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Handball SA (formerly THASA) is the administrative body for team handball in South Australia and is based in Adelaide.

Handball SA's primary purpose is to promote and develop team handball in South Australia, run junior and educational programs and administer team handball competition in the state. Handball SA is operated by a committee of volunteers whose current president is Lucas Turecek.

THASA, as Handball SA was then known, was founded in 1987 and its first president was Dithe Schultz. The fortunes of the organization have been mixed since its inception. In the period 1992-2000 THASA oversaw a competition of 5 men's teams and 2 women's teams. Following this period, THASA was inactive for two years before it reformed in 2002 and has existed in varying capacities since that time. In 2010, THASA was officially renamed Handball SA.

Handball SA has sent both men's and women's teams to represent South Australia in the annual Australian Handball Federation National Championships on a sporadic basis since 1989. In the 2010 Championships the women's and men's teams placed 3rd and 6th respectively.

Since 2009, Handball SA has also run a beach handball competitions during the summer months on various beaches in Adelaide. Handball SA hosted the National Beach Handball Championships in January 2010 at Glenelg, South Australia.