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Beach Handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...

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International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

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National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland ( is, Íþrótta- og Ólympíusamband Íslands) (abbreviated ÍSÍ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Iceland, and the highest authority for sporting activity in the country. The ...

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European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, ...

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Samskip The Icelandic Handball Association ( is, Handknattleikssamband Íslands or ''HSÍ'') is the national

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for

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. It is based in

Club handball

The federation organizes the national handball leagues for both

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and women club teams and the Icelandic cup for men and women.

International handball

Iceland was the host of the

1995 World Men's Handball Championship The 1995 World Men's Handball Championship was the 14th team handball World Championship. It was held in Iceland between 7–21 May 1995. France won the championship. Games were played in Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Akureyri and Kópavogur K� ...

The men's team

The men's team has appeared frequently in large tournaments in recent decades. Their best overall result is the silver medal at the

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. Their best result in the

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is 5th place in

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. They have made it to the semi finals of the

European Men's Handball Championship The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning ...

twice, winning the bronze medal in

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. Head coach for the men's national team is

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The women's team

The women's team has just recently started to appear in large tournaments. They have made it to the

once, finishing in 12th place in

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. They have appeared in the European championship twice, finishing in 15th place in both

and

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. The team has never made it to the

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. Head coach for the women's national team is

Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson (born 19 February 1977) is an Icelandic team handball coach and a former player. Coaching career Club career In 1998, Ágúst took over as head coach of the joint Grótta/KR women's team for the rest of the 1997-1998 seas ...

References

External links

* Handball in Iceland

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