List of handball clubs in England

List of handball clubs in England sorted by England Handball Association (EHA) league:

2023 onward^[1]

Men's senior competitions

EHA Premier League


	Premier League North	Premier League South
2023/24	Nottingham	Olympia Handball Club
	Liverpool	Islington Handball Club
	Loughborough	West London Eagles
	NEM Hawks	London GD
	Manchester-Trafford	Carshalton Titans
	Birmingham Bisons	Chelsea

EHA Regional Leagues (RL)


	RL North	RL South 1	RL South 2 East	RL South 2 West/Central
2023/24	Birmingham Bisons 2	Oxford University	West London Eagles 2	Poole Phoenix Handball
	Sheffield Handball Club	Northampton	Chelsea 2	Guildford Sabres
	Nottingham 3	Bristol	Brighton	Bucks Mavericks
	Liverpool 2	Islington Handball Club 2	Arctic Falcons	Somerset Spartans
	University of Birmingham	Cambridge	Bishop's Stortford	Bristol 2
	Loughborough 2	London GD 2	Islington Handball Club 3
	Nottingham 2
	Manchester-Trafford 2

Women's senior competitions

EHA Premier League


	Premier League North	Premier League South
2023/24	Loughborough	London GD
	Trafford	Northampton
	Nottingham	Olympia
	NEM Hawks	West London Eagles
	Liverpool	Chelsea
	Birmingham Bisons	Cambridge

EHA Regional Leagues (RL)

	RL South
2023/24	West London Eagles 2
	Islington Handball Club
	Chelsea 2
	Arctic Falcons
	Oxford
	Olympia 2
	Bristol
	Poole Phoenix

2012 to 2023

Men's Clubs

Men's Super 8 English National League

The 2012/13 season saw the introduction of the Men's Super 8 English National League consisting of the top eight teams in England.

2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
London GD HC	London GD HC	London GD HC	London GD HC	London GD HC
Salford HC	Salford HC	Warrington Wolves	Warrington Wolves	Warrington Wolves
Manchester HC	Manchester HC	Manchester HC	Manchester HC	Nottingham
Ruislip Eagles HC	Ruislip Eagles HC	Ruislip Eagles HC	Ruislip Eagles HC	West London Eagles
Leeds Hornets HC	Leeds Hornets HC	Leeds Hornets HC	Leeds Hornets HC	Coventry Sharks
Cambridge HC	Cambridge HC	Cambridge HC	Cambridge HC	Cambridge HC
Deva HC	Deva HC	Coventry HC	NEM Hawks	NEM Hawks
Liverpool HC	Olympia HC	Olympia HC	Olympia HC	Olympia HC

Championship North

Teams for the 2016/17 season:

Bolton Hussars
Deva HC
Liverpool HC
Manchester HC
University of Loughborough

Championship South

Teams for the 2016/17 season:

Brighton Seahawks
Carshalton Titans
Cranfield
Islington
Oly Cats
Poole Phoenix

South West Regional Development League

Teams for the 2016/17 season:

Bath Bombs HC
Bristol HC
Poole Phoenix - 2nd VII
Reading Lions
Southampton University
South Wales Handball
Stroud
University of Bath

South East Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season:

Tier 1

Cambridge HC 2nd Team
London GD HC 2nd Team
Olympia (London) HC 2nd Team
Thames HC
West London Eagles 2nd Team

Tier 2A

Essex Handball Club
Medway HC
Norwich HC
University of Kent

Tier 2B

Chelsea HC
Islington HC 2nd Team
Newham Flames
Oxford University

Midlands Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season:

Coventry Sharks 2nd Team
Nottingham 2nd Team
University of Birmingham HC
University of Lincoln HC
University of Loughborough HC
Warwick University HC

North Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season:

Leeds Carnegie Handball Club
Liverpool Speke Garston
Manchester HC 2nd Team
Newcastle Vikings
Sunderland Handball Club
University of Leeds

Women's Clubs

Women's Premier Handball League

Teams for 2016/17^[2]

Cambridge HC
Coventry Sharks
London Angels
London GD Handball Club
NEM Hawks
Olympia HC
West London Eagles HC

South West Regional Development League

Teams for the 2016/17 season^[3]

Bristol HC
Poole Phoenix
Reading Lionesses
Southampton University
Stroud
University of Bath

North Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season^[4]

Leeds Carnegie Handball Club
Liverpool HC
Manchester HC
Newcastle Vikings
Peninsula
University of Leeds

Midlands Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season^[5]

Cranfield
University of Birmingham HC
University of Loughborough HC
University of Loughborough HC 2nd team
Warwick University HC

South East Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season^[6]^[7]

Tier 1

Islington
London GD HC 2nd Team
Medway Dragons
Olympia (London) HC 2nd Team
Oxford University

Tier 2

Brighton HC
Chelsea HC
Norwich HC
University of Kent

Community Based

Aberystwyth
Brighton Handball Club
Cardiff
City of Nottingham Handball Club^[8]
Coventry
Eastbourne
Gedling^[9]
Islington Handball Club^[10]
Chelsea Handball Club
Newcastle Vikings
Poole Phoenix
Peterborough
Reading^[11]
South Birmingham Handball Club
Stansted Supers
Stroud Handball Club^[12]
Swansea^[13]
Urban Handball
York
Shropshire Handball
Trafford Handball

University Based

Bath Bombs HC
Bournemouth
Brighton
Brunel
Cambridge University Handball Club
Coventry
Edge
Edinburgh
Essex
Huddersfield
Imperial College London
Lancaster
Leeds
Loughborough
Middlesex University
Newcastle
Northumbria
University of Portsmouth
Royal Holloway
Sheffield Hallam
Sunderland
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Chichester
University College London
Warwick
Westminster Handball Club

Defunct

The Hull Handball League

Handball is known to have been played in Hull from 1958 to 1962. The clubs known to have competed in the league are ^[14]

Asbestos
Crawford Sports
Hull Boys Club

Other Former Clubs

Bebbington Boys
Brentwood '72
Coventry^[15] folded in 1983. A new club with the same name was established in 2012^[16]
Harrow Tech
Ipswich, has now been re established within ipswich
John Quinn (Sheffield)
Leicester '73
Leicester Computer
Leigh
Killingworth Braves (Newcastle)
Milton Keynes 1980
Kingston Polytechnic
Nuneaton Newdigate
Nuneaton Tech
Rose Heath
Wakefield Metros
Whitchurch (Bristol)
Wolverhampton Polytechnic '83

References

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^ "Super 8 - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
^ "South West - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
^ "North - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
^ "Midlands - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
^ "Women's South East Regional Tier 1 - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
^ "South East Regional Development League Tier 2 - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
^ "Home - City of Nottingham Handball Club". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02.
^ "Gedling Warriors Handball Club - Home". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
^ https://www.facebook.com/IslingtonHandballClub ^{[user-generated source]}
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^ "Official Stroud Handball Club". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
^ http://www.facebook.com/SwanseaCityHandballClub ^{[user-generated source]}
^ "British Handball History: The Hull Handball League 1958-62 (part 2)". 28 August 2012.
^ "British Handball History: Coventry Handball Club". 4 September 2012.
^ "Coventry Handball Club". Coventry Handball Club. 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2024-02-20.

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