Handball in the Olympic Games
The modern indoor version made its Olympic debut at Munich 1972. The first women’s competition was held at the Montreal 1976 Games. Handball has featured at every Olympic Games since. The International Handball Federation (IHF), founded in 1946, is the administrative and governing body of handball and beach handball. The IHF has 209 member federations.
Twelve teams will compete in both the men’s and women’s competitions at Tokyo 2020. Teams will begin in a group phase with the top eight nations progressing into the knockout phase of the tournament.
Female Coaches
This year’s Olympic tournament see’s 12 team’s battle it out for the Gold medal. Only 1 of those teams have female Head Coaches, that’s a percentage of 8.33%.
Meet the female Head Coach below:
Bojana Popović – Montenegro
Bojana Popović is a retired Montenegrinhandballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recognition. After winning the Women’s EHF Champions League with Budućnost and a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games with the Montenegro national team, Bojana Popović decided to retire from handball. However, in June 2016 Popović announced she would come out of retirement and make herself available for selection by the Montenegro national handball team to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
