Los Angeles THC

Los Angeles Handball Club
Full nameLos Angeles Handball Club
Short nameLos Angeles, LA, LAHC
Founded2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Head coachMorten Olsen
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Website
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Los Angeles Handball Club is a handball club from Los Angeles.

History

The club was founded in 2001. In September 2025, American player and businessman Lewis Howes purchased the club. LAHC participated at the 2019 IHF North American and Caribbean Super Globe Qualifier. LAHC has its home court and training at the indoor practice grounds of MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy in Torrance, California. LAHC won the 2020 Valley of the Sun team handball tournament in Tempe, Arizona immediately before the COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2025 they hired former world champion Morten Olsen as their head coach. At the same time they signed former Austrian national team player Maximilian Hermann and Swedish former national team player Dalibor Doder. In 2026 they won the American Championship.

Accomplishments

Roster

roster
PlayersCoaches
#NatNamePosHHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)FromBirthplace
1 Williams, Joseph G Farmington Hills, Michigan
2 Hermann, Alexander LB Linz, Austria
3 Udo-Udoma, Ebiye Jeremy CB Portland, Oregon
4 Hermann, Maximilian RB Linz, Austria
5 Victorov, Yan CB Russia
6 Fuchs, Marcus LB Bielefeld, Germany
7 Wucherpfennig, Lukas RW Preetz, Germany
8 Garcia, Jacobo LW Los Angeles, California
10 Howes, Lewis P Columbus, Ohio
12 Hertlein, Felix G
13 Akuro, Zuwed LB Phoenix, Arizona
15 Ritterbach, Joscha LW Lengerich, Germany
21 Marocchi, Grant P Huntington Beach, California
22 Velkavrh, Andraž CB Koper, Slovenia
34 Damgaard, Michael CB Rødby, Denmark
77 Clausen, Frederik LB Svendborg, Denmark
Head coach

Morten Olsen

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2026-07-14

References

  1. ↑ "About LAHC". LAHC. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "About LA Handball Club". Los Angeles Handball Club. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles Handball Club". 2019 IHF Super Globe. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  4. ↑ Mathias Sørensen (29 November 2025). "Morten Olsen lander job i USA" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Europäisches Quartett nach LA" (in German). handball-world.news. 2025-12-05. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  6. ↑ "LA men are Kings of the USA". International Handball Federation. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Men in Overtime Thriller, Chicago Inter Women Dominate to Each Claim First US Open Titles in a Decade at Record-Setting Open Championships". USA Team Handball. 2026-05-18. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  8. ↑ "Los Angeles Handball Club Claims Inaugural USATH National Cup Title". USA Team Handball. 2026-03-02. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  9. ↑ "Los Angeles Handball Club Win Historic Continental Title and Book IHF Club World Championship Spot". Handball Planet. 2026-07-12. Retrieved 2026-07-14.