List of handball clubs in England explained
List of handball clubs in England sorted by England Handball Association (EHA) league:
2023 onward[1]
Men's senior competitions
EHA Premier League
EHA Regional Leagues (RL)
!!RL North!RL South 1 !RL South 2 East!RL South 2 West/Central| 2023/24 | Birmingham Bisons 2 | Oxford University | West London Eagles 2 | Poole Phoenix Handball |
| Sheffield Handball Club | Northampton | Chelsea 2 | Guildford Sabres |
| Nottingham 3 | Bristol | Brighton | Bucks Mavericks |
| Liverpool 2 | Islington Handball Club 2 | Arctic Falcons | Somerset Spartans |
| University of Birmingham | Cambridge | Bishop's Stortford | Bristol 2 |
| Loughborough 2 | London GD 2 | Islington Handball Club 3 | |
| Nottingham 2 | | | |
| Manchester-Trafford 2 | | | | |
Women's senior competitions
EHA Premier League
!!Premier League North!Premier League South| 2023/24 | Loughborough | London GD |
| Trafford | Northampton |
| Nottingham | Olympia |
| NEM Hawks | West London Eagles |
| Liverpool | Chelsea |
| Birmingham Bisons | Cambridge | |
EHA Regional Leagues (RL)
2012 to 2023
Men's Clubs
Men's Super 8 English National League
The 2012/13 season saw the introduction of the Men's Super 8 English National League consisting of the top eight teams in England.
Championship North
Teams for the 2016/17 season:
- Bolton Hussars
- Deva HC
- Liverpool HC
- Manchester HC
- University of Loughborough
Championship South
Teams for the 2016/17 season:
- Brighton Seahawks
- Carshalton Titans
- Cranfield
- Islington
- Oly Cats
- Poole Phoenix
South West Regional Development League
Teams for the 2016/17 season:
South East Regional Development League
Teams for 2016/17 season:
Tier 1
Tier 2A
- Essex Handball Club
- Medway HC
- Norwich HC
- University of Kent
Tier 2B
- Chelsea HC
- Islington HC 2nd Team
- Newham Flames
- Oxford University
Midlands Regional Development League
Teams for 2016/17 season:
- Coventry Sharks 2nd Team
- Nottingham 2nd Team
- University of Birmingham HC
- University of Lincoln HC
- University of Loughborough HC
- Warwick University HC
North Regional Development League
Teams for 2016/17 season:
Women's Clubs
Women's Premier Handball League
Teams for 2016/17[2]
South West Regional Development League
Teams for the 2016/17 season[3]
North Regional Development League
Teams for 2016/17 season[4]
Midlands Regional Development League
Teams for 2016/17 season[5]
- Cranfield
- University of Birmingham HC
- University of Loughborough HC
- University of Loughborough HC 2nd team
- Warwick University HC
South East Regional Development League
Teams for 2016/17 season[6] [7]
Tier 1
- Islington
- London GD HC 2nd Team
- Medway Dragons
- Olympia (London) HC 2nd Team
- Oxford University
Tier 2
- Brighton HC
- Chelsea HC
- Norwich HC
- University of Kent
Community Based
University Based
- Bath Bombs HC
- Bournemouth
- Brighton
- Brunel
- Cambridge University Handball Club
- Coventry
- Edge
- Edinburgh
- Essex
- Huddersfield
- Imperial College London
- Lancaster
- Leeds
- Loughborough
- Middlesex University
- Newcastle
- Northumbria
- University of Portsmouth
- Royal Holloway
- Sheffield Hallam
- Sunderland
- University of Bath
- University of Birmingham
- University of Chichester
- University College London
- Warwick
- Westminster Handball Club
Defunct
The Hull Handball League
Handball is known to have been played in Hull from 1958 to 1962. The clubs known to have competed in the league are[14]
- Asbestos
- Crawford Sports
- Hull Boys Club
Other Former Clubs
- Bebbington Boys
- Brentwood '72
- Coventry[15] folded in 1983. A new club with the same name was established in 2012[16]
- Harrow Tech
- Ipswich, has now been re established within ipswich
- John Quinn (Sheffield)
- Leicester '73
- Leicester Computer
- Leigh
- Killingworth Braves (Newcastle)
- Kingston Polytechnic
- Milton Keynes 1980
- Nuneaton Newdigate
- Nuneaton Tech
- Rose Heath
- Wakefield Metros
- Whitchurch (Bristol)
- Wolverhampton Polytechnic '83
References
- http://eharesults.weebly.com/index.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110311203607/http://www.englandhandball.com/handball/index.cfm/info-point/find-a-team/
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Match Centre Page . 2023-10-26 . England Handball . en-GB.
- Web site: Super 8 - England Handball Association. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143235/http://www.englandhandball.com/league/super-8-super-7 . 2016-12-22 .
- Web site: South West - England Handball Association. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143148/http://www.englandhandball.com/regional-development-league/south-west-regional-development-league/women . 2016-12-22 .
- Web site: North - England Handball Association. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143019/http://www.englandhandball.com/regional-development-league/north-regional-development-league/women . 2016-12-22 .
- Web site: Midlands - England Handball Association. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143427/http://www.englandhandball.com/regional-development-league/midlands-regional-development-league/women . 2016-12-22 .
- Web site: Women's South East Regional Tier 1 - England Handball Association. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143634/http://www.englandhandball.com/regional-development-league/south-east-regional-development-league-tier-1-1/women . 2016-12-22 .
- Web site: South East Regional Development League Tier 2 - England Handball Association. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222143419/http://www.englandhandball.com/regional-development-league/south-east-regional-development-league-tier-2/women . 2016-12-22 .
- Web site: Home - City of Nottingham Handball Club. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002082325/http://www.cityofnottinghamhandball.co.uk/ . 2013-10-02 .
- Web site: Gedling Warriors Handball Club - Home . 2014-01-08 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108163015/http://www.gedlingwarriorshandball.co.uk/ . 2014-01-08 .
- https://www.facebook.com/IslingtonHandballClub
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reading-Handball-Club/1407452712809079?ref=hl
- Web site: Official Stroud Handball Club . 2014-06-27 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070539/http://stroudhandballclub.89media.co.uk/ . 2016-03-04 .
- http://www.facebook.com/SwanseaCityHandballClub
- Web site: British Handball History: The Hull Handball League 1958-62 (part 2). 28 August 2012 .
- Web site: British Handball History: Coventry Handball Club. 4 September 2012 .
- Web site: 2012-12-12 . Coventry Handball Club . 2024-02-20 . Coventry Handball Club . en.
