The Mediterranean Handball Confederation (; ), officially abbreviated as MHC, is the governing body of handball in the Mediterranean region.
History On 12 June 1999 in Cairo (Egypt), the Mediterranean Handball Association (MHA) has been established among the following countries: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yugoslavia. The first president of MHA was Dr. Hassan Moustafa (Egypt).
On 22 February 2003, in Rome (Italy), the Mediterranean Handball Association decided to change the original name into Mediterranean Handball Confederation and an Executive Committee was elected Francesco Purromuto (Italy) (President), Rui Coelho (Portugal), Jaume Conejero (Spain), Jean Férignac (France), Taoufik Khouaja (Tunisia) and General Charalambos Lottas (Cyprus), having the task to perform all the necessary acts to summon the MHC Congress for the approval of the MHC Rules of procedure, for the election of the Statutory bodies.
The 1st Congress was held on 28 and 29 February 2004, in Castelo Branco (Portugal), and the following countries participate as foundation members: Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Libya, Malta, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey. Each year, the Mediterranean Handball Confederation organises the Mediterranean Men's Handball Championship and Mediterranean Women's Handball Championship on different dates. These competitions are preferably reserved to young athletes.
From 24 to 29 February 2004, the first Mediterranean Men's Handball Championship, was conducted under the aegis of the MHC, in Castelo Branco (Portugal). From 21 to 28 June 2004, the first Mediterranean Women's Handball Championship was held in Misano Adriatico (Italy). The Mediterranean Games with handball as an event were organized for the first time in Tunis 1967 (men's tournament) and Split 1979 (women's tournament).
MHC Presidents S. No.NameCountryTerm1. Dr. Hassan Moustafa12 June 1999 – 22 February 20032.Mr. Francesco Purromuto22 February 2003 – Till date
MHC Executive Committee The Executive Committee is the Mediterranean Handball Confederation managing Body. It consists of the MHC President and the members elected by the MHC Ordinary Congress for a four-years mandate. The following Executive Committee has been elected, for the term of the office 2015 – 2019, during the 3rd Ordinary Congress in Rome (Italy) in September 2015. Designation Name Country President Francesco Purromuto 1st Vice-President Charalambos Lottas Vice-President Zoran Radojičić Günal Ensari Alain Koubi Treasurer Mehdi Khouaja Member Francisco Vidal Blázquez García Leon Kalin Hesham Nasr Soliman Ahmed Siniša Ostoić Konstantinos Violitzis
MHC Tournaments Mediterranean Men's Handball Championship from 2004. Mediterranean Women's Handball Championship from 2004. Handball at the Mediterranean Games from 1967 (Men's) and 1979 (Women's). Beach Handball at the Mediterranean Beach Games from 2015.
Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships
From 2004 (2005 and 2014 was not held):
NumberYearHost CityHost CountryTeams1 2004 Misano Adriatico 2 2006 Tivat / Budva 3 2007 Paris 4 2008 Mersin 5 2009 Lignano Sabbiadoro 6 2010 Ploče 7 2011 Mestrino 8 2012 Eilat 9 2013 Budva 10 2015 Nabeul / Hammamet 11 2016 Žabljak 12 2017 Nabeul 13 2018 14 2019 15 2020
Men's Mediterranean Handball Championships
From 2004:
NumberYearHost CityHost CountryTeams1 2004 Castelo Branco 2 2005 Katerini 3 2006 Loutraki 4 2007 Larnaca 5 2008 Port Said 6 2009 Mahdia 7 2010 Bar 8 2011 Trabzon 9 2012 Lagoa 10 2013 Nabeul / Hammamet 11 2014 Chieti 12 2015 Pescara 13 2016 Alexandria 14 2017 Paris 15 2018 Marrakesh 16 2019 Port Said 17 2020 Athens
Current title holders Handball Tournament Men WomenMediterranean Handball Championship (2019) (1) (2017) (1)Mediterranean Games (2018) (4) (2018) (2) • (Titles) (*) Record
Beach Handball Tournament Men WomenMediterranean Beach Games (2019) (1*) (2019) (1*) • (Titles) (*) Record
MHC Members
Full Members Albania Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Egypt France Greece Israel Italy Lebanon Libya Malta Montenegro Morocco Portugal Serbia Slovenia Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey Associated Members Andorra Monaco
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain competed in 2020 Men's Mediterranean Handball Championships.
See also Mediterranean Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Beach Games Balkan Handball Championships from 1979.
References
External links Current Official website Past Official website Past Web Archive History of Mediterranean Handball Confederation