Iceland national handball team

Iceland
Information
Nickname Strákarnir okkar (English: Our boys)
Association Icelandic Handball Association
(Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
Coach Aron Kristjánsson
Assistant coach Gunnar Magnússon
Most caps Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson (407)
Most goals Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1633)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 7 (first in 1972)
Best result 2nd (2008)
World Championship
Appearances 17 (first in 1958)
Best result 5th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances 8 (first in 2000)
Best result 3rd (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Iceland national handball team
Medal record
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.

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 Not yet qualified
Total 7/12 0 Titles 44 20 6 18 1,097 1,074 +23

World Championships

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 10 7 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 participate
Sweden 2011 Sweden Ranking games 6th of 24 11 7 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 Not yet qualified
Total 18/25 0 Titles 106 47 5 54 2,482 2,428 +54

European Championships

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Portugal 1994 Portugal Did not participate
Spain 1996 Spain
Italy 1998 Italy
Croatia 2000 Croatia Match for 11th place 11th of 12 5 0 0 5 121 137 −16
Sweden 2002 Sweden Fourth Place 4th of 16 10 5 3 2 221 209 +12
Slovenia 2004 Slovenia Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 0 1 2 87 96 −9
Switzerland 2006 Switzerland Main round 7th of 16 8 3 2 3 190 191 −1
Norway 2008 Norway Main round 11th of 16 8 2 0 6 151 178 −27
Austria 2010 Austria Third Place 3rd of 16 10 5 4 1 249 240 +9
Serbia 2012 Serbia Main round 10th of 16 6 2 1 3 177 178 −1
Denmark 2014 Denmark Fifth place game 5th of 16 7 4 1 2 199 199 0
Poland 2016 Poland Not yet qualified
Total 8/11 0 Titles 57 21 12 24 1,395 1,428 −33

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson 24 May 1985 1.93 m 161 3 Germany Bergischer HC
2 P Vignir Svavarsson 20 June 1980 1.94 m 220 239 Denmark HC Midtjylland
3 P Kári Kristjánsson 28 October 1984 1.98 m 95 112 Iceland Valur
4 LB Aron Pálmarsson 19 July 1990 1.93 m 92 343 Germany THW Kiel
6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson 17 February 1984 1.91 m 217 366 France USAM Nîmes
7 LB Arnór Atlason 23 July 1984 1.91 m 164 387 France Saint-Raphaël VHB
9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (c) 8 August 1979 1.87 m 310 1633 Spain Barcelona
10 CB Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 17 October 1981 1.87 m 245 828 France Sélestat
12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson 1 September 1989 2.02 m 47 0 Sweden Eskilstuna Guif
14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson 23 October 1987 1.81 m 45 92 Germany Bergischer HC
15 RB Alexander Petersson 2 July 1980 1.86 m 167 673 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
17 P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson 8 February 1977 1.96 m 180 27 Iceland KA Akureyrar
18 P Róbert Gunnarsson 22 May 1980 1.90 m 259 743 France Paris Saint-Germain
19 LB Sigurbergur Sveinsson 12 August 1987 1.89 m 56 65 Germany HC Erlangen
22 LW Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson 19 May 1990 1.96 m 41 45 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson 10 August 1988 2.01 m 34 9 Germany EHV Aue
27 CB Gunnar Steinn Jónsson 4 May 1987 1.95 m 24 20 Germany VfL Gummersbach

Apps and goals correct as of 26 January 2015 from the HSÍ website.[2][3] Gunnar Steinn Jónsson replaced Aron Pálmarsson on 24 January, because of injury.[4]

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 captains

# Period Captain
N/A 2012 Ólafur Stefánsson
2012 - Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

List of coaches

# Period Coach
1 1950 Sigurður Magnússon
2 1958 Hallsteinn Hinriksson
3 1959 Frímann Gunnlaugsson
4 1961–1963 Hinrik Hallsteinsson
5 1964–1967 Karl Benediktsson
6 1968 Birgir Björnsson
7 1968–1972 Hilmar Björnsson
(5) 1973–1974 Karl Benediktsson
(6) 1974–1975 Birgir Björnsson
8 1975–1976 Viðar Símonarson
9 1976–1977 Janus Czerwinsky
(6) 1977–1978 Birgir Björnsson
10 1978–1980 Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson
(7) 1980–1983 Hilmar Björnsson
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
17 2012–present Aron Kristjánsson

Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted.

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 330 1,570
4 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 310 1,633
5 Júlíus Jónasson 288 703
6 Valdimar Grímsson 271 940
7 Róbert Gunnarsson 259 743
8 Þorgils Óttar Mathiesen 247 575
Jakob Óskar Sigurðsson 247 303
10 Kristján Arason 245 1,123
Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 245 828

Last updated: 26 January 2015
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

# Player Goals Matches Average
1 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 1,633 310 5.27
2 Ólafur Stefánsson 1,570 330 4.76
3 Kristján Arason 1,123 245 4.58
4 Valdimar Grímsson 940 271 3.47
5 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 828 245 3.38
6 Róbert Gunnarsson 743 259 2.87
7 Sigurður Valur Sveinsson 736 242 3.04
8 Júlíus Jónasson 703 288 2.44
9 Alexander Petersson 673 167 4.03
10 Patrekur Jóhannesson 634 241 2.63

Last updated: 26 January 2015
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)

Record against Nordic countries

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

Opponent Played Win Draw Lost
Denmark 106 35 15 54
Faroe Islands 13 12 0 1
Finland 13 9 3 1
Greenland 3 3 0 0
Norway 84 40 15 29
Sweden 67 10 3 54

Last updated: 26 January 2015
Source: Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)

Kit suppliers

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

References

  1. ↑ 2015 World Championship roster
  2. ↑ http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-karla/landslidsmenn/
  3. ↑ "Aron hefur valið HM hópinn" (in Icelandic). Icelandic Handball Association. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gunnar Steinn í stað Arons". ruv.is (in Icelandic). The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

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