The Handball Federation of Montenegro (RSCG) (Montenegrin

Montenegrin language

Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

: Rukometni savez Crne Gore) is the governing body of team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 in Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. It is based in Podgorica

Podgorica

Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...

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It organizes the handball leagues:

• Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball
  Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball
  The Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball is the top men's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Montenegro...
  
  
• Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball
  Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball
  The Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball is the lower Men's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Montenegro...
  
  
• Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball
  Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball
  The Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball is the top women's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organised by the Handball Federation of Montenegro. The league comprises four teams.- Clubs for the 2007/2008 season :*WHC Petrol Bonus - Podgorica...
  
  
• Montenegrin Second League of Women's Handball
  Montenegrin Second League of Women's Handball
  The Montenegrin Second League of Women's Handball is the lower Women's team handball league in Montenegro. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Montenegro. The league comprises five teams.- Clubs for the 2007/2008 season :*ŽRK 067 - Podgorica...
  
  

It also organizes the Montenegrin national handball team

Montenegro national handball team

The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions.The head coach is Miodrag Miško Popović.- Current squad :This list represents the Montenegro:Goalkeepers: *Golub Doknić*Rade MijatovićWings:...

 and the Montenegrin women's national handball team

Montenegro women's national handball team

The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions.As of September 2010, the team is coached by Dragan Adžić .-European Championship:*2010 – 6th place-Current squad:...

 as well as the Montenegrin national under-21 handball team

Montenegro national under-21 handball team

The Montenegro national under-21 handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions.-Current squad:This list represents the Montenegro squad at the 2007Goalkeepers:*Marko Danilović *Dalibor Petković *Goran Anđelić Wings:...

 and Montenegrin women's national under-21 handball team

Montenegro women's national under-21 handball team

The Montenegro women's national under-21 handball team represents Montenegro in international under-21 handball competitions.The current head coach is Nikola Petrović.-Current squad:This list represents the Montenegro squad at the 2007 European Championship....

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History

The Handball Federation of Montenegro was founded on 26 January 1958, while under the Yugoslav Handball Federation. Upon Montenegro's independence from Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

, the Handball Federation of Montenegro represented the country. It joined the European Handball Federation

European Handball Federation

The European Handball Federation is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded in November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and one associated member , and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria...

 and the International Handball Federation

International Handball Federation

The International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...

on 7 August 2006.

Presidents

• Mirčeta Pešić (1961-1964)
• Slobodan Filipović (1964-1974)
• Osman Šabanadžović (1974-1982)
• Milan Paović (1982-1983)
• Slobodan Koljević(1983-1984)
• Rade Đuričković(1984-1985)
• Ratko Nikolić (1985-1990)
• Jusuf Bibezić (1990-1994)
• Radovan Nikolić (1994-1998)
• Radomir Đurđić (1998 - Present)