Iceland men's national handball team

Iceland
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
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (First in 1972)
Best result 2nd (2008)
World Championship
Appearances23 (First in 1958)
Best result5th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances13 (First in 2000)
Best result 3rd (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Iceland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
European Championship
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 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
1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich Match for 11th place 12th of 16 5 1 1 3 92 90 +2
1976 Montreal did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles Match for 5th place 6th of 12 6 3 1 2 126 122 +4
1988 Seoul Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 1 3 125 133 −8
1992 Barcelona Fourth place 4th of 12 7 3 1 3 140 146 −6
1996 Atlanta did not qualify
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens Match for 9th place 9th of 12 6 2 0 4 172 183 −11
2008 Beijing Runners-up 2nd of 12 8 4 2 2 242 234 +8
2012 London Quarter-finals 5th of 12 6 5 0 1 200 166 +34
2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
2020 Tokyo
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
1938 Germany did not participate
1954 Sweden
1958 East Germany Preliminary round 10th of 16 3 1 0 2 46 57 −11
1961 West Germany Main round 6th of 12 6 2 1 3 85 96 −11
1964 Czechoslovakia Preliminary round 9th of 16 3 2 0 1 40 39 +1
1967 Sweden did not participate
1970 France Placement round 11th of 16 6 2 0 4 96 112 −16
1974 East Germany Preliminary round 14th of 16 3 0 0 3 48 66 −18
1978 Denmark Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 0 0 3 54 68 −14
1982 West Germany did not participate
1986 Switzerland Main round 6th of 16 7 3 0 4 155 159 −4
1990 Czechoslovakia Main round 10th of 16 7 2 0 5 151 169 −18
1993 Sweden Main round 8th of 16 7 3 0 4 158 155 +3
1995 Iceland Round of 16 14th of 24 7 3 0 4 154 160 −6
1997 Japan Quarter-finals 5th of 24 9 7 1 1 236 203 +33
1999 Egypt did not participate
2001 France Round of 16 11th of 24 6 2 1 3 152 150 +2
2003 Portugal Ranking games 7th of 24 9 6 0 3 308 234 +74
2005 Tunisia Preliminary round 15th of 24 5 2 1 2 154 144 +10
2007 Germany Quarter-finals 8th of 24 10 4 0 6 337 315 +22
2009 Croatia did not qualify
2011 Sweden Ranking games 6th of 24 9 5 0 4 266 246 +20
2013 Spain Round of 16 12th of 24 6 3 0 3 181 166 +15
2015 Qatar Round of 16 11th of 24 6 2 1 3 152 165 −13
2017 France Round of 16 14th of 24 6 1 2 3 153 152 +1
/ 2019 Denmark/Germany Main round 11th of 24 8 3 0 5 207 211 −4
2021 Egypt Main round 20th of 32 6 2 0 4 170 155 +15
/ 2023 Poland/Sweden Main round 12th of 32 6 4 0 2 207 183 +24
/ / 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway Main round 9th of 32 6 5 0 1 180 135 +45
2027 Germany to be determined
/ 2029 France/Germany
// 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway Qualiifed as co-host
Total 23/32 0 Titles 144 64 7 73 3690 3540 +150

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
  • 1988 : 4th place
EURO Super Cup tournament Germany
  • None

European Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1994 did not participate
1996
1998
2000 Match for 11th place 11th of 12 6 1 0 5 147 162 −15
2002 Fourth place 4th of 16 8 4 2 2 221 209 +12
2004 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 0 1 2 87 96 −9
2006 Main round 7th of 16 6 2 1 3 190 191 −1
2008 Main round 11th of 16 6 2 0 4 157 172 −15
2010 Third place 3rd of 16 8 4 3 1 249 240 +9
2012 Main round 10th of 16 6 2 1 3 177 178 −1
2014 Fifth place game 5th of 16 7 4 1 2 199 199 0
2016 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 92 101 −9
2018 Preliminary round 13th of 16 3 1 0 2 74 82 −8
// 2020 Main round 11th of 24 7 3 0 4 191 195 −4
/ 2022 Fifth place game 6th of 24 8 5 0 3 230 212 +18
2024 Main round 10th of 24 7 3 1 3 200 209 −9
// 2026 Qualified
// 2028 To be determined
Total 14/18 78 32 10 36 2214 2246 -32

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Snorri Guðjónsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 1.93 m 273 24 Valur
2 RW Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 1.83 m 42 130 Kadetten Schaffhausen
3 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 1.86 m 86 146 Pick Szeged
4 LB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 1.93 m 177 674 Telekom Veszprém
5 P Sveinn Jóhannsson (1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 1.95 m 14 24 Kolstad Håndball
7 RB Viggó Kristjánsson (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 1.89 m 59 165 SC DHfK Leipzig
8 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 1.91 m 118 401 Telekom Veszprém
9 CB Elvar Örn Jónsson (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.80 m 79 183 MT Melsungen
10 CB Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (1999-07-30) 30 July 1999 1.91 m 62 139 SC Magdeburg
11 P Ýmir Örn Gíslason (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 1.95 m 92 36 Frisch Auf Göppingen
15 LB Þorsteinn Leó Gunnarsson (2002-11-13) 13 November 2002 2.08 m 5 10 FC Porto
16 GK Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 2.03 m 60 1 Orlen Wisła Płock
17 LW Stiven Tobar Valencia (2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 1.82 m 17 18 Benfica
18 P Elliði Snær Viðarsson (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 1.91 m 50 109 VfL Gummersbach
19 LW Orri Freyr Þorkelsson (1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 1.83 m 16 41 Sporting CP
22 RW Sigvaldi Guðjónsson (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 1.92 m 76 214 Kolstad Håndball
24 RB Teitur Örn Einarsson (1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 1.90 m 36 36 VfL Gummersbach
25 CB Haukur Þrastarson (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001 1.91 m 35 50 Dinamo București
27 LB Einar Þorsteinn Ólafsson (2001-09-30) 30 September 2001 1.97 m 14 5 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 2024, Iceland's kits have been supplied by Adidas

References

  1. ^ "18 manna leikmannahópur Íslands fyrir HM" (in Icelandic). hsi.is. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Iceland" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Arnór verður fyrirliði eins og bróðir sinn" (in Icelandic). visir.is. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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