Wil Jacobs (born 7 June 1960) is a Dutch retired

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player.

Career

Jacobs started playing handball at the age of 14 at

Vlug en Lenig Vlug en Lenig is a Dutch handball club in Geleen. The club was founded on 1 September 1949. The men's team of V&L won the Dutch National Championship in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 2002. The club has participated in European club team tournament ...

. As a youth international, he participated in the Junior World Championships in

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(Denmark) and

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(Portugal). Jacobs made his debut in the national team on 28 March 1980 in

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against

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(26-14 loss). The B-World Cup in France in 1981 was his first major tournament, finishing in tenth place. After that, four more World Cups followed for him. In 1988, during the first edition of the ''

Limburgse Handbal Dagen The Limburgse Handbal Dagen / Limbourg Handball Days is a handball tournament organized since 1988 in Limburg (Netherlands), especially in the cities of Sittard, Geleen and Beek. The tournament lasts for 3 days with teams from Europe, Africa and ...

'', he became top scorer on behalf of Vlug en Lenig. In 1985 Jacobs moved to Belgian side Neerpelt and stayed there for three years. In 1988 he returned to Vlug en Lenig for a season. In the 1989/1990 season Jacobs again played for Neerpelt, the following season he returned to Vlug and Lenig. On 20 June 1993, a benefit match against

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for the victims of an attack in

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became his last appearance in the national team. His active career ended in 1997, after which he spent more than a year training the team of which he himself had been a part as a player. Since then he has focused on his family. In 2013, Jacobs went to train the B and later the A youth at Vlug and Lenig where his son played. In 2017 he returned to the handball world for a short time, this time as interim coach of Bevo HC.Tijdelijke nieuwe trainer/coach Bevo Heren 2
, Omroep P&M, 9 November 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Wil Dutch handball coaches 1960 births Living people People from Meerssen Dutch male handball players Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)