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 […]
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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 […]
Handball is back in full swing – the 2022 CalCup celebrated 15 years!
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 […]
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, […]
“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 […]
Change in Leadership at SF CalHeat
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 […]
SF CalHeat Receives Grant From The Olympic Club Foundation
We are extremely proud to announce that this year San Francisco CalHeat has been selected to receive a grant from The Olympic Club Foundation to help us get more schools playing in our youth league. The Olympic Club Foundation (https://www.olympicclubfoundation.org/) has a mission to “raise funds and make grants to non-profits in the 9 Bay […]
3rd Edition of Youth California Cup Sees New Champions
The season had started on top form with all 10 teams from the Youth Team Handball Bay Area League competing on a record number of games throughout the Bay Area reaching more than 30 games combined. Almost all of them played a home and away series between them. Five teams competed on the High School […]
IOC vote opens gates for youth development in the US
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday voted in favor of awarding the hosting rights for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games at the same session in September, pending agreements with Paris and Los Angeles. Why is this news so exiting for USA Team Handball? The USA have failed to qualify for the Olympic Games since […]
SF CalHeat Women went to USATH Open Nationals 2017
For this year’s nationals, the SF CalHeat women team traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with high hopes of performing well and accomplishing a better standing than the previous season. This year Calheat had a full roster of very strong players from different nationalities; it is always great to see the women team grow from […]
SF CalHeat Women and Men’s teams going to USATH’s 2017 National Championships
San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club will be sending one women’s team along with one men’s team to USATH’s 2017 National Championships held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on the weekend of May 19th – 21st . Our players are looking forward to represent the Bay Area during this tournament, and will be joined by […]
SF CalHeat runs Tryouts for Youth National Team Selection
On Friday, February 24th, volunteers from SF CalHeat organized and ran the West Region Tryouts for the upcoming Youth National Team selection. The U.S. announced its intention to participate for the first time in the Pan American Championships to be played in Chile in April, where the 5 best teams will qualify for the World […]
Youth Pan American Championships
USA Team Handball just announced its intention to compete in the 2017 Men’s Youth (U19) Pan American Championships in Chile, which is the qualification tournament for the VII Men’s Youth World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia in August. All players eligible to compete in the Youth Pan American Championships must be valid U.S. passport holders and […]
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