Olympia HC

Olympia HC
Full name	Olympia Handball Club London
Founded	2005
Arena	Copper Box Arena
Capacity	6,000
President	Gosia Darmaszek
League	Premier Handball League
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Olympia Handball Club London is a handball club from London, England that has men’s and women’s teams competing in the Premier Handball League, Regional Development League and a number of Junior leagues.

Club History

The club was established in 2005 as a multi-national team and remains one of the most diverse handball clubs in London, now boasting members from more than 23 countries.

In addition to providing an opportunity for everyone to play handball, Olympia has four senior teams that participate in England Handball Association (EHA) leagues and cup competitions at different levels. Both of the Women and Men's first teams compete in the Premier Handball League, which is contested between the best teams in England. Olympia's second teams participate in the Development League (second tier) for men and women. The club also takes part in domestic handball cup competitions, as well as international tournaments such as the EHF Challenge Cup, EHF Cup, British Beach Handball, Liverpool Handball Festival, and several other friendly tournaments around Europe.

At junior level, Olympia is proud of its involvement with a satellite club at All Saints Catholic School in Dagenham, East London - pupils compete at national school level, and also have the chance to play for the Under-18 Juniors team.

Women's PHL Team

Honours

Premier Handball League
- Winners (3) : 2012/13, 2013/14, 2016/17
- Runners-Up (2) : 2014/15, 2017/18

English National Handball Cup
- Winners (2) : 2013/14, 2015/16

European Record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

2011-12	Challenge Cup	R2	Panetolikos AC	–	0–10(walkover)	0–10
-	-	Group B	RK Zelina	–	18–42	18–42
-	-	-	Alavarium	16–34	–	16–34
2013-14	EHF Cup	R2	Fram	13–38	20–14	27–58
2014-15	EHF Cup	R2	Karpaty	10–39	38–6	16–77
2016-17	Challenge Cup	R3	LK Zug	17–45	7–40	24–85

2019/20 Squad

Head Coach

Aurelian Gug

Goalkeepers

Sabrina Farhan
Zooey Perry

Wingers
- RW

Jessica Gómez Castaño
Annaleigh Knott

- LW

Anamaria Andreea Codreanu
Helen Andersson
Denisa Paduraru

Pivots

Kerstin Brodin
Camila Grasso

Backs
- LB

Naomi Donkor
Ingrid-Liv Morkken
Amanda Hoffner

- CB

Malwina Spek
Marija Stričević (Captain)

- RB

Lucille Dauwe
Patricia Einfeldt
Steffi Hertling
Tatiana Tavares

Men’s PHL Team

Honours

Premier Handball League
- Runners-Up (2) : 2015/16, 2017/18

2018/19 Squad

Head Coach

Cornel Grigorie

Goalkeepers

Nikolas Jurković

Wingers
- RW

- LW

Pivots

Backs
- LB

- CB

- RB

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