<p class="reg-lead">The International Handball Federation's Coaching Education Regulations, in force from 12 August 2023.</p>
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<tr><td>In force</td><td><b>12 August 2023</b> — adopted by the IHF Council</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Chapter XXVII of the International Handball Federation's body of regulations</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — four coaching licence levels</td></tr>
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<h2>What these regulations determine</h2>
<p>The regulations of the International Handball Federation (IHF) form a set of numbered chapters headed by the Statutes, each chapter governing one field. This document is <strong>Chapter XXVII</strong> of that set.</p><p>The structure of the International Handball Federation's coaching education: <strong>four main levels</strong>, with the hours and years required for each level, the requirements for lecturers, the examinations, the issuing of licences and — a point of importance for national federations — <strong>IHF approval of national and continental education structures</strong>.</p>
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<h2>Key points</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Four licence levels</b>The education structure has four levels, identified in the financial regulations by the markers <strong>D, C, B and A</strong>, with the required hours and years set for each level.</li>
<li><b class="t">Online education system</b>The International Handball Federation has launched its own online education platform in order to deliver up-to-date content on a regular basis to its target groups — referees, coaches, players, teachers and delegates — and to support completion of the education cycle.</li>
<li><b class="t">Reason for the revision</b>The document states that the structure was revised in order to keep pace with developments in information technology and with the <strong>new trends in handball arising from the application of the new rules of the game</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Priority for non-European countries</b>Among the structure's stated objectives are supporting and developing education structures <strong>particularly in non-European countries</strong> and strengthening the training of talent at youth and junior levels.</li>
<li><b class="t">Approval of national structures</b>Article 9 determines the mechanism for IHF approval of national and continental education structures; it is this article that gives international standing to a licence issued at national level.</li>
<li><b class="t">Lecturers' allowances</b>The financial regulations, in the edition of 6 May 2026, have added separate tables for the allowances of lecturers and experts for each licence level, broken down by online, on-site and travel days.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For national federations, Article 9 is decisive: without approval of the national education structure, a coaching licence issued in that country is not recognised as equivalent at international level.</p>
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IHF Coaching Education Regulations 2023