IHF World Player of the Year
Sport | Handball |
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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) |
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.[1][2]
Men
Year | Winner | Country | Position | Ref. |
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1988 | Veselin Vujović | Yugoslavia | Left back | |
1989 | Kang Jae-Won | South Korea | Right back | |
1990 | Magnus Wislander | Sweden | Center back | |
1991 | No vote | |||
1992 | ||||
1993 | ||||
1994 | Talant Dujshebaev | Russia | Centre back | |
1995 | Jackson Richardson | France | Centre back | |
1996 | Talant Dujshebaev (2) | Spain | Centre back | |
1997 | Stéphane Stoecklin | France | Right back | |
1998 | Daniel Stephan | Germany | Left back | |
1999 | Rafael Guijosa | Spain | Left wing | |
2000 | Dragan Škrbić | Yugoslavia | Line player | |
2001 | Yoon Kyung-Shin | South Korea | Right back | |
2002 | Bertrand Gille | France | Line player | |
2003 | Ivano Balić | Croatia | Centre back | |
2004 | Henning Fritz | Germany | Goalkeeper | |
2005 | Arpad Šterbik | Serbia and Montenegro | Goalkeeper | |
2006 | Ivano Balić (2) | Croatia | Centre back | |
2007 | Nikola Karabatić | France | Centre back | |
2008 | Thierry Omeyer | France | Goalkeeper | [3] |
2009 | Sławomir Szmal | Poland | Goalkeeper | [4] |
2010 | Filip Jícha | Czech Republic | Left back | [5] |
2011 | Mikkel Hansen | Denmark | Left back | [6] |
2012 | Daniel Narcisse | France | Centre back | [7] |
2013 | Domagoj Duvnjak | Croatia | Centre back | |
2014 | Nikola Karabatić (2) | France | Centre back | |
2015 | Mikkel Hansen (2) | Denmark | Left back | |
2016 | Nikola Karabatić (3) | France | Centre back | |
2017 | Not awarded | |||
2018 | Mikkel Hansen (3) | Denmark | Left back | [8] |
2019 | Niklas Landin Jacobsen | Denmark | Goalkeeper | [9] |
2020 | Not awarded | |||
2021 | Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2) | Denmark | Goalkeeper | [10] |
2022 | Not awarded | |||
2023 | Mathias Gidsel | Denmark | Right back | [11] |
Women
Year | Winner | Country | Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Svetlana Kitić | Yugoslavia | Centre back | |
1989 | Kim Hyun-Mee | South Korea | ||
1990 | Jasna Kolar-Merdan | Austria | Left back | |
1991 | No vote | |||
1992 | ||||
1993 | ||||
1994 | Mia Hermansson | Sweden | Centre back | |
1995 | Erzsébet Kocsis | Hungary | Line player | |
1996 | Lim O-Kyeong | South Korea | Centre back | |
1997 | Anja Andersen | Denmark | Left back | |
1998 | Trine Haltvik | Norway | Centre back | |
1999 | Ausra Fridrikas | Austria | Left back | |
2000 | Bojana Radulović | Hungary | Right back | |
2001 | Cecilie Leganger | Norway | Goalkeeper | |
2002 | Zhai Chao | China | Centre back | |
2003 | Bojana Radulović (2) | Hungary | Right back | |
2004 | Anita Kulcsár | Hungary | Line player | |
2005 | Anita Görbicz | Hungary | Centre back | |
2006 | Nadine Krause | Germany | Left back | |
2007 | Gro Hammerseng | Norway | Centre back | |
2008 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth[12] | Norway | Right wing | |
2009 | Allison Pineau[13] | France | Centre back | |
2010 | Cristina Neagu[5] | Romania | Left back | |
2011 | Heidi Løke[6] | Norway | Line player | |
2012 | Alexandra do Nascimento[7] | Brazil | Right wing | |
2013 | Andrea Lekić | Serbia | Centre back | |
2014 | Eduarda Amorim | Brazil | Left back | |
2015 | Cristina Neagu (2) | Romania | Left back | |
2016 | Cristina Neagu (3) | Romania | Left back | |
2017 | Not awarded | |||
2018 | Cristina Neagu[8] (4) | Romania | Left back | |
2019 | Stine Bredal Oftedal[9] | Norway | Centre back | |
2020 | Not awarded | |||
2021 | Sandra Toft | Denmark | Goalkeeper | |
2022 | Not awarded | |||
2023 | Henny Reistad | Norway | Left back |
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.[14] And Ioan Moser of Romania was also named "Best Handball Player in the World” in 1964.[15]
Best players of all time
In 1992, Gheorghe Gruia of Romania was named Best Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation.[16][17]
In 2000, Magnus Wislander of Sweden and Zinaida Turchyna of Ukraine were elected Players of the 20th Century by the IHF.[18][19]
In 2010, Ivano Balić of Croatia and Svetlana Kitić of Yugoslavia were voted Best Players Ever in an online poll organized by the IHF.[20][21]
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".[22]
Other awards
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
References
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. 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"". Archived from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
External links
- All the previous World Handball Players on the IHF homepage
- World Handball Awards on the IHF homepage
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