IHF President's Development Award

IHF President's Development Award
History
Sport	Handball
Awarded for	Development and spread of Handball
Local name	Prix du président du développement de l'IHF (French)
Presented by	International Handball Federation (IHF)
First award	2017
Editions	3
First winner	Developed Federations – Handball Federation of Russia Emerging Federations – Mongolian Handball Federation
Most recent	Developed Federations – Czech Handball Association Emerging Federations – Colombian Handball Federation
Website	ihf.info

IHF President's Development Award is awarded by the International Handball Federation to its member federations for the spread and development of handball in their own countries and/or through the world. It is awarded by the IHF President or his representative every two year at the IHF Congress.

History

The IHF President’s Development Award is awarded to IHF member federations. It is granted to two Member Federations every two years at the IHF Congress. Formerly it is known as the Hans Baumann Trophy until 2015.

It is awarded for particular services to the development and spread of handball in the Member Federations’ own countries and/or throughout the world. The recipients are selected and the award granted by the IHF Council at the recommendation of the IHF Executive Committee. After invitation by the IHF, Member Federations may submit a completed IHF questionnaire no later than six months before the Congress.

The Member Federations receiving the award are given a diploma and a small replica of the award. The IHF President’s Development Award is granted to two applicants on two levels:

Handball developed countries
Emerging federations

Award winners

Handball developed countries

Following is the list of winners of IHF President's Development Award for Handball developed countries:

Year	Winner	Other applicants
2017	Handball Federation of Russia	Norway, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine
2019	Norwegian Handball Federation	Netherlands, Norway, Romania
2021	Czech Handball Association	South Korea

Emerging federations

Following is the list of winners of IHF President's Development Award for Handball emerging federations:

Year	Winner	Other applicants
2017	Mongolian Handball Federation	Costa Rica, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Trinidad and Tobago
2019	Cuba Handball Federation	No application received from any country, IHF Executive Committee recommended to grant the award to Cuba due to their achievements in 2018-19
2021	Colombian Handball Federation	No other applicants