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It is also organizes the matches of National Handball Team Of Bosnia-Herzegovina . That includes men and women, and youth teams as well.


HISTORY


Handball Federation was founded in 1948 , and was part of Yugoslav Handball Federation. When Bosnia-Herzegovina gained independence in 1992 , it became national handball governing body, and later a member of European Handball Federation ( 1995 ) and International Handball Federation ( 1996 ).

Handball is the most popular sport in Bosnia-Herzegovina after Football and Basketball . There is a big number of clubs all over the country. Many Bosnian clubs were members of a very strong Yugoslav league, and RK Borac Banja Luka even won the EHF Champions League in 1975/1976 season.

Unfortunatelly, national handball team have never managed to qualify for a major championship as they are always one step short. Mostly because of a frequent coach changes.


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