Malta Handball Association

The Malta men’s national beach handball team has a recent but rapidly growing history.

The team made its European debut in July 2024, competing in the EHF Beach Handball Championships in Bulgaria, and achieved a historic milestone by qualifying for the EHF Beach Handball EURO 2025 in Turkey for the first time.

In 2013, the Malta Handball Association (MHA) began laying the foundations by organizing the first official courses with the support of international instructors.

In 2018, the first unofficial national team, known as the Melita Falcons, was formed, composed primarily of players from the national indoor team and coached by Ian Psaila that started his job since 2015.

Their international debut came in July 2024, when, under the guidance of coach Gábor Báthori, men’s team made its official debut at the EHF Championships in Varna.

Despite making their debut, the maltese guys finished the tournament in 10th place overall, playing hard-fought matches against more experienced teams like Bulgaria, France, and Turkey.

Their European recognition came in 2025. After the experience in Varna, the national team competed in preparatory tournaments such as our Calise Cup in Italy, before making their historic debut with coach Pedro Teixeira at the EHF Beach Handball EURO in Alanya, Turkey.

The team has continental powerhouses like Denmark and Croatia, continuing to mature and aiming to close the gap with the major national teams and constantly develop the island movement.

Project’s growth is being overseen by the Malta Handball Association (MHA), which is working to take the movement from a purely amateur dimension to a highly competitive European level.

Now they are coming back in Gaeta and we wish them new experience and ro continue to grow up