Var Bentsdóttir Zachariasen

Vár Bentsdóttir Zachariasen
Personal information
Full name Var Bentsdóttir Zachariasen
Born (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002
Hoyvik, Faroe Islands
Nationality Faroese
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Ajax København
Number 5
Senior clubs
Years Team
H71
2023-2024
Ringkøbing Håndbold
2024-
Ajax København
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–
Faroe Islands 9 (4)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of November 2025[1]

Vár Bentsdóttir Zachariasen (born 11 April 2002) is a Faroese handballer who plays for Ajax København in the Danish Women's Handball League and the Faroe Islands women's national team.

In the 2023-24 season she played for Danish club Ringkøbing Håndbold.[2] In May 2024, she and her twin sister Lív Bentsdóttir Zachariasen signed a 1 year-contract with Ajax København.[3]

At the 2025 World Championship she was part of the Faroe Islands team that played for the first time at a World Championship.[4][1] With wins over Spain and Paraguay they advanced from the preliminary groups and recorded their first ever win at a major international tournament.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "HM-liðið úttikið". Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Spiller & Trænerprofiler – Ringkøbing" (PDF) (in Danish). DhDB. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Ajax København henter færøske landsholdsspillere". europamester.dk (in Danish). 15 May 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Håndboldfeber på Færøerne: Folk siger, 'I er så små'" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 26 November 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  5. ^ Sebastian Taarsted Bagger (28 November 2025). "Færøsk landsholdsspiller har det så vildt, at hun næsten ikke kan være i sin egen krop" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 15 December 2025.