2011 World Men's Handball Championship squads

This article displays the squads for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.

2011 World Men's Handball Championship squads
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Appearances, goals and ages as of tournament start, 13 January 2011.

Group A

 Bahrain

Head coach: Bader Mirza

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 Saeed Jawher 26 January 1972 (aged 38) 1.86 m Al-Ahli 2 Hasan Madan 16 January 1984 (aged 26) 1.82 m Bar-Bar 5 Hasan Al Najar 20 January 1986 (aged 24) 1.86 m Al-Najma 7 Ali Merza 7 July 1988 (aged 22) 1.84 m Al-Tadhamon 8 Hasan Al Fardan 10 December 1988 (aged 22) 1.80 m Al-Ahli 10 Jaafar Abdulwader 13 October 1982 (aged 28) 1.81 m Bar-Bar 11 Sadiq Ali 24 January 1986 (aged 24) 1.68 m Al-Ahli 12 Mohammed Ahmed 1 November 1964 (aged 46) 1.83 m Al-Najma 15 Mahdi Madan 12 July 1986 (aged 24) 1.83 m Al-Najma 17 Maher Yahya 13 January 1977 (aged 34) 1.70 m Al-Ahli 19 Mohamed Merza 17 April 1987 (aged 23) 1.93 m Al-Ahli 20 Mahmood Al Wanna 20 August 1985 (aged 25) 1.75 m Al-Ahli 21 Mohamed Husain 12 August 1989 (aged 21) 1.86 m Al-Dair 23 Ali Yusuf 3 April 1987 (aged 23) 1.79 m Al-Tadhamon 51 Mohamed Al Mawabi 14 July 1988 (aged 22) 1.80 m Bar-Bar 99 Husain Al-Sayyad 14 January 1988 (aged 22) 1.74 m Al-Shabab

 Egypt

Head coach: Jorn Lommel

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Karim Hendawy 1 May 1988 (aged 22) Zamalek SC 3 Mohamed Ramadan 13 September 1984 (aged 26) Zamalek SC 4 Belal Mabrouk 2 August 1984 (aged 26) Zamalek SC 5 Moustafa Hussein 8 January 1984 (aged 27) Al-Ahly SC 7 Mohamed Hashem 23 January 1988 (aged 22) Aviation 8 Mohamed Ibrahim 7 March 1984 (aged 26) Al-Ahly SC 9 Amr El Kaioby 2 August 1984 (aged 26) Al-Ahly SC 10 Abou El Fetouh Razek 12 February 1987 (aged 23) Smouha 12 GK Mohamed Nakib 6 April 1974 (aged 36) Police 14 Mohamed El Bohy 6 January 1990 (aged 21) 1.98 m Zamalek SC 16 Hady Sakr 2 September 1986 (aged 24) Al-Ahly SC 17 Ahmed Yousef 4 March 1988 (aged 22) Aviation 19 Mohamed Abdelwares 1 July 1984 (aged 26) Al-Ahly SC 20 Mohamed Keshk 18 April 1980 (aged 30) Aviation 22 Omar Haggag 13 March 1988 (aged 22) Police 39 Eslam Hassan 2 July 1988 (aged 22) Al-Ahly SC 66 Ahmed El Ahmar 27 January 1984 (aged 26) Zamalek SC 89 Mohamed Mamdouh 1 April 1989 (aged 21) Zamalek SC

 France

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez 7 March 1977 (aged 33) 1.99 m 305 1209 THW Kiel 3 P Didier Dinart 18 January 1977 (aged 33) 1.97 m 331 154 BM Ciudad Real 4 RB Xavier Barachet 19 November 1988 (aged 22) 1.95 m 17 23 Chambéry Savoie HB 6 P Bertrand Gille 24 March 1978 (aged 32) 1.87 m 233 716 HSV Hamburg 9 RW Guillaume Joli 27 March 1985 (aged 25) 1.78 m 39 102 BM Valladolid 11 LW Samuel Honrubia 11 December 1975 (aged 35) 1.80 m 5 14 Montpellier HB 12 GK Daouda Karaboué 11 December 1975 (aged 35) 1.98 m 106 0 Toulouse HB 13 LB Nikola Karabatić 11 April 1984 (aged 26) 1.95 m 162 688 Montpellier HB 15 CB Franck Junillon 28 November 1978 (aged 32) 1.95 m 92 121 USAM Nîmes 16 GK Thierry Omeyer 2 November 1976 (aged 34) 1.92 m 240 0 THW Kiel 18 RB William Accambray 8 April 1988 (aged 22) 1.94 m 9 26 Montpellier HB 19 RW Luc Abalo 6 September 1984 (aged 26) 1.82 m 122 421 BM Ciudad Real 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo 7 July 1984 (aged 26) 1.92 m 62 108 FC Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou 28 January 1982 (aged 28) 1.79 m 141 510 Montpellier HB 22 LB Bertrand Roine 17 February 1981 (aged 29) 1.98 m 11 32 Chambéry Savoie HB 23 RB Sébastien Bosquet 24 February 1979 (aged 31) 1.98 m 86 172 Dunkerque HB 27 LW Arnaud Bingo 12 October 1987 (aged 23) 1.90 m 2 4 Tremblay en France

 Germany

Head coach: Heiner Brand

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Johannes Bitter 2 September 1982 (aged 28) 2.04 m 133 2 HSV Hamburg 2 LB Pascal Hens 26 March 1980 (aged 30) 2.03 m 175 514 HSV Hamburg 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer 26 October 1986 (aged 24) 1.88 m 45 148 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4 P Oliver Roggisch 25 August 1978 (aged 32) 2.02 m 145 29 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 5 LW Dominik Klein 16 December 1983 (aged 27) 1.90 m 119 227 THW Kiel 6 RB Adrian Pfahl 30 July 1982 (aged 28) 1.92 m 9 30 VfL Gummersbach 8 P Sebastian Preiß 8 February 1981 (aged 29) 1.95 m 132 328 TBV Lemgo 9 P Jacob Heinl 3 October 1986 (aged 24) 1.95 m 8 11 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 11 RB Holger Glandorf 30 March 1983 (aged 27) 1.95 m 129 455 TBV Lemgo 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter 21 October 1984 (aged 26) 1.94 m 48 0 Füchse Berlin 13 LB Sven-Sören Christophersen 9 May 1985 (aged 25) 1.98 m 45 75 Füchse Berlin 14 RW Patrick Groetzki 4 July 1989 (aged 21) 1.89 m 99 310 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 CB Michael Kraus 28 September 1983 (aged 27) 1.87 m 102 330 HSV Hamburg 20 RW Christian Sprenger 6 April 1983 (aged 27) 1.90 m 55 130 THW Kiel 21 LB Lars Kaufmann 25 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.99 m 99 247 Frisch Auf Göppingen 24 CB Michael Haaß 12 December 1983 (aged 27) 1.94 m 67 95 Frisch Auf Göppingen

 Spain

Head coach: Valero Rivera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK José Javier Hombrados 7 April 1972 (aged 38) 1.97 m 221 1 BM Ciudad Real 2 LB Alberto Entrerríos 7 November 1976 (aged 34) 1.94 m 203 626 BM Ciudad Real 3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo 8 November 1987 (aged 23) 1.94 m 17 24 BM Valladolid 4 RW Albert Rocas 16 July 1982 (aged 28) 1.88 m 96 369 FC Barcelona 5 RB Jorge Maqueda Peño 6 February 1988 (aged 22) 1.97 m 7 15 CAI BM Aragón 6 P Rubén Garabaya 15 September 1978 (aged 32) 2.01 m 148 295 CB Ciudad de Logroño 9 LB Raúl Entrerríos 12 February 1981 (aged 29) 1.93 m 117 252 FC Barcelona 13 P Julen Aguinagalde 8 December 1982 (aged 28) 1.95 m 53 117 BM Ciudad Real 14 RW Roberto García Parrondo 12 January 1980 (aged 31) 1.87 m 51 124 BM Ciudad Real 15 LW Cristian Ugalde 19 October 1987 (aged 23) 1.87 m 36 87 FC Barcelona 16 GK Arpad Šterbik 20 November 1979 (aged 31) 2.00 m 11 0 BM Ciudad Real 17 LW Juanín García 28 August 1977 (aged 33) 1.76 m 174 727 FC Barcelona 18 CB Iker Romero 15 June 1980 (aged 30) 1.96 m 168 634 FC Barcelona 20 CB Chema Rodríguez 5 January 1980 (aged 31) 1.87 m 94 141 BM Ciudad Real 21 CB Joan Cañellas 30 September 1986 (aged 24) 1.90 m 23 56 BM Ciudad Real 24 LB Viran Morros 15 December 1983 (aged 27) 1.99 m 56 70 BM Ciudad Real

 Tunisia

Head coach: Alain Portes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Makrem Missaoui 14 February 1981 (aged 29) 1.88 m 114 0 Club Africain 3 Selim Hedoui 1 October 1983 (aged 27) 1.99 m 145 269 Sadd Sports Club 4 Brahim Lagha 19 April 1985 (aged 25) 1.88 m 69 117 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 5 Mahmoud Gharbi 11 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.91 m 118 208 HBC Nantes 6 P Issam Tej 29 July 1979 (aged 31) 1.87 m 232 582 Montpellier HB 7 Jaleleddine Touati 12 July 1982 (aged 28) 1.79 m 129 288 Dunkerque HB 10 Kamel Alouini 6 July 1988 (aged 22) 1.87 m 8 18 Club Africain 12 GK Majed Hamza 8 February 1983 (aged 27) 1.86 m 3 0 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 13 Yassine Sami 1 May 1985 (aged 25) 1.89 m 24 36 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 15 Khaled Haj Youssef 12 January 1989 (aged 22) 1.89 m 0 0 Club Africain 16 GK Rafik Braham 2 January 1982 (aged 29) 1.94 m 0 0 Sporting Club Moknine 17 Anis Gatfi 22 October 1984 (aged 26) 1.95 m 35 73 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 19 Bassem Mrabet 3 March 1986 (aged 24) 1.93 m 55 98 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 20 CB Heykel Megannem 28 February 1977 (aged 33) 1.86 m 238 520 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 21 Anouar Ayed 9 May 1978 (aged 32) 1.80 m 249 537 Toulouse HB 22 Sobhi Saied 26 September 1982 (aged 28) 1.78 m 115 258 Achabeb Al Imarati 31 Wael Jallouz 3 May 1991 (aged 19) 1.97 m 3 0 AS Hammamet

Group B

 Austria

Head coach: Magnus Andersson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Thomas Bauer 24 January 1986 (aged 24) 1.89 m 39 0 HSG FrankfurtRheinMain 3 P Patrick Fölser 16 November 1976 (aged 34) 1.93 m 185 511 HSG Düsseldorf 7 RB Janko Božović 14 July 1985 (aged 25) 2.03 m 33 75 RD Slovan 8 CB Richard Wöss 10 October 1986 (aged 24) 1.87 m 40 66 TUSEM Essen 9 W Martin Abadir 19 June 1981 (aged 29) 1.96 m 57 89 AON Fivers 10 RB Lucas Mayer 16 February 1983 (aged 27) 1.85 m 35 86 A1 Bregenz HB 12 GK Nikola Marinovic 29 August 1976 (aged 34) 1.98 m 90 0 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 14 CB Viktor Szilágyi 16 September 1978 (aged 32) 1.96 m 144 659 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 15 P Fabian Posch 5 January 1988 (aged 23) 1.98 m 20 22 A1 Bregenz HB 17 W Konrad Wilczynski 9 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.80 m 96 431 Füchse Berlin 18 RW Michael Jochum 8 November 1985 (aged 25) 1.83 m 12 12 Alpla HC Hard 19 CB Klemens Kainmüller 2 March 1980 (aged 30) 1.85 m 95 143 HIT medalp Tirol 20 CB Bernd Friede 18 February 1980 (aged 30) 1.91 m 52 100 Alpla HC Hard 21 LB Roland Schlinger 17 September 1982 (aged 28) 1.92 m 111 428 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 22 LB Markus Wagesreiter 14 January 1982 (aged 28) 1.98 m 84 81 A1 Bregenz HB 28 RW Robert Weber 25 November 1985 (aged 25) 1.79 m 76 257 SC Magdeburg

 Brazil

Head coach: Javier Costa

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 Fernando Pacheco Filho 25 May 1983 (aged 27) 1.93 m E.C. Pinheiros 7 Renato Tupan Ruy 7 June 1979 (aged 31) 1.86 m A.D.C. Metodista 9 Leonardo Bortolini 10 April 1977 (aged 33) 1.85 m Unopar/Londrina 10 Gil Pires 24 January 1982 (aged 28) 1.94 m A.D.C. Metodista 11 Jaqson Kojoroski 3 January 1979 (aged 32) 1.94 m Unoesc/Orbenk/PMC 12 Alexandre Vasconcelos 19 December 1978 (aged 32) 1.94 m Unoesc/Orbenk/PMC 14 Thiagus dos Santos 25 January 1989 (aged 21) 2.01 m E.C. Pinheiros 16 Luís Ricardo Nascimento 24 September 1981 (aged 29) 2.00 m Unopar/Londrina 17 Alexandro Pozzer 21 December 1988 (aged 22) 1.94 m E.C. Pinheiros 18 Felipe Ribeiro 4 May 1985 (aged 25) 1.87 m E.C. Pinheiros 19 Fábio Chiuffa 10 March 1989 (aged 21) 1.87 m A.D.C. Metodista 21 Gustavo Cardoso 9 January 1982 (aged 29) 1.92 m A.D.C. Metodista 22 Daniel Bonfim 17 January 1987 (aged 23) 1.86 m TCC/Unitau/Unimed/Tarumã 25 Vinícius Teixeira 3 April 1988 (aged 22) 1.88 m A.D.C. Metodista 26 Leonardo Terçariol 14 April 1987 (aged 23) 1.93 m A.D.C. Metodista 28 Guilherme Oliveira 8 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.94 m E.C. Pinheiros

 Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Mocsai

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Ferenc Ilyés 20 December 1981 (aged 29) 1.98 m 136 366 TBV Lemgo 5 CB Gábor Császár 16 June 1984 (aged 26) 1.83 m 121 355 MKB Veszprém KC 6 RB Tamás Mocsai 9 December 1978 (aged 32) 1.96 m 119 270 SG Flensburg Handewitt 7 P Gyula Gál 18 August 1976 (aged 34) 1.93 m 171 428 RK Zagreb 8 LW Gergő Iváncsik 30 November 1981 (aged 29) 1.90 m 171 463 MKB Veszprém KC 9 RW Tamás Iváncsik 3 April 1983 (aged 27) 1.80 m 84 202 MKB Veszprém KC 10 RW Gergely Harsányi 3 May 1981 (aged 29) 1.91 m 80 108 Tatabánya-Carbonex KC 12 GK Nándor Fazekas 16 October 1976 (aged 34) 1.92 m 181 1 MKB Veszprém KC 14 LB Carlos Pérez 26 August 1971 (aged 39) 1.97 m 41 246 MKB Veszprém KC 15 LW Szabolcs Törő 10 March 1983 (aged 27) 1.83 m 72 135 SC Pick Szeged 16 GK Roland Mikler 20 September 1984 (aged 26) 1.90 m 57 0 SC Pick Szeged 18 CB Kornél Nagy 21 November 1986 (aged 24) 1.92 m 50 79 MKB Veszprém KC 20 RW Péter Gulyás 4 March 1984 (aged 26) 2.01 m 49 128 MKB Veszprém KC 22 LB Dávid Katzirz 25 June 1980 (aged 30) 1.90 m 74 109 SC Pick Szeged 25 P Szabolcs Zubai 31 March 1984 (aged 26) 1.91 m 94 129 SC Pick Szeged 28 P Timuzsin Schuch 5 June 1985 (aged 25) 1.97 m 31 31 HCM Constanța 35 CB Máté Lékai 16 June 1988 (aged 22) 1.90 m 9 17 SC Pick Szeged

 Iceland

Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson 24 May 1985 (aged 25) 1.93 m 76 3 Kadetten Schaffhausen 2 P Vignir Svavarsson 20 June 1980 (aged 30) 1.94 m 135 148 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 4 CB Aron Pálmarsson 19 July 1990 (aged 20) 1.93 m 27 62 THW Kiel 5 LB Ingimundur Ingimundarson 29 January 1980 (aged 30) 1.93 m 81 57 AaB Håndbold 6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson 17 February 1984 (aged 26) 1.91 m 134 178 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 7 LB Arnór Atlason 23 July 1984 (aged 26) 1.91 m 99 238 AG København 8 RW Þórir Ólafsson 28 November 1979 (aged 31) 1.89 m 51 112 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 8 August 1979 (aged 31) 1.87 m 234 1123 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 CB Snorri Guðjónsson 17 October 1981 (aged 29) 1.87 m 168 619 AG København 11 RB Ólafur Stefánsson 3 July 1973 (aged 37) 1.96 m 310 1443 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 15 RW Alexander Petersson 2 July 1980 (aged 30) 1.86 m 109 429 Füchse Berlin 16 GK Hreiðar Guðmundsson 29 November 1980 (aged 30) 1.93 m 105 2 TV Emsdetten 17 CB Sverre Andreas Jakobsson 8 February 1977 (aged 33) 1.96 m 96 19 TV Grosswallstadt 18 P Róbert Gunnarsson 22 May 1980 (aged 30) 1.90 m 174 553 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 19 LB Sigurbergur Sveinsson 12 August 1987 (aged 23) 1.92 m 29 41 DHC Rheinland 21 P Kári Kristjánsson 28 October 1984 (aged 26) 1.98 m 14 21 HSG Wetzlar

 Japan

Head coach: Kiyoharu Sakamaki

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Katsuyuki Shinouchi 3 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.76 m 12 0 Osaki Electric 2 Kenji Toyoda 24 December 1979 (aged 31) 1.81 m 64 284 Osaki Electric 5 Makoto Suematsu 19 March 1982 (aged 28) 1.79 m 53 221 Daido Steel 6 Hideyuki Murakami 16 June 1981 (aged 29) 1.72 m 11 32 Toyota Boshoku Kyushu 7 Daisuke Miyazaki 6 June 1981 (aged 29) 1.75 m 91 453 Osaki Electric 8 Toru Takeda 17 September 1982 (aged 28) 1.92 m 44 63 Daido Steel 10 Hidenori Kishigawa 28 November 1984 (aged 26) 1.88 m 33 55 Daido Steel 13 Kyosuke Tomita 11 October 1983 (aged 27) 1.90 m 40 74 Toyota Auto Body 14 Hideaki Nagashima 24 March 1977 (aged 33) 1.89 m 84 82 Osaki Electric 15 Jun Mori 12 March 1987 (aged 23) 1.89 m 17 25 Osaki Electric 16 GK Masayuki Matsumura 13 December 1978 (aged 32) 1.88 m 27 0 Wakunaga Pharmaceutical 18 Yoshiaki Nomura 22 January 1987 (aged 23) 1.86 m 23 72 Daido Steel 20 Hozuki Higashinagahma 21 October 1987 (aged 23) 1.86 m 5 6 Osaki Electric 21 Akihito Kai 29 April 1987 (aged 23) 1.84 m 2 0 Toyota Auto Body 22 Tetsuya Kadoyama 22 November 1983 (aged 27) 1.86 m 59 200 Toyota Auto Body 23 Shusaku Higashinagahama 3 February 1984 (aged 26) 1.85 m 40 75 Wakunaga Pharmaceutical

 Norway

Head coach: Robert Hedin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Steinar Ege 10 April 1972 (aged 38) 1.94 m 245 1 AG København 5 P Frank Løke 6 February 1980 (aged 30) 1.94 m 178 638 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 6 CB Kjetil Strand 2 October 1979 (aged 31) 1.90 m 97 466 Stavanger Håndball 7 RW Lars Erik Bjørnsen 20 July 1982 (aged 28) 1.83 m 73 148 Team Tvis Holstebro 8 P Bjarte Myrhol 29 May 1982 (aged 28) 1.90 m 105 247 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 9 CB Børge Lund 13 March 1979 (aged 31) 1.96 m 168 420 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 LW Håvard Tvedten 29 June 1978 (aged 32) 1.82 m 167 626 BM Valladolid 11 LB Erlend Mamelund 1 May 1984 (aged 26) 1.97 m 72 225 Haslum HK 12 GK Ole Erevik 9 January 1981 (aged 30) 1.96 m 109 0 KIF Kolding 13 RW Christoffer Rambo 18 November 1989 (aged 21) 2.01 m 25 31 BM Valladolid 14 LB Espen Lie Hansen 1 May 1989 (aged 21) 1.96 m 11 17 Drammen HK 15 LB Kristian Kjelling 6 September 1980 (aged 30) 1.97 m 135 525 AaB Håndbold 18 CB Vegard Samdahl 21 March 1978 (aged 32) 1.94 m 52 75 Wisła Płock 19 LW Thomas Skoglund 3 March 1983 (aged 27) 1.82 m 86 172 Team Tvis Holstebro 20 P Einar Sand Koren 12 November 1984 (aged 26) 1.88 m 33 50 Haslum HK 25 RB Eivind Tangen 4 May 1993 (aged 17) 1.93 m 5 0 Fyllingen Handball

Group C

 Algeria

Head coach: Salah Bouchekriou

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 Abdelkader Rahim 12 July 1990 (aged 20) 1.88 m 5 8 ASPTT Nancy 4 Hamza Zouaoui 4 February 1987 (aged 23) 1.85 m 70 140 GS Pétroliers 5 Salah Eddine Cheikh 24 February 1983 (aged 27) 1.84 m 15 74 HBC El Biar 6 Messaoud Berkous 20 July 1989 (aged 21) 1.89 m 70 178 GS Pétroliers 7 Hichem Boudrali 29 October 1977 (aged 33) 1.85 m 99 188 GS Pétroliers 8 Tahar Labane 2 July 1977 (aged 33) 1.90 m 101 150 Aix En Provence 9 Zine Eddine Boumendjel 12 July 1989 (aged 21) 1.92 m 0 0 TRB Bab El Oued 10 Saci Boultif 9 January 1983 (aged 28) 1.91 m 85 195 Istres OPH 12 GK Samir Kerbouche 16 December 1978 (aged 32) 1.88 m 60 0 CRB Baraki 14 Alah Khoumini Hamoud Ayat 10 August 1990 (aged 20) 1.86 m 5 2 ES Ain Touta 16 Adel Bousmal 1 May 1985 (aged 25) 1.88 m 10 0 GS Boufarik 17 Abderrahim Berriah 19 January 1988 (aged 22) 1.95 m 70 185 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 18 Abdérazak Hamad 25 June 1975 (aged 35) 1.87 m 94 201 Pays d'Aix Université Club Handball 19 Messaoud Layadi 24 March 1982 (aged 28) 1.86 m 70 189 GS Pétroliers 20 Hechem Daoud 9 January 1992 (aged 19) 1.92 m 5 3 HBC El Biar 21 P Mohamed Mokrani 31 January 1981 (aged 29) 1.88 m 0 0 Dunkerque HB 22 GK Abdelmalek Slahdji 8 August 1983 (aged 27) 1.90 m 93 0 GS Pétroliers

 Australia

Head coach: Taip Ramadani

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ognjen Latinovic 2 August 1985 (aged 25) 1.80 m 32 0 HC Griffith Tigers 2 Bojan Stojanovic 30 January 1985 (aged 25) 1.87 m 7 18 HC Griffith Tigers 3 James Blondell 21 February 1985 (aged 25) 1.76 m 29 93 Stavstens IF 4 RW Bevan Calvert 4 April 1986 (aged 24) 1.77 m 31 89 TSV Altenholz 5 Tommy Fletcher 18 March 1990 (aged 20) 1.86 m 13 61 UoIF Matteuspojkarna 6 Jason Hoppner 5 August 1975 (aged 35) 1.84 m 22 60 University of Queensland 8 Michael Thomas 13 March 1986 (aged 24) 1.88 m 26 29 Harbourside 10 Kristian Groenintwoud 3 May 1973 (aged 37) 1.94 m 50 210 Sydney University HC 14 Mitchell Hedges 14 February 1991 (aged 19) 1.76 m 3 2 Harbourside 15 Daniel Kelly 7 May 1988 (aged 22) 1.76 m 18 36 University of Queensland 17 Joshua Parmenter 21 July 1982 (aged 28) 1.78 m 27 78 Harbourside 20 Luka Krajnc 2 October 1989 (aged 21) 1.78 m 7 27 Hills HC 21 LB Ognjen Matic 21 August 1989 (aged 21) 1.97 m 15 20 UTS Handball Club 22 Nejc Kodric 15 December 1990 (aged 20) 1.89 m 4 9 Victoria Handball 27 GK Pascal Winkler 1 June 1972 (aged 38) 1.83 m 6 1 Sydney University HC 31 Nemanja Subotic 5 March 1983 (aged 27) 1.94 m 22 67 RK BASK

 Croatia

Head coach: Slavko Goluža

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marin Šego 8 February 1985 (aged 25) 1.94 m 4 0 RK Zagreb 4 CB Ivano Balić 1 April 1979 (aged 31) 1.97 m 165 485 RK Zagreb 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak 1 June 1988 (aged 22) 1.97 m 65 207 HSV Hamburg 6 LB Blaženko Lacković 25 December 1980 (aged 30) 1.95 m 151 442 HSV Hamburg 7 RW Vedran Zrnić 26 September 1979 (aged 31) 1.88 m 153 357 VfL Gummersbach 8 RB Marko Kopljar 12 February 1986 (aged 24) 2.10 m 33 50 RK Zagreb 9 P Igor Vori 20 September 1980 (aged 30) 2.02 m 152 410 HSV Hamburg 10 LB Jakov Gojun 18 April 1986 (aged 24) 2.03 m 42 21 RK Zagreb 11 RW Jerko Matulić 20 April 1990 (aged 20) 1.87 m 0 0 EMC Split 14 CB Drago Vuković 3 August 1983 (aged 27) 1.94 m 79 105 VfL Gummersbach 21 RB Denis Buntić 13 October 1982 (aged 28) 1.98 m 69 140 CB Ademar León 24 LB Tonči Valčić 9 June 1978 (aged 32) 1.94 m 133 211 RK Zagreb 25 GK Mirko Alilović 15 September 1985 (aged 25) 2.00 m 73 0 Celje Pivovarna Laško 26 LW Manuel Štrlek 1 December 1988 (aged 22) 1.81 m 18 56 RK Zagreb 28 P Željko Musa 8 January 1986 (aged 25) 2.00 m 10 4 RK Gorenje 29 LW Ivan Ninčević 27 October 1981 (aged 29) 1.85 m 12 21 Füchse Berlin

 Denmark

Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen 19 December 1988 (aged 22) 2.00 m 38 0 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2 CB Thomas Mogensen 30 January 1983 (aged 27) 1.86 m 64 152 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 3 RB Mads Christiansen 3 May 1986 (aged 24) 1.94 m 17 40 AaB Håndbold 4 LB Lasse Boesen 18 September 1979 (aged 31) 1.92 m 133 369 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 6 P Jacob Bagersted 25 March 1987 (aged 23) 1.94 m 12 18 AG København 8 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 20 June 1991 (aged 19) 1.93 m 7 8 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 9 LW Lars Christiansen 18 April 1972 (aged 38) 1.82 m 309 1426 KIF Kolding 11 LW Anders Eggert 14 May 1982 (aged 28) 1.79 m 62 235 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 12 GK Sørenn Rasmussen 21 August 1976 (aged 34) 1.93 m 21 0 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 13 CB Bo Spellerberg 24 July 1979 (aged 31) 1.92 m 168 254 KIF Kolding 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo 23 October 1980 (aged 30) 1.99 m 117 256 FC Barcelona 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen 31 August 1983 (aged 27) 1.84 m 53 106 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg 1 August 1981 (aged 29) 1.88 m 117 285 HSV Hamburg 19 P Rene Toft Hansen 11 January 1984 (aged 27) 2.00 m 21 34 AG København 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard 9 June 1981 (aged 29) 1.90 m 76 174 KIF Kolding 24 LB Mikkel Hansen 22 October 1987 (aged 23) 1.92 m 51 218 AG København 26 LB Kasper Nielsen 9 June 1975 (aged 35) 1.91 m 143 283 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

 Romania

Head coach: Vasile Stîngă

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ionuț Ciobanu 23 September 1984 (aged 26) 2.02 m 16 0 Energia Târgu Jiu 8 Iulian Stamate 23 May 1983 (aged 27) 2.00 m 54 96 CSM București 11 Alexandru Șimicu 8 October 1988 (aged 22) 2.00 m 11 11 CSU Politehnica Timişoara 14 Laurențiu Toma 28 June 1981 (aged 29) 1.89 m 121 320 HCM Constanța 15 RB Valentin Ghionea 29 April 1984 (aged 26) 1.95 m 108 601 CS UCM Reşiţa 16 GK Mihai Popescu 15 March 1985 (aged 25) 1.96 m 69 1 HCM Constanța 17 Ionuţ Georgescu 16 June 1982 (aged 28) 1.88 m 70 192 CS UCM Reşiţa 18 Marius Sadoveac 7 May 1985 (aged 25) 1.87 m 45 102 HCM Constanța 20 RB Rareș Jurcă 29 August 1983 (aged 27) 1.94 m 122 264 Kadetten Schaffhausen 23 Aurel Florea 3 August 1983 (aged 27) 1.88 m 10 36 CSU Politehnica Timişoara 24 Marius Novanc 8 November 1980 (aged 30) 1.91 m 93 200 CSU Politehnica Timişoara 25 Alexandru Sabou 20 April 1982 (aged 28) 1.84 m 27 58 HCM Constanța 26 Alexandru Stamate 20 February 1982 (aged 28) 2.08 m 17 63 CS UCM Reşiţa 28 Alexandru Csepreghi 28 March 1987 (aged 23) 1.95 m 37 121 HCM Constanța 33 Daniel Mureşan 9 July 1986 (aged 24) 1.96 m 20 22 HCM Constanța 34 Cristian Fenici 13 February 1986 (aged 24) 1.87 m 49 44 CS UCM Reşiţa 85 Dan Savenco 12 October 1985 (aged 25) 1.98 m 35 43 CSU Politehnica Timişoara

 Serbia

Head coach: Veselin Vuković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RW Nemanja Pribak 26 March 1984 (aged 26) 1.88 m 2 5 HBC Nantes 5 CB Žarko Šešum 16 June 1986 (aged 24) 1.95 m 73 200 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 RB Marko Vujin 7 December 1984 (aged 26) 1.96 m 43 152 MKB Veszprém KC 7 LW Ivan Nikčević 11 February 1981 (aged 29) 1.81 m 58 230 BM Granollers 9 RW Danimir Curković 5 January 1984 (aged 27) 1.94 m 0 0 BM Antequera 11 P Alem Toskić 12 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.90 m 89 201 Celje 12 GK Darko Stanić 8 October 1978 (aged 32) 1.90 m 40 0 Koper 13 LB Momir Ilić 22 December 1981 (aged 29) 2.00 m 73 228 THW Kiel 14 RB Mladen Bojinović 17 January 1977 (aged 33) 2.01 m 102 322 Montpellier HB 15 LW Dobrivoje Marković 22 April 1986 (aged 24) 1.91 m 60 138 BM Ciudad Encantada 16 GK Dimitrije Pejanović 9 July 1974 (aged 36) 1.98 m 58 0 CB Torrevieja 17 Rajko Prodanović 24 April 1986 (aged 24) 1.86 m 56 126 HC Vardar 18 P Rastko Stojković 12 July 1981 (aged 29) 1.90 m 28 71 Vive Targi Kielce 20 LB Momir Rnić 1 November 1987 (aged 23) 1.97 m 23 42 Celje Pivovarna Laško 22 P Uroš Vilovski 25 February 1984 (aged 26) 1.93 m 37 82 MKB Veszprém KC 23 LB Nenad Vučković 23 August 1980 (aged 30) 1.92 m 69 162 MT Melsungen 26 RB Ivan Stanković 27 April 1982 (aged 28) 1.92 m 12 19 CAI BM Aragón

Group D

 Argentina

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matías Schulz 12 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.92 m 96 0 Badajoz 2 Federico Fernández 17 October 1989 (aged 21) 1.89 m 42 140 UNLu 3 Federico Pizarro 7 September 1986 (aged 24) 1.83 m 41 102 Sedalo 4 Sebastián Simonet 12 May 1986 (aged 24) 1.90 m 40 107 Torrevieja 5 Pablo Portela 21 June 1980 (aged 30) 1.91 m 38 65 River Plate 6 Diego Simonet 26 December 1989 (aged 21) 1.89 m 32 126 Torrevieja 7 Andrés Kogovsek 7 January 1974 (aged 37) 1.90 m 163 338 SAG Ballester 8 Mariano Cánepa 7 May 1987 (aged 23) 1.88 m 30 45 SAG Ballester 9 Leonardo Querin 17 April 1982 (aged 28) 1.97 m 61 139 Bozen 10 Federico Vieyra 21 July 1988 (aged 22) 1.94 m 41 130 Torrevieja 11 Maximiliano Ferro 19 February 1985 (aged 25) 1.79 m 26 51 Korschenbroich 12 GK Fernando García 31 August 1981 (aged 29) 1.90 m 66 0 A.S. Albatros 13 Juan Pablo Fernández 30 September 1988 (aged 22) 1.91 m 34 61 Anaitasuna 14 Agustín Vidal 8 July 1987 (aged 23) 1.94 m 35 91 Guadalajara 15 Gonzalo Carou 15 August 1979 (aged 31) 1.95 m 140 402 Ademar León 17 Damián Migueles 24 November 1983 (aged 27) 1.93 m 62 198 Cesson

 Chile

Head coach: Fernando Luis Capurro

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Felipe Barrientos Castillo 12 June 1984 (aged 26) 1.85 m 45 1 Audax Italiano 3 Alfredo Valenzuela Dupree 13 February 1986 (aged 24) 1.83 m 30 45 Universidad de Chile 4 Erwin Feuchtmann Perez 2 May 1990 (aged 20) 1.95 m 28 102 Artepref Villa de Aranda 5 Nicolas Jofre Alvarado 16 August 1984 (aged 26) 1.82 m 58 46 UNAB 6 Marcelo Micaly Castillo 10 January 1989 (aged 22) 1.80 m 20 23 Luterano 7 Victor Donoso Andalaft 27 November 1990 (aged 20) 1.80 m 12 20 FEN 8 Eduardo Maltez Muñoz 12 January 1984 (aged 27) 1.80 m 45 88 UNAB 10 Emil Feuchtmann Perez 1 June 1983 (aged 27) 1.80 m 69 159 SG Handball West Wien 11 Felipe Maurin Garcia 31 August 1984 (aged 26) 1.90 m 49 92 UNAB 12 GK Rene Oliva Cifuentes 7 March 1987 (aged 23) 1.95 m 23 0 BM Bailén 13 Guillermo Araya Proboste 6 August 1985 (aged 25) 1.80 m 46 60 UNAB 15 Rodolfo Cornejo Paredes 7 September 1983 (aged 27) 1.88 m 25 41 Universidad de Chile 16 GK Luca Pacheco Nahuel 30 April 1991 (aged 19) 1.85 m 10 0 UNAB 17 Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz 25 February 1989 (aged 21) 1.86 m 34 78 BM Huesca 18 Francisco Chacana Araya 7 March 1984 (aged 26) 1.90 m 33 89 Wanderers 22 Patricio Martinez Chavez 18 March 1979 (aged 31) 1.75 m 75 145 SG Handball West Wien 31 Marco Antonio Oneto Zuñiga 3 June 1982 (aged 28) 2.04 m 69 122 Barcelona

 Poland

Head coach: Bogdan Wenta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal 2 October 1978 (aged 32) 1.90 m 192 2 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2 CB Bartłomiej Jaszka 16 June 1983 (aged 27) 1.84 m 91 141 Füchse Berlin 4 RB Patryk Kuchczyński 17 March 1983 (aged 27) 1.82 m 148 289 Vive Targi Kielce 6 CB Grzegorz Tkaczyk 22 December 1980 (aged 30) 1.94 m 129 466 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 7 LW Bartłomiej Tomczak 7 September 1985 (aged 25) 1.86 m 9 14 Zagłębie Lubin 8 LB Karol Bielecki 23 January 1982 (aged 28) 2.02 m 150 645 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 9 P Artur Siódmiak 7 October 1975 (aged 35) 1.92 m 122 100 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 13 P Bartosz Jurecki 31 January 1979 (aged 31) 1.93 m 133 423 SC Magdeburg 14 RW Mariusz Jurasik 4 May 1976 (aged 34) 1.92 m 190 675 Vive Targi Kielce 15 LB Michał Jurecki 27 October 1984 (aged 26) 2.02 m 105 232 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski 6 January 1988 (aged 23) 1.94 m 20 0 Azoty-Puławy 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk 31 October 1982 (aged 28) 2.00 m 40 32 Vive Targi Kielce 19 LW Tomasz Tłuczyński 19 April 1979 (aged 31) 1.82 m 97 389 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz 3 February 1982 (aged 28) 1.96 m 79 123 BM Ciudad Real 22 RB Marcin Lijewski 21 September 1977 (aged 33) 1.97 m 226 657 HSV Hamburg 32 LW Tomasz Rosiński 24 February 1984 (aged 26) 1.98 m 6 6 Vive Targi Kielce 41 RB Mateusz Zaremba 27 October 1984 (aged 26) 1.92 m 18 33 Vive Targi Kielce

 Slovakia

Head coach: Zoltán Heister

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Teodor Paul 22 April 1987 (aged 23) 1.95 m 25 0 Ferencvárosi TC 4 CB Peter Kukučka 20 July 1982 (aged 28) 1.88 m 79 286 Kadetten Schaffhausen 5 LB František Šulc 13 December 1978 (aged 32) 1.86 m 60 249 SC Pick Szeged 6 CB Peter Tumidalský 19 October 1979 (aged 31) 2.00 m 55 87 HT Tatran Prešov 7 CB Juraj Nižňan 6 October 1983 (aged 27) 1.93 m 33 31 HSG Bärnbach/Köflach 9 RB Daniel Valo 7 May 1979 (aged 31) 2.03 m 120 491 HSG Wetzlar 10 P Michal Kopčo 27 January 1988 (aged 22) 2.00 m 34 55 HT Tatran Prešov 12 GK Richard Štochl 17 December 1975 (aged 35) 2.00 m 197 7 Montpellier HB 13 CB Ladislav Tarhai 24 February 1985 (aged 25) 1.95 m 23 56 Pfadi Winterthur 14 P Andrej Petro 26 January 1986 (aged 24) 1.99 m 46 70 Kecskeméti KSE 17 P Martin Mazák 17 April 1984 (aged 26) 1.90 m 20 14 Ferencvárosi TC 20 RW Tomáš Urban 17 September 1989 (aged 21) 1.85 m 34 57 Ferencvárosi TC 22 RW Tomáš Straňovský 29 September 1980 (aged 30) 1.80 m 104 233 SC Pick Szeged 23 LW Radoslav Antl 2 March 1978 (aged 32) 1.79 m 117 453 HT Tatran Prešov 24 LW Martin Straňovský 12 September 1985 (aged 25) 1.88 m 71 248 CB Ademar León 30 GK Martin Pramuk 14 March 1976 (aged 34) 1.93 m 36 0 Pfadi Winterthur

 South Korea

Head coach: Cho Young-Shin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Lee Chang-Woo 12 May 1983 (aged 27) 1.88 m 24 0 Korean Army 2 Jeong Yi-Kyeong 28 February 1985 (aged 25) 1.88 m 39 63 Doosan Bears 3 Sim Jae-Bok 27 November 1987 (aged 23) 1.79 m 17 18 IUDC 6 Eom Hyo-Won 12 December 1986 (aged 24) 1.82 m 3 4 IUDC 7 Jung Su-Young 17 October 1985 (aged 25) 1.84 m 37 71 HC Korosa 8 Park Jung-Geu 2 November 1983 (aged 27) 1.92 m 42 68 Doosan Bears 9 Kim Hwan-Sung 2 March 1983 (aged 27) 1.80 m 9 10 IUDC 10 Park Chan-Yong 1 January 1980 (aged 31) 1.90 m 13 8 IUDC 11 Lim Duk-Jun 30 August 1980 (aged 30) 1.86 m 8 5 Doosan Bears 12 GK Park Chan-Young 26 January 1983 (aged 27) 1.90 m 30 0 Doosan Bears 13 Lee Jae-Woo 28 September 1979 (aged 31) 1.81 m 122 126 Doosan Bears 14 Oh Yun-Suk 1 March 1984 (aged 26) 1.96 m 47 38 Doosan Bears 16 GK Lee Dong-Myung 15 April 1983 (aged 27) 1.90 m 13 0 Doosan Bears 17 Yu Dong-Geun 3 September 1985 (aged 25) 1.81 m 16 29 IUDC 20 Yoon Ci-Yoel 5 May 1984 (aged 26) 1.89 m 13 22 Chungnam 21 Na Seung-Do 27 January 1990 (aged 20) 1.92 m 2 5 Wonkwang University

 Sweden

Head coach: Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mattias Andersson 29 March 1978 (aged 32) 1.86 m 54 0 TV Grosswallstadt 3 P Mattias Gustafsson 11 July 1978 (aged 32) 1.93 m 69 120 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 5 RB Kim Andersson 21 August 1982 (aged 28) 2.00 m 164 614 THW Kiel 6 LW Jonas Källman 17 June 1981 (aged 29) 2.00 m 140 426 BM Ciudad Real 7 P Magnus Jernemyr 18 July 1976 (aged 34) 2.00 m 56 5 FC Barcelona 8 CB Lukas Karlsson 21 May 1982 (aged 28) 1.78 m 44 106 KIF Kolding 9 RW Jan Lennartsson 22 September 1981 (aged 29) 1.86 m 110 265 AaB Håndbold 10 RW Niclas Ekberg 23 December 1988 (aged 22) 1.91 m 27 101 AG København 11 CB Dalibor Doder 24 May 1979 (aged 31) 1.82 m 105 317 GWD Minden 14 P Robert Arrhenius 14 May 1979 (aged 31) 1.95 m 176 349 THW Kiel 15 CB Jonas Larholm 3 June 1982 (aged 28) 1.93 m 145 477 AaB Håndbold 17 RB Oscar Carlén 11 May 1988 (aged 22) 1.93 m 64 155 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18 LB Tobias Karlsson 4 June 1987 (aged 23) 1.96 m 71 52 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 22 GK Johan Sjöstrand 26 February 1987 (aged 23) 1.95 m 24 0 FC Barcelona 24 LW Fredrik Petersen 23 August 1983 (aged 27) 1.88 m 39 111 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25 LB Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz 27 March 1989 (aged 21) 1.96 m 19 28 Lugi HF

Statistics

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

Nº	Country	Coaches
3	Sweden	Magnus Andersson (Austria), Robert Hedin (Norway), Staffan Olsson
2	France	Claude Onesta, Alain Portes (Tunisia)
	Germany	Heiner Brand, Jörn-Uwe Lommel (Egypt)
	Spain	Javier Costa (Brazil), Valero Rivera
1	Algeria	Salah Bouchekriou
	Argentina	Eduardo Gallardo
	Australia	Taip Ramadani
	Bahrain	Bader Mirza
	Chile	Fernando Capurro
	Croatia	Slavko Goluža
	Denmark	Ulrik Wilbek
	Hungary	Lajos Mocsai
	Iceland	Guðmundur Guðmundsson
	Japan	Kiyoharu Sakamaki
	Poland	Bogdan Wenta
	Romania	Vasile Stîngă
	Serbia	Veselin Vuković
	Slovakia	Zoltán Heister
	South Korea	Cho Young-shin

References

• Team rosters