The Hans Baumann Trophy , which was endowed by the Spanish members of the IHF , commemorates the late President of the IHF (1950 to 1971), Hans Baumann . It is awarded to IHF member federations from 1972 to 2015. In 2017, the IHF Council decided to reform and rename it as the IHF President's Development Award .
7-597: The Hans Baumann Trophy was awarded to a member federation every two years at the IHF Congress from 1972 to 2015. It was awarded for particular services to the development and spread of Handball in the member federation's own country and/or throughout the world. The recipient was selected and the trophy awarded by the IHF Council at the recommendation of the IHF Executive Committee . Member federations may submit
14-572: A detailed recommendation to the IHF Head Office , specifying the reasons, no later than six months before the Congress. The member federation receiving the award was given a diploma drawn up by the donors and a small replica of the trophy. In 1986, Royal Spanish Handball Federation has been selected as the recipient of the Hans Baumann Trophy. The Royal Spanish Handball Federation has made
21-429: A particular contribution by organizing the symposium and special tournament for studying and testing new ideas for the format of the game. In 2002, Handball Federation of Russia has been selected as the recipient of the Hans Baumann Trophy. The Handball Union of Russia was awarded the trophy for the great contribution to the world development of this sport. In 2017, IHF Council decided to reframe and rename it as
28-688: The IHF President's Development Award . From the commencement of the Trophy till 2015 when the award was reformed and renamed as IHF President's Development Award , the trophy has been awarded to the following national handball federations for their extra ordinary contribution to the development of Handball . IHF Congress The IHF Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Handball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Handball ), commonly known by
35-594: The acronym IHF . IHF is the international governing body of handball , beach handball and wheelchair handball . The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary . Ordinary congress shall place every two years (odd years) after the IHF World Men's Handball Championship . Each congress shall determine the date and place of the following ordinary congress. IHF bodies including the President, IHF Council and IHF Executive Committee shall be elected every four years at
42-471: The congress taking place the year after the Summer Olympic Games . [1] Each of the 204 members of IHF has one vote in the congress. The members of IHF can propose candidates for the presidency of IHF and for IHF Council . The IHF Presidential election takes place at the congress in the year following the Summer Olympic Games . The extraordinary congress shall be convened by the IHF Council upon
49-557: The written request of a simple majority of the member federations or Council members. Extraordinary congress must be convened within three months of the receipt of the request. The IHF congress has been held since 1946. Before 31st Ordinary Congress 2007 in Madrid (Spain), the congresses were held in the even years. IHF Presidential elections have taken place at every congress until the 14th IHF Congress 1972 in Nuremberg , West Germany , where
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