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

1. ↑ Top scorer list ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Danish Handball Federation, accessed on January 4, 2012
2. ↑ 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