Emma Friis


Emma Cecilie Uhrskov Friis is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.

Career

Friis started playing Handball at Herning FH, before joining SINE SønderjyskE. In 2016 she joined FC Midjylland Håndbold's youth team. She made her senior debut for the team in 2016 in the Danish Cup semifinal against Viborg HK. She continued in the club after the name change to Herning-Ikast Håndbold until 2022. With the club she won the Danish Cup in 2019. She joined Ikast Håndbold in 2022, where she won the EHF European League beting fellow Danish team Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub in the final, where she was the top scorer of the final with 11 goals.
In the summer of 2024 she joined Romanian side CSM Bucharest.

National team

She made her debut on the Danish national team on 29 September 2018, against Norway.
She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain and at the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship at home, where Denmark won bronze medals on both occasions. At the 2022 European Championship she won silver medals. At the 2024 Olympics she won a bronze medal. Later the same year, she won silver medals at the 2024 European Championship, losing to Norway in the final.
At the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship Denmark went out in the quarterfinal to France after winning all matches in the group stages. The Danish team was affected by a lot of players missing the tournament including goalkeepers Sandra Toft and Althea Reinhardt and pivots Sarah Iversen and Rikke Iversen. This was the first time since 2019 that Denmark left a major international tournament without any medals.

Individual awards