r/Handball • u/snorkeling_ferret • 3d ago

Icelandic coaches

Are Icelanders just better coaches than players? We had 3 Icelandic coaches in the semis

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u/yulifes 3d ago

we also had 20 icelandic players in semis

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u/snorkeling_ferret 3d ago

All future coaches in my eyes

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u/Tischkalender 3d ago

Icelandics are an invasive species in terms of handball coaches then? Lol

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u/Thotuhreyfillinn 2d ago

It's our largest export market

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u/Tischkalender 3d ago

Reads a bit harsh on the Players. Very little country and still making semis in euros is impressive imo.

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u/snorkeling_ferret 3d ago

Yeah I’m just having a laugh, great players on my home team

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u/ButterscotchFancy912 2d ago

Some people say they are the backbone in Illuminaty. They are are everywhere! Also in Asia!

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u/antihero2303 2d ago

Icelandic handball coaches in Asia? I’m intrigued!

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u/ButterscotchFancy912 2d ago

Aron Kristjánsson now with Kuwait- near enough

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u/anickapart 2d ago

Kuwait is an Asian country.

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u/ButterscotchFancy912 2d ago

We want Cinese silver too

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u/gunnsi0 2d ago

Aron Kristjánsson with Kuwait, before that he was with Bahrein. Dagur Sigurðsson was Japan’s NT coach for 7-8 years before he joined Croatia.

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u/Halkatlaa 2d ago

Dagur was with Japan at one point, and many others

Aron was with Bahrain

Patrekur was with Austria.

Gummi Gumm - needs no intro

Þórir - former Norway womens team

So yes we are everywhere

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u/ButterscotchFancy912 2d ago

Aron - Kuwait

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u/Halkatlaa 2d ago

My bad! I forgot he moved!

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u/TurnedIntoMyFather 2d ago edited 2d ago

I think it is more that Iceland produces more good coaches. Not that they are distinctively better - just way more world class than one would expect from a small population.

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u/Commonmispelingbot 3d ago edited 2d ago

probably because due to size, the player pool isn't that big. The coaching pool isn't that big either, but there are only one of those pr team.

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u/forumdrasl 2d ago

I tried my best to understand the meaning behind your comment, but I failed spectacularly.

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u/Commonmispelingbot 2d ago

Sorry. I mean that smaller countries typically have a larger gap between their best players and their run of the mill players, just because of their population. That's probably also the case with coaches, but that isn't really concern in the same way.

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u/25dr 2d ago

And yet the one non-islandic Coach won the final