England Handball Association

England Handball Association
Type Sports association
Legal status Federation
Purpose Development of Handball in England
Location
Region served
England
Official language
English
Website England Handball Association

The England Handball Association is a governing body of Team Handball in England. It is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF).[1]

Men's Competition

English Handball provide both league and cup competitions for clubs.

League

The men's league in England is currently divided into three tiers. The elite tier is the Super 8 in which eight teams from England compete to be national champions. The second tier is the Championship. This competition is currently divided into North and South. Following an end of season play-off in June the overall winners are promoted to the Super 8, replacing the team finishing last in the top division. The runners-up in the Championship play a sudden death promotion match with the seventh placed team in the Super 8 for a place in the top division for the following season.

The lowest tier of competition in senior men's handball in England is the third tier which consists of regional development leagues. The number of divisions varies from year to year during the 2014/15 season there were five regional leagues, London, South-West, East, Midlands and North. There is no automatic promotion from the third to the second tier. The third tier is where clubs are able to demonstrate their development and ability to meet the criteria to join competition at the second tier.

National League (Super 8 since 2012)

Year Champion Runner-up Relegated
1975 Birkenhead
1976 Birkenhead
1977 Birkenhead Kirkby
1978 Kirkby Select Brentwood '72
1979 Brentwood '72 Kirkby Select
1980 Brentwood '72 Kirkby Select
1981 Brentwood '72 Liverpool
1982 Brentwood '72 Liverpool
1983 Brentwood '72 Liverpool
1986 Kirkby Select
1989 Manchester United
2000 Great Dane (London) Ruislip Eagles
2001 Great Dane (London) Ruislip Eagles
2002
2003 Liverpool Ruislip Eagles
2004
2005 Great Dane (London) Heathrow
2006 Oxford University University of Manchester
2007 University of Manchester Great Dane HC London
2008 Great Dane (London) University of Manchester
2009 Great Dane (London) Olympia HC London
2010 London GD Olympia HC London
2011 London GD Ruislip Eagles
2012 Salford Ruislip Eagles
2013 London GD Salford Liverpool
2014 London GD Salford Deva
2015 Warrington Wolves London GD Coventry
2016 London GD Olympia HC London Manchester

Data sources: 1975-1976 Wirral Handball Club Clubs and Honours;[2] 1977-1982 Midlands Handball Association (1982) Handball Directory. page 12.;[3] 1983 British Handball Association Word is ... No.5 page 3;[4] 2006 Oxford University Handball Club Entries for Great Dane & 2009

Second Tier (Championship)

Year Champion Runner-up
1977 Whitchurch (Bristol)
1978 Olympia (Cannock)Leicester '73
1979 Leicester '73
1980 Recreation NuneatonIpswich
1981 Olympia (Cannock)Great Danes
-
2006 Liverpool Hope
-
2013 Olympia HC LondonNEM Hawks
2014 Coventry HCNEM Hawks
2015 NEM Hawks Brighton

Data source: 1977-1982 Midlands Handball Association (1982) Handball Directory. page 12;.[3] 2006

Third Tier (Development Leagues)

Year Region Champion Runner-up
2015 London London GD II Thames HC
2015 South Southampton Poole Phoenix
2015 East Cranfield HC Cambridge HC
2015 Midlands Loughborough OlyCats
2015 North Bolton Huddersfield

Cups

The EHA offers two cup competitions for senior males.[5] The EHA National Cup is the cup competition for the top clubs in England. Any club meeting the qualifying criteria may enter. Clubs not eligible for the National Cup may enter the EHA League Cup.

EHA National Cup

Year Champion Runner-up
2009 London GD
2010 Ruislip Eagles Manchester Handball Club
2011 London GD Ruislip Eagles
2012 London GD Salford
2013 Salford Ruislip Eagles
2014 Salford London GD
2015 Warrington Wolves London GD
2016 Warrington Wolves London GD

Men EHA League Cup

Year Champion Runner-up
2015 Cranfield London GD II

Women EHA Cup

Year Champion Runner-up
2009 Ruislip Eagles London GD
2010 London GDRuislip Eagles
2011 Ruislip Eagles Olympia HC London
2012 Ruislip Eagles London GD
2013 London GD Handball Club Thames Handball Club
2014Olympia HC London Ruislip Eagles
2015 London GDCoventry Sharkbite
2016Olympia HC LondonCoventry Sharks

See also

List of handball clubs in England

References

  1. ↑ "European Handball Federation - EHF Member Federation / ENG". Eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Clubs and Honours". Wirralhandballclub.tripod.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. 1 2 "MA+Directory++p12.jpg (image)". 1.bp.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  4. ↑ Hadd, Russell (2009-03-09). "British Handball History: British Cup and League Tables 1983". Britishhandballmemories.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  5. ↑ http://www.englandhandball.com/eha-cup-competitions-201415/

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