Iceland national handball team

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Iceland

Nickname	Strákarnir okkar
Association
Most caps	Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson
Most goals	{{{Most goals}}}
Home colours 　 Away colours
World Handball Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1958)
Best result	5th place, 1997
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th place, 2002

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

Contents 1 World Championship record 2 European Championship record 3 Olympics record 4 Players 5 Famous past players 6 Famous coaches

[edit] World Championship record

• 1961 - 9
• 1961 - 6
• 1970 - 11
• 1986 - 6
• 1986 B 1
• 1990 - 10
• 1993 - 8
• 1995 - 13-16
• 1997 - 5
• 2001 - 11
• 2003 - 7
• 2005 - 15
• 2007 - 8

[edit] European Championship record

Iceland's best performance in the European Championships.

• 1994 -
• 1996 -
• 1998 -
• 2000 - 11:a
• 2002 - 4:a
• 2004 - 13
• 2006 - 7:a

[edit] Olympics record

Iceland's best performance in the Summer Olympics.

• 1972 - 12
• 1976 -
• 1980 -
• 1984 -
• 1988 - 8
• 1992 - 4
• 1996 -
• 2000 -
• 2004 - 9

[edit] Players

The players are listed according to their dress numbers, as of 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.

• 1 Roland Eradze
• 2 Vignir Svavarsson
• 3 Logi Geirsson
• 4 Einar Örn Jónsson
• 5 Sigfús Sigurðsson
• 6 Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson
• 7 Arnór Atlason
• 8 Markús Máni Michaelsson
• 9 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
• 10 Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson
• 11 Ólafur Stefánsson
• 12 Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson
• 14 Ragnar Óskarsson
• 15 Alexander Petersson
• 16 Hreiðar Guðmundsson
• 17 Sverre Jakobsson
• 18 Róbert Gunnarsson

[edit] Famous past players

• Alfreð Gíslason
• Geir Sveinsson
• Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson
• Július Jónasson
• Kristján Arason
• Sigurður Sveinsson
• Valdimar Grímsson
• Bjarki Sigurðsson

[edit] Famous coaches

• Alfreð Gíslason
• Bogdan Kowalczyk
• Guðmundur Guðmundsson

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