Iceland women's national handball team

Iceland
Iceland
Information
Association	Icelandic Handball Association; (Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
Coach	Arnar Pétursson
Assistant coach	Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
Most caps	Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (170)
Most goals	Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (620)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2011)
Best result	12th (2011)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2010)
Best result	15th (2010, 2012)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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.

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

Results[edit]

World Championship[edit]

2011 – 12th place
2023 – 25th place

European Championship[edit]

2010 – 15th place
2012 – 15th place
2024 – Qualified

Squad[edit]

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 (age 27)	1.78 m	44	1	EH Aalborg
2	LB	Berglind Þorsteinsdóttir	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)	1.80 m	11	5	Fram
3	LB	Andrea Jacobsen	(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 26)	1.81 m	41	46	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
4	RW	Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir	(1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 34)	1.67 m	123	348	Fram
6	RW	Þórey Anna Ásgeirsdóttir	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 (age 26)	1.71 m	38	21	Valur
8	LW	Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir	(1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 27)	1.63 m	34	53	Selfoss
9	LW	Lilja Ágústsdóttir	(2004-04-30) 30 April 2004 (age 19)	1.70 m	10	4	Valur
12	GK	Hafdís Renötudóttir	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 26)	1.93 m	45	2	Valur
14	P	Elísa Elíasdóttir	(2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 19)	1.76 m	4	0	ÍBV
15	LB	Jóhanna Margrét Sigurðardóttir	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 21)	1.79 m	6	8	Skara HF
18	P	Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir	(1988-02-11) 11 February 1988 (age 36)	1.76 m	96	108	Valur
21	CB	Sandra Erlingsdóttir	(1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 25)	1.60 m	22	95	TuS Metzingen
22	CB	Elín Rósa Magnúsdóttir	(2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 21)	1.67 m	4	11	Valur
25	RB	Thea Imani Sturludóttir	(1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 27)	1.79 m	64	124	Valur
26	LB	Sunna Jónsdóttir	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)	1.77 m	77	59	ÍBV
27	RW	Díana Dögg Magnúsdóttir	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 26)	1.75 m	40	48	BSV Sachsen Zwickau
33	P	Katrín Tinna Jensdóttir	(2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 21)	1.81 m	5	0	Skara HF
35	LB	Kötlu Maríu Magnúsdóttur	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22)	1.78 m	0	8	Selfoss

Coaching staff[edit]

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

Famous players[edit]

References[edit]

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

[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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