Starting This Friday February 2, 2024, the 17th edition of our annual California Cup tournament will kick-off. This year’s event will continue to be held at the Centerville Jr. High School in Fremont, CA and bring together prestigious teams from all around the United States and guests from Canada as well. The women’s and men’s […]
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Mark Your Calendar: the 2023 CalCup is Days Away
This Friday, the 16th edition of our annual California Cup tournament will kick-off. This year’s event will continue to be held at the Centerville Jr. High School in Fremont, CA and bring together prestigious teams from all around the United States, as well as a few up-and-coming clubs from our side of the country. The […]
Season 2022/23 Kick-Off in the Twin Cities
This weekend marks the official beginning of the 2022/23 handball season in the United States. Our men’s team will be kicking-off their (busy) schedule at the first USA Team Handball qualifying tournament in Bloomington, MN – The Minnesota Fall Classic. The second edition of the tournament hosted by Minnesota Team Handball will gather a total […]
SF CalHeat Off To The Midwest
Starting tomorrow, our men’s team will be competing at the Michael Lipov Memorial Cup in Chicago, alongside seven other teams from all around the country. This tournament has a rich history and often brings some of the best of US handball. Traditionally hosted in October, the event had to be postponed to early in December […]
The IHF Super Globe comes to an end
After an intense, yet exciting week, our journey in Saudi Arabia comes finally to an end. For our inaugural participation, our boys finished at the 10th place with three losses against the best teams from Asia – the host and Saudi Arabian champion, Al Wehda, the local team of Al Noor, and Al Duhail (Qatar, […]
SF CalHeat on the road to the IHF Super Globe
The 2021 IHF Super Globe is now just 10 days away. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the city of Jeddah eagerly await the arrival of the respective continental champions for a handball event unlike any other. On Tuesday October 5, our team will face the host, Al Wehda, a multi-sports club from Mecca with […]
“The IHF Super Globe Qualifier is a golden opportunity for this generation of players”
On August 25-27, San Francisco CalHeat and the city of Fremont will host a handball event unlike any other. The best handball teams from North America and the Caribbean will compete to qualify for the IHF Super Globe (October 4-10 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia). Only the winner will secure a spot at this mega-event, and […]
2021 Super Globe Qualifier coming to the Bay Area
On August 25th-27th the top team handball clubs from the North American and Caribbean region will have the opportunity to qualify for the 2021 Super Globe in Saudi Arabia, where the best clubs of each continent will compete for the championship trophy. Thanks to a partnership between the IHF and USATH, San Francisco CalHeat Team […]
The American Handball Dream
Team Handball has now made its way to the United States. In an interview conducted last year, a renowned handball lecturer defined it as the perfect product for the American people. Follow the incredible journeys of Athena, Giovanni and Scott – all proud members of San Francisco Calheat and aspiring US talents – as they make their way through this up-and-coming sport
Denmark wins it again! The 2021 IHF World Championship comes to an end
The 2021 IHF World Championships came to an end last week with Denmark winning the world title again, against their neighbors from Sweden (26-24). This is the second time in a row two Scandinavian teams make it to the final (in 2019, Denmark beat Norway) and the third in a row a Scandinavian team reaches […]
2021 California Cup Cancelled
2020 has been a very challenging year on many fronts, for us all. It has also been nearly a year we haven’t gone back indoors to play the sport we love, and we surely all miss it. Back in September, our club firmly wished and had hoped to stage the 15th edition of the California […]
The 2020 IHF Super Globe is postponed
On July 16, the IHF decided to postpone the 2020 IHF Men’s Super Globe, as well as the 2020 IHF Women’s Youth (U18) World Championship. The 2020 IHF Super Globe was initially planned on October 6-10 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and only FC Barcelona (defending champion), SC Zamalek (Egypt, winner of the Africa men’s super […]
The CalCup 2020 is in the books
The 14th edition of our annual California Cup concluded this past weekend with three medals for our teams – never seen so far. In a very interesting women’s division, Alberta conquered the gold by defeating all the other opponents. It’s the second time in our tournament history that the Canadians raffle the prize after their […]
SF CalHeat Men is the 2019 US National Champion
The wait is now over! 29 years after its last gold medal, San Francisco CalHeat Men conquers the National title in one of the most epic and thrilling finals of the last decade. The ‘golden boys’ finished this season with an impressive 23-0-1 run, winning all major events (M. Lipov Memorial Cup, Texas Cup, California […]
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