Japan 2019: The Best Players

16 Dec. 2019

The ‘hummel Player of the Match’ award is presented after every match at the 2019 IHF Women’s World Championship in Japan.

A total of 96 games were played, with 95 individual match awards given out, and an overall Most Valuable Player award presented too, instead of an individual award for the final itself (which has been included in the lists below).

The award is given to the player who wins an online vote out of three nominated players, by fans watching from home or anywhere around the world casting their vote using the new IHF app. For more information on how to vote and use the app, visit HERE.

The award also allows every player who wins it an opportunity to help the world’s vulnerable girls and pass on the joy of handball through the IHF official main sponsor hummel’s CSR programme HAND - 'Handball for A New Destiny'. For more information, visit HERE.

All positions are as per the information provided by national federations in their official squad lists.

Complete list of hummel Player of the Match awards – Japan 2019

Per team:

10- Russia
7 - Hungary, Sweden
6 - Denmark, Netherlands, Norway
5 - Angola, Republic of Korea, Spain, Germany, Japan
4 - Serbia, Montenegro
3 - Cuba, Senegal, Slovenia
2 - Argentina, Brazil, France, Kazakhstan, Romania
1 - Australia, DR Congo
0 - P.R. of China

Per position:

Goalkeeper - 24
Left Back - 22
Centre Back - 15
Right Wing - 11
Right Back - 10
Line Player - 8
Left Wing - 6

Per player:

5 - Sandra Toft (DEN)

3 - Eun Hee Ryu (KOR), Lois Abbingh (NED), Mana Ohyama (JPN), Stine Bredal Oftedal (NOR), Tjaša Stanko (SLO)

2 - Albertina Kassoma (ANG), Anna Sen (RUS), Anna Vyakhireva (RUS), Cristina-Georgiana Neagu (ROU), Dinah Eckerle (GER), Filippa Idéhn (SWE), Iuliia Managarova (RUS), Nathalie Hagman (SWE), Sakura Kametani (JPN), Viktória Lukács (HUN), Silje Solberg (NOR)

1 - See below

Per game:

Competition Stage	Game	Player	Country	Position
Preliminary Round	SRB vs ANG	Zeljka Nikolic	SRB	Right wing
Preliminary Round	NED vs SLO	Tjaša Stanko	SLO	Left back
Preliminary Round	NOR vs CUB	Camilla Herrem	NOR	Left wing
Preliminary Round	GER vs BRA	Dinah Eckerle	GER	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	FRA vs KOR	Eun Hee Ryu	KOR	Right back
Preliminary Round	DEN vs AUS	Trine Østergaard Jensen	DEN	Right wing
Preliminary Round	MNE vs SEN	Durdina Jaukovic	MNE	Left back
Preliminary Round	HUN vs KAZ	Viktória Lukács	HUN	Right wing
Preliminary Round	ROU vs ESP	Alicia Fernandez Fraga	ESP	Centre back
Preliminary Round	JPN vs ARG	Mana Ohyama	JPN	Centre back
Preliminary Round	RUS vs CHN	Iuliia Managarova	RUS	Right wing
Preliminary Round	SWE vs COD	Anna Lagerquist	SWE	Line player
Preliminary Round	BRA vs FRA	Amandine Leynaud	FRA	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	AUS vs GER	Julia Behnke	GER	Line player
Preliminary Round	KOR vs DEN	Eun Hee Ryu	KOR	Right back
Preliminary Round	KAZ vs MNE	Marta Batinovic	MNE	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	SEN vs ROU	Cristina-Georgiana Neagu	ROU	Left back
Preliminary Round	ESP vs HUN	Petra Tóvizi	HUN	Line player
Preliminary Round	CUB vs SRB	Mora Arias Niurkis	CUB	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	ANG vs NED	Lois Abbingh	NED	Left back
Preliminary Round	SLO vs NOR	Silje Solberg	NOR	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	ARG vs RUS	Anna Sen	RUS	Left back
Preliminary Round	COD vs JPN	Mana Ohyama	JPN	Centre back
Preliminary Round	CHN vs SWE	Nathalie Hagman	SWE	Right wing
Preliminary Round	NED vs CUB	Lois Abbingh	NED	Left back
Preliminary Round	SLO vs ANG	Albertina Kassoma	ANG	Line player
Preliminary Round	NOR vs SRB	Stine Bredal Oftedal	NOR	Centre back
Preliminary Round	KOR vs BRA	Haein Sim	KOR	Left back
Preliminary Round	FRA vs AUS	Catherine Gabriel	FRA	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	DEN vs GER	Sandra Toft	DEN	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	ESP vs SEN	Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa	ESP	Left back
Preliminary Round	ROU vs KAZ	Abilda Dana	KAZ	Line player
Preliminary Round	HUN vs MNE	Nadine Schatzl	HUN	Left wing
Preliminary Round	RUS vs COD	Viktoriia Kalinina	RUS	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	CHN vs ARG	Graciela Ayelen Garcia	ARG	Right wing
Preliminary Round	SWE vs JPN	Filippa Idéhn	SWE	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	AUS vs KOR	Eun Hee Ryu	KOR	Right back
Preliminary Round	GER vs FRA	Emily Bölk	GER	Left back
Preliminary Round	DEN vs BRA	Sandra Toft	DEN	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	KAZ vs ESP	Silvia Navarro Gomez	ESP	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	HUN vs SEN	Gréta Márton	HUN	Left wing
Preliminary Round	MNE vs ROU	Cristina-Georgiana Neagu	ROU	Left back
Preliminary Round	CUB vs SLO	Tjaša Stanko	SLO	Left back
Preliminary Round	SRB vs NED	Kelly Dulfer	NED	Left back
Preliminary Round	NOR vs ANG	Azenaide Carlos	ANG	Right back
Preliminary Round	COD vs CHN	Christianne Mwasesa	COD	Left back
Preliminary Round	JPN vs RUS	Anna Sen	RUS	Left back
Preliminary Round	SWE vs ARG	Jamina Roberts	SWE	Left back
Preliminary Round	SRB vs SLO	Sladana Pop-Lazic	SRB	Line player
Preliminary Round	ANG vs CUB	Albertina Kassoma	ANG	Line player
Preliminary Round	NED vs NOR	Tess Wester	NED	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	BRA vs AUS	Jacqueline Anastácio	BRA	Left back
Preliminary Round	GER vs KOR	Migyeong Lee	KOR	Centre back
Preliminary Round	FRA vs DEN	Sandra Toft	DEN	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	MNE vs ESP	Mireya Gonzalez Alvarez	ESP	Right back
Preliminary Round	ROU vs HUN	Aniko Kovacsics	HUN	Centre back
Preliminary Round	SEN vs KAZ	Doungou Camara	SEN	Right back
Preliminary Round	JPN vs CHN	Sakura Kametani	JPN	Goalkeeper
Preliminary Round	ARG vs COD	Elke Josselinne Karsten	ARG	Left back
Preliminary Round	RUS vs SWE	Yaroslava Frolova	RUS	Centre back
President's Cup	CUB vs AUS	Yarumy Céspedes Chirino	CUB	Centre back
President's Cup	KAZ vs CHN	Sevara Rejemetova	KAZ	Left back
President's Cup	ANG vs FRA	Helena Sousa	ANG	Goalkeeper
President's Cup	HUN vs ARG	Noemi Hafra	HUN	Left back
President's Cup	SLO vs BRA	Larissa Araújo	BRA	Left wing
President's Cup	SEN vs COD	Amina Sankhare	SEN	Centre back
Main Round	ROU vs RUS	Vladlena Bobrovnikova	RUS	Left back
Main Round	SRB vs KOR	Jelena Lavko	SRB	Right back
Main Round	MNE vs JPN	Jovanka Radicevic	MNE	Right wing
Main Round	NED vs GER	Dinah Eckerle	GER	Goalkeeper
Main Round	ESP vs SWE	Nathalie Hagman	SWE	Right wing
Main Round	NOR vs DEN	Silje Solberg	NOR	Goalkeeper
President's Cup	AUS vs CHN	Sally Potocki	AUS	Centre back
President's Cup	CUB vs KAZ	Camejo Rodríguez Yunisleidy	CUB	Line player
President's Cup	SLO vs COD	Tjaša Stanko	SLO	Left back
President's Cup	BRA vs SEN	Hatadou Sako	SEN	Goalkeeper
President's Cup	ARG vs ANG	Isabel Guialo	ANG	Centre back
President's Cup	HUN vs FRA	Viktória Lukács	HUN	Right wing
Main Round	GER vs SRB	Amelie Berger	GER	Right wing
Main Round	DEN vs NED	Sandra Toft	DEN	Goalkeeper
Main Round	KOR vs NOR	Stine Bredal Oftedal	NOR	Centre back
Main Round	RUS vs MNE	Iuliia Managarova	RUS	Right wing
Main Round	JPN vs ESP	Mana Ohyama	JPN	Centre back
Main Round	SWE vs ROU	Olivia Mellegard	SWE	Left wing
Main Round	NED vs KOR	Lois Abbingh	NED	Left back
Main Round	ESP vs RUS	Anna Sedoykina	RUS	Goalkeeper
Main Round	ROU vs JPN	Sakura Kametani	JPN	Goalkeeper
Main Round	SRB vs DEN	Sandra Toft	DEN	Goalkeeper
Main Round	MNE vs SWE	Majda Mehmedovic	MNE	Left wing
Main Round	NOR vs GER	Stine Bredal Oftedal	NOR	Centre back
5/6 Placement Match	SRB vs MNE	Katarina Tomašević	SRB	Goalkeeper
7/8 Placement Match	GER vs SWE	Filippa Idéhn	SWE	Goalkeeper
Semi-Final	RUS vs NED	Anna Vyakhireva	RUS	Right back
Semi-Final	NOR vs ESP	Almudena Mª Rodriguez Rodriguez	ESP	Right back
Bronze Medal Match	NOR vs RUS	Anna Vyakhireva	RUS	Right back
Gold Medal Match/Final	ESP vs NED	MVP of JPN 2019: Estavana Polman	NED	Centre back