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Greenland women's national handball team

The Greenland women's national handball team is the national team of Greenland managed by the Greenland Handball Federation. It takes part in international handball competitions.

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Greenland

Greenland Handball Federation
Mikkel Bom

2
24th (2001)
3 (First in Nor.Ca. Championship)
1st (2023)
Last updated on Unknown.

Medal record
	2023 Greenland
	2021 United States
	2019 Mexico

The Greenland women's national handball team is the national team of Greenland managed by the Greenland Handball Federation. It takes part in international handball competitions.

The team participated in the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship in Italy and the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship in Norway.

After the Greenland Handball Federation was recognized by the International Handball Federation as independent member in 1998, they played their first game against the Icelandic national team on 27 December 1998.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2001	Group stage	24th	5	0	0	5	77	152
2023	Group stage	32nd	7	0	0	7	130	231

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1999	round robin	5th	5	1	0	4	102	110
2000	round robin	3rd	5	3	0	2	123	120
2015	5th place match	6th	7	2	1	4	150	176

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2015	Bronze Medal Match	4th	6	2	2	2	142	150
2017	Bronze Medal Match	4th	5	0	0	5	117	134
2019	Bronze Medal Match	3rd	5	2	1	2	131	117
2021	Final	2nd	4	3	0	1	111	102
2023	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	123	87

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Anders Friis

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	RW	Nuunu Lukassen	(1999-11-06) 6 November 1999	1.64 m	9	18	Ejstrup/Hærvejen
3	LW	Andrea Heilmann	(1988-02-21) 21 February 1988	1.64 m	20	8	GSS Nuuk
4	RW	Anja Heilmann	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997	1.74 m	34	97	GSS Nuuk
5	P	Ivâna Meincke	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995	1.68 m	10	15	Stjarnan
7	LW	Aviana Kâjangmat	(2000-02-25) 25 February 2000	1.68 m	4	16	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 2
8	RW	Ane-Sofiannguaq Frederiksen	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001	1.65 m	5	5	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 2
10	RB	Josefine Gadgaard	(1994-07-12) 12 July 1994	1.69 m	11	28	Ejstrup/Hærvejen
12	GK	Nivi Fly	(1989-08-03) 3 August 1989	1.69 m	20	0	GSS Nuuk
13	LB	Ivalu Bjerge	(2000-09-13) 13 September 2000	1.71 m	14	37	NSK Håndbold
14	LB	Nivi Petersen	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000	1.71 m	5	5	Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 2
15	P	Sandra Rothberg	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000	1.86 m	14	32	GSS Nuuk
16	GK	Rina Møller Lorentzen	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991	1.82 m	19	0	GSS Nuuk
17	LB	Lykke Frank Hansen	(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988	1.80 m	24	37	Fredericia HK
18	GK	Aviaja Heilmann	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989	1.66 m	24	0	GSS Nuuk
19	P	Nukaaka Lyberth	(2001-03-25) 25 March 2001	1.68 m	5	6	Eiðis Bóltfelag
21	LB	Aili Pedersen	(1993-01-27) 27 January 1993	1.84 m	6	1	GSS Nuuk
26	P	Ivaana Holm	(1990-07-16) 16 July 1990	1.70 m	21	24	GSS Nuuk
79	LW	Sascha Jordening Zeeb	(1990-10-31) 31 October 1990	1.70 m	10	15	GSS Nuuk

First	Last	Nat.	Name
27 December 1998	3 April 1999		Kim Mandrup
31 October 2000 *1)	?	Denmark	Jan Laugesen
2011	2016	Denmark	Jakob Andreasen
2016	2021	Greenland	Johannes Groth
2021	2024	Denmark	Anders Friis
2024		Denmark	Mikkel Bom

*1) He already started in 1999 with coaching but his first game was in 2000

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