Finnish men's national handball team
| Association | Suomen käsipalloliitto (Finlands handbollsförbund) | ||
| confederacy | EHF | ||
| Trainer | Ola Lindgren | ||
| Most goals | Mikael Kallman : 764 | ||
| Most games | Björn Monnberg : 135 | ||
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| Handball world championship | |||
| Participation | 1 of 26 (First: 1958 ) | ||
| best result | 14th | ||
| (Status: unknown) | |||
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The Finnish men's national handball team represents Finland at international handball tournaments .
The record national player is Björn Monnberg (* 1971) with 135 appearances.
Participation in championships (indoor handball)
Finland has only taken part in a World Cup once, namely in 1958 . At the World Cup tournament in the GDR, the Finnish team played in the preliminary round in Erfurt and was able to achieve a 14:14 against Poland in the first game. In the two other group games, however, there were defeats against Spain (16:19) and Sweden (16:27). Finland finished last in the group, while the Swedes later secured the title.
At the EHF Challenge Trophy , the team won the title in their only participation in 2009.
Handball world championships
- World Cup 1958 : preliminary round
European handball championships
no participation so far
Olympic games
no participation so far
EHF Challenge Trophy
- EHF Challenge Trophy 2009: 1st place
Participation in championships (field handball)
no participation
Web links
Commons : Matches of Finland national handball team - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Suomen miesten maajoukkue - pelatut A-maaottelut 1947-2013 , accessed on November 22, 2015