Iceland women's national handball team

Iceland
Information
Association	Icelandic Handball Association (Handknattleikssamband Íslands)
Coach	Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson
Captain	Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir
Most caps	Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir 170
Most goals	Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir 620
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	none
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2011)
Best result	12th, 2011
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2010)
Best result	15th, 2010, 2012
Last updated on 27 January 2014.

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

World Championship

• 2011: 12th place

European Championship

• 2010: 15th place
• 2012: 15th place

Squad

The squad for the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship:

Head coach: Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Guðný Jenny Ásmundsdóttir 28 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.75 m 48 1 Valur Handball 2 CB Karen Knútsdóttir 4 February 1990 (aged 24) 1.67 m 62 181 Blomberg-Lippe 3 P Arna Sif Pálsdóttir 5 January 1988 (aged 26) 1.84 m 97 128 Aalborg DH 4 RW Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir 14 August 1989 (aged 24) 1.67 m 55 117 Team Tvis Holstebro 5 RB Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir 21 July 1990 (aged 23) 1.76 m 68 143 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 7 CB Rakel Dögg Bragadóttir 24 May 1986 (aged 27) 1.78 m 97 298 UHF Stjarnan 8 LB Stella Sigurðardóttir 30 March 1990 (aged 23) 1.81 m 72 205 Fram 9 LW Dagný Skúladóttir 10 May 1980 (aged 33) 1.68 m 119 274 Valur Handball 13 LW Ásta Birna Gunnarsdóttir 29 October 1984 (aged 29) 1.65 m 82 93 Fram 14 LB Hrafnhildur Skúladóttir 9 August 1977 (aged 36) 1.77 m 170 620 Valur Handball 15 RW Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir 11 February 1979 (aged 35) 1.64 m 142 458 UHF Stjarnan 16 RW Vala Sigríður Guðlaugsdóttir 2 November 1994 (aged 19) 1.77 m 3 10 Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs 17 P Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir 1 May 1985 (aged 28) 1.81 m 92 214 Valur Handball 20 RB Jóna Margrét Ragnarsdóttir 29 March 1983 (aged 30) 1.68 m 64 119 UHF Stjarnan 21 RB Hildur Þorgeirsdóttir 11 March 1989 (aged 24) 1.78 m 36 25 Blomberg-Lippe 22 LB Ramune Pekarskyte 5 October 1980 (aged 33) 1.85 m 17 35 Levanger Håndballklubb 30 GK Dröfn Haraldsdóttir 8 April 1991 (aged 22) 1.70 m 6 0 FH

Apps and goals correct as of 26 February 2014.^[1]

References

1. 09.00 - 16.00. "HSÍ". Hsi.is. Retrieved 2016-06-28.