Royal Spanish Handball Federation

Royal Spanish Handball Federation
RFEBM
IOC nationKingdom of Spain
National flagSpain
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websitewww.rfebm.com
HISTORY
Year of formation1 September 1941; 85 years ago (1941-09-01)
AFFILIATIONS
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1948; 78 years ago (1948)
Continental associationEuropean Handball Federation
National Olympic CommitteeSpanish Olympic Committee
GOVERNING BODY
PresidentFrancisco V. Blázquez García Spain

The Royal Spanish Handball Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Balonmano, RFEBM) is the national handball association in Spain. It is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF).

The organisation is responsible for the indoor handball national teams (men's and women's), and the beach handball national teams (men's and women's). As of 2023, the federation has 869 registered clubs and 100,704 federated players.

Honours

National team

Men

Women

  • Bronze Medal (1): 2012

National youth teams

Men

  • Winner (1): 2017
  • Runner-up (5): 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2013
  • Fourth place (3): 1977, 1991, 2003
  • Winner (4): 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024
  • Runner-up (1): 1996
  • Third place (2): 2000, 2014, 2021
  • Winner (1): 1994, 2022
  • Runner-up (2): 1999, 2010
  • Third place (2): 1992, 2014

Women

  • Fourth place (2): 2001, 2008
  • Runner-up (1): 2007
  • Third place (1): 2002
  • Winner (1): 1997
  • Runner-up (1): 2007

Presidents

Presidents
S. No.PresidentTenure start
1Emilio Suárez Marcelo1 January 1941
2Emilio García Martín1 January 1954
3José Ángel Castro Fariñas1 January 1956
4Carlos Albert Aceituno20 November 1962
5Alberto San Román y de La Fuente24 September 1965
6Félix Sánchez-Laulhe24 December 1972
7Roberto Tendero Llofriu1 December 1981
8Javier Loinaz Dolhagaray (interim)26 December 1989
9Jesús López Ricondo1 April 1990
10Domingo Bárcenas26 December 1992
11Jesús López Ricondo (2)1 November 1996
12Juan de Dios Román17 December 2008
13Francisco V. Blázquez García26 April 2013

References

  1. ↑ "Federaciones" (in Spanish). Real Federacion Española de Balonmano. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Yearbook of Sports Statistics 2024" (PDF). www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es. Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport. May 2024. pp. 121–131.
  3. ↑ "Blázquez ya es oficialmente presidente de la Federación Española de Balonmano". lasprovincias.es (in Spanish). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2020.