Summary
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.
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Competition | International Handball |
| Awarded for | Best Performance in International Handball Competitions |
| History | |
| First award | 1988 |
| Most wins | Men: Mikkel Hansen Nikola Karabatić(3 awards each) Women:  Cristina Neagu(4 awards) |
| Most recent | Men: Mathias Gidsel (1st title) Women:  Henny Reistad (1st title) |
About edit
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 and 2017.[1][2]
Men edit
Women edit
Previous awards edit
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.[14] And Ioan Moser of Romania was also named "Best Handball Player in the World” in 1964.[15]
Best players of all time edit
In 1992, Gheorghe Gruia of Romania was named Best Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation.[16][17]
In 2000, the Swedish Magnus Wislander and the Ukrainian Zinaida Turchyna were elected Players of the 20th Century by the IHF.[18][19]
Additionally, in 2010 Ivano Balić of Croatia and Svetlana Kitić of Yugoslavia were voted by the website users the Best Players Ever, but they were not named directly by the IHF.[20][21]
Team of the century edit
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".[22]
Other awards edit
In 2010, the fans voted Thierry Omeyer as world's best goalkeeper ever.[23] And in 2011, the fans voted for Luminița Dinu (born Huțupan) as best female goalkeeper ever.[24]
Previously in 2009, Steffen Fäth and Cristina Neagu respectively won Rookie of the Year award for male and female.[25]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Pech für Andy Schmid: Wahl zum Welt-Handballer fällt aus". Tagblatt (in German). 27 June 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Overview: previous world handball player of the year – both male and female". handball-world. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Player of the Year – Men 2008". IHF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Player of the Year – Men 2009". IHF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010". IHF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Alexandra do Nascimento and Daniel Narcisse are GRUNDFOS World Handball Players of the Year 2012". International Handball Federation. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Neagu and Hansen named 2018 World Players of the Year". International Handball Federation. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Oftedal and Landin named 2019 IHF World Players of the Year". IHF. 18 July 2020.
- ^ "IHF | Danish delight in the 2021 IHF World Players and Coaches of the Year awards". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "IHF | 2023 IHF WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS REVEALED". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Player of the Year – Women 2008". IHF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Player of the Year – Women 2009". IHF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "HANDBALL LEGEND AMAZED BY CL FINAL". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Einst verfemt, jetzt Ehrenbürger" (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Handball World Mourns the Loss of Icon, Friend & Teacher". ihf.info. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Gheorghe Gruia: La zurda rumana que dominó el mundo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Wislander "Welt-Handballer des Jahrhunderts"" (in German). thw-handball.de. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Турчина — лучшая гандболистка века" (in Russian). kommersant.ru. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Ivano Balic voted best male player ever
- ^ Svetlana Kitic voted best female player ever
- ^ "Geschichten rund um den Handball in Siebenbürgen (XIV)" (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Voting of the IHF users: Omeyer world’s best goalkeeper
- ^ Fans vote for Luminita Dinu as best female goalkeeper ever
- ^ Neagu, “World’s best Rookie of the Year 2009”
External links edit
- All the previous World Handball Players on the IHF homepage
- World Handball Awards on the IHF homepage