2011 World Women's Handball Championship squads

This article displays the squads for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil, the 20th edition of the event. Each team consisted of up to 18 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match. Appearances, goals and ages as of tournament start, December 2, 2011.

2011 World Women's Handball Championship squads
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Group A

 Angola

Head coach: Vivaldo Eduardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Maria Odeth Tavares 18 August 1976 (aged 35) 1.70 m 92 1 Primeiro de Agosto 2 LW Joelma Viegas 15 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.68 m 16 37 Primeiro de Agosto 4 P Elzira Barros 13 May 1980 (aged 31) 1.86 m 44 147 Petro Atlético 6 P Bombo Calandula 23 February 1983 (aged 28) 1.76 m 26 51 Petro Atlético 7 RW Carolina Morais 13 April 1986 (aged 25) 1.60 m 17 133 Primeiro de Agosto 8 LB Nair Almeida 23 January 1984 (aged 27) 1.81 m 79 142 Primeiro de Agosto 9 CB Isabel Guialo 8 April 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m 5 10 ASA 10 LW Isabel Fernandes 5 June 1985 (aged 26) 1.84 m 63 181 Petro Atlético 11 CB Luisa Kiala 25 January 1982 (aged 29) 1.73 m 76 154 Petro Atlético 12 GK Neyde Barbosa 23 September 1980 (aged 31) 1.81 m 18 0 Petro Atlético 13 RW Matilde Andre 11 February 1986 (aged 25) 1.72 m 10 8 Petro Atlético 14 CB Natalia Bernardo 25 December 1986 (aged 24) 1.69 m 30 92 Petro Atlético 15 RB Azenaide Carlos 14 June 1990 (aged 21) 1.69 m 20 76 Primeiro de Agosto 16 GK Cristina Branco 15 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.74 m 38 0 Primeiro de Agosto 18 LB Marcelina Kiala 9 November 1979 (aged 32) 1.83 m 89 246 Petro Atlético 20 CB Rossana Quitongo 15 September 1990 (aged 21) 1.74 m 2 5 Primeiro de Agosto

 China

Head coach: Wang Xindong

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Xu Mo 2 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.85 m 77 0 Shanghai 2 RW Wei Qiuxiang 15 February 1986 (aged 25) 1.77 m 130 70 Jiangsu 3 P Liu Yun 6 March 1982 (aged 29) 1.80 m 220 90 Anhui 5 RB Li Bing 21 January 1980 (aged 31) 1.81 m 260 120 Army 6 RW Wang Chanchan 20 July 1983 (aged 28) 1.75 m 150 75 Army 7 RB Luan Zheng 2 May 1984 (aged 27) 1.75 m 110 43 Beijing 8 LW Li Yao 7 June 1992 (aged 19) 1.72 m 90 41 Anhui 9 RB Lan Chunlei 21 February 1989 (aged 22) 1.77 m 55 23 Shandong 10 LB Wang Shasha 8 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m 300 150 Shandong 11 LW Wu Nana 4 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.76 m 50 20 Shanghai 16 GK Zhu Yun 1 July 1989 (aged 22) 1.80 m 39 0 Shandong 17 P Sun Laimiao 8 April 1981 (aged 30) 1.76 m 276 105 Anhui 18 P Sha Zhengwen 18 June 1990 (aged 21) 1.90 m 150 77 Shanghai 19 LB Li Weiwei 7 July 1982 (aged 29) 1.78 m 350 190 Army 20 LB Lan Xiaoling 22 May 1993 (aged 18) 1.80 m 60 20 Jiangsu 21 CB Zhao Jiaqin 22 January 1986 (aged 25) 1.74 m 150 90 Jiangsu 23 RB Wu Yin 13 April 1988 (aged 23) 1.74 m 22 10 Shanghai

 Germany

Head coach: Heine Jensen

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sabine Englert 27 November 1981 (aged 30) 1.85 m 195 2 FC Midtjylland 3 RB Isabell Klein 28 June 1984 (aged 27) 1.72 m 22 32 Buxtehuder SV 6 LB Franziska Mietzner 20 December 1988 (aged 22) 1.92 m 45 138 Frankfurter HC 7 LW Natalie Augsburg 15 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.76 m 22 35 HC Leipzig 8 P Anne Müller 5 July 1983 (aged 28) 1.77 m 115 157 HC Leipzig 10 CB Anna Loerper 18 November 1984 (aged 27) 1.64 m 147 268 Team Tvis Holstebro 12 GK Katja Schülke 18 March 1984 (aged 27) 1.78 m 61 0 HC Leipzig 13 CB Nadine Krause 25 March 1982 (aged 29) 1.78 m 177 723 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 RW Sabrina Richter 10 May 1982 (aged 29) 1.73 m 136 314 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 16 GK Clara Wöltering 2 March 1983 (aged 28) 1.78 m 125 0 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 17 LW Katja Langkeit 22 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.70 m 6 11 Buxtehuder SV 19 RB Stefanie Mellbeck 16 April 1977 (aged 34) 1.74 m 206 436 Buxtehuder SV 20 P Anja Althaus 3 September 1982 (aged 29) 1.74 m 183 405 Viborg HK 21 LB Nadja Nadgornaja 22 September 1988 (aged 23) 1.84 m 11 32 Thüringer HC 31 CB Kerstin Wohlbold 11 January 1984 (aged 27) 1.70 m 10 28 Thüringer HC 33 P Luisa Schulze 14 September 1990 (aged 21) 1.92 m 9 7 HC Leipzig

 Iceland

Head coach: Águst Þór Jóhannsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Gudný Jenny Ásmundsdóttir 28 February 1982 (aged 29) 1.75 m 15 0 Valur 2 CB Karen Knútsdóttir 4 February 1990 (aged 21) 1.67 m 33 76 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 3 P Arna Sif Pálsdóttir 5 January 1988 (aged 23) 1.84 m 63 69 Aalborg DH 4 RW Þórey Rósa Stéfansdóttir 14 July 1989 (aged 22) 1.67 m 24 43 Team Tvis Holstebro 5 RB Rut Árnfjórð Jónsdóttir 12 July 1990 (aged 21) 1.76 m 42 75 Team Tvis Holstebro 6 CB Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir 9 May 1987 (aged 24) 1.79 m 36 62 Spårvägens HF 8 LB Stella Sigurðardóttir 30 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.81 m 37 61 Knattspyrnufélagið Fram 9 LW Dagný Skúladóttir 10 May 1980 (aged 31) 1.68 m 87 223 Valur 12 GK Sunneva Einarsdóttir 3 January 1990 (aged 21) 0 0 Valur 13 LW Ásta Birna Gunnarsdóttir 29 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.65 m 50 68 Knattspyrnufélagið Fram 14 LB Hrafnhildur Skúladóttir 9 August 1977 (aged 34) 1.77 m 138 559 Valur 15 RW Hanna Guðrún Stéfansdóttir 11 February 1979 (aged 32) 1.64 m 109 416 Stjarnan 17 P Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir 1 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.81 m 70 172 Valur 18 RB Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir 21 June 1993 (aged 18) 1.81 m 5 9 Knattspyrnufélagið Fram 19 LB Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir 2 June 1992 (aged 19) 1.78 m 12 8 Valur 23 CB Ragnhildur Rósa Guðmundsdóttir 20 July 1984 (aged 27) 1.78 m 54 38 Valur

 Montenegro

Head coach: Dragan Adžić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marina Vukčević 24 August 1993 (aged 18) 1.78 m 23 0 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 2 RW Radmila Miljanić 19 April 1988 (aged 23) 1.74 m 72 68 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 4 RW Jovanka Radičević 23 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.69 m 74 435 Győri Audi ETO KC 5 P Ana Đokić 9 February 1979 (aged 32) 1.69 m 4 13 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 8 LB Marija Jovanović 26 December 1985 (aged 25) 1.82 m 69 360 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 9 CB Ana Radović 21 August 1986 (aged 25) 1.76 m 43 150 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 10 CB Anđela Bulatović 15 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.75 m 64 126 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 12 GK Sonja Barjaktarović 11 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.80 m 70 0 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 14 LW Maja Savić 29 April 1976 (aged 35) 1.76 m 30 103 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 16 GK Mirjana Milenković 14 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.83 m 44 0 SD Itxako 17 LB Bojana Popović 20 November 1979 (aged 32) 1.85 m 35 213 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 19 P Sara Vukčević 25 March 1992 (aged 19) 1.83 m 3 3 Érdi VSE 20 RB Jasna Tošković 16 March 1989 (aged 22) 1.89 m 2 3 Békéscsabai Előre NKSE 26 P Suzana Lazović 28 January 1992 (aged 19) 1.76 m 36 58 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 32 RB Katarina Bulatović 20 November 1984 (aged 27) 1.86 m 4 26 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 77 LW Majda Mehmedović 25 May 1990 (aged 21) 1.69 m 36 62 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 90 CB Milena Knežević 12 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 56 144 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile

 Norway

Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 4 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.81 m 81 0 Team Esbjerg 2 LB Mari Molid 8 August 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 28 24 Byåsen HE 4 CB Stine Bredal Oftedal 25 September 1991 (aged 20) 1.67 m 24 32 Stabæk IF 5 P Ida Alstad 13 June 1985 (aged 26) 1.72 m 52 133 Byåsen HE 6 P Heidi Løke 12 December 1982 (aged 28) 1.73 m 74 238 Győri Audi ETO KC 7 CB Tonje Nøstvold 7 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.78 m 143 351 Byåsen HE 8 CB Karoline Dyhre Breivang 10 May 1980 (aged 31) 1.72 m 229 375 Larvik HK 9 CB Kristine Lunde-Borgersen 30 March 1980 (aged 31) 1.83 m 149 441 IK Våg 11 LW Kari Mette Johansen 11 January 1979 (aged 32) 1.72 m 177 453 Larvik HK 13 P Marit Malm Frafjord 25 November 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m 134 288 Viborg HK 16 GK Katrine Lunde Haraldsen 30 March 1980 (aged 31) 1.81 m 181 3 Győri Audi ETO KC 17 RB Linn Jørum Sulland 15 July 1984 (aged 27) 1.78 m 94 224 Larvik HK 18 RW Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth 1 August 1984 (aged 27) 1.75 m 184 696 Larvik HK 21 CB Gøril Snorroeggen 15 February 1985 (aged 26) 1.77 m 75 176 Team Esbjerg 22 RB Amanda Kurtović 25 July 1991 (aged 20) 1.75 m 14 34 Larvik HK 23 LW Camilla Herrem 8 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.67 m 90 240 Byåsen HE

Group B

 Australia

Head coach: Katsuhiko Kinoshita

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jemima Harbort 4 September 1987 (aged 24) 1.80 m 14 0 NTH Panthers 2 CB Victoria Fletcher 12 April 1993 (aged 18) 1.74 m 4 2 Spårvägens GoIF 3 P Allira Hudson-Gofers 17 April 1982 (aged 29) 1.83 m 20 35 University of Sydney 4 LW Melissa Condon 1 October 1991 (aged 20) 1.71 m 2 0 Monash University 5 P Clare Murray 24 March 1988 (aged 23) 1.80 m 2 0 University of Queensland 6 LW Veronica Kelly 1 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.65 m 12 12 University of Queensland 7 W/B Alice Keighley 21 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.72 m 6 10 ACT Handball 9 RW Mary Kelly 1 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.65 m 16 35 University of Queensland 10 CB Daniela Cook 16 March 1978 (aged 33) 1.76 m 2 6 University of Sydney 12 GK Catherine Kent 15 January 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m 58 1 Mios Biganos Handball 14 CB Madeleine McAfee 5 February 1993 (aged 18) 1.74 m 14 4 Griffith University 15 CB Kimberly Tennant 16 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.62 m 14 12 Monash University 16 CB Rosalind Boyd 21 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.78 m 30 50 Griffith University

 Kazakhstan

Head coach: Yoon Tae-Il

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tatyana Konstantinova 7 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.85 m 27 0 HC Lada Togliatti 3 CB Anastassiya Batuyeva 7 September 1987 (aged 24) 1.67 m 16 36 Astana Handball 4 LB Elena Klimenko 30 July 1988 (aged 23) 1.67 m 12 38 Astana Handball 5 RW Anna Nikitina 16 April 1987 (aged 24) 1.67 m 9 18 Adil Ustkamenogorsk 6 RW Snezhana Kurgambaeva 11 June 1990 (aged 21) 1.67 m 0 0 Akzhayik Handball 7 CB Kristina Nedopekina 30 May 1989 (aged 22) 1.78 m 15 27 Zvezda Handball 8 P Irina Baranovskaya 2 July 1986 (aged 25) 1.80 m 15 39 Zvezda Handball 9 RW Xeniya Volnukhina 17 November 1982 (aged 29) 1.73 m 15 50 Astana Handball 11 P Yelena Suyazova 15 June 1989 (aged 22) 1.90 m 44 23 Almaty Handball 12 GK Tatyana Parfenova 1 June 1985 (aged 26) 1.83 m 45 0 Almaty Handball 13 RB Natalya Kulakova 27 October 1985 (aged 26) 1.75 m 25 48 Astana Handball 14 LB Yevgeniya Latkina 14 March 1992 (aged 19) 1.74 m 22 37 Ili Handball 16 GK Zhannat Aitenova 5 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.80 m 12 0 Seihun-KAM Handball 17 LW Gulzira Iskakova 4 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.70 m 22 33 Seihun-KAM Handball 19 LB Natalya Yakovleva 29 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.80 m 45 60 Almaty Handball

 Netherlands

Head coach: Henk Groener

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marieke van der Wal 7 November 1979 (aged 32) 1.83 m 126 0 Cergy Pontoise HB 95 2 GK Ingeborg Roelofs 27 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.78 m 65 0 Westfriesland/SEW 5 LB Jessy Kramer 16 February 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 20 17 Frankfurter HC 6 RB Laura van der Heijden 27 June 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m 65 128 VfL Oldenburg 7 RW Debbie Bont 9 December 1990 (aged 20) 1.74 m 41 85 Succes Schoonmak/VOC Amsterdam 8 LB Lois Abbingh 13 August 1992 (aged 19) 1.77 m 30 94 VfL Oldenburg 9 LW Joyce Hilster 1 June 1983 (aged 28) 1.73 m 104 221 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 P Danick Snelder 22 May 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 43 105 Thüringer HC 12 P Diane Lamein 18 October 1979 (aged 32) 1.70 m 287 597 Buxtehuder SV 13 P Yvette Broch 23 December 1990 (aged 20) 1.85 m 10 16 Metz Handball 14 RB Willemijn Karsten 28 June 1986 (aged 25) 1.73 m 93 110 HC Thüringer 15 CB Maura Visser 1 June 1985 (aged 26) 1.78 m 114 409 HC Leipzig 19 CB Pearl van der Wissel 14 April 1984 (aged 27) 1.71 m 200 523 SK Aarhus Elitehåndbold 20 RB Roxanne Bovenberg 30 July 1989 (aged 22) 1.70 m 34 46 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 RW Angela Malestein 31 January 1993 (aged 18) 1.74 m 33 36 MiZuWaAi Dalfsen 79 CB Estavana Polman 5 August 1992 (aged 19) 1.74 m 14 28 SønderjyskE 88 GK Mandy Burrekers 10 January 1988 (aged 23) 1.79 m 13 1 Frankfurter HC

 Russia

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LW Polina Kuznetcova 10 June 1987 (aged 24) 1.70 m 65 173 Zvezda Zvenigorod 5 LB Lyudmila Postnova 11 August 1984 (aged 27) 1.83 m 151 553 Zvezda Zvenigorod 7 P Liudmila Bodnieva 15 October 1978 (aged 33) 1.80 m 124 401 RK Krim 9 RW Yana Uskova 28 September 1985 (aged 26) 1.68 m 80 124 Zvezda Zvenigorod 10 RB Ekaterina Davydenko 7 March 1989 (aged 22) 1.84 m 31 102 Lada Togliatti 11 CB Olga Levina 4 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.80 m 83 227 HC Dinamo Volgograd 12 GK Anna Sedoykina 1 August 1984 (aged 27) 1.90 m 70 2 HC Dinamo Volgograd 15 P Natalia Shipilova 31 December 1979 (aged 31) 1.86 m 141 284 Lada Togliatti 16 GK Maria Sidorova 21 August 1979 (aged 32) 1.78 m 147 2 Lada Togliatti 17 CB Yekaterina Andryushina 17 August 1985 (aged 26) 1.85 m 82 195 Metz Handball 18 CB Nadezhda Muravyeva 30 June 1980 (aged 31) 1.86 m 142 307 Lada Togliatti 21 LB Victoria Zhilinskayte 6 March 1989 (aged 22) 1.88 m 48 69 Lada Togliatti 24 RB Irina Bliznova 6 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.83 m 69 222 Lada Togliatti 25 LW Emiliya Turey 6 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.75 m 148 495 Rostov-Don 26 CB Tatiana Khmyrova 6 February 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 33 118 HC Dinamo Volgograd 29 RW Olga Chernoivanenko 17 April 1989 (aged 22) 1.75 m 25 43 Lada Togliatti

 South Korea

Head coach: Kang Jae-Won

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ju Hui 4 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.74 m Kyung-Nam 2 RW Woo Sun-hee 1 July 1978 (aged 33) 1.70 m Samcheok Handball 3 RW Kim On-a 1 July 1988 (aged 23) 1.69 m IUDC Handball Club 5 RW Jung Yu-ra 6 February 1992 (aged 19) 1.70 m Daegu Handball 7 LW Jang So-hee 15 March 1978 (aged 33) 1.61 m Sony Semiconductor 9 P Kim Cha-youn 10 February 1981 (aged 30) 1.74 m Omron Corporation 11 RB Yoon Hyun-kyung 22 June 1986 (aged 25) 1.71 m Seoul Doosan Bears 12 GK Moon Kyeong-ha 29 May 1980 (aged 31) 1.74 m Kyung-Nam 13 P Kim Cheong-sim 8 February 1976 (aged 35) 1.78 m Yongin Handball 14 RW Kim Seon-hwa 7 January 1991 (aged 20) 1.62 m IUDC Handball Club 17 LB Sim Hae-in 31 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m Samcheok Handball 19 RB Choi Im-jeong 14 October 1981 (aged 30) 1.82 m Daegu Handball 20 LB Jung Ji-hae 6 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.66 m Samcheok Handball 21 CB Kwon Geun-hae 30 December 1987 (aged 23) 1.65 m Yongin Handball 22 LW Lee Eun-bi 23 October 1990 (aged 21) 1.62 m Busan Handball 24 LB Kim Jin-yi 20 June 1993 (aged 18) 1.81 m Hwangji Handball

 Spain

Head coach: Jorge Dueñas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Cristina González 8 June 1983 (aged 28) 1.79 m 79 0 Cleba León 3 CB Andrea Barnó 1 April 1980 (aged 31) 1.74 m 63 79 SD Itxako 4 RW Carmen Martín 29 May 1988 (aged 23) 1.69 m 91 230 SD Itxako 6 LB Nely Carla Alberto 2 July 1983 (aged 28) 1.79 m 64 134 Le Hâvre ACH 8 P Verónica Cuadrado 8 March 1979 (aged 32) 1.82 m 134 160 Randers HK 9 RB Marta Mangué 23 April 1983 (aged 28) 1.70 m 179 732 R.K. Zaječar 10 CB Macarena Aguilar 8 June 1985 (aged 26) 1.70 m 126 384 SD Itxako 12 GK Silvia Navarro 20 March 1979 (aged 32) 1.65 m 45 2 SD Itxako 13 RW Jessica Alonso 20 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.75 m 49 104 SD Itxako 14 P Elisabet Chávez 17 November 1990 (aged 21) 1.92 m 51 14 BM Sagunto 17 LW Elisabeth Pinedo 13 May 1981 (aged 30) 1.74 m 95 179 Akaba Bera Bera 21 LW Vanessa Amorós 7 December 1982 (aged 28) 1.67 m 65 68 CB Mar Alicante 25 LB Nerea Pena 13 December 1989 (aged 21) 1.75 m 31 87 SD Itxako 29 LB Patricia Pinedo 13 May 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m 37 72 SD Itxako 30 LB Patricia Elorza 8 April 1984 (aged 27) 1.80 m 15 12 BM Castro 39 GK Mihaela Ciobanu 30 January 1973 (aged 38) 1.75 m 46 0 BM Alcobendas

Group C

 Brazil

Head coach: Morten Soubak

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Chana Masson 18 December 1978 (aged 32) 1.83 m 173 4 Randers HK 2 P Fabiana Diniz 20 June 1983 (aged 28) 1.80 m 129 216 Akaba Bera Bera HB 3 RW Alexandra do Nascimento 16 September 1981 (aged 30) 1.77 m 106 311 Hypo Niederösterreich 4 LW Dayane Rocha 24 March 1991 (aged 20) 1.68 m 18 14 Metodista SBC 5 P Daniela Piedade 2 March 1979 (aged 32) 1.73 m 110 196 Hypo Niederösterreich 7 P Alessandra Medeiros 7 October 1981 (aged 30) 1.85 m 92 154 Santo André SBC 8 LW Fernanda da Silva 25 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m 42 129 Hypo Niederösterreich 9 CB Ana Paula Rodrigues 18 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.72 m 67 221 Hypo Niederösterreich 10 RW Jéssica Quintino 16 April 1991 (aged 20) 1.76 m 25 58 A.D. Blumenau 12 GK Bárbara Arenhart 4 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.82 m 47 0 Hypo Niederösterreich 15 LB Silvia Pinheiro 11 January 1981 (aged 30) 1.78 m 102 248 Hypo Niederösterreich 17 LB Moniky Bancilon 7 May 1990 (aged 21) 1.84 m 8 19 Metodista São Bernardo 18 LB Eduarda Amorim 23 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.86 m 94 310 Győri Audi ETO KC 20 RB Francine Moraes 1 January 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m 99 108 Hypo Niederösterreich 22 CB Mayara Moura 5 December 1986 (aged 24) 1.70 m 46 83 Mios Bigamos HB 81 RB Deonise Cavaleiro 20 June 1983 (aged 28) 1.80 m 73 164 SD Itxako

 Cuba

Head coach: Lorenze Verdecía Maturell

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Maidelis Saldiña 15 May 1988 (aged 23) 1.77 m 43 Matanzas 2 W Maricet Fernández 6 December 1989 (aged 21) 1.68 m 22 Habana 3 W Ayliny Martínez 12 April 1979 (aged 32) 1.70 m 83 Habana 6 P Ariagne Cuesta 22 August 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m 36 Matanzas 7 B Suleiky Gómez 21 July 1984 (aged 27) 1.79 m 93 Habana 9 B Lizandra Lusson 29 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.71 m 75 Habana 12 GK Yizenia Aldama 25 May 1989 (aged 22) 1.68 m 5 GRM 14 W Maidoly Poumier 2 January 1984 (aged 27) 1.69 m 31 Habana 15 CB Naddazza Valera 2 March 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m 65 Matanzas 16 GK Eneleidis Guevara 4 August 1986 (aged 25) 1.75 m 58 Matanzas 17 W Lisandra Espinosa 29 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.65 m 23 Matanzas 18 B Yenma Ramírez 12 February 1984 (aged 27) 1.78 m 42 Guantánamo 19 W Milena Mesa 26 June 1993 (aged 18) 1.69 m 15 Holguín

 France

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Amélie Goudjo 19 April 1980 (aged 31) 1.73 m 73 108 Issy Paris Hand 3 RW Blandine Dancette 14 February 1988 (aged 23) 1.69 m 23 33 USAM Nîmes 4 P Nina Kamto Njitam 25 June 1983 (aged 28) 1.78 m 133 233 Metz Handball 5 RB Camille Ayglon 21 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.81 m 110 234 USAM Nîmes 6 CB Angélique Spincer 25 June 1984 (aged 27) 1.76 m 56 224 Issy Paris Hand 7 CB Allison Pineau 2 May 1989 (aged 22) 1.81 m 97 237 Metz Handball 8 RB Claudine Mendy 8 January 1990 (aged 21) 1.82 m 55 108 Metz Handball 9 LW Paule Baudouin 25 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.72 m 132 343 Le Havre AC Handball 12 GK Amandine Leynaud 2 May 1986 (aged 25) 1.78 m 104 1 Metz Handball 14 RB Marie-Paule Gnabouyou 4 March 1988 (aged 23) 1.85 m 27 29 Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball 15 LB Audrey Bruneau 21 September 1992 (aged 19) 1.89 m 12 2 Issy Paris Hand 16 GK Cléopâtre Darleux 1 July 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m 64 0 Arvor 29 17 LW Siraba Dembele 28 June 1986 (aged 25) 1.72 m 109 278 Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball 18 RW Audrey Deroin 6 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m 63 83 Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball 20 LW Raphaëlle Tervel 21 April 1979 (aged 32) 1.78 m 212 338 SD Itxako 24 LB Mariama Signate 22 July 1985 (aged 26) 1.86 m 104 318 Issy Paris Hand 64 RB Alexandra Lacrabère 27 April 1987 (aged 24) 1.77 m 76 180 Arvor 29

 Japan

Head coach: Hwang Kyun-young

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 Satoko Kuroki 11 January 1986 (aged 25) 1.63 m 12 8 Sony Semiconductor 4 Shiori Kamimachi 21 January 1981 (aged 30) 1.65 m 31 129 Hokkoku Bank 5 Aimi Ito 7 May 1983 (aged 28) 1.69 m 29 21 MIE violet' IRIS 6 Akie Uegaki 25 July 1984 (aged 27) 1.73 m 68 204 Hiroshima Maple Reds 8 Kaori Onozawa 25 July 1979 (aged 32) 1.69 m 51 73 Hokkoku Bank 10 Shio Fujii 27 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.64 m 69 315 Omron Corporation 11 Yumiko Yamano 27 July 1988 (aged 23) 1.67 m 5 7 Sony Semiconductor 12 GK Kumi Mori 17 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.70 m 15 0 MIE violet' IRIS 13 Haruka Wakaizumi 9 May 1987 (aged 24) 1.71 m 9 4 Hokkoku Bank 14 Karina Maki 13 July 1982 (aged 29) 1.68 m 39 31 Omron Corporation 16 GK Hiromi Tashiro 15 March 1982 (aged 29) 1.79 m 38 1 Hokkoku Bank 17 Yuko Arihama 18 August 1984 (aged 27) 1.78 m 81 210 Omron Corporation 20 Mayuko Ishitate 18 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.66 m 29 51 Omron Corporation 22 GK Kaori Fujima 6 July 1982 (aged 29) 1.73 m 26 0 Omron Corporation 23 Aiko Hayafune 23 January 1980 (aged 31) 1.66 m 79 246 MIE violet' IRIS 28 Shiori Nagata 24 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.71 m 9 13 Omron Corporation

 Romania

Head coach: Radu Voina

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RW Ramona Farcău 14 July 1979 (aged 32) 1.68 m 196 656 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 4 P Florina Bârsan-Chintoan 6 December 1985 (aged 25) 1.76 m 86 101 CS Universitatea Jolidon Cluj-Napoca 5 LB Carmen Amariei 3 September 1978 (aged 33) 1.82 m 173 843 Z-Terom Iași 7 RW Adriana Nechita-Olteanu 14 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.67 m 91 200 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 9 CB Aurelia Brădeanu 5 May 1979 (aged 32) 1.79 m 211 514 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 11 P Oana Manea 18 April 1985 (aged 26) 1.76 m 132 181 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 12 GK Tereza Pîslaru 28 April 1982 (aged 29) 1.86 m 113 0 RK Zaječar 13 RW Cristina Vărzaru 5 December 1979 (aged 31) 1.64 m 169 478 Viborg HK 15 LW Valentina Ardean-Elisei 5 June 1982 (aged 29) 1.71 m 170 701 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 16 GK Denisa Dedu 27 September 1994 (aged 17) 1.82 m 2 0 CS Corona Brașov 17 RB Oana Șoit 3 May 1981 (aged 30) 1.67 m 63 66 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 18 LB Adina Fiera 11 August 1985 (aged 26) 1.80 m 150 350 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 19 LW Iulia Pușcașu 8 April 1982 (aged 29) 1.72 m 63 141 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 20 CB Mihaela Tivadar 16 June 1982 (aged 29) 1.78 m 92 89 CS Universitatea Jolidon Cluj-Napoca 21 GK Talida Tolnai 21 August 1979 (aged 32) 1.87 m 111 1 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 23 CB Daniela Băbeanu 18 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.79 m 3 7 CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea 85 LB Carmen Cartaș 9 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.78 m 24 29 CSM Cetate Devatrans Deva

 Tunisia

Head coach: Mohamed Ali Sghir

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Rahma Tered 28 March 1988 (aged 23) 1.75 m 13 0 ASF Sahel 3 RB Nesrine Daoula 9 April 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m 12 8 Celles-sur-Belle Handball 6 P Asma Elghaoui 29 August 1991 (aged 20) 1.70 m 15 47 Ribat Monastir 8 LW Jihene Ben Cheikh Ahmed 21 December 1985 (aged 25) 1.60 m 36 65 ES Rejiche 10 LB Raja Toumi 3 April 1978 (aged 33) 1.79 m 193 802 Byåsen HE 12 GK Wafa Cherif 6 April 1986 (aged 25) 1.73 m 80 0 A.S.F. Sfax 17 RB Ouided Kilani 15 June 1982 (aged 29) 1.76 m 141 215 Abbeville Handball 18 RB Haifa Abdelhak 31 October 1982 (aged 29) 1.72 m 166 626 Octeville Handball 19 RW Rafika Marzouk 27 October 1979 (aged 32) 1.76 m 163 572 CJF Fleury Loiret HB 20 CB Mouna Chebbah 8 July 1982 (aged 29) 1.70 m 188 774 Viborg HK 22 LB Maroua Dhaouadi 22 May 1992 (aged 19) 1.75 m 0 0 CSF Bizerte 24 LB Ines Khouildi 11 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.83 m 88 215 Mios Biganos Handball 27 P Sihem Aouini 9 June 1982 (aged 29) 1.85 m 36 71 Porriño 29 P Faten Yahiaoui 1 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.71 m 0 0 Noisy Handball 30 LB Ines Jaouadi 15 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.83 m 59 163 ASF Sahel 85 GK Echraf Abdallah 14 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.81 m 0 0 ES Rejiche

Group D

 Argentina

Head coach: Miguel Interllige

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Silvina Schlesinger 28 March 1985 (aged 26) 1.77 m 63 1 Estudiantes de La Plata 2 LW Luciana Salvado 13 April 1990 (aged 21) 1.70 m 39 83 Ferro C.O. 3 LB Manuela Pizzo 13 November 1991 (aged 20) 1.77 m 11 21 Estudiantes de La Plata 4 RB Lucia Haro 21 August 1986 (aged 25) 1.70 m 33 72 Universitario Eléctrica 5 RW Bibiana Ferrea 3 December 1980 (aged 30) 1.63 m 103 231 S.E.D.A.L.O 6 LB Magdalena Decilio 23 March 1983 (aged 28) 1.73 m 93 239 Estudiantes de La Plata 7 LW Maria Pilar Romero 22 May 1982 (aged 29) 1.67 m 80 126 Estudiantes de La Plata 8 RW Florencia Aimone 23 November 1990 (aged 21) 1.70 m 20 10 Ballester 9 RB Luciana Mendoza 14 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m 48 191 S.E.D.A.L.O 10 CB Victoria Crivelli 30 September 1990 (aged 21) 1.75 m 41 162 Ferro C.O. 11 RB Solange Tagliavini 22 January 1985 (aged 26) 1.78 m 28 37 Dorrego Handball 12 GK Valentina Kogan 19 March 1980 (aged 31) 1.74 m 107 2 S.E.D.A.L.O 13 P Antonela Mena 28 March 1988 (aged 23) 1.83 m 38 91 BM Bera Bera 14 CB Valeria Bianchi 16 September 1985 (aged 26) 1.70 m 56 151 Luján Handball 15 CB Silvana Totolo 14 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.64 m 80 163 S.E.D.A.L.O 17 P Lucia Giamberardino 6 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.79 m 23 48 Lleida Handball

 Ivory Coast

Head coach: Thierry Vincent

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Amenan Koffi 5 October 1978 (aged 33) 1.72 m Merignac HB 2 LB Rachelle Kouyo 24 May 1983 (aged 28) 1.81 m Aunay Handball 3 LW Won Hire Coulibaly 19 September 1989 (aged 22) 1.70 m Club Africain 5 CB N'Cho Elodie Mambo 30 March 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m Merignac HB 7 RW Yohou Christiane Guede 23 August 1978 (aged 33) 1.69 m Poitiers Handball 8 RB Alimata Dosso 16 February 1979 (aged 32) 1.75 m Abbeville HB 9 P Paula Gondo-Bredou 10 December 1981 (aged 29) 1.80 m Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball 10 LW Sery Toualy 19 January 1986 (aged 25) 1.68 m Stella Saint-Maur 13 RB Badjo Edwige Lobouet 27 December 1989 (aged 21) 1.78 m Club Africain 14 CB Likane Julie Toualy 7 April 1976 (aged 35) 1.67 m Club Africain 15 P Ndoua Lydie Yamkou 4 May 1984 (aged 27) 1.70 m Rombo Sport Kpouebo 16 GK Ndri Elise Kangah 17 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.79 m Bergerac HB 17 LB Mariam Traore 2 February 1980 (aged 31) 1.77 m Bergerac HB 18 RW Amon Olive Assemon 12 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.68 m Club Africain 19 LB Awa Karamoko 12 April 1985 (aged 26) 1.76 m Celle-sur 21 LB Annabelle Courcelles 9 April 1989 (aged 22) 1.67 m Rochouart

 Croatia

Head coach: Vladimir Canjuga

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jelena Grubišić 20 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.84 m 76 5 RK Krim 2 CB Miranda Tatari 20 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.74 m 91 248 RK Podravka Koprivnica 3 CB Tanja Kiridžić 7 July 1986 (aged 25) 1.71 m 7 9 ŽRK Arena Pula 5 RW Dijana Jovetić 21 May 1984 (aged 27) 1.70 m 152 375 ŽRK Budućnost T-Mobile 6 P Andrea Šerić 3 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.84 m 37 42 RK Krim 7 RB Ivana Petković 6 June 1985 (aged 26) 1.77 m 22 38 RK Podravka Koprivnica 8 RW Anita Gaće 14 April 1983 (aged 28) 1.77 m 107 138 RK Podravka Koprivnica 10 LW Nikica Pušić-Koroljević 19 March 1983 (aged 28) 1.77 m 152 340 RK Podravka Koprivnica 12 GK Marta Žderić 20 April 1990 (aged 21) 1.83 m 20 0 RK Podravka Koprivnica 13 RB Lidija Horvat 5 May 1982 (aged 29) 1.84 m 134 286 RK Podravka Koprivnica 14 LB Kristina Franić 22 May 1987 (aged 24) 1.80 m 93 321 RK Krim 15 LB Andrea Penezić 13 November 1985 (aged 26) 1.86 m 92 355 RK Krim 16 GK Ivana Jelčić 16 March 1980 (aged 31) 1.79 m 171 0 RK Podravka Koprivnica 18 CB Ivana Lovrić 1 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.73 m 49 74 RK Samobor 19 LW Maja Zebić 3 May 1982 (aged 29) 1.77 m 129 287 SD Itxako 20 P Vesna Milanović-Litre 3 May 1986 (aged 25) 1.80 m 53 81 RK Podravka Koprivnica 27 P Katarina Ježić 19 December 1992 (aged 18) 1.73 m 4 1 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb

 Denmark

Head coach: Jan Pytlick

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sandra Toft 18 October 1989 (aged 22) 1.76 m 14 0 Team Tvis Holstebro 2 P Mette Melgaard 3 June 1980 (aged 31) 1.70 m 56 69 Randers HK 3 RW Maibritt Kviesgaard 15 May 1986 (aged 25) 1.72 m 80 181 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 4 P Susan Thorsgaard 13 October 1988 (aged 23) 1.89 m 51 97 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 7 LW Maria Fisker 3 October 1990 (aged 21) 1.70 m 10 35 Viborg HK 10 CB Christina Krogshede 4 November 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m 65 106 FIF Handball 12 GK Karin Mortensen 26 September 1977 (aged 34) 1.82 m 204 4 FIF Handball 15 LB Pernille Larsen 6 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.84 m 49 48 Viborg HK 16 GK Christina Pedersen 15 December 1982 (aged 28) 1.82 m 80 1 Viborg HK 18 RB Louise Burgaard 17 October 1992 (aged 19) 1.78 m 5 1 Team Tvis Holstebro 19 RB Line Jørgensen 31 December 1989 (aged 21) 1.86 m 52 131 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 21 CB Kristina Kristiansen 13 July 1989 (aged 22) 1.63 m 46 101 Team Tvis Holstebro 22 LB Trine Troelsen 2 May 1985 (aged 26) 1.72 m 101 247 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 23 LW Ann Grete Nørgaard 15 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.62 m 43 156 Team Tvis Holstebro 26 P Louise Spellerberg 1 October 1982 (aged 29) 1.78 m 21 29 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 28 LB Stine Jørgensen 3 September 1990 (aged 21) 1.80 m 8 6 Aalborg DH

 Sweden

Head coach: Per Johansson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Ulrika Ågren 13 July 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m 10 9 Team Esbjerg 3 P Tina Flognman 29 June 1981 (aged 30) 1.78 m 190 351 Toulon St-Cyr Var Handball 4 LW Matilda Boson 4 December 1981 (aged 29) 1.76 m 183 451 Spårvägens HF 5 RW Hanna Fogelström 8 November 1990 (aged 21) 1.79 m 1 1 IK Sävehof 8 LB Jamina Roberts 28 May 1990 (aged 21) 1.75 m 27 23 IK Sävehof 10 RW Annika Fredén 21 August 1978 (aged 33) 1.76 m 95 278 BK Heid 12 GK Gabriella Kain 25 March 1981 (aged 30) 1.79 m 60 0 KIF Kolding 15 LB Johanna Ahlm 3 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.75 m 65 256 Viborg HK 16 GK Cecilia Grubbström 2 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.78 m 44 1 IK Sävehof 17 CB Linnea Torstenson 30 March 1983 (aged 28) 1.86 m 102 438 F.C. Midtjylland 18 P Johanna Wiberg 6 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.84 m 104 71 Eslövs IK 20 CB Isabelle Gulldén 29 June 1989 (aged 22) 1.79 m 75 203 Viborg HK 22 LW Jessica Helleberg 20 February 1986 (aged 25) 1.72 m 28 94 Team Esbjerg 27 RB Sabina Jacobsen 24 March 1989 (aged 22) 1.80 m 34 60 Lugi HF 29 LB Jenny Alm 10 April 1989 (aged 22) 1.83 m 10 20 IK Sävehof 31 RB Anna-Maria Johansson 15 February 1982 (aged 29) 1.84 m 23 65 Skövde HF

 Uruguay

Head coach: Leonardo Puñales

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Noelia Artigas 4 June 1989 (aged 22) 1.64 m Hebraica y Macabi 2 P Eliana Falco 21 July 1987 (aged 24) 1.80 m Layva 3 LW Soledad Faedo 17 December 1987 (aged 23) 1.70 m Layva 5 RB Mercedes Saiz 12 September 1992 (aged 19) 1.73 m Malvin 6 LW Mariana Gomez 11 July 1990 (aged 21) 1.60 m Scuola Italiana 8 LB Ornella Palla 30 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m Scuola Italiana 9 LB Alesandra Ferrari 6 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m Layva 10 RB Mariana Fleitas 6 March 1981 (aged 30) 1.67 m Layva 11 RW Paula Fynn 11 April 1988 (aged 23) 1.64 m Layva 12 GK Rossina Soca 17 May 1988 (aged 23) 1.68 m Layva 13 CB Jussara Castro 21 January 1982 (aged 29) 1.75 m Scuola Italiana 15 LB Fernanda Marrochi 2 July 1988 (aged 23) 1.70 m Nautico 17 CB Paula Basaistegui 14 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.61 m Layva 18 P Joaquina Rosillo 11 August 1993 (aged 18) 1.75 m Malvin 19 LW Sofia Cherone 21 May 1988 (aged 23) Scuola Italiana 20 RW Viviana Ferrari 25 March 1992 (aged 19) 1.70 m Goes

References

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