Iceland national handball team

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Iceland
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Information
Nickname Strákarnir okkar (English: Our boys)
Association Icelandic Handball Association
(Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
Coach Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Assistant coach Óskar Bjarni Óskarsson
Most caps Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson, 407
Most goals Ólafur Stefánsson, 1497
Ranking #12[1] (88 points)
Colours
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Team colours
Team colours
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Team colours
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Home
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Team colours
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 6 (First in 1972)
Best result 2nd, 2008
World Championship
Appearances 16 (First in 1958)
Best result 5th, 1997
European Championship
Appearances 7 (First in 2000)
Best result 3rd, 2010
Infobox last updated on: 16 January 2012.
Medal record

Competitor for  Iceland
Men’s Handball
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing Team
European Championship
Bronze 2010 Austria Team

The Iceland national handball team is the national handball team of Iceland and is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association.

Contents

[edit] Performance timeline

[edit] World Championships

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Nazi Germany 1938 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Sweden 1954 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
East Germany 1958 Preliminary round 10 3 1 0 2 46 57 -11
West Germany 1961 Main round 6 6 2 1 3 85 96 -11
Czechoslovakia 1964 Preliminary round 9 3 2 0 1 40 39 +1
Sweden 1967 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
France 1970 Placement round 11 6 2 0 4 96 112 -16
East Germany 1974 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 48 66 -18
Denmark 1978 Preliminary round 13 3 0 0 3 54 68 -14
West Germany 1982 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Switzerland 1986 Main round 6 8 4 0 4 179 188 -9
Czechoslovakia 1990 Main round 10 8 2 0 6 166 186 -20
Sweden 1993 Main round 8 8 4 0 4 178 175 +3
Iceland 1995 Eighth-finals 14 6 3 0 3 131 132 -1
Japan 1997 Quarter-finals 5 9 7 1 1 236 203 +33
Egypt 1999 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
France 2001 Eighth-finals 11 6 2 1 3 152 150 +2
Portugal 2003 Ranking games 7 10 7 0 3 308 234 +74
Tunisia 2005 Preliminary round 15 5 2 1 2 154 144 +10
Germany 2007 Quarter-finals 8 10 4 0 6 276 247 +29
Croatia 2009 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Sweden 2011 Ranking games 6 11 7 0 4 327 294 +33
Total 15/22 0 Titles 94 42 4 48 2149 2097 +52
Spain 2013 Not yet qualified. - - - - - - - -

[edit] European Championships

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Portugal 1994 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Spain 1996 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Italy 1998 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Croatia 2000 Preliminary round 11 5 0 0 5 121 137 -16
Sweden 2002 Semi-finals 4 10 5 3 2 221 209 +12
Slovenia 2004 Preliminary round 13 3 0 1 2 87 96 -9
Switzerland 2006 Main round 7 8 3 2 3 190 191 -1
Norway 2008 Main round 11 8 2 0 6 151 178 -27
Austria 2010 Bronze medal game 3 10 5 4 1 249 240 +9
Serbia 2012 Main Round 10 6 2 1 3 177 178 -1
Total 7/10 0 Titles 50 17 11 22 1196 1229 -33
Denmark 2014 Not yet qualified. - - - - - - - -

[edit] Olympic games

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Nazi Germany 1936 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
West Germany 1972 Preliminary round 12 5 1 1 3 92 90 +2
Canada 1976 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Soviet Union 1980 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
United States 1984 Quarter-finals 6 6 3 1 2 126 122 +4
South Korea 1988 Quarter-finals 8 6 2 1 3 125 133 -8
Spain 1992 Semi-finals 4 7 3 1 3 140 146 -6
United States 1996 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Australia 2000 Did not participate. - - - - - - - -
Greece 2004 Preliminary round 9 6 2 0 4 172 183 -11
China 2008 Runner-up 2 8 4 2 2 242 234 +8
Total 6/11 0 Titles 38 15 6 17 897 908 -11
United Kingdom 2012 Not yet qualified. - - - - - - - -

[edit] Team

[edit] Current squad

The players are listed according to their kit number at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.

Number Player Age Caps Goals Average Club
1 Björgvin Páll Gústavsson 24 May 1985 101 3 0.03 Germany SC Magdeburg
2 Vignir Svavarsson 20 June 1980 161 179 1.11 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
3 Kári Kristján Kristjánsson 28 October 1984 38 36 0.95 Germany HSG Wetzlar
4 Aron Pálmarsson 19 July 1990 52 151 2.90 Germany THW Kiel
5 Ingimundur Ingimundarson 29 January 1980 104 74 0.71 Iceland Fram
6 Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson 17 February 1984 160 212 1.33 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
7 Arnór Atlason 23 July 1984 125 302 2.42 Denmark AG København
8 Þórir Ólafsson 28 November 1979 71 174 2.45 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
9 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 8 August 1979 260 1,277 4.91 Denmark AG København
12* Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson 1 September 1989 7 0 0.00 Iceland Haukar
14 Ólafur Andrés Guðmundsson 13 May 1990 33 23 0.70 Denmark Nordsjælland
15 Alexander Petersson 2 July 1980 135 529 3.92 Germany Fuchse Berlin
17 Sverre Andreas Jakobsson 8 February 1977 122 27 0.22 Germany TV Grosswallstadt
18 Róbert Gunnarsson 22 May 1980 200 623 3.12 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
19* Rúnar Kárason 24 May 1988 29 59 2.03 Germany Bergischer HC
21 Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson 12 July 1988 13 4 0.31 Iceland HK
13* Oddur Grétarsson 20 July 1990 18 31 1.72 Iceland Akureyri
16* Hreiðar Guðmundsson 29 November 1980 127 2 0.02 Norway Nøtterøy IF
  • Oddur Grétarsson was named as the 16th player on the roster on 20 January 2012.[2] Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson and Rúnar Kárason replaced Oddur Grétarsson and Hreiðar Guðmundsson after the preliminary round.[3]

Last updated: 25 January 2012, goals, caps and average are accurate as of 25 January 2012.
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is) & ehf-euro.com

[edit] 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

[edit] Coaching history

[edit] Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted.

[edit] Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

#
 Player
 Matches
 Goals
1 Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson 407 0
2 Geir Sveinsson 340 502
3 Ólafur Stefánsson Team captain 315  1,497
4 Júlíus Jónasson 288 703
5 Valdimar Grímsson 271 940
6 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 260 1,277
7 Jakob Óskar Sigurðsson 247 303
8 Þorgils Óttar Mathiesen 247 575
9 Kristján Arason 245 1,123
10 Sigurður Valur Sveinsson 242 736

Last updated: 25 January 2012
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)

[edit] Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

# Player
 Goals Matches Average
1 Ólafur Stefánsson Team captain 1,497 315 4.75
2 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 1,277 260 4.91
3 Kristján Arason 1,123 245 4.58
4 Valdimar Grímsson 940 271 3.47
5 Sigurður Valur Sveinsson 736 242 3.04
6 Júlíus Jónasson 703 288 2.44
7 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 660 183 3.61
8 Patrekur Jóhannesson 634 241 2.63
9 Róbert Gunnarsson 623 200 3.12
10 Þorgils Óttar Mathiesen 575 247 2.33

Last updated: 25 January 2012
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)

[edit] References

  1. ^ International Handball Federation. "Ranking table". http://ihf.info/TheGame/RankingTable/tabid/98/Default.aspx?month=7&year=2010&teamCatID=2. Retrieved 16 January 2012. 
  2. ^ Vísir.is. "Oddur tekinn inn í landsliðshópinn" (in Icelandic). http://www.visir.is/oddur-tekinn-inn-i-landslidshopinn/article/2012120129964. Retrieved 20 January 2012. 
  3. ^ Vísir.is. "Tvær breytingar á landsliðinu" (in Icelandic). http://www.visir.is/tvaer-breytingar-a-landslidinu-%7C-runar-og-aron-koma-inn/article/2012120129834. Retrieved 21 January 2012. 

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