The Handball International Championships are yearly held competitions where many countries and regions play the handball sports derived from the Jeu de paume.
1994: Belgian Handball Federation quits from the International Confederation and the country is represented by Second division players.
1995: The Valencian Squad doesn't take part due to an argument with the CIJB because of the kind of ball Italy proposed to play with.
1996: The Belgian Federation threats with fining the First division players who wanted to take part.
2004: The Belgian Federation allows First division players to take part.
2005: The European Championship should be played on Belgium, but the CIJB decides to let place to Colombia to host in January 2006 the World Championship.
2006: The World Championship on Colombia is not played, first due to security of the players and later due to the eruption of the Galeras volcano.
Best players
Every year the most relevant players are awarded as the Best player:
ECU
BEL, 
FRA, 
ITA, 
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VLC
ARG, 
COL, 
MEX, 
URY
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