International body

The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for international handball. The federation organizes world championships, held in uneven years, with separate competitions for men and women.
The IHF World Men's Handball Championship 2009 and 2011 title holders were France; the 2013 title holders are Spain.
The IHF World Women's Handball Championship 2009 title holders were Russia; the IHF 2011 Women’s World Championship title holders are Norway. The IHF 2013 Women’s World Championship will be hosted in Serbia, December 6–22.
The IHF is composed of five continental federations which organize continental championships held every other second year. In addition to these competitions between national teams, the federations arrange international tournaments between club teams. The federations and their corresponding tournaments and members are summarize in the following table:

International Handball Federation (IHF)
Championship	IHF World Men's Handball Championship – IHF World Women's Handball Championship
Club	IHF Super Globe
Members
	Asia – Asian Handball Federation (AHF)
	Championship	Asian Women's Handball Championship – Asian Men's Handball Championship
	Club	Asian Club League Handball Championship
	Members	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestinian Authority Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
	Africa – African Handball Confederation (CAHB)
	Championship	African Men's Handball Championship – African Women's Handball Championship
	Club	Champions League – Cup Winners' Cup – African Handball Super Cup
	Members	Algeria Angola Burundi Benin Cameroon Republic of Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Niger Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
	Americas – Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)
	Championship	Pan American Men's Handball Championship – Pan American Women's Handball Championship
	Members	Argentina Barbados Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Greenland Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
	Oceania – Oceania Handball Federation (OHF)
	Championship	Oceania Handball Nations Cup
	Club	Oceania Champions Cup
	Members	Australia Cook Islands New Zealand Samoa Vanuatu French Polynesia New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna
	Europe – European Handball Federation (EHF)
	Championship	European Women's Handball Championship – European Men's Handball Championship
	Club	Women	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup Challenge Cup Champions Trophy
		Men	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup Challenge Cup Champions Trophy
	Members	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Great Britain Kosovo

Handball is an Olympic sport played during the Summer Olympics. It is also played during the Pan American Games, All-Africa Games, and Asian Games. It is also played on Mediterranean games.