The continued success of the sport looks promising with the ongoing popularity of the handball game in Hungary, which has more than 28,000 active players across 578 teams, 54% of active players are under 18 years.

The continued success of the sport looks promising with the ongoing popularity of the handball game in Hungary, which has more than 28,000 active players across 578 teams, 54% of active players are under 18 years. The Hungarian Handball Federation “HHF” was founded in 1933, becoming a member of the International Handball Federation in 1948 and it is one of the founding members of the European Handball Federation. The Hungarian Handball Federation, recognizing the popularity of handball sport as a free-time activity has elaborated a long term strategy to develop the sport as a Preferred National Sport in Hungary.

Hungarian Handball Federation together with its development partners decided to found a modern training complex, the National Handball Academy, in order to provide up-todate competition, training and educational facility for the different types of handball sports. The planned multifunctional complex would serve as a base for other court games like basketball, volleyball, futsal, tennis, wrestling, fencing, etc. The design of the facility reflects both the functional specification of the Hungarian Handball Federation and the requirements of other court games, on both a professional and amateur level. In addition to the core sports functions, the facility has been designed to integrate educational, conference and touristic features in order to increase the viability of the project. The positioning of the different buildings has been designed to create all access areas on the front entrance of the site while offering quiet zones for the sportsmen at the back.