THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.
Alfreð Gíslason is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the German men's national team. He won titles in Iceland, Germany and Spain as a player before starting his coaching career in 1991 with Icelandic team KA as a player-coach. He later coached German club SC Magdeburg, where he won the Bundesliga and the EHF Champions League, the Icelandic men's national team and German club THW Kiel, where he won six Bundesliga, six DHB-Pokal and two EHF Champions League titles. Alfreð was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1989 and inducted into the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame in 2019.
Nikola Karabatić is a French former professional handball player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history.
Dominik Walter Roland Klein is a former German handball player who last played for HBC Nantes.
Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold.
Domagoj Duvnjak is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić.
Thierry Omeyer is a retired French handball goalkeeper.
Aron Pálmarsson is an Icelandic handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Icelandic national handball team.
Marko Vujin is a former Serbian handball player who plays for SC Pick Szeged and the Serbian national team.
René Toft Hansen is a Danish professional handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Denmark national team. He is the oldest of 5 siblings, all of which are handball players: His brother Henrik, who also plays for the Denmark national team, and the three younger siblings: Allan Toft Hansen of Mors-Thy Håndbold, Majbritt Toft Hansen of Viborg HK and Jeanette Toft Hansen. All five siblings play on the pivot position.
Marcus Ahlm is a Swedish handballer. He retired from handball in 2013 after playing for German Handball-Bundesliga team THW Kiel.
Niclas Ekberg is a Swedish professional handballer for Ystads IF.
Erik Mattias Andersson is a retired Swedish handballer and currently a goalkeeper coach. He competed for the Swedish national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where they won the silver medal.
Andreas Wolff is a German handball player for THW Kiel and the German national team.
Tobias Reichmann is a German handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
Ystads IF is a professional handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992 and 2022.
Andreas Miroslav Palicka is a Swedish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team.
Jim Gottfridsson is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team.
Hampus Wanne is a Swedish professional handballer for FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.
Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson is an Icelandic handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national team. He was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2023.
