Iceland women's national handball team

The Iceland women's national handball team is the national handball team of Iceland and takes part in international team handball competitions. They qualified to the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship. This was the first time they qualified to any international championship. They finished with the 15th place. Two years later, at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship, they managed the same results.

Iceland
Information
AssociationIcelandic Handball Association
(Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
CoachArnar Pétursson
Assistant coachÁgúst Þór Jóhannsson
Most capsHrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (170)
Most goalsHrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (620)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2011)
Best result12th (2011)
European Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2010)
Best result15th (2010, 2012)
Last updated on Unknown.

Second time they qualified to international championship were when they qualified to the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship.

Results

World Championship

European Championship

Squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Arnar Pétursson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Elín Þorsteinsdóttir (1996-11-30) 30 November 1996 1.78 m 44 1 EH Aalborg
2 LB Berglind Þorsteinsdóttir (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 1.80 m 11 5 Fram
3 LB Andrea Jacobsen (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 1.81 m 41 46 Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
4 RW Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 1.67 m 123 348 Fram
6 RW Þórey Anna Ásgeirsdóttir (1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 1.71 m 38 21 Valur
8 LW Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 1.63 m 34 53 Selfoss
9 LW Lilja Ágústsdóttir (2004-04-30) 30 April 2004 1.70 m 10 4 Valur
12 GK Hafdís Renötudóttir (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 1.93 m 45 2 Valur
14 P Elísa Elíasdóttir (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 1.76 m 4 0 ÍBV
15 LB Jóhanna Margrét Sigurðardóttir (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 1.79 m 6 8 Skara HF
18 P Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir (1988-02-11) 11 February 1988 1.76 m 96 108 Valur
21 CB Sandra Erlingsdóttir (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 1.60 m 22 95 TuS Metzingen
22 CB Elín Rósa Magnúsdóttir (2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 1.67 m 4 11 Valur
25 RB Thea Imani Sturludóttir (1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 1.79 m 64 124 Valur
26 LB Sunna Jónsdóttir (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 1.77 m 77 59 ÍBV
27 RW Díana Dögg Magnúsdóttir (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 1.75 m 40 48 BSV Sachsen Zwickau
33 P Katrín Tinna Jensdóttir (2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 1.81 m 5 0 Skara HF
35 LB Kötlu Maríu Magnúsdóttur (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 1.78 m 0 8 Selfoss

Coaching staff
RoleName
Head coach Arnar Pétursson
Assistant coach Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
Team manager Þorbjörg Jóhanna Gunnarsdóttir
Goalkeeping coach Hlynur Morthens
Physiotherapist Ágústa Sigurjónsdóttir
Særún Jónsdóttir
Doctor Jóhann Róbertsson

Famous players

References
  1. "A kvenna – HM hópurinn tilkynntur" (in Icelandic). hsi.is. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. "Team roster: Iceland" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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