Greenland men's national handball team
The Greenlandic men's national handball team represents Greenland in international tournaments in Men Handball . The home venue Godthåbhallen is in Nuuk .
The greatest successes for Greenland are participation in the 2001 , 2003 and 2007 World Championships .
Successes at championships
Handball world championship
- 20th place: 2001 . At this World Cup, the Greenlanders achieved their first World Cup victory: a 26:18 in the group game against the USA.
- 24th place: 2003
- 22nd place: 2007 . At this World Cup, the Greenlanders achieved their second and so far last World Cup victory: a 34:25 in the so-called Presidents Cup against Australia.
Pan American Championship
- 3rd place: 2002, 2006
Well-known national players
current
- Akutaaneq Kreutzmann
- Minik Dahl Høegh , top scorer in the second Danish division ( 1st division )
Former
- Angutimmarik Kreutzmann
- Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed
- Jakob Larsen
- Rasmus Larsen , record international player with 101 internationals
Individual evidence
- ↑ Top scorer list ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Danish Handball Federation, accessed on January 4, 2012
- ↑ http://sermitsiaq.ag/node/131019
Web links
- Homepage of the Greenland handball association
- Portrait of the Greenland team at the 2007 World Cup ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Article with Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed about the Greenland national team from January 6, 2007