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The Greenland national handball team (Danish: Grønlands håndboldlandshold) is the national handball team of Greenland and is controlled by the Greenland Handball Federation. Greenland is the only non-independent territory to have its team taken part in the World Men's Handball Championship.

Tournament record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 to 1997 Did not participate
Egypt Egypt 1999 Did not qualify
France France 2001 First round 20th place 5 1 0 4 85 140
Portugal Portugal 2003 First round 24th place 5 0 0 5 100 152
Tunisia Tunisia 2005 Did not qualify
Germany Germany 2007 Preliminary round 22nd place 6 1 0 5 160 197
2009 to 2025 Did not qualify
2027 to 2031 TBD
Total 3/30 16 2 0 14 345 489

Pan American Championship

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
Mexico 1980 Did not enter
Argentina 1981
United States 1983
Brazil 1985
Cuba 1989
Brazil 1994
United States 1996
Cuba 1998 5th 6 3 0 3 127 155 -28
Brazil 2000 5th 5 3 0 2 125 114 +11
Argentina 2002 3rd 5 4 0 1 127 83 +44
Chile 2004 5th
Brazil 2006 3rd
Brazil 2008 5th
Chile 2010 6th
Argentina 2012 5th
Uruguay 2014 5th
Argentina 2016 5th
Greenland 2018 4th
Total 11/18 - - - - - -

Nor.Ca. Championship

North American Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA
Mexico Mexico 2014 1st place 4 4 0 0 131 109
Mexico Mexico 2018 Did not participate
Mexico Mexico 2022 2nd place 4 1 1 2 113 122
Mexico Mexico 2024 3rd place 6 4 0 2 172 162
Total 3/4 14 9 1 4 416 393

Player statistics

Most capped players
Player Games Position
Rasmus Larsen 110 P
Jakob Larsen 87
Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed 84 OB
Top scorers
Player Goals Position
Jakob Larsen 506
Hans Peter Motzfeldt-Kyed 313 OB
Rasmus Larsen 229 P
Minik Dahl Høegh 190 OB
Angutimmarik Kreutzmann 157 OB

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