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Oxford University HC
Full nameOxford University Handball Club
Short nameBlues
Founded2001
ArenaIffley Road Sports Centre
Capacity
PresidentMoritz F. Adam
Head coachJan Kropf
LeagueRegional League South East
Club colours   
The team of Oxford University Handball Club in the Varsity Match against Cambridge University, January 2018

Oxford University Handball Club (OUHaC) was founded and registered as a club at the University of Oxford in 2001 and has since established itself as one of England's most successful clubs. It is a member of the England Handball Association since 2002 and the Association of British Universities Handball Clubs since 2011. From 2014 it plays in the varsity match against the Cambridge University Handball Club.[1][2] In 2016 and 2017 respectively, the women's and men's teams were granted Half Blue status by the Blues committees of the University of Oxford.[3]

Men's team

The men's team won the British Student Championship title in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013[4] and 2014 as well as the English National Title in 2006, being the first ever University Team in the history of English handball to win the National League Title.[5] They have been too the first university team to compete in the EHF Challenge Cup (2006–07 and 2007–08). They have also won two mixed English Beach Handball tournaments. The team won the EHA League Cup in 2016 and reached the semi-finals of the EHA National Cup in 2017.[6]

EHF Challenge Cup Games

Source:[7]

2006–07

Date Home Result Road
29 September 2006 B.B. Ankara SK 38–14 Oxford University HC
30 September 2006 Oxford University HC 12–56 RK Konjuh Namjestaj Zivinice
1 October 2006 Riihimäki Cocks 43–22 Oxford University HC

2007–08

Date Home Result Road
28 September 2007 St Patrick's College 25–24 Oxford University HC
29 September 2007 Oxford University HC 14–34 Ankara Il Özel Idare SK
30 September 2007 Arkatron Minsk 39–19 Oxford University HC

Women's team

The women's team was created within the club in 2003. The team's greatest achievements include winning the EHA National League 1st Division in 2015 and 2016 as well as the National University Championships in 2016. Moreover, the defeated the University of Cambridge in four consecutive Varsity matches from 2015 to 2018.[citation needed]

Titles and seasons

Source: [8]

References

  1. ^ Oxford University Sport: Spoils Shared In First Handball Varsity Matches on 17 February 2014
  2. ^ Cambridge Match Report, Club homepage.
  3. ^ [https://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/handball Half Blues Sport (Oxford University Sport)
  4. ^ "Handball Blues celebrate national success". The Oxford Student.
  5. ^ "En Oxford se estudia, se rema, y se gana la liga de balonmano", Marca (Madrid), 17 Nov 2006
  6. ^ EHA news, May 2017
  7. ^ "Oxford University HC". Eurohandball. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Match Results". Oxford University Handball Club. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.