IHF President's Development Award explained

IHF President's Development Award
Sport:Handball
Givenfor:Development and spread of Handball
Localnames:Prix du président du développement de l'IHF (French)
Presenter:International Handball Federation (IHF)
First:2017
Number:3
Firstwinner:Developed Federations Handball Federation of Russia
Emerging Federations – Mongolian Handball Federation
Mostrecent:Developed Federations Czech Handball Association
Emerging Federations Colombian Handball Federation

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:

Award winners

Handball developed countries

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

Year Winner Other applicants
2017 Norway, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine
2019 Netherlands, Norway, Romania
2021

Emerging federations

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

Year Winner Other applicants
2017 Costa Rica, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan,, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Trinidad and Tobago
2019 No application received from any country, IHF Executive Committee recommended to grant the award to Cuba due to their achievements in 2018-19
2021 No other applicants

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