Royal Spanish Handball Federation

Royal Spanish Handball Federation
RFEBM
IOC nationKingdom of Spain
National flag
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websitewww.rfebm.com
HISTORY
Year of formation1 September 1941 (1941-09-01)
AFFILIATIONS
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1948 (1948)
Continental associationEuropean Handball Federation
National Olympic CommitteeSpanish Olympic Committee
GOVERNING BODY
PresidentDr. Francisco Vidal

The Royal Spanish Handball Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Balonmano, RFEBM) is the national handball association in Spain. It is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF).[1]

The organisation is responsible for the indoor handball national teams (men's and women's), and the beach handball national teams (men's and women's). As of 2023, the federation has 869 registered clubs and 100,704 federated players.[2]

Honours

National team

Men

Women

  • Bronze Medal (1): 2012

National youth teams

Men

  • Winner (1): 2017
  • Runner-up (5): 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2013
  • Fourth place (3): 1977, 1991, 2003
  • Winner (4): 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024
  • Runner-up (1): 1996
  • Third place (2): 2000, 2014, 2021
  • Winner (1): 1994, 2022
  • Runner-up (2): 1999, 2010
  • Third place (2): 1992, 2014

Women

  • Fourth place (2): 2001, 2008
  • Runner-up (1): 2007
  • Third place (1): 2002
  • Winner (1): 1997
  • Runner-up (1): 2007

Presidents

Presidents[3]
S. No. President Tenure start
1 Emilio Suárez Marcelo 1 January 1941
2 Emilio García Martín 1 January 1954
3 José Ángel Castro Fariñas 1 January 1956
4 Carlos Albert Aceituno 20 November 1962
5 Alberto San Román y de La Fuente 24 September 1965
6 Félix Sánchez-Laulhe 24 December 1972
7 Roberto Tendero Llofriu 1 December 1981
8 Javier Loinaz Dolhagaray (interim) 26 December 1989
9 Jesús López Ricondo 1 April 1990
10 Domingo Bárcenas 26 December 1992
11 Jesús López Ricondo (2) 1 November 1996
12 Juan de Dios Román 17 December 2008
13 Francisco V. Blázquez García 26 April 2013

References

  1. ^ "Federaciones" (in Spanish). Real Federacion Española de Balonmano. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Yearbook of Sports Statistics 2024" (PDF). www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es. Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport. May 2024. pp. 121–131.
  3. ^ "Blázquez ya es oficialmente presidente de la Federación Española de Balonmano". lasprovincias.es (in Spanish). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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