Greenland men's national handball team

The Greenland national handball team (Danish: Grønlands håndboldlandshold) is the national handball team of Greenland and is controlled by the Greenland Handball Federation. Greenland is the only non-independent territory to have its team taken part in the World Men's Handball Championship.

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Information
NicknameKalaallit (Greenlanders)
AssociationGreenland Handball Federation
CoachJohannes Groth
Most capsRasmus Larsen
Most goalsJakob Larsen
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2001)
Best result20th (2001)
Pan American Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1998)
Best result 3rd (2002, 2006)
Last updated on Unknown.

Tournament record

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World Championship

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World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 to 1997 Did not participate
  Egypt 1999 Did not qualify
  France 2001 First round 20th place 5 1 0 4 85 140
  Portugal 2003 First round 24th place 5 0 0 5 100 152
  Tunisia 2005 Did not qualify
  Germany 2007 Preliminary round 22nd place 6 1 0 5 160 197
2009 to 2025 Did not qualify
2027 to 2031 TBD
Total 3/30 16 2 0 14 345 489

Pan American Championship

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Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
  1980 Did not enter
  1981
  1983
  1985
  1989
  1994
  1996
  1998 5th 6 3 0 3 127 155 -28
  2000 5th 5 3 0 2 125 114 +11
  2002 3rd 5 4 0 1 127 83 +44
  2004 5th
  2006 3rd
  2008 5th
  2010 6th
  2012 5th
  2014 5th
  2016 5th
  2018 4th
Total 11/18 - - - - - -

Nor.Ca. Championship

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North American Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA
  Mexico 2014 1st place 4 4 0 0 131 109
  Mexico 2018 Did not participate
  Mexico 2022 2nd place 4 1 1 2 113 122
  Mexico 2024 3rd place 6 4 0 2 172 162
Total 3/4 14 9 1 4 416 393

Player statistics

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Most capped players
Player Games Position
Rasmus Larsen 110 P
Jakob Larsen 87
Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed 84 OB
Top scorers
Player Goals Position
Jakob Larsen 506
Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed 313 OB
Rasmus Larsen 229 P
Minik Dahl Høegh 190 OB
Angutimmarik Kreutzmann 157 OB
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