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International Handball Federation

IHF

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[International Handball Federation flag]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013


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Overview

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

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


Flag at the London 2012 Olympics

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


Vertical Flag

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image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013