Asian Handball Federation

Asian Handball Federation AHF
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach handball
Official website	www.asianhandball.org
History
Year of formation	26 August 1974; 50 years ago (1974-08-26) at Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Demographics
Membership size	44 Members
Affiliations
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	1974
Other affiliation(s)	Olympic Council of Asia
Governance
President	Yoshihide Watanabe (acting)
1st Vice-President	Yoshihide Watanabe
Secretariat
Address	South Surrah, Al-Salam Area, Block 7, Street No. 705, Villa 508
Country	Kuwait
Secretary General	Muhammad Shafiq
Official Language(s)	English (Official) Arabic (Also used for correspondences)
Number of staff	8
Finance
Sponsors	Al Kass Sports Channels SK Group Gerflor Molten Corporation
Regions
Western Asia Central Asia South Asia Southeast Asia East Asia

The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in Asia. It has 44 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey – which are instead members of European Handball Federation (EHF). Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also EHF members. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries (both are special regions of China), are also members of the AHF.

One of IHF's six continental confederations, the AHF was formed officially on 26 August 1974 in Tehran (Imperial State of Iran), on the sidelines of the 7th Asian Games 1974. The AHF headquarters is located in Kuwait City (Kuwait). Its current president is Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah from Kuwait, who is a member of House of Al Sabah, the ruling family of Kuwait.