Ágúst Elí Björgvinsson (born 11 April 1995) is an Icelandic

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for

Ribe-Esbjerg HH Ribe-Esbjerg HH is a handball club based in the town of Ribe in Jutland, Denmark. The club was founded on 1 May 1973 and was the result of a merger between Ribe Håndboldklub and Sædding Guldager Idrætsforening. Ribe-Esbjerg HH competes in the ...

and the Icelandic national team.

Career

Ágúst Elí Björgvinsson played until 2018 for the Icelandic team

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. He then joined Swedish

IK Sävehof Idrottsklubben Sävehof better known as IK Sävehof is a Sweden, Swedish professional handball club located in Partille Municipality, Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The ...

, where he won the 2019 Swedish championship. In 2020 he joined Danish

KIF Kolding KIF Kolding is a professional handball club based in Kolding, Denmark who competes in the Danish Handball League. KIF Kolding has won the Danish Handball League, Danish Handball Championship a record 14 times. It is a part of the broader sports ...

. In 2022 he joined league rivals

, where he has a contract until the end of the 2025-26 season.

National team

Björgvinsson debuted for the Icelandic national team in 2017. His first major international tournament was at the

2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 S ...

, where Iceland finished 13th. He then played at the 2021 World Championship, where Iceland finished 20th, at the 2022 European Championship, where they finished 6th and the

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and 2025 World Championships.

References

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