Club Handball
Wilbek's initial work as a handball coach was in his own club, Virum Sorgenfri Håndboldklub, in 1985-88 (elite men). Just turned 30, he came to Viborg HK as a coach for the ambitious women's team, which by then had just been promoted to the Danish top league. Within a few years, he led the club to their first medals (silver i 1991), and the Danish National team now wanted him as a coach for the women team.
After five extremely successful years as national coach, Wilbek again turned towards club coaching. He was reappointed as coach for Viborg HK's elite women, and again he showed his excellence: The team became national champions for four consecutive years and reached the final in the 2001 EHF Champions League.
He now needed new challenges and turned towards the club's men's team in the early 2000s. This marked Wilbek's least successful period as a coach with no medals won. But he was still popular within the national handball association, and in 2005 he was appointed coach of the national men's team. In 2006 he led the team to a 3. place finish at European Championships and in 2007 they finished as nr. 3 in The World Championship. In 2008 he led the team to first place in the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.
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