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. In June 2017, Faroe Islands competed in the 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship, and once again won the championship. 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.
Faroe Islands are to make their World Men's Handball Championship debut in 2027.
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 recordYearRoundPosition 1982 did not qualify 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027qualified 2029to be determined 2031Total1/23–000000
European Championship European Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1994 Did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Preliminary round 20th 3 0 1 2 83 90 2026 Preliminary round 13th 3 1 1 1 92 82 2028 To be determined 2030 2032Total2/200 titles6123175172
IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2015 – 1st place 2017 – 1st place
Current squad The squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen
See also Faroe Islands women's national handball team
References
External links
IHF profile