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Iceland men's national handball team

The Icelandic men's national handball team represents Iceland in international men's handball. It is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association.

Honours

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Snorri Gudjonsson

Past squads

2008 Olympic Games (2nd place)

All Star Team: Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (left wing), Snorri Guðjónsson (centre back), Ólafur Stefánsson (right back)
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, Logi Geirsson, Bjarni Fritzson, Sigfús Sigurðsson, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Arnór Atlason, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Snorri Guðjónsson, Ólafur Stefánsson, Sturla Ásgeirsson, Alexander Petersson, Hreiðar Guðmundsson, Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Róbert Gunnarsson, Ingimundur Ingimundarson.

Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

2010 European Championship (3rd place)

All Star Team: Ólafur Stefánsson (right back)
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, Hreiðar Guðmundsson, Vignir Svavarsson, Logi Geirsson, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Arnór Atlason, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Snorri Guðjónsson, Ólafur Stefánsson, Alexander Petersson, Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Róbert Gunnarsson, Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Sturla Ásgeirsson, Þórir Ólafsson, Aron Pálmarsson, Ólafur Guðmundsson, Rúnar Kárason.

Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

List of coaches

List of captains

Individual all-time records

  Players still active with national team are highlighted.

Most matches played

Last updated: 6 March 2023
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is) Archived 17 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

Most goals scored

Last updated: 26 January 2021
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is) Archived 17 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

Record against Nordic countries

All games, including European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games.

Last updated: 2 January 2016
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is) Archived 22 April 2009 at the National and University Library of Iceland

Kit suppliers

Since 2006, Iceland's kits have been supplied by Kempa.

Following their silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the penises of the team were cast in a silvery material and are on display at the Icelandic Phallological Museum.[4]

References

  1. ^ "18 manna leikmannahópur Íslands fyrir EM" (in Icelandic). hsi.is. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Team roster: Iceland". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Arnór verður fyrirliði eins og bróðir sinn" (in Icelandic). visir.is. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ "At Iceland's Phallological Museum, size is everything". The Independent. London. Agence France-Presse. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.

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