Swiss Handball Hall of Fame

Logo of the Swiss Handball Hall of Fame

In the Handball Hall of Fame (Switzerland) people are honored who have made outstanding contributions during their careers.

history

The Handball Hall of Fame was launched in 2017. The non-profit organization has set itself the task of honoring athletes who have played handball in Switzerland. The selection is based on strict criteria.

The Handball Hall of Fame honors athletes in the categories of Legends, National League, Foreign Players, National Team, Coaches, Referees and Clubs.

criteria

The following criteria determine whether a player is accepted into the Handball Hall of Fame:

• Results in the Swiss league
• Seasons played in the Swiss league
• Years in the national team
• Number of games / goals in the Swiss league
• Number of games / goals in the national team
• Results in foreign leagues
• Personality on and off the field
• Merits in handball
• Overall impression and personality
• Constancy throughout your career

Only in exceptional cases are there more than 5 awards per year.

Honored

Life's work

societies
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
-		Dominique Gmür	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	9.1.2019	7 × championships, 5 × cup winners, 1 × Supercup winner, Special Award (Swiss Handball Awards)

Legends

Legends
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
13		Marc Baumgartner	BSV Bern	2017	1 × EHF Cup , 2 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 2 × supercup winners, 3 × top scorers
14th		Cho Chi-hyo	Seen tigers	2017	8 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 3 supercup victories, 2 × top scorers
12		Antoine Ebinger	BSV Bern	2017	1 × championship, 2 × cup winners, 2 × Supercup winners
12		Peter Hürlimann	BSV Bern	2017	3 × championships, 1 × MVP
03		Robert Jehle	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2017	4 × championships, 2 × cup winners, 6 × top scorers
23		Jae-won Kang	Pathfinder Winterthur	2017	Olympic silver, 5 × Asian champions, 2 × gold Asian Games, 8 × championships, 1 × cup winner, 1 × world handball player, 2 × top scorer , 6 × MVP
17th		Robert Kostadinovich	GC Amicitia Zurich	2017	3 × championships, 2 × cup winners, 1 × supercup winner, 2 × best coach
17th		Carlos Lima Fuentes	HC Kriens-Lucerne	2017	5 × championships, 1 × cup winner, 2 × Supercup winner
05		Manuel Liniger	Cadets Schaffhausen	2017	7 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 5 × supercup winners, 2 × top scorers , 1 × MVP
16		Christian Meisterhans	Cadets Schaffhausen	2017	5 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 2 × Supercup winners
07		Martin Rubin	Wacker Thun	2017	2 × championships, 4 × cup winners, 1 × top scorer , 3 × best coach
09		Stefan Schärer	Pathfinder Winterthur	2017	9 × championships, 1 × cup winner
06		Urs Schärer	SC Frauenfeld	1.9.2019	8 × championships, 4 × cup winners
05		Max Schär	BSV Bern	2017	3 × championships, world handball selection
10		Ivan Ursic	GC Amicitia Zurich	2017	1 × EHF Cup winner, 6 × championships, 1 × cup winner, 6 × Supercup winner
01		Arūnas Vaškevičius	Pathfinder Winterthur	2018	13 × championships, 5 × cup winners, 4 × supercup winners, 3 × best goalkeeper
11		Karin Weigelt	Fresh on Göppingen	2017	3 × championships, 4 × cup winners, 2 × best Swiss player
02		Ernst Züllig	Pathfinder Winterthur	2017	2 × championships, 1 × top scorer

National League

National League
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
02		Martin Engeler	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2017	1 × championships, 2 × cup winners, 2 × supercup winners
14th		Martin Friedli	BSV Bern	2017	1 × EHF Cup winner, 2 × cup winner, 1 × top scorer
14th		Rahel Furrer	Spono Eagles	2017	2 × championship, 2 × cup winners, 1 × MVP
06		Annina Ganz	DHC Rotweiss Thun	2018	8 × championships, 7 × cup winners, 1 × Supercup winner
07		Silvia Häfliger	Spono Eagles	2017	3 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 1 × MVP
07		Jaqueline Hasler-Petrig	LK train	2017	2 × championships, 1 × top scorer
07		Marcel Hess	Pathfinder Winterthur	2018	3 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 1 × Supercup winner, 1 × MVP
01		Fabienne Huber	Spono Eagles	2017	2 × championships, 2 × cup winners, 1 × Supercup winner
21st		Gabriela Kottmann	Spono Eagles	2017	1 × championship, 2 × cup winners, 2 × top scorers, 1 × MVP
11		Marco Kurth	TV Solothurn	2017	1 × championship, 1 × cup winner, 1 × Supercup winner
15th		Yvonne Leuthold	DHC Rotweiss Thun	2017	2 × cup finals, 1 × top scorer, EHF Court of Handball
01		Andreas Merz	Wacker Thun	2017	1 × championships, 3 × cup winners, 1 × EHF Cup final, 2 × best goalkeeper
10		Azra Mustafoska	LC Brühl handball	2018	3 × championships, 4 × cup winners, 1 × Supercup winner, 3 × top scorer, 1 × MVP
07		Barbara Umbricht	Yellow Winterthur	2018	3 × championships, 3 × cup winners,

Foreign players

Foreign players
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
05		Edin Bašić	Chartres Métropole Handball	2017	2 × championships, 2 × cup winners, 2 × supercup winners, 2 × top scorers, 1 × best national player
17th		Georgios Chalkidis	Wacker Thun	2017	4 × championships, 5 × cup winners, 1 × MVP
10		Emil Feuchtmann Perez	Grand Nancy Métropole	2017	2 × 2nd Panamerican Games, 1 × 3rd Panamerican Games, 1 × Cup winner, 5 × Topscorer
39		Filip Jícha	FC Barcelona	2017	1 × Club world champion, 2 × EHF Champions League 1 × EHF Cup , 9 × championships, 8 × cup winner, 5 x Supercup winner, 1 × world handball , 3 × Topscorer, 3 × MVP, 7 × Best National player
07		Monika Simova	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	2017	3 × championships, 2 × cup winners

National team

National team
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
17th		Nicole Dinkel	TuS Metzingen	2017	2 × EHF Cup final, 1 × championship, 1 × cup winner, 2 × MVP, 2 × best Swiss player

Trainer

Trainer
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
-		Arno Ehret	Cadets Schaffhausen	2017	2 × EHF Cup final, 1 × world champion, 1 × championship, 2 × top scorer, 1 × MVP
-		Veronika Keller	LC Brühl handball	2017	18 × championships, 9 × cup winners, 1 × best coach
-		Urs Mühlethaler	LC Brühl handball	1.9.2019	6 × championships, 1 × cup winner, 1 × EHF final
-		Goran Perkovac	HC Kriens-Lucerne	2017	1 × Olympic gold, 1 × Olympic bronze, 1 × WM silver, 1 EM bronze, 7 × championships, 9 × cup winners, 1 × supercup winner, 3 × top scorer , 1 × best coach
-		Martin Rubin	Wacker Thun	2017	2 × championships, 4 × cup winners, 1 × top scorer, 3 × best coach

referee

referee
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
-		Andre Philipp Buache	-	2017	2 × best referee duo
-		Marco Meyer	-	2017	2 × best referee duo

societies

societies
#	Nat.	Surname	Last club	Date of appointment	Career successes
-		TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	-	2017	1 × EHF Cup Final, 7 × championships, 4 × cup winners, 2 × Supercup winners

See also

• Swiss Handball Awards

Web links

• Swiss Handball Hall of Fame