Relive Iceland's Viking Thunderclap during the Fifa World Cup 2018 (Astonishing Video)

The Viking Thunder Clap is a football chant performed with a loud shout and a clap. The chant has been performed by fans of a number of clubs, but came to prominence during the UEFA Euro 2016, when fans of Iceland national team introduced their 'viking clap' or 'volcano clap' with a 'huh' chant.
During 2018 FIFA World Cup where Iceland was one of the participating teams, the clap once again drew attention. The Viking Thunder Clap has been adopted by fans of many countries worldwide.


The chant may have been inspired by the film 300 released in 2006. Some believed the chant was first used by fans of Scottish club Motherwell F.C., while others suggest it had been performed by fans of the French club Lens more than two decades prior. Fans of the Greek side PAOK have also chanted "PAOK" on the clap of hands since the mid 1990s. The version by Motherwell fans was passed on to the Icelandic fans when Motherwell faced Icelandic team Stjarnan in a Europa League game in 2014, and Icelandic fans then used it for the Iceland national team. During the UEFA Euro 2016, Iceland performed unexpectedly well and reached the quarter-finals, and the performance of the chant by their fans drew the attention of other European fans, who then also performed the chant. It has since been adopted by fans in many countries worldwide.
Other teams
Fans of the following teams regularly perform versions of the viking clap:
• Canberra Raiders
• Carolina Hurricanes perform a variant called "The Storm Surge.
• India national football team have started using the viking clap since Blue Pilgrims was formed. It was used by the Indian national team during both the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
• Kerala Blasters
• Minnesota Vikings chant 'skol' rather than the 'huh' since 2016.[13]
• Seattle Sounders perform a variant called "Boom, Boom, Clap" dating to before the club was reformed in 2009, chanting 'hey' rather than 'huh'.[14]
• Toronto fans have performed the "Boom, Boom, Clap" chant since 2008.[15]
• Vancouver Canucks used the 'Viking clap' at the final career home game for now-retired Swedish twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin on April 5, 2018.[16]
• Bengaluru FC[citation needed]
• Nepal national under-23 football team started using viking clap during their 2019 South Asian Games football matches.
• Vietnam national football team also started using viking clap since the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup final
• Atlanta United FC supporters have chanted "A - T - L" since they began as a MLS expansion team in 2017.

[michaelsetiawan]

I hope someday in the future Iceland will face New Zealand in the World Cup. Iceland will have this chant, and the NZs will perform their Haka. It would be fucking epic!

[J_bixby]

Now imagine this from 10, 000 bearded, massive axe waving, vikings. You'd drop your tiny sword and run.

[samsmith]

If I am listening to this as an Iceland player, my morale will be so

[lizrivers]

Half of the Icelandic population seemed to be there!! Awesome and powerful chant.

[Zhai_Belgium]

Im from belgium, so we have very fanatic supporters, but the best chants of all that time came from iceland!:)

[steamsteam]

feels like king Ragnar lodbrok, Bjorn, floki and rollo are returning home after a fight

[Intovert]

The little kid for more passion then the adults. Her father must be a proud man seeing this

[rlenn]

Many battles throughout history have been "won" by a simple show of mass unity like this. Often a bunch of villagers/amateur soldiers would gather to stand up against forces like scandinavian, roman, a greek, etc's army and abandon the battle before it began.

[juanmanuelmarquez]

All this energy gives me the chills!! Amazing!!!

[Kafend]

Once we got the zoom out, I got the chills, so many people all working together...

[mehtaboo]

Haka vs Viking Thunderclap = GOOSEBUMPS

[stefansproductions]

Now that's a real Home - Away difference, imagine being the opponents and hearing this shit

[rawsnake]

Dang it, this gives me goosebumps (Im swedish) Your fans are totally awsome, cheers! 🍻🍻

[Haggysackk]

This again makes me want to visit Iceland. This and... Other things.

[Iridium_Division]

Such a great chant that it even inspired the other team...

[amitgargchowdhury]

unforgetable moment .unique way to support country

[wesleywhitcomb]

We Will Rock You from Queen is probably a huge hit in Iceland.

[jd.m.]

Imagine living in the Dark ages in a small Village and suddenly hear this loud chant from the Foggy river.

[Harrysound]

If you went to Iceland when this game was playing you could have burgled every single house and gotten away with a 5 star rating

[arijami]

2018 WAS best summer of my life and most people too after that year everything went down hill
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