The telecommunications giant, Verizon, joins San Francisco CalHeat on its journey to the 2023 IHF Super Globe in Dammam, Saudi Arabia (November 6-12). Deeply immersed on the US sporting scene, Verizon will be our team’s prime sponsor during this prestigious international handball event. “It is an incredible honor to stand side-by-side with such a renowned […]
This past week, our first men’s team and 2023 US national champion represented USA Team Handball at the North America & Caribbean Senior Men’s Club Championship, a continental event serving as a qualifier for the renowned IHF Super Globe. Organized in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, this event brought together some of the best teams in the […]
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 […]
For the first time in SF CalHeat’s club history, and very likely U.S.A. history as well, a Handball Scholarship is being created to provide financial help for Graduating Seniors that have played Handball at the Bay Area Youth Team Handball League for at least 2 years, and plan to continue their Handball playing while in […]
First tournament. First win. Who could have predicted it? For our second participation in the MN Fall Classic, we had the ambition to reach the final of the tournament. The competition was there with last year’s tournament winner Chicago Inter and the always tough-to-beat New York Athletic Club. In the round robin, our men’s team […]
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 […]
One of the oldest and most prominent handball tournaments in the United States came to a close earlier this month. The 2022 California Cup, a traditionally always very competitive event, delivered epic finales in both the women’s and men’s divisions. This year’s women’s division was in fact the first women’s handball tournament in the US […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
On June 21, our board of directors appointed Jean-Marc Junique as President for the upcoming 2021-22 handball season. Jean-Marc succeeds to Bernward Schwarte, who led the club since 2013. We want to thank Bernie for his efforts and relentless work, most notably establishing a successful collaboration with the Centerville Jr. High School, our handball home […]
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
There’s no better way to honor Women’s History Month than portray some of the strong and passionate women leading our team and club efforts. Among the many outstanding and unique personalities, San Francisco Calheat can proudly say it also has a dedicated women’s team captain. In this interview, Laura Savy, another longstanding member of our […]
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 […]
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