Finnish Handball Association

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Finnish Handball Association
Finnish: Suomen Käsipalloliitto
Swedish: Finlands Handbollförbund
SKPL
IOC nationRepublic of Finland (FIN)
National flagFinland
SportHandball
Other sports
Official websitewww.finnhandball.net
HISTORY
Year of formationMay 1941; 85 years ago (1941-05)
AFFILIATIONS
International federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since1946 (founder)
Continental associationEuropean Handball Federation
National Olympic CommitteeFinnish Olympic Committee
GOVERNING BODY
PresidentJari Henttonen
HEADQUARTERS
Address
CountryFinland Finland
Secretary GeneralMrs. Päivi Mitrunen

The Finnish Handball Association (Finnish: Suomen Käsipalloliitto, SKPL, Swedish: Finlands Handbollförbund) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in Republic of Finland. Founded in May 1941, SKPL is a founder member of both the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF).[1][2]

Finnish national teams in European Championship

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The Finland national handball team in January 2016
Tournament Teams Debut year Total
Men's Finland men's national handball team None -
Men's U-20 Finland Men's U-20 national handball team 2010 1
Men's U-18 Finland Men's U-18 national handball team 2008 2
Women's Finland women's national handball team None -
Women's U-19 Finland women's U-19 national handball team 2002 2
Women's U-17 Finland women's U-17 national handball team 2027 1

Competitions

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References

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