List of handball clubs in England sorted by England Handball Association (EHA) league:

2023 onward[1]

Men's senior competitions

EHA Premier League

Premier League North Premier League South
2023/24 Nottingham Olympia Handball Club
Liverpool Islington Handball Club 1
Loughborough West London Eagles
NEM Hawks London GD
Manchester-Trafford Carshalton Titans
Birmingham Bisons Chelsea

EHA Regional Leagues (RL)

RL North RL South 1 RL South 2 East RL South 2 West/Central
2023/24 Birmingham Bisons 2 Oxford University West London Eagles 2 Poole Phoenix Handball
Sheffield Handball Club Northampton Chelsea 2 Guildford Sabres
Nottingham 3 Bristol Brighton Bucks Mavericks
Liverpool 2 Islington Handball Club 2 Arctic Falcons Somerset Spartans
University of Birmingham Cambridge Bishop's Stortford Bristol 2
Loughborough 2 London GD 2 Islington Handball Club 3
Nottingham 2
Manchester-Trafford 2

Women's senior competitions

EHA Premier League

Premier League North Premier League South
2023/24 Loughborough London GD
Trafford Northampton
Nottingham Olympia
NEM Hawks West London Eagles
Liverpool Chelsea
Birmingham Bisons Cambridge

EHA Regional Leagues (RL)

RL South
2023/24 West London Eagles 2
Islington Handball Club
Chelsea 2
Arctic Falcons
Oxford
Olympia 2
Bristol
Poole Phoenix

2012 to 2023

Men's Clubs

Men's Super 8 English National League

The 2012/13 season saw the introduction of the Men's Super 8 English National League consisting of the top eight teams in England.

2012/132013/142014/152015/162016/17
London GD HCLondon GD HCLondon GD HCLondon GD HCLondon GD HC
Salford HCSalford HCWarrington WolvesWarrington WolvesWarrington Wolves
Manchester HCManchester HCManchester HCManchester HCNottingham
Ruislip Eagles HCRuislip Eagles HCRuislip Eagles HCRuislip Eagles HCWest London Eagles
Leeds Hornets HCLeeds Hornets HCLeeds Hornets HCLeeds Hornets HCCoventry Sharks
Cambridge HCCambridge HCCambridge HCCambridge HCCambridge HC
Deva HCDeva HCCoventry HCNEM HawksNEM Hawks
Liverpool HCOlympia HCOlympia HCOlympia HCOlympia HC

Championship North

Teams for the 2016/17 season:

  • Bolton Hussars
  • Deva HC
  • Liverpool HC
  • Manchester HC
  • University of Loughborough

Championship South

Teams for the 2016/17 season:

  • Brighton Seahawks
  • Carshalton Titans
  • Cranfield
  • Islington
  • Oly Cats
  • Poole Phoenix

South West Regional Development League

Teams for the 2016/17 season:

South East Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season:

Tier 1
Tier 2A
  • Essex Handball Club
  • Medway HC
  • Norwich HC
  • University of Kent
Tier 2B
  • Chelsea HC
  • Islington HC 2nd Team
  • Newham Flames
  • Oxford University

Midlands Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season:

  • Coventry Sharks 2nd Team
  • Nottingham 2nd Team
  • University of Birmingham HC
  • University of Lincoln HC
  • University of Loughborough HC
  • Warwick University HC

North Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season:

Women's Clubs

Women's Premier Handball League

Teams for 2016/17[2]

South West Regional Development League

Teams for the 2016/17 season[3]

North Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season[4]

Midlands Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season[5]

  • Cranfield
  • University of Birmingham HC
  • University of Loughborough HC
  • University of Loughborough HC 2nd team
  • Warwick University HC

South East Regional Development League

Teams for 2016/17 season[6][7]

Tier 1
  • Islington
  • London GD HC 2nd Team
  • Medway Dragons
  • Olympia (London) HC 2nd Team
  • Oxford University
Tier 2
  • Brighton HC
  • Chelsea HC
  • Norwich HC
  • University of Kent

Community Based

University Based

  • Bath Bombs HC
  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • Brunel
  • Cambridge University Handball Club
  • Coventry
  • Edge
  • Edinburgh
  • Essex
  • Huddersfield
  • Imperial College London
  • Lancaster
  • Leeds
  • Loughborough
  • Middlesex University
  • Newcastle
  • Northumbria
  • University of Portsmouth
  • Royal Holloway
  • Sheffield Hallam
  • Sunderland
  • University of Bath
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Chichester
  • University College London
  • Warwick
  • Westminster Handball Club

Defunct

The Hull Handball League

Handball is known to have been played in Hull from 1958 to 1962. The clubs known to have competed in the league are [14]

  • Asbestos
  • Crawford Sports
  • Hull Boys Club

Other Former Clubs

  • Bebbington Boys
  • Brentwood '72
  • Coventry[15] folded in 1983. A new club with the same name was established in 2012 [16]
  • Harrow Tech
  • Ipswich, has now been re established within ipswich
  • John Quinn (Sheffield)
  • Leicester '73
  • Leicester Computer
  • Leigh
  • Killingworth Braves (Newcastle)
  • Milton Keynes 1980
  • Kingston Polytechnic
  • Nuneaton Newdigate
  • Nuneaton Tech
  • Rose Heath
  • Wakefield Metros
  • Whitchurch (Bristol)
  • Wolverhampton Polytechnic '83

References

  1. "Match Centre Page". England Handball. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. "Super 8 - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
  3. "South West - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
  4. "North - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
  5. "Midlands - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
  6. "Women's South East Regional Tier 1 - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
  7. "South East Regional Development League Tier 2 - England Handball Association". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
  8. "Home - City of Nottingham Handball Club". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02.
  9. "Gedling Warriors Handball Club - Home". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  10. https://www.facebook.com/IslingtonHandballClub
  11. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reading-Handball-Club/1407452712809079?ref=hl
  12. "Official Stroud Handball Club". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  13. http://www.facebook.com/SwanseaCityHandballClub
  14. "British Handball History: The Hull Handball League 1958-62 (part 2)". 28 August 2012.
  15. "British Handball History: Coventry Handball Club". 4 September 2012.
  16. "Coventry Handball Club".
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