Lív Bentsdóttir Zachariasen (born 28 June 2004) is a Faroese

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

Ajax København Ajax København is a handball club based in southwestern Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of both a women's and a men's team. As of the 2022–23 season, the women's team compete in 1st Division, the second highest women's league in Denmark. The ...

and the Faroese national team.

Career

In May 2024, she and her sister Var Bentsdóttir Zachariasen signed a 1 year-contract with

. participated in the Faroese national team's first ever appearance at a major international tournament; the

2024 European Women's Handball Championship The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. This was the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Norway were the two time defending champions and defended their t ...

in Hungary, Switzerland and Austria, placing 17th overall.

Achievements

Faroese Women's Handball League SMS Deildin is the highest league in the league system of women's handball on the Faroe Islands. The first season began in 1943–44 and the league is regulated by Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands (Hondbóltssamband Føroya) (HSF). The lea ...

** ''Winner (2)'' : 2022, 2023 * Faroe Islands Cup ** ''Winner (1)'' : 2023Faxe-Kondi Kninnur 2022-2023
Retrieved 10 December 2024 ** ''Runners-up (1)'' 2022

References

2002 births Living people Faroese female handball players 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Europe-handball-bio-stub