Icelandic national women's handball team
Association | Handknattleikssamband Íslands |
Trainer | Arnar Petursson |
Most goals | Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir: 617 |
Most games | Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir: 162 |
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First international match Norway 10-7 Iceland 19 June 1956 |
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Highest win Canada C 25:58 Iceland July 1, 1997 |
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Biggest defeat Croatia 34: 8 Iceland April 27, 1997
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Handball world championship | |
Participation | 1 of 26 (First: 2011 ) |
best result | 12th place ( 2011 ) |
European handball championship | |
Participation | 2 (first: 2010 ) |
best result | 15th place ( 2010 , 2012 ) |
(As of February 23, 2019) |
The Icelandic national women's handball team represents Iceland in international tournaments in women's handball .
After the Icelandic selection participated several times unsuccessfully in qualifying rounds for major international tournaments, they qualified for the first time in 2010 for the European Championships . In the qualifying round, Iceland finished second ahead of the Austrians with the same number of points due to a better goal difference. At the 2010 European Championships, the Icelanders were eliminated after the preliminary round and thus finished 15th. A year later, the Icelanders qualified for the World Cup for the first time . Here the Icelanders advanced to the last sixteen. In qualifying for the 2012 European Championship , Iceland only narrowly failed. With the withdrawal of the host Netherlands, Iceland received the vacated starting place. Iceland finished 15th at Euro 2012.
Current national players
Dröfn Haraldsdóttir (FH), Guðný Jenny Ásmundsdóttir (Valur), Olof Kolbrún Ragnarsdóttir (HK), Anna Ursula Guðmundsdóttir (Valur), Arna Sif Pálsdóttir (Aalborg DH), Ásta Birna Gunnarsdóttir (Fram), Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir (Fram) Dagný Skúladóttir (Valur), Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir (Stjarnan), Hildur Þorgeirsdóttir (HSG Blomberg-lip), Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (Valur) Jóna Margrét Ragnarsdóttir (Stjarnan), Karen Knútsdóttir (HSG Blomberg-lip), squeegee Dögg Bragadóttir (Stjarnan) , Ramune Pekarskyte (Levanger HK), Stella Sigurðardóttir (Fram), Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir (Team Tvis Holstebro), Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir (Tvis Holstebro)
Placements at championships
World championships
World Championship 2011 | 12th place |
European championships
European Championship 2010 | 15th place |
European Championship 2012 | 15th place |