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BEST 8 OF MEN’S HANDBALL 2024: Five Danes, Fabregas, Claar and Gomez

By Editor

Posted on 30. January 2025.

Mathias Gidsel is Handball-Planet WORLD HANDBALL PLAYER 2024, and here are the other members of the WORLD HANDBALL BEST 8 in 2024:

WORLD LEFT WING 2024: Emil Jacobsen (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark) 
WORLD LEFT BACK 2024: Simon Pytlick (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark) 
WORLD PLAYMAKER 2024: Felix Claar (SC Magdeburg – Sweden)
WORLD RIGHT BACK 2024: Mathias Gidsel (Fuchse Berlin – Denmark)
WORLD RIGHT WING 2024: Aleix Gomez (Barcelona – Spain)
WORLD LINE PLAYER 2024: Ludovic Fabregas (Barcelona – France)
WORLD GOALKEEPER 2024: Emil Nielsen (FC Barcelona – Denmark)
WORLD DEFENSIVE PLAYER 2024: Magnus Saugstrup (SC Magdeburg – Denmark)

Four Danish national team players, two from Spain and one each from France and Iceland were in the TOP 8 of World Handball.

WORLD HANDBALL LEFT WING 2024

1. Emil Jakobsen (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark) 22+7  29
2. Hampus Wanne (FC Barcelona – Sweden) 11+3  14
3. Hugo Descat (Veszprem – France) 5 + 5        10
4. Dylan Nahi (Industria Kielce – France)  6+1       7

WORLD HANDBALL LEFT BACK 2024:

1. Simon Pytlick (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark)  29
2. Aleks Vlah (Aalborg – Slovenia) 17
3. Elohim Prandi (PSG Handball – France) 14
4. Martim Costa (Sporting CP – Portugal) 10

WORLD HANDBALL PLAYMAKER 2024:

1.Felix Claar (SC Magdeburg – Sweden) 20
2.Juri Knorr (Rhein Neckar Lowen – Germany) 14
3. Nedim Remili (Veszprem – France) 12
4. Gisli Kristjansson (SC Magdeburg – Iceland) 8

WORLD HANDBALL RIGHT BACK 2024:

1. Mathias Gidsel (Fuchse Berlin – Denmark) 41
2. Dika Mem (FC Barcelona – France)  16
3. Renars Uscins (TSV Hannover Burgdorf – Germany) 12
4. Melvyn Richardson (FC Barcelona – France) 5

WORLD HANDBALL RIGHT WING 2024:

1.Aleix Gomes (FC Barcelona – Spain) 25
2. Mario Sostaric (Pick Szeged – Croatia)  19
3. Blaz Janc (FC Barcelona – Slovenia) 17
4. Sebastian Karlsson (Montpellier – Sweden) 5

WORLD HANDBALL LINE PLAYER 2024:

1. Ludovic Fabregas (Veszprem – France) 24
   
2. Kamil Syprzak (PSG Handball – Poland) 15
3. Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Germany)  13
4. Lukas Jorgensen (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark) 6

WORLD HANDBALL GOALKEEPER 2024?

1. Emil Nielsen (FC Barcelona – Denmark) 36
2. Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel – Germany) 22
3. Dominik Kuzmanovic (VfL Gummersbach – Croatia) 9
4. Andreas Palicka (PSG Handball – Sweden)  4

WORLD HANDBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER 2024:

1. Magnus Saugstrup (SC Magdeburg – Denmark) 27
2. Blaz Blagotinsek (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Slovenia) 16
3. Thiagus Petrus (FC Barcelona – Brasil) 17
4. Henrik Mollgaard (Aalborg Handbold – Denmark) 7