IHF Badge of Merit

The IHF Badge of Merit is awarded by International Handball Federation to individuals who made an extraordinary contribution to the development of handball.

The Badge of Merit is awarded at three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

The Badge of Merit in Gold is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution and/or given many years’ service to the sport of handball within the IHF. It therefore recognises, in particular, many years’ successful work within an IHF organ and/or a creative impetus for the development of handball.

The Badge of Merit consists of the Council’s insignia with half garland in gold. It is awarded by the IHF Council at the recommendation of the IHF Executive Committee, of the continental federations or of the member federations.

Year	Recipient	Country	Notes
1974	Paul Högberg	Sweden	IHF President (1971–1984)
1974	Aurelio Chiappero	Italy	Secretary General of Italian Handball Federation
1976	Henrique Feist	Portugal	Founder of Portuguese Handball Federation
1976	Dr. Mohamed Fadali	Egypt	IHF Council Member (1970–1976) and President of Egyptian Handball Federation
2000	Bob Elphinston	Australia
2000	Gilbert Felli	Belgium	Sports Director at International Olympic Committee
2000	Rudi Glock	Germany	IHF Treasurer (1988–2000)
2000	Pere Miro	Spain	Director of Olympic Solidarity in International Olympic Committee
2000	Dr. Nabil Salem	Egypt	President of African Handball Confederation (1973–1978; 1993–1996), IHF Vice-President
2000	Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	Saudi Arabia	Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
2002	Alberto de San Roman y de la Fuente	Spain	IHF Vice-President
2002	Otto Schwarz	Switzerland	IHF Council Member, Chairman of IHF COC
2002	Babacar Fall	Senegal	Posthumously Awarded; President of African Handball Confederation (1978–1993)
2002	Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait	Posthumously Awarded; President of African Handball Confederation (1974–1990), IHF Vice-President
2002	Dr. Peter Buehning Sr.	United States	President of Pan-American Team Handball Federation (1977–1980; 1987–1996), IHF Council Member (1987–1996)
2009	André Amiel	France	President of French Handball Federation (1996–2008)
2009	Cristian Gațu	Romania	President of Romanian Handball Federation
2009	Jesus Lopez Ricondo	Spain
2009	Luis Santos	Portugal
2009	Surinder Mohan Bali	India	Secretary General of Handball Federation of India
2009	Shaul Selzer	Israel	President of Israel Handball Association
2009	Aleksandar Dimitric	Australia	President of Oceania Handball Federation (1993–1997) and Australian Handball Federation
2009	Vladimir Maksimov	Russia	Former Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics and Head Coach of Russia men's national handball team
2009	Muhammad Shafiq	Pakistan	President of Pakistan Handball Federation
2009	Mihajlo Mihajlovski	North Macedonia	President of Macedonian Handball Federation

The Badge of Merit in Silver is awarded to individuals who have worked with merit for many years within the sport of handball and/or have made a particular contribution to the organisation of IHF competitions.

The Badge of Merit consists of the Council’s insignia with half garland in silver. It is awarded by the Council at the recommendation of the continental federations, of the member federations, of the IHF Commissions or of the Head Office.

Year	Recipient	Country	Notes
1996	Robert Rosner	Austria
1996	Edmund Leser	Austria
1998	Aziz Derouaz	Algeria
2000	Erik Elias	Sweden	Chairman of IHF PRC (1984–1996)
2000	Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Herrmann	Germany	IHF Council Member (1988–1996)
2000	Konstanrin Kotona	Albania

The Badge of Merit in Bronze is awarded to individuals who made an extraordinary contribution to the development of handball within their national and/or continental federation.

The Badge of Merit consists of the Council’s insignia with a half garland in bronze. It is awarded by the continental federations at the request of their committee or the member federations. Every year, the IHF Council establishes a quota for such awards. The final date for the submission by the continental federations of their list of awards to the Head Office is 30 October of each year. This list is also sent to the Council for information.

• IHF Statuts Chapter XXI - Regulations of Awards

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