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unusual facts about Norway women's national handball team


Levanger

Marit Breivik (1955–) Former handball player and former head coach for the Norwegian women's national handball team


1990 World Women's Handball Championship

The championship was held after the German reunification, but East and West Germany participated separately.

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Out of the 18 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists - Denmark, Germany, Italy and Norway - and the best quarter-final loser - Sweden, who lost their two leg quarter-final clash against Italy on a single away goal.

Alexandra Lacrabère

Alexandra Lacrabère (born 27 April 1987) is a French handball player, who has played for the French national team.

Angie Geschke

Angie Geschke (born 24 May 1985) is a German handball player for VfL Oldenburg and the German national team.

Anna Kawamura

Anna Kawamura (born 26 October 1991) is a South Korean handball player for Tokai University and the Japanese Republic national team.

Anna Loerper

She plays for the club VfL Oldenburg and for the German national team.

Antonio Bordon

Antonio Bordon is a Paraguayan handball coach of the Paraguayan national team.

Celestin Mpoua

Celestin Mpoua is a Congolese handball coach of the DR Congo national team.

Chile men's national handball team

Regional name = Pan-American Handball Championship

Kits for the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011.

Cristina Dorcioman

On 26 July 2013, Dorcioman was announced referee for the 2013 UEFA Women's Euro Final between Germany and Norway at Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden.

Dominican Republic women's national handball team

The team won the Bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Even Pellerud

He was head coach for the Norway women's national football team from 1989 to 1996, and led the Norwegian team to silver medal at the very first Women's World Cup in 1991, to world champions at the second, in 1995, and to bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Forever the Moment

South Korea won the silver medal in women's handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, following a close game against Denmark which was decided by a penalty shootout.

Ines Khouildi

She plays for the club Mios and for the Tunisian national team.

Isabelle Wendling

Isabelle Wendling (born 30 January 1971 in Boulay-Moselle) is a French handball player and member of a former World Champion French national team.

Johanna Wiberg

She plays for the club FCK Håndbold and for the Swedish national team.

Kirsi Heikkinen

In the 2013 European Championship's qualification she refereed the Italy 1–0 Poland, Switzerland 4–3 Spain and Iceland 3–1 Norway games, signaling one penalty for Italy, Spain and Iceland each; the former was missed.

Marco Oneto

Marco Antonio Oneto Zúñiga (born June 3, 1982 in Viña del Mar, Chile) is a professional handball player, and a captain of Chilean handball team.

Martina Crhová

She plays for the Swedish club IFK Kristianstad, and on the Czech national team.

Nina Wörz

She plays for the Slovenian club Krim and for the German national team, having made her international debut on 19 February 1999 against Poland.

Norway women's national beach handball team

In 2009 they reached the final of the European tournament, but lost to Italy after an even shootout and a golden goal in front of a home audience in Larvik.

The Norwegian team received a bronze medal at the 2007 European Beach Handball Championship, where Linn Jørum Sulland finished as top scorer and Ingrid Ødegård was named Best Goalkeeper.

Norway women's national under-18 ice hockey team

The first ever Norwegian national under-18 gathering was held 12–14 December 2008 in Hønefoss.

The team would enter 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, which were held in Chambéry, France from 28 December 2008 to 2 January 2009.

Sato Shiroishi

Sato Shiroishi (born 2 December 1992) is a South Korean handball player for Tokyo Women's College and the Japanese Republic national team.

Simona Spiridon

With Romania, she has picked up two gold medals in younger age category World and European Championships in addition to the 4 Hungarian Cup and 5 Austrian Cup titles.

Siraba Dembélé

She plays for the club ŽRK Vardar and for the French national team.

Solveig Gulbrandsen

She has previously played for Kolbotn, Stabæk and FC Gold Pride, and the Norwegian national team where she was capped 154 times and won the 2000 Summer Olympics.

South Korea women's national handball team

The 2008 film Forever the Moment is a fictionalized account of the teams' journey to the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Tatiana Dronina

Tatiana Dronina is a Russian team handball player, playing for the club Zvezda Zvenigorod and for the Russian women's national handball team.

Theodor Gebre Selassie

Gebre Selassie has a younger sister named Anna, who plays for the Czech Republic women's national handball team.

Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland

Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland (born 9 October 1972 in Voiron, Isère) is a French former handballer who played for the French national team.

Vitaly Krokhin

Vitaly Krokhin (born 19 August 1947) is a Russian handball coach for the Russian women's national team.

Wiebke Kethorn

She plays for the club VfL Oldenburg, and on the German national team.


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