The Croatia national handball team represents Croatia in international men's team handball competitions and friendly matches. The handball team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation (HRS).
The Sweden men's national handball team is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
HK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the Swedish Championship eleven times, last in 2013. Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball between 1984 and 2003. This club has had many famous players, among them Magnus Andersson, Ola Lindgren, Bengt Johansson and Göran Bengtsson.
Ivano Balić is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently part of the coaching staff at RK Split. Renowned for his speed, creativity, movement and charisma as a player, Balić won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the Croatian national team, and thirteen titles playing for clubs in Croatia, Spain and Germany. He also received two World Championship silver medals, two silver and one bronze European Championship medal, and one Olympic bronze medal (2012) with the national team.
Maricel Voinea is a retired Romanian team handball player and coach. He played 263 matches for the national team, scoring 706 goals and winning bronze medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and 1990 World Championships. At the club level he was part of HC Minaur in Baia Mare (1977–1989), winning the EHF Cup in 1985 and 1988. He later joined the Spanish club Avidesa Valencia (1989–1992), and eventually moved on to Germany, where he competed for SG Leutershausen (1992–1994) and HSG Nordhorn (1994–1998).
Hammarby IF Handboll is the handball section of Swedish sports club Hammarby IF from Stockholm. Hammarby IF currently play in Handbollsligan, Sweden's first tier.
Michael Roth is a German former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Goran Šprem is a Croatian former handball player.
Erik Staffan Olsson is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking skills.
Tommy Roger Suoraniemi is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad, or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish professional handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-sport club. The handball team made its debut in 1925 and has been the only section of the club since 2000. The club plays its home matches at Kristianstad Arena.
Ystads IF is a professional handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992 and 2022.
During the 2015–16 season, Elitserien, the top league of Swedish men's handball, contained 14 teams. The championship was won by IFK Kristianstad.
Glenn Solberg is a Norwegian handball coach and former player who is currently the coach of the Swedish national team and the assistant coach of Fjellhammer IL. Solberg won fourteen titles during his career playing for clubs in Norway, Germany and Spain. He was capped 122 times and scored 250 goals for the Norwegian national team.
Jesper Larsson is a Swedish former handball player, who played as a goalkeeper. He made his debut for IFK Kristianstad in 1991–92, helping the team to reach promotion to Elitserien in the same season. He played three more seasons for the club before joining league rivals HK Drott. In 1997, Larsson signed for German second division club HSG Nordhorn. In 1999 he helped the team to promotion to the Handball-Bundesliga. After finishing second in the league with Nordhorn in 2001–02, he joined league rivals TUSEM Essen. After two seasons he returned to Nordhorn, where he played until 2007. Larsson returned to Sweden for the 2007–08 season, playing for H 43 Lund. Two years later, he returned to Kristianstad. In his final professional season in 2011–12, he helped Kristianstad reach the Swedish Championship final, where they were defeated by IK Sävehof. He also played 19 matches for Sweden, but was never selected for a major championship. He was assistant coach for Kristianstad between 2014 and 2017. As of the 2017–18 season, he is Director of Sport for the club.
Bo Ahlberg is a Swedish former handball player.
The 2015 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final was a handball match that took place at Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 24 May 2015 to decide the winner of the 2014–15 Elitserien. The match was contested by regular season winners IFK Kristianstad and defending champions Alingsås HK. Kristianstad won the match by 28–25 to win their first Swedish title since 1953.
The 2016 Swedish Men's Handball Championship final was a handball match that took place at Malmö Arena in Malmö on 22 May 2016 to decide the winner of the 2015–16 Elitserien. The match was contested by IFK Kristianstad and Alingsås HK. Kristianstad won the match by 27–18 to win their second consecutive Swedish title.
Curt Wadmark was a Swedish handball player, coach and administrator. He played for IFK Lund during the club's only season in the top division in 1938–39. At the end of the season the team withdrew from the league and Wadmark moved to IFK Kristianstad due to the lack of a venue for handball in Lund. He helped the team to two second places in the league and was a member of the team that won the club's first Swedish Championship in 1941, scoring two goals in the final. After that season he returned to Lund to play for the newly-founded Lugi HF, where he played until 1947. The club started in the second division, where they remained throughout Wadmark's spell at the club. He played 76 matches and scored 145 goals for the club. He played 12 matches for the Swedish national field handball team, including four at the 1938 World Championship.
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