship 2009 Women's Junior European Handball Championship 2019 Women's Junior European Handball Championship 1992 Women's Youth European Handball Championship

Beach handball 2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Budapest, July 12–17

Honours Men's World Championship: Runner-up (1 time - 1986) Carpathian Trophy: Bronze medal - 1964, 1976

Women's Olympic Games: Runner-up (1 time - 2000); Third place (2 times - 1976, 1996) World Championship: Winner (1 time - 1965); Runner-up (4 times - 1957, 1982, 1995, 2003); Third place (4 times - 1971, 1975, 1978, 2005) European Championship: Winner (1 time - 2000); Third place (3 times - 1998, 2004, 2012) Carpathian Trophy: Silver medal - 1971, 1984, 2012; Bronze medal - 1970, 1975, 1981, 2011 Møbelringen Cup: Silver medal - 2003

Divisions

Men's Hungary men's national handball team Hungary men's national junior handball team Hungary men's national youth handball team Hungary national beach handball team

Women's Hungary women's national handball team Hungary women's national junior handball team Hungary women's national youth handball team Hungary women's national beach handball team

Current head coaches

Men's Team Name National team Chema Rodríguez Junior team László Sótonyi Youth team Krisztián Kárpáti Beach handball team István Gulyás Beach handball junior team Gergely Penszki Beach handball youth team Gergely Penszki

Women's Team Name National team Vladimir Golovin Junior team Zoltán Szilágyi Youth team Beáta Bohus Beach handball team Bakó Botond Beach handball junior team Zoltán Pinizsi Beach handball youth team Zoltán Pinizsi

Competitions Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség is responsible for organising the following competitions:

Men's handball Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (Tier 2) – two sections (East, West) Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Tier 3) – six sections (North-West, North, North-East, South-West, South, South-East)

Women's handball Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women) (Tier 1) Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (women) (Tier 2) – two sections (East, West) Nemzeti Bajnokság II (women) (Tier 3) – six sections (North-West, North, North-East, South-West, South, South-East)

Cups Magyar Kupa – Men Szuperkupa – Men's Supercup Magyar Kupa (women) – Women Szuperkupa (women) – Women's Supercup

Beach handball Strandkézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság (Tier 1)

Presidency (2023)

President: Ferenc Ilyés Vice president: Katalin Pálinger

Members of presidency

László Nagy Erika Kirsner Timuzsin Schuch János Hajdu Beatrix Kökény Sándor Oláh Anita Görbicz dr. András Tállay Péter Csermely

Presidents

Current sponsorships Nemzeti Sport - Official main sponsor Provident - Official sponsor (Platinum support) Henkel - Official sponsor (Gold support) MTVA - Official sponsor Jysk - Official sponsor Adidas - Official sponsor Molten - Official sponsor MOL - Official sponsor Sport Basica - Official sponsor Haluxvill - Official sponsor LBT - Official sponsor Penny - Official sponsor (Gold support)

See also Hungarian handball clubs in European competitions Hungarian handball league system

References

External links Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség (Official website)