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![[International Handball Federation flag]](../images/i/int@ihf.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013
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The International Handball Federation (IHF) is a non-profit legal entity
recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the sole representative
of international handball. The IHF shall lead, develop and promote
handball around the world. IHF is the administrative and controlling body
for International team handball. The IHF was officially founded on 11
July 1946. As of 2009, 166 member federations are currently affiliated to
the IHF. Today, Handball is played in 183 countries, there are 19 million
players worldwide acting with 795,000 teams.
Zoltan Horvath, 9 July 2010
The flag is white with IHF emblem in the middle. It is a blue disc with golden edge. In the
middle of the emblem a handball and IHF acronym are displayed. Name of
organization is written in an arc parallel with lower edge of the disc.
Ratio is 2:3.
Image of the flag (as a desk flag):
http://www.ihf.info/upload/Draw-for-the-Beach-Handball-WCh.gif
Zoltan Horvath, 9 July 2010
The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics
(Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12])
provides recommendations for flag designs. Each
international federation and international
paralympics federation was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS
shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60
x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not
be the official version of each flag, they are certainly what the
international federation and
international paralympics federation believed the flag to be.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
Last year Ian Sumner made some scans from the flag manual for the London
2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012) which provides
recommendations for flag designs of international sporting federations.
For International Handball Federation - IHF: PMS 286 blue, PMS 125 gold.
Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013
![[International Boxing Association flag]](../images/i/int@ihf_v.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013
