The Faroe Islands, Poland's group rivals at the European Handball Championships in Germany from January 10-28, have the second-youngest team after Georgia with an average age of 24.5, after Georgia, whose average age is 24.4. See the Faroe Islands squad.
The Faroese team is also the shortest European team, with an average height of 188.1 centimeters, and has the youngest player in the tournament, 18-year-old Olli Mithun, born in June 2005.
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Norway and Slovenia are also competing in Group D in Berlin.
Of the 18 players named by coaches Peter Breddorf-Larsen and Julian Johansen, only one is a domestic club player, the others playing in Norway (3), Denmark (8), Sweden (3), Iceland (1) and Germany (2).
Faroe Islands squad for European Handball Championship 2024:
Goalkeepers: Pauli Jacobsen (HOEJ Elite, Denmark), Nikolas Satchwell (Viking TIF, Norway)
Playmakers and pivots: Trondur Mikkelsen (Kristiansand Toppandbold, Norway), Roy Ellefsen a Skipagoeta (IF Hallby HK, Sweden), Jonas Gunnarsson Jurhuus (FIF Handbold, Denmark), Pauli Mithun (Team Sydhavsoeoeerne, Denmark), Olli Saveveden Eltuns, Ellefsen a Skipagoeta (THW Kiel , Germany), Wilhelm Poulsen (Lemvig-Thyboroen, Denmark), Kiartan Johansen (Baaekkelaget, Norway), Peter Krogh (Aarhus HC, Denmark)
Wingers: Roy Berg Hansen (HOJ Elite, Denmark), Leivur Mortensen (FIF Handbold, Denmark), Hakun West av Teigum (Fuechse Berlin) Alan Nordberg (Valur, Iceland)
Rotary: Tays Horn Rasmussen (Aarhus HC, Denmark), Paetur Mikjalsson (IF Hallby HK, Sweden), Isak Wedelsboel (H71, Faroe Islands).
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