IHF World Player of the Year

IHF World Player of the Year
Sport Handball
Competition International Handball
Given for Best Performance in International Handball Competitions
History
First award 1988
Most wins Nikola Karabatić France (2007, 2014, 2016)
Cristina Neagu Romania (2010, 2015, 2016)
Most recent Men's - Nikola Karabatić France (3rd Title)
Women's - Cristina Neagu Romania (3rd Title)

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 international competitions. It is awarded based on votes from experts, media and fans.

About

The award was awarded by IHF since 1988 in both Men's and Women's Category separately.

No award was awarded in the year 1991, 1992, 1993.

Men

YearWinnerCountryPositionRef.
1988Veselin Vujović YugoslaviaLeft back
1989Kang Jae-Won South KoreaRight back
1990Magnus Wislander SwedenCenter back
1991 No vote
1992
1993
1994Talant Dujshebaev RussiaCentre back
1995Jackson Richardson FranceCentre back
1996Talant Dujshebaev (2) SpainCentre back
1997Stéphane Stoecklin FranceRight back
1998Daniel Stephan GermanyLeft back
1999Rafael Guijosa SpainLeft wing
2000Dragan Škrbić YugoslaviaLine player
2001Yoon Kyung-Shin South KoreaRight back
2002Bertrand Gille FranceLine player
2003Ivano Balić CroatiaCentre back
2004Henning Fritz GermanyGoalkeeper
2005Arpad Šterbik Serbia and MontenegroGoalkeeper
2006Ivano Balić (2) CroatiaCentre back
2007Nikola Karabatić FranceCentre back
2008Thierry Omeyer FranceGoalkeeper[1]
2009Sławomir Szmal PolandGoalkeeper[2]
2010Filip Jícha Czech RepublicLeft back[3]
2011Mikkel Hansen DenmarkLeft back[4]
2012Daniel Narcisse FranceCentre back[5]
2013Domagoj Duvnjak CroatiaCentre back
2014Nikola Karabatić (2) FranceCentre back
2015Mikkel Hansen (2) DenmarkLeft back
2016Nikola Karabatić (3) FranceCentre back
2017Not awarded

Women

YearWinnerCountryPosition
1988Svetlana Kitić YugoslaviaCentre back
1989Kim Hyun-Mee South Korea
1990Jasna Kolar-Merdan AustriaLeft back
1991 No vote
1992
1993
1994Mia Hermansson SwedenCentre back
1995Erzsébet Kocsis HungaryLine player
1996Lim O-Kyeong South KoreaCentre back
1997Anja Andersen DenmarkLeft back
1998Trine Haltvik NorwayCentre back
1999Ausra Fridrikas AustriaLeft back
2000Bojana Radulović HungaryRight back
2001Cecilie Leganger NorwayGoalkeeper
2002Zhai Chao ChinaCentre back
2003Bojana Radulović (2) HungaryRight back
2004Anita Kulcsár HungaryLine player
2005Anita Görbicz HungaryCentre back
2006Nadine Krause GermanyLeft back
2007Gro Hammerseng NorwayCentre back
2008Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth[6] NorwayRight wing
2009Allison Pineau[7] FranceCentre back
2010Cristina Neagu[3] RomaniaLeft back
2011Heidi Løke[4] NorwayLine player
2012Alexandra do Nascimento[5] BrazilRight wing
2013Andrea Lekić SerbiaCentre back
2014Eduarda Amorim BrazilLeft back
2015Cristina Neagu (2) RomaniaLeft back
2016Cristina Neagu (3) RomaniaLeft back
2017Not awarded

Previous awards

While the IHF has only reported awards since 1988, other players have been voted best players in the world before.

Thus, the Romanian Ștefan Birtalan was elected World Player of the Year in 1974, 1976 and 1977.[8]

Best players of all time

In 1992, Gheorghe Gruia of Romania was named Best Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation.[9][10]

In 2000, the Swedish Magnus Wislander and the Ukrainian Zinaida Turchyna were elected Players of the 20th Century by the IHF.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Player of the Year - Men 2008". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Player of the Year - Men 2009". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010". IHF. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Heidi Løke and Mikkel Hansen World Handball Players of the Year 2011". International Handball Federation. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ "Player of the Year - Women 2008". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  7. ↑ "Player of the Year - Women 2009". IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "HANDBALL LEGEND AMAZED BY CL FINAL". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Handball World Mourns the Loss of Icon, Friend & Teacher". ihf.info. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Gheorghe Gruia: La zurda rumana que dominó el mundo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "Wislander "Welt-Handballer des Jahrhunderts"" (in German). thw-handball.de. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Турчина — лучшая гандболистка века" (in Russian). kommersant.ru. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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