Greenland men's national handball team

Greenland
Information
NicknameKalaallit (Greenlanders)
AssociationGreenland Handball Federation
CoachJohannes Groth
Most capsRasmus Larsen
Most goalsJakob Larsen
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2001)
Best result20th (2001)
Pan American Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1998)
Best result 3rd (2002, 2006)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Greenland national handball team (Danish: Grønlands håndboldlandshold) is the national handball team of Greenland and is controlled by the Greenland Handball Federation. Greenland is the only non-independent territory to have its team taken part in the World Men's Handball Championship.

Tournament record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 to 1997 Did not participate
Egypt 1999 Did not qualify
France 2001 First round 20th place 5 1 0 4 85 140
Portugal 2003 First round 24th place 5 0 0 5 100 152
Tunisia 2005 Did not qualify
Germany 2007 Preliminary round 22nd place 6 1 0 5 160 197
2009 to 2025 Did not qualify
2027 to 2031 TBD
Total 3/30 16 2 0 14 345 489

Pan American Championship

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
1980 Did not enter
1981
1983
1985
1989
1994
1996
1998 5th 6 3 0 3 127 155 -28
2000 5th 5 3 0 2 125 114 +11
2002 3rd 5 4 0 1 127 83 +44
2004 5th
2006 3rd
2008 5th
2010 6th
2012 5th
2014 5th
2016 5th
2018 4th
Total 11/18 - - - - - -

Nor.Ca. Championship

North American Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA
Mexico 2014 1st place 4 4 0 0 131 109
Mexico 2018 Did not participate
Mexico 2022 2nd place 4 1 1 2 113 122
Mexico 2024 3rd place 6 4 0 2 172 162
Total 3/4 14 9 1 4 416 393

Player statistics

Most capped players
Player Games Position
Rasmus Larsen 110 P
Jakob Larsen 87
Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed 84 OB
Top scorers
Player Goals Position
Jakob Larsen 506
Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed 313 OB
Rasmus Larsen 229 P
Minik Dahl Høegh 190 OB
Angutimmarik Kreutzmann 157 OB