The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that affect the developmentrnof handball sport, with specific reference in Addis Ababa handball federation.rnThe study comprises 42 handball players in Addis Ababa city club, 8 currentrnand former administrative staffs of Addis Ababa handball federation and 10rnclub coaches, 10 professionals, 2 Instructors, 1 officer and 8 referees. Inclusivernsampling is to focus on particular sampling techniques of the study which willrnbest enable to answer research questions. Then, inclusive study is used torncarry out this research. Three instruments such as questionnaire, interviewrnand observation cheek list were used. The descriptive analysis of the data wasrnanalyzed by using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The result of thernstudy clearly showed that Addis Ababa handball federation had its ownrnproblem for the growth and development of handball sport in the city. Schoolsrncommunities in a grass root level have been the main source of potentialrnplayers for handball; coaches also started their carrier in the school. The majorrnconstraints associated with Addis Ababa handball federation are found to havernvery low and shortage of finance, shortage of skilled manpower, a few numberrnof clubs, lack of facilities and equipments, no regular project training, nornfemale clubs or teams, lack of control play ground in the villages, not followingrnscientific method of training by coaches and very low level of sponsorship .Tornovercome these problems, the following recommendations have been forwarded:rnevery stakeholder such as Coaches, Instructors, Professionals and Amateursrnshould work hand to hand in order to solve the problems, the governmentrnshould give equal emphasis to handball sport like other sports and the federalrnsport commission and Addis Ababa sport commission to gather, should helprnfor the development of handball sport in different corners of the city so as tornincrease its popularity.rnKey words:- Handball, Investigate , coach , federation, project, grass root level,rnpurposive study ,Administrative staff