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IHF World Player of the Year

Handball award

Summary

Handball award

FieldValue
nameIHF World Player of the Year
sportHandball
competitionInternational Handball
givenforBest Performance in International Handball Competitions
first1988
mostwinsMen:
DEN Mikkel Hansen
FRA Nikola Karabatić
(3 awards each)
Women:
ROU Cristina Neagu
(4 awards)
mostrecentMen: DEN Mathias Gidsel (2nd title)
Women: NOR Henny Reistad (2nd title)

DEN Mikkel Hansen FRA Nikola Karabatić (3 awards each) Women: ROU Cristina Neagu (4 awards) Women: NOR Henny Reistad (2nd title) The IHF World Player of the Year is a handball award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season, both at club and international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media and fans.

About

The award was awarded by IHF since 1988 in both Men's and Women's Category separately.

No award was awarded in the years 1991, 1992, 1993, 2017, 2020 and 2022.

Men

YearWinnerCountryPositionRef.
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Women

YearWinnerCountryPosition
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Previous awards

While the IHF has only reported awards since 1988, other players have been voted best players in the world before.

Thus, the Romanian Ștefan Birtalan was elected World Player of the Year in 1974, 1976 and 1977. And Ioan Moser of Romania was also named "Best Handball Player in the World” in 1964.

Best players of all time

In 1992, Gheorghe Gruia of Romania was named Best Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation.

In 2000, Magnus Wislander of Sweden and Zinaida Turchyna of Ukraine were elected Players of the 20th Century by the IHF.

In 2010, Ivano Balić of Croatia and Svetlana Kitić of Yugoslavia were voted Best Players Ever in an online poll organized by the IHF.

Team of the century

In 2000, the official bulletin of the International Handball Federation, World Handball Magazine, chose Gheorghe Gruia, Ioan Moser and Cornel Penu as members of the "Team of the Century".

Other awards

In 2010, the fans voted Thierry Omeyer as world's best goalkeeper ever. And in 2011, the fans voted for Luminița Dinu (born Huțupan) as best female goalkeeper ever.

Previously in 2009, Steffen Fäth and Cristina Neagu respectively won Rookie of the Year award for male and female.

References

References

  1. "All the previous World Handball Players". International Handball Federation.
  2. (27 June 2018). "Pech für Andy Schmid: Wahl zum Welt-Handballer fällt aus". Tagblatt.
  3. (4 July 2018). "Overview: previous world handball player of the year – both male and female". handball-world.
  4. "Player of the Year – Men 2008". IHF.
  5. "Player of the Year – Men 2009". IHF.
  6. "Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010". IHF.
  7. (1 March 2012). "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation.
  8. (8 January 2013). "Alexandra do Nascimento and Daniel Narcisse are GRUNDFOS World Handball Players of the Year 2012". International Handball Federation.
  9. (27 January 2014). "Duvnjak and Lekic awarded Grundfos World Handball Players of the Year 2013".
  10. (9 June 2016). "They did it again – Hansen and Neagu IHF World Handball Players of the Year 2015". International Handball Federation.
  11. (16 March 2017). "Players of the Year 2016 – Neagu and Karabatic for the third time". [[International Handball Federation]].
  12. (18 March 2019). "Neagu and Hansen named 2018 World Players of the Year". International Handball Federation.
  13. (18 July 2020). "Oftedal and Landin named 2019 IHF World Players of the Year". [[International Handball Federation.
  14. "IHF {{!}} Danish delight in the 2021 IHF World Players and Coaches of the Year awards".
  15. "IHF {{!}} 2023 IHF WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS REVEALED".
  16. "IHF {{!}} Gidsel, Uscins, Reistad and Simon clinch the 2024 IHF Player of the Year awards".
  17. "Player of the Year – Women 2008". IHF.
  18. "Player of the Year – Women 2009". IHF.
  19. (22 March 2023). "2023 IHF WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS REVEALED". International Handball Federation.
  20. "HANDBALL LEGEND AMAZED BY CL FINAL". ehfcl.com.
  21. "Einst verfemt, jetzt Ehrenbürger".
  22. "Handball World Mourns the Loss of Icon, Friend & Teacher". ihf.info.
  23. "Gheorghe Gruia: La zurda rumana que dominó el mundo".
  24. "Wislander "Welt-Handballer des Jahrhunderts"". thw-handball.de.
  25. "Турчина — лучшая гандболистка века". kommersant.ru.
  26. [https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=418 Ivano Balic voted best male player ever]
  27. [https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=393 Svetlana Kitic voted best female player ever]
  28. "Geschichten rund um den Handball in Siebenbürgen (XIV)".
  29. [https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=480 Voting of the IHF users: Omeyer world’s best goalkeeper]
  30. [https://archive.ihf.info//MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=526 Fans vote for Luminita Dinu as best female goalkeeper ever]
  31. "Neagu, “World’s best Rookie of the Year 2009”".
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