The German Handball Association (German: Deutscher Handballbund) (DHB) is the national handball association of Germany. DHB organizes team handball within Germany and represents German handball internationally. It was founded on the 1st of October 1949. The association has been a member of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1950^[1] and the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1991, just after the country's unification. The DHB headquarters are in Dortmund.^{[citation needed]}

Period	Head President
1949–1955	Willi Daume
1955–1966	Ernst Feick
1966–1972	Otto Seeber
1972–1989	Bernhard Thiele
1989–1993	Hans-Jürgen Hinrichs
1993–1998	Bernd Steinhauser
1998–2013	Ulrich Strombach
2013–	Bernhard Bauer

• Handball-Bundesliga (Division 1)
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga (Division 2)
• German Handball Cup
• German Handball Super Cup

• Women's Handball-Bundesliga (Division 1)
• 2. Women's Handball-Bundesliga (Division 2)
• Women's German Cup

• Official website