Felix Niklas Claar (born 5 January 1997) is a Swedish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for

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and the Swedish national team. He has won nine titles at club level playing for teams in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Claar made his international debut on the Swedish national team in June 2017 in a match against Poland. With the national team, he won the 2022 European Championship, finished second at the 2021 World Championship, and placed third at the 2024 European Championship.

Career

Claar began playing handball in his hometown club Norrköping HK. In 2013 he joined

Alingsås HK Alingsås HK is a handball club from Alingsås, Sweden. They currently compete in Handbollsligan. They have won two Swedish championships, in 2009 and 2014. Kits Achievements *Handbollsligan: **''Winners (2)'': 2009, 2014 **''Runners-u ...

. At the age of 16 he made his senior debut in the Elitserien. In his first season he won the Swedish Championship. In the summer of 2020 he joined the Danish reigning champions

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

. In his first season at the club, he reached the Champions League final, where Aalborg lost to

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23-36. Only days later he won the Danish Championship final. In this match he was the topscorer with 9 goals. In the 2021/2022 he was in the Danish league all star team. For the 23/24 season he joined German

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side

on a three year contract. In his first season at the club, he won both the

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and the German Championship. Having played for most Swedish youth teams, Claar debuted for the Swedish national team on June 8th 2017 in a match against Poland. His first major tournament was the 2021 World Cup in Egypt. Here he reached the final, where Sweden lost to Denmark.

Honours

Club

Danish Handball League The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...

: **''Winner:''

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** ''Runner-up:''

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: ** ''Winner:''2025 ** ''Runner-up:'' 2021 *

IHF Super Globe The Men's Super Globe is a handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a bal ...

: **''Winner:''

** ''Bronze medal:

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Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

: **''Winner:''

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: **''Winner:''

* Danish Handball Cup: **''Winner:'' 2021 ** ''Runner-up:'' 2020 *

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: **''Winner:'' 2020, 2021, 2022 *

Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structur ...

: ** ''Winner:'' 2014 ** ''Runner-up:'' 2019

International

World Men's Handball Championship The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title. France is the most successful team with six ...

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European Men's Handball Championship The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning ...

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Individual

* EHF Excellence Awards: Left Back of the Season 2024/25 * EHF Excellence Awards: Centre Back of the Season 2023/24 *Swedish Handballer of the Year: 2024 * All-Star Team Danish League: 2021–22 * All-Star Team

: 2019–20 * Most valuable player (MVP) of the

: 2018–19, 2019–20 * Årets komet: 2016

References

External links

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Felix Claar
at the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claar, Felix 1997 births Living people People from Norrköping Municipality Sportspeople from Östergötland County Swedish male handball players Aalborg Håndbold players Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Sweden Swedish expatriate handball players in Germany Handball-Bundesliga players SC Magdeburg players Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Swedish expatriate handball players in Denmark 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Alingsås HK players