IHF World Player of the Year
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 internacional competitions. It is awarded based on votes Fans, media and an IHF expert group.
About
The award was awarded by IHF since 1988 in both Men's and Women's Category separately.
| Award details | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Competition | International Handball |
| Given for | Best Performance in International Handball Competitions |
| History | |
| First award | 1988 |
| First winner |
Men's - Veselin Vujović  Women's - Svetlana Kitić |
| Most wins |
Ivano Balić  (2003, 2006) Nikola Karabatić  (2007, 2014) |
| Most recent |
Men's - Nikola Karabatić (2nd Title) Women's - Eduarda Amorim  (1st Title) |
No award was awarded in the year 1991, 1992, 1993.
Men
| Year | Winner | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Veselin Vujović | Yugoslavia | |
| 1989 | Kang Jae-Won |  South Korea | |
| 1990 | Magnus Wislander |  Sweden | |
| 1991 | No vote | ||
| 1992 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1994 | Talant Dujshebaev |  Russia | |
| 1995 | Jackson Richardson | France | |
| 1996 | Talant Dujshebaev |  Spain | |
| 1997 | Stéphane Stoecklin | France | |
| 1998 | Daniel Stephan |  Germany | |
| 1999 | Rafael Guijosa | Spain | |
| 2000 | Dragan Škrbić |  Yugoslavia | |
| 2001 | Yoon Kyung-Shin | South Korea | |
| 2002 | Bertrand Gille | France | |
| 2003 | Ivano Balić | Croatia | |
| 2004 | Henning Fritz | Germany | |
| 2005 | Arpad Šterbik |  Serbia and Montenegro | |
| 2006 | Ivano Balić | Croatia | |
| 2007 | Nikola Karabatić | France | |
| 2008 | Thierry Omeyer[1] | France | |
| 2009 | Sławomir Szmal[2] |  Poland | |
| 2010 | Filip Jícha[3] |  Czech Republic | |
| 2011 | Mikkel Hansen[4] |  Denmark | |
| 2012 | Daniel Narcisse[5] | France | |
| 2013 | Domagoj Duvnjak | Croatia | |
| 2014 | Nikola Karabatić | France | |
| 2015 | |||
Women
| Year | Winner | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Svetlana Kitić | Yugoslavia | |
| 1989 | Kim Hyun-Mee | South Korea | |
| 1990 | Jasna Kolar-Merdan |  Austria | |
| 1991 | No vote | ||
| 1992 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1994 | Mia Hermansson | Sweden | |
| 1995 | Erzsébet Kocsis |  Hungary | |
| 1996 | Lim O-Kyeong | South Korea | |
| 1997 | Anja Andersen | Denmark | |
| 1998 | Trine Haltvik |  Norway | |
| 1999 | Ausra Fridrikas | Austria | |
| 2000 | Bojana Radulović | Hungary | |
| 2001 | Cecilie Leganger | Norway | |
| 2002 | Zhai Chao |  China | |
| 2003 | Bojana Radulović | Hungary | |
| 2004 | Anita Kulcsár | Hungary | |
| 2005 | Anita Görbicz | Hungary | |
| 2006 | Nadine Krause | Germany | |
| 2007 | Gro Hammerseng | Norway | |
| 2008 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth[6] | Norway | |
| 2009 | Allison Pineau[7] | France | |
| 2010 | Cristina Neagu[3] |  Romania | |
| 2011 | Heidi Løke[4] | Norway | |
| 2012 | Alexandra do Nascimento[5] | Brazil | |
| 2013 | Andrea Lekić |  Serbia | |
| 2014 | Eduarda Amorim | Brazil | |
| 2015 | |||
References
- ↑ "Player of the Year - Men 2008". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ↑ "Player of the Year - Men 2009". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- 1 2 "Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010". IHF. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- 1 2 "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Player of the Year - Women 2008". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ↑ "Player of the Year - Women 2009". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
External links
- All the previous World Handball Players on the IHF homepage
- World Handball Awards on the IHF homepage
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