IHF World Player of the Year
Sport | Handball |
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Competition | International Handball |
Awarded for | Best Performance in International Handball Competitions |
History | |
First award | 1988 |
Most wins | Nikola Karabatić (2007, 2014, 2016) Cristina Neagu (2010, 2015, 2016) |
Most recent | Men's - Nikola Karabatić (3rd Title) Women's - Cristina Neagu (3rd Title) |
The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media and fans.
About
The award was awarded by IHF since 1988 in both Men's and Women's Category separately.
No award was awarded in the year 1991, 1992, 1993.
Men
Women
Previous awards
While the IHF has only reported awards since 1988, other players have been voted best players in the world before.
Thus, the Romanian Ștefan Birtalan was elected World Player of the Year in 1974, 1976 and 1977.[8]
Best players of all time
In 1992, Gheorghe Gruia of Romania was named Best Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation.[9][10]
In 2000, the Swedish Magnus Wislander and the Ukrainian Zinaida Turchyna were elected Players of the 20th Century by the IHF.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Player of the Year - Men 2008". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Player of the Year - Men 2009". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010". IHF. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Alexandra do Nascimento and Daniel Narcisse are GRUNDFOS World Handball Players of the Year 2012". International Handball Federation. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Player of the Year - Women 2008". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Player of the Year - Women 2009". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "HANDBALL LEGEND AMAZED BY CL FINAL". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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- ^ "Gheorghe Gruia: La zurda rumana que dominó el mundo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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- ^ "Турчина — лучшая гандболистка века" (in Russian). kommersant.ru. Retrieved 19 March 2017.