Faroe Islands men's national handball team

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Faroe Islands
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Information
AssociationHandball Federation of the Faroe Islands
CoachPeter Bredsdorff-Larsen
Assistant coachMark Lausen-Marcher
Hjalti Mohr Jacobsen
Most capsHanus Joensen (250)
Most goalsHanus Joensen (60)
Colours
Results
European Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2024)
Best result13th (2026)
Last updated on 20 January 2025.

The Faroe Islands national handball team is the national handball team of Faroe Islands and is controlled by the Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands.

In June 2015, Faroe Islands competed in the 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship, and won the championship.[1] In June 2017, Faroe Islands competed in the 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship, and once again won the championship.[2] At the 2019 edition, unlike the previous ones, Europe was represented only by the teams who competed at the first phase of 2022 European Championship qualification and failed to advance to the Relegation Round. That implied Faroe Islands not to defend their title.

Later in the same qualification process, Faroe Islands qualified for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship, in which they participated in the Men's EHF Euro for the first time, becoming the second team (after Latvia in 2020) to have qualified for the European Championship after previously having played in the Emerging Nations Championship. They accomplished a draw against Norway, who had been bronze medalists at the 2020 European Championship four years earlier.

At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship they recorded their first win ever when they beat Montenegro 37-24.[3]

For the Olympic Games, Faroe Islands players are eligible to be selected to the Denmark men's national handball team, but no players have been called up to that squad as of August 2024.

Competitive record

World Championships

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
West Germany 1982 did not qualify
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Error creating thumbnail: 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009
Error creating thumbnail: 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Error creating thumbnail: Germany 2019
Egypt 2021
PolandError creating thumbnail: 2023
CroatiaError creating thumbnail: Norway 2025
Germany 2027 to be determined
France Germany 2029
Error creating thumbnail: Iceland Norway 2031
Total 0/23 – 0 0 0 0 0 0

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 Did not qualify
Spain 1996
Error creating thumbnail: 1998
Croatia 2000
Error creating thumbnail: 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Error creating thumbnail: 2010
Serbia 2012
Error creating thumbnail: 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
Error creating thumbnail: NorwayError creating thumbnail: 2020
HungaryError creating thumbnail: 2022
Germany 2024 Preliminary round 20th 3 0 1 2 83 90
Error creating thumbnail: NorwayError creating thumbnail: 2026 Preliminary round 13th 3 1 1 1 92 82
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028 To be determined
Czech RepublicError creating thumbnail: Poland 2030
FranceGermany 2032
Total 2/20 0 titles 6 1 2 3 175 172

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Current squad

The squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Pauli Jacobsen (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 23) 1.82 m 32 0 Error creating thumbnail: HØJ Elite
2 P Helgi Hoydal (1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 30) 1.88 m 45 54 Faroe Islands H71
4 LB Bjarni í Selvindi (2002-08-27) 27 August 2002 (age 23) 1.89 m 10 8 Iceland Valur
6 LW Leivur Mortensen (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 (age 27) 1.85 m 32 63 Error creating thumbnail: Frederiksberg IF
7 RW Allan Norðberg (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 32) 1.87 m 46 76 Iceland Valur Reykjavík
8 P Pætur Mikkjalsson (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 29) 1.90 m 29 22 Error creating thumbnail: Team Sydhavsøerne
9 LW Rói Berg Hansen (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 30) 1.82 m 49 83 Error creating thumbnail: Køge Håndbold
10 RB Kjartan Johansen (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 30) 1.90 m 53 90 Error creating thumbnail: Vendsyssel Håndbold
12 GK Tórður Skorheim Guttesen (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 28) 1.88 m 10 0 Faroe Islands Kyndil
17 RW Hákun West Av Teigum (2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 24) 1.89 m 37 206 Germany Füchse Berlin
25 RB Vilhelm Poulsen (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 26) 1.90 m 41 76 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
30 LB Tróndur Mikkelsen (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 25) 1.90 m 32 46 Error creating thumbnail: HF Karlskrona
47 P Ísak Vedelsbøl (2004-10-18) 18 October 2004 (age 21) 1.97 m 16 24 Error creating thumbnail: IK Sävehof
61 LB Pauli Mittún (2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 23) 1.88 m 29 26 Error creating thumbnail: Team Sydhavsøerne
71 CB Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (2002-05-19) 19 May 2002 (age 24) 1.87 m 28 186 Germany THW Kiel
75 CB Rói Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (2003-10-10) 10 October 2003 (age 22) 1.84 m 20 23 Error creating thumbnail: IF Hallby
78 LB Óli Mittún (2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 20) 1.88 m 24 101 Error creating thumbnail: GOG Håndbold
79 P Teis Horn Rasmussen (1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 30) 1.95 m 41 84 Error creating thumbnail: Ribe-Esbjerg HH

See also

References

  1. ^ Frederiksen, Leivur (26 June 2015). "Føroyar vunnu í Kosovo" (in føroyskt). Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ Frederiksen, Leivur (18 June 2017). "Føroyar vunnu altjóða kapping". Kringvarp Føroya. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Færøerne smadrer Montenegro og skriver historie" (in dansk). TV2 Danmark. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ^ "EM-liðið úttikið". hsf.fo. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Faroe Islands". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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