Iceland men's national handball team

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Iceland
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Information
NicknameStrákarnir okkar (English: Our boys)
AssociationIcelandic Handball Association
(Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
CoachSnorri Guðjónsson
Assistant coachArnór Atlason
Óskar Bjarni Óskarsson
Most capsGuðmundur Hrafnkelsson (407)
Most goalsGuðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1879)
Colours
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Team colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1958)
Best result5th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances13 (First in 2000)
Best resultBronze 3rd (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Iceland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Germany 1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Match for 11th place 12th of 16 5 1 1 3 92 90 +2
Canada 1976 Montreal did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles Match for 5th place 6th of 12 6 3 1 2 126 122 +4
South Korea 1988 Seoul Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 1 3 125 133 −8
Spain 1992 Barcelona Fourth place 4th of 12 7 3 1 3 140 146 −6
United States 1996 Atlanta did not qualify
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens Match for 9th place 9th of 12 6 2 0 4 172 183 −11
China 2008 Beijing Runners-up 2nd of 12 8 4 2 2 242 234 +8
United Kingdom 2012 London Quarter-finals 5th of 12 6 5 0 1 200 166 +34
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris
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
Germany 1938 Germany did not participate
Sweden 1954 Sweden
East Germany 1958 East Germany Preliminary round 10th of 16 3 1 0 2 46 57 −11
West Germany 1961 West Germany Main round 6th of 12 6 2 1 3 85 96 −11
Czechoslovakia 1964 Czechoslovakia Preliminary round 9th of 16 3 2 0 1 40 39 +1
Sweden 1967 Sweden did not participate
France 1970 France Placement round 11th of 16 6 2 0 4 96 112 −16
East Germany 1974 East Germany Preliminary round 14th of 16 3 0 0 3 48 66 −18
Denmark 1978 Denmark Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 0 0 3 54 68 −14
West Germany 1982 West Germany did not participate
Switzerland 1986 Switzerland Main round 6th of 16 8 4 0 4 179 188 −9
Czechoslovakia 1990 Czechoslovakia Main round 10th of 16 8 2 0 6 166 186 −20
Sweden 1993 Sweden Main round 8th of 16 8 4 0 4 178 175 +3
Iceland 1995 Iceland Round of 16 14th of 24 6 3 0 3 131 132 −1
Japan 1997 Japan Quarter-finals 5th of 24 9 7 1 1 236 203 +33
Egypt 1999 Egypt did not participate
France 2001 France Round of 16 11th of 24 6 2 1 3 152 150 +2
Portugal 2003 Portugal Ranking games 7th of 24 9 6 0 3 308 234 +74
Tunisia 2005 Tunisia Preliminary round 15th of 24 5 2 1 2 154 144 +10
Germany 2007 Germany Quarter-finals 8th of 24 10 4 0 6 276 247 +29
Croatia 2009 Croatia did not qualify
Sweden 2011 Sweden Ranking games 6th of 24 9 5 0 4 327 294 +33
Spain 2013 Spain Round of 16 12th of 24 6 3 0 3 181 166 +15
Qatar 2015 Qatar Round of 16 11th of 24 6 2 1 3 152 165 −13
France 2017 France Round of 16 14th of 24 6 1 2 3 153 152 +1
Denmark/Germany 2019 Denmark/Germany Main round 11th of 24 8 3 0 5 207 211 −4
Egypt 2021 Egypt Main round 20th of 32 6 2 0 4 172 155 +17
Poland/Sweden 2023 Poland/Sweden Main round 12th of 32 6 4 0 2 207 183 +24
Croatia/Denmark /Norway 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway to be determined
Germany 2027 Germany

European Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Portugal 1994 did not participate
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000 Match for 11th place 11th of 12 6 1 0 5 147 162 −15
Sweden 2002 Fourth place 4th of 16 8 4 2 2 221 209 +12
Slovenia 2004 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 0 1 2 87 96 −9
Switzerland 2006 Main round 7th of 16 6 2 1 3 190 191 −1
Norway 2008 Main round 11th of 16 6 2 0 4 157 172 −15
Austria 2010 Third place 3rd of 16 8 4 3 1 249 240 +9
Serbia 2012 Main round 10th of 16 6 2 1 3 177 178 −1
Denmark 2014 Fifth place game 5th of 16 7 4 1 2 199 199 0
Poland 2016 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 92 101 −9
Croatia 2018 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 74 82 −8
Austria/Norway/Sweden 2020 Main round 11th of 24 7 3 0 4 191 195 −4
Hungary/Slovakia 2022 Fifth place game 6th of 24 8 5 0 3 230 212 +18
Germany 2024 Main round 10th of 24 7 3 1 3 200 209 −9
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2026 To be determined
Portugal/Spain/Switzerland 2028
Total 13/18 78 32 10 36 2214 2246 -32

Team

Current squad

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

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 (age 38) 1.93 m 260 21 Iceland Valur
2 RW Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 26) 1.83 m 31 91 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
3 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29) 1.84 m 74 118 Germany SC Magdeburg
4 LB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 (age 33) 1.93 m 170 649 Iceland Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
7 RB Viggó Kristjánsson (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 30) 1.87 m 46 120 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
8 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 33) 1.90 m 107 372 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
9 LB Elvar Örn Jónsson (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 26) 1.85 m 68 160 Germany MT Melsungen
10 CB Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (1999-07-30) 30 July 1999 (age 24) 1.91 m 53 121 Germany SC Magdeburg
11 P Ýmir Örn Gíslason (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 26) 1.96 m 80 35 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
14 RB Ómar Ingi Magnússon (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27) 1.86 m 76 261 Germany SC Magdeburg
16 GK Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 23) 2.03 m 51 1 France HBC Nantes
17 LW Stiven Tobar Valencia (2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 (age 23) 1.84 m 8 10 Portugal SL Benfica
18 P Elliði Snær Viðarsson (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 25) 1.92 m 39 76 Germany VfL Gummersbach
21 P Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28) 2.01 m 87 94 Germany MT Melsungen
22 RW Sigvaldi Guðjónsson (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 29) 1.92 m 65 184 Norway Kolstad Håndball
23 RB Kristján Örn Kristjánsson (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 26) 1.90 m 31 60 France Pays d'Aix UC
25 CB Haukur Þrastarson (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001 (age 22) 1.93 m 25 32 Poland Industria Kielce
27 LB Einar Þorsteinn Ólafsson (2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 (age 22) 1.94 m 4 0 Denmark Fredericia HK

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[3]

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.[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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