Iceland men's national handball team

Iceland
Information
Nickname	Strákarnir okkar (Template:Lang-en)
Association	Icelandic Handball Association (Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
Coach	Snorri Guðjónsson
Assistant coach	Arnór Atlason
Captain	Aron Pálmarsson
Most caps	Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson (407)
Most goals	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1879)
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	7 (First in 1972)
Best result	2nd (2008)
World Championship
Appearances	22 (First in 1958)
Best result	5th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 2000)
Best result	3rd (2010)
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Iceland men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Team
European Championship
	2010 Austria

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

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	1	0	1
World Championship	0	0	0	0
European Championship	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	1	2

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 Berlin	did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Match for 11th place	12th of 16	5	1	1	3	92	90	+2
1976 Montreal	did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 5th place	6th of 12	6	3	1	2	126	122	+4
1988 Seoul	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	1	3	125	133	−8
1992 Barcelona	Fourth place	4th of 12	7	3	1	3	140	146	−6
1996 Atlanta	did not qualify
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens	Match for 9th place	9th of 12	6	2	0	4	172	183	−11
2008 Beijing	Runners-up	2nd of 12	8	4	2	2	242	234	+8
2012 London	Quarter-finals	5th of 12	6	5	0	1	200	166	+34
2016 Rio de Janeiro	did not qualify
2020 Tokyo
Total	7/12	0 Titles	44	20	6	18	1,097	1,074	+23

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1938 Germany	did not participate
1954 Sweden
1958 East Germany	Preliminary round	10th of 16	3	1	0	2	46	57	−11
1961 West Germany	Main round	6th of 12	6	2	1	3	85	96	−11
1964 Czechoslovakia	Preliminary round	9th of 16	3	2	0	1	40	39	+1
1967 Sweden	did not participate
1970 France	Placement round	11th of 16	6	2	0	4	96	112	−16
1974 East Germany	Preliminary round	14th of 16	3	0	0	3	48	66	−18
1978 Denmark	Preliminary round	13th of 16	3	0	0	3	54	68	−14
1982 West Germany	did not participate
1986 Switzerland	Main round	6th of 16	8	4	0	4	179	188	−9
1990 Czechoslovakia	Main round	10th of 16	8	2	0	6	166	186	−20
1993 Sweden	Main round	8th of 16	8	4	0	4	178	175	+3
1995 Iceland	Round of 16	14th of 24	6	3	0	3	131	132	−1
1997 Japan	Quarter-finals	5th of 24	9	7	1	1	236	203	+33
1999 Egypt	did not participate
2001 France	Round of 16	11th of 24	6	2	1	3	152	150	+2
2003 Portugal	Ranking games	7th of 24	9	6	0	3	308	234	+74
2005 Tunisia	Preliminary round	15th of 24	5	2	1	2	154	144	+10
2007 Germany	Quarter-finals	8th of 24	10	4	0	6	276	247	+29
2009 Croatia	did not qualify
2011 Sweden	Ranking games	6th of 24	9	5	0	4	327	294	+33
2013 Spain	Round of 16	12th of 24	6	3	0	3	181	166	+15
2015 Qatar	Round of 16	11th of 24	6	2	1	3	152	165	−13
2017 France	Round of 16	14th of 24	6	1	2	3	153	152	+1
/ 2019 Denmark/Germany	Main round	11th of 24	8	3	0	5	207	211	−4
2021 Egypt	Main round	20th of 32	6	2	0	4	172	155	+17
/ 2023 Poland/Sweden	Main round	12th of 32	6	4	0	2	207	183	+24
/ / 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway	to be determined
2027 Germany

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1994	did not participate
1996
1998
2000	Match for 11th place	11th of 12	5	0	0	5	121	137	−16
2002	Fourth place	4th of 16	10	5	3	2	221	209	+12
2004	Preliminary round	13th of 16	3	0	1	2	87	96	−9
2006	Main round	7th of 16	8	3	2	3	190	191	−1
2008	Main round	11th of 16	8	2	0	6	151	178	−27
2010	Third place	3rd of 16	8	4	3	1	249	240	+9
2012	Main round	10th of 16	6	2	1	3	177	178	−1
2014	Fifth place game	5th of 16	7	4	1	2	199	199	0
2016	Preliminary round	13th of 16	3	1	0	2	92	101	−9
2018	Preliminary round	13th of 16	3	1	0	2	74	82	−8
// 2020	Main round	11th of 24	7	3	0	4	191	195	−4
/ 2022	Fifth place game	6th of 24	9	6	0	3	259	240	+19
2024	Qualified
// 2026	To be determined
// 2028

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Snorri Gudjonsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 1.93 m 258 21 Valur 2 RW Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 1.83 m 30 89 Kadetten Schaffhausen 3 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 1.86 m 72 114 Kolstad Håndball 4 LB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 1.93 m 158 618 Aalborg Håndbold 6 LB Einar Þorsteinn Ólafsson (2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 1.94 m 2 0 Frederica 7 RB Viggó Kristjánsson (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 1.89 m 44 114club=SC DHfK Leipzig 8 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 1.91 m 105 365 Telekom Veszprém 9 CB Elvar Örn Jónsson (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.89 m 66 157 MT Melsungen 10 CB Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (1999-07-30) 30 July 1999 1.91 m 51 157 SC Magdeburg 11 P Ýmir Örn Gíslason (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 1.95 m 76 35 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 13 LB Stiven Tober Valencia (2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 1.84 m 6 6 Benfica 14 RB Ómar Ingi Magnússon (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 1.86 m 74 354 SC Magdeburg 16 GK Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 2.03 m 49 1 HBC Nantes 18 P Elliði Snær Viðarsson (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 1.91 m 37 68 VfL Gummersbach 21 P Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 2.00 m 85 94 MT Melsungen 22 RW Sigvaldi Guðjónsson (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 1.92 m 63 172 Kolstad Håndball 23 RB Kristján Örn Kristjánsson (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 1.92 m 29 260club=Pays d'Aix UC 25 lb Haukur Þrastarson (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001 1.93 m 23 28 club=Industria Kielce 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 # Period Coach 1 1950 Sigurður Magnússon 2 1958 Hallsteinn Hinriksson 3 1959 Frímann Gunnlaugsson 4 1961–1963 Hallsteinn Hinriksson (2nd period) 5 1964–1967 Karl Benediktsson 6 1968 Birgir Björnsson 7 1968–1972 Hilmar Björnsson (5) 1973–1974 Karl Benediktsson (2nd period) (6) 1974–1975 Birgir Björnsson (2nd period) 8 1975–1976 Viðar Símonarson 9 1976–1977 Janus Czerwinsky (6) 1977–1978 Birgir Björnsson (3rd period) 10 1978–1980 Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (7) 1980–1983 Hilmar Björnsson (2nd period) 11 1983–1990 Bogdan Kowalczyk 12 1990–1995 Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson 13 1995–2001 Þorbjörn Jensson 14 2001–2004 Guðmundur Guðmundsson 15 2004–2006 Viggó Sigurðsson 16 2006–2008 Alfreð Gíslason (14) 2008–2012 Guðmundur Guðmundsson (2nd period) 17 2012–2016 Aron Kristjánsson 18 2016–2018 Geir Sveinsson (14) 2018–2023 Guðmundur Guðmundsson (3rd period) 19 2023 Gunnar Magnússon / Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson 20 2023– Snorri Guðjónsson List of captains # Period Captain 1986 1991 Þorgils Óttar Mathiesen 1991 1999 Geir Sveinsson 1999 2005 Dagur Sigurðsson 2005 2012 Ólafur Stefánsson 2012 2020 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 2020 Aron Pálmarsson Individual all-time records   Players still active with national team are highlighted. Most matches played Player Matches Goals Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson 407 0 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 365 1,879 Geir Sveinsson 340 502 Ólafur Stefánsson 330 1,570 Júlíus Jónasson 288 703 Róbert Gunnarsson 276 773 Valdimar Grímsson 271 940 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 257 846 Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson 255 420 Björgvin Páll Gústavsson 252 21 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 Player Goals Matches Average Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 1,879 365 5.15 Ólafur Stefánsson 1,570 330 4.76 Kristján Arason 1,123 245 4.58 Valdimar Grímsson 940 271 3.47 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 846 257 3.29 Róbert Gunnarsson 773 276 2.80 Sigurður Valur Sveinsson 736 242 3.04 Alexander Petersson 726 186 3.90 Júlíus Jónasson 703 288 2.44 Patrekur Jóhannesson 634 241 2.63 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. Opponent Played Win Draw Lost Denmark 107 35 15 55 Faroe Islands 13 12 0 1 Finland 13 9 3 1 Greenland 3 3 0 0 Norway 88 41 15 29 Sweden 67 10 3 54 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. References External links Official website IHF profile