Faroe Islands women's national handball team

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Faroe Islands
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Association	Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands
Coach
Assistant coach	Finnur Hansson
Captain	Pernille Brandenborg
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The Faroe Islands women's national handball team are the women's team for the Faroe Islands.

In June 2017 the team advanced for the first time from the Qualification Phase 1 to Phase 2 of the European Women's Handball Championship qualification, when they won both matches in their group in the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification which were against Greece and Finland.^[1]

Results[]

World Championships[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1993	Did not qualify
/ 1995
1997
/ 1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2021
// 2023	To be determined
/ 2025
2027
Total	0/0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0

European Championship[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
/ 2010
2012
/ 2014
2016
2018
2020
2022	TBD
2024	TBD
Total	0/0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team[]

Current squad[]

The squad chosen for the two qualification matches for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification, against Austria in Tórshavn and Maria Enzersdorf, in March 2021.^[2]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	Club
1	GK	Annika Fríðheim Petersen	(1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 22)	1.79 m	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
3	LB		(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 24)	1.76 m	Hellerup IK
5	RB		(2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 21)	1.67 m	Kyndil
10	RB		(1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 36)	1.83 m
11	LW		(1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 27)	1.72 m	Kyndil
16	GK		(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 19)	1.76 m	Skanderborg Håndbold
17	LB		(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 21)	1.67 m
18	P	Pernille Brandenborg	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 24)	1.83 m	Randers HK
20	RW		(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 23)	1.73 m
29	P		(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 19)	1.78 m
39	CB		(2003-11-24) 24 November 2003 (age 18)	1.72 m
	LW		(1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 22)	1.68 m
	RW		(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 18)	1.73 m
	P		(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 19)	1.74 m	Neistin
	P		(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 19)	1.78 m
	CB		(1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 27)	1.65 m	Kyndil

Extended squad[]

The following players have been called up to the Faroese squad within the past 12 months.

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	Club
6	CB		(1998-03-24) 24 March 1998 (age 23)	1.75 m	Vendsyssel Håndbold
7	P		(1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 28)	1.80 m	Kyndil
8	CB		(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 25)	1.70 m	IK Skovbakken
23	LW	Lív Sveinbjørnsdóttir Poulsen	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 20)	1.73 m	Ajax København
26	RW		(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 24)	1.70 m

References[]

^ Heldarskarð, Neli (11 June 2017). "Kvinnurnar leiktu seg víðari" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
^ "Kvinnulandsliðið úttikið". Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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[1] Heldarskarð, Neli (11 June 2017). "Kvinnurnar leiktu seg víðari" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

[2] "Kvinnulandsliðið úttikið". Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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