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In Iceland, handball was basically the national sport. When the president of Iceland spoke to the media after a recent Olympic win, he explained how important the sport is to their country. Now the national soccer team make the Icelandic public famous all around in the world.
Everyone in the country knows the names of the national team’s players and the overall success of the team is considered very important.
Handball has been more and more popular sport around the world, especially certain Nordic countries. Handball has been described as being sort of like soccer, except you actually use your hands. It is actually an incredibly fast-paced and brutal game; scores generally run much higher than soccer and violent play is often perfectly within the rules.
In the last 5 year, Iceland national soccer team created very impressive results and Iceland is now looking forward to participating in UEFA European Championship final round for the first time.
The Icelandic national soccer team has achieved a new big result, They are going to participate in World Soccer Champion Ship in Russia in 2018. An incredible result, which can make one lose the breath.