Iceland men's national handball team


The Icelandic men's national handball team represents Iceland in international men's handball. It is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association.
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Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.
  • 1988 : 4th place
  • None

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Snorri Guðjónsson

Past squads

2008 Olympic Games
Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
2010 European Championship
Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

Individual all-time records


Most matches played

PlayerMatchesGoals
Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson4070
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson3651,879
Geir Sveinsson340502
Ólafur Stefánsson3301,570
Júlíus Jónasson288703
Róbert Gunnarsson276773
Valdimar Grímsson271940
Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson257846
Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson255420
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson25221

Last updated: 6 March 2023
Source:
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.


Most goals scored

PlayerGoalsMatchesAverage
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson1,8793655.15
Ólafur Stefánsson1,5703304.76
Kristján Arason1,1232454.58
Valdimar Grímsson9402713.47
Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson8462573.29
Róbert Gunnarsson7732762.80
Sigurður Valur Sveinsson7362423.04
Alexander Petersson7261863.90
Júlíus Jónasson7032882.44
Patrekur Jóhannesson6342412.63

Last updated: 26 January 2021
Source:
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

Record against Nordic countries

All games, including European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games.
OpponentPlayedWinDrawLost
Denmark107351555
Faroe Islands131201
Finland13931
Greenland3300
Norway88411529
Sweden6710354

Last updated: 2 January 2016
Source:

Kit suppliers

Since 2024, Iceland's kits have been supplied by Adidas