2014 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Every team has to submit a roster of 16 players. On 12 December 2013 an official squad list was published.^[1][2]

Group A

Austria

Head coach: Patrekur Jóhannesson

A 14-player squad was announced on 27 December 2013,^[3] while a 20-player roster was published on 31 December 2013.^[4] An 18-player squad was announced on 8 January 2014.^[5]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Thomas Bauer (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 27) 1.90 m 71 0 TBV Lemgo 3 P Patrick Fölser (1976-11-16)16 November 1976 (aged 37) 1.93 m 213 561 SG West Wien 4 RB Maximilian Hermann (1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 22) 1.94 m 17 27 Bergischer HC 5 CB Vytautas Žiūra (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 34) 1.89 m 61 140 Fivers Margareten 6 CB Dominik Schmid (1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 24) 1.93 m 19 15 Alpla HC Hard 7 RB Janko Bozovic (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 28) 2.04 m 68 176 TV Emsdetten 8 RW Richard Wöss (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 27) 1.85 m 64 101 Bergischer HC 12 GK Nikola Marinovic (1976-08-29)29 August 1976 (aged 37) 1.98 m 125 0 Frisch Auf Göppingen 14 CB Viktor Szilágyi (1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 35) 1.95 m 174 804 Bergischer HC 15 P Fabian Posch (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 26) 1.98 m 61 74 SC Ferlach 17 LW Konrad Wilczynski (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.80 m 127 557 SG West Wien 21 LB Roland Schlinger (1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 31) 1.92 m 145 541 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 22 P Markus Wagesreiter (1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 31) 1.98 m 115 98 SG West Wien 23 LB Markus Kolar (1984-10-12)12 October 1984 (aged 29) 1.95 m 38 71 Fivers Margareten 28 RW Robert Weber (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 28) 1.79 m 108 413 SC Magdeburg 29 P Dominik Bammer (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 (aged 23) 1.92 m 1 0 ULZ Schwaz 31 P Christoph Edelmüller (1981-10-15)15 October 1981 (aged 32) 1.82 m 8 10 Fivers Margareten 92 LW Raul Santos (1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 21) 1.80 m 25 114 VfL Gummersbach

Czech Republic

Head coach: Vladimír Haber

The squad was announced on 28 December 2013.^[6][7]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tomáš Mrkva (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 24) 2.03 m 33 0 ASV Hamm Westfalen 2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 23) 1.86 m 34 104 Tatran Prešov 3 CB Roman Bečvář (1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 24) 1.91 m 41 120 Empor Rostock 5 LW Miroslav Jurka (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 26) 1.89 m 24 35 Saint-Raphaël VHB 7 LB Daniel Kubeš (1978-02-07)7 February 1978 (aged 35) 2.00 m 130 208 MT Melsungen 8 RW Marek Vančo (1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 30) 1.80 m 8 14 HCB Karviná 9 LB Filip Jícha (1982-04-19)19 April 1982 (aged 31) 2.01 m 140 776 THW Kiel 11 RW Jan Sobol (1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 29) 1.88 m 91 257 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Pavel Horák (1982-11-28)28 November 1982 (aged 31) 1.98 m 70 226 Füchse Berlin 15 LB Alois Mráz (1978-09-08)8 September 1978 (aged 35) 1.96 m 133 310 TV Hüttenberg 18 RB Jan Stehlík (1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 28) 1.88 m 51 85 Saint-Raphaël VHB 19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28)28 December 1993 (aged 20) 1.86 m 4 3 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 22 CB Tomáš Sklenák (1982-03-02)2 March 1982 (aged 31) 1.86 m 48 137 ThSV Eisenach 32 P Jakub Šindelář (1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 27) 1.95 m 5 3 SSK Talent 90 Plzeň 41 LB Michal Kasal (1994-04-03)3 April 1994 (aged 19) 2.09 m 6 1 Barcelona 71 GK Petr Štochl (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 (aged 37) 1.93 m 170 2 Füchse Berlin

Denmark

Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek

An 18-player squad was announced on 9 December 2013.^[8] The final roster was published on 10 January 2014.^[9]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 25) 2.00 m 92 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2 CB Thomas Mogensen (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 30) 1.87 m 95 234 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 3 RB Mads Christiansen (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 27) 1.94 m 56 110 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 4 LB Klaus Thomsen (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 27) 1.98 m 4 0 Team Tvis Holstebro 5 LB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 22) 1.88 m 23 55 Aalborg 6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 24) 1.90 m 25 73 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 7 LW Anders Eggert (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 31) 1.79 m 116 444 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 13 CB Bo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 34) 1.92 m 215 298 KIF Kolding København 14 P Michael V. Knudsen (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 35) 1.92 m 231 772 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 33) 1.99 m 153 328 Barcelona 16 GK Jannick Green (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 24) 1.95 m 31 0 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 30) 1.84 m 107 201 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 32) 1.88 m 176 501 HSV Hamburg 19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 29) 2.00 m 72 117 THW Kiel 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 29) 1.96 m 42 85 Skjern 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 32) 1.92 m 131 290 Skjern 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 26) 1.92 m 103 486 Paris Saint-Germain

Macedonia

Head coach: Ivica Obrvan

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Dejan Manaskov (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 21) 1.80 m 16 15 Metalurg Skopje 5 P Stojanče Stoilov (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 26) 1.92 m 13 17 Vardar 7 RB Kiril Lazarov (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 33) 1.93 m 99 823 Barcelona 8 RB Vlatko Mitkov (1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 32) 1.92 m 73 65 UHK Krems 9 CB Aco Jonovski (1980-12-29)29 December 1980 (aged 33) 1.97 m 56 67 Metalurg Skopje 10 CB Branislav Angelovski (1977-02-21)21 February 1977 (aged 36) 1.92 m 78 153 H.C.M. Constanța 13 CB Filip Mirkulovski (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 30) 1.89 m 106 259 Metalurg Skopje 14 LB Velko Markoski (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 27) 1.94 m 25 46 Metalurg Skopje 15 RW Zlatko Mojsoski (1981-11-15)15 November 1981 (aged 32) 1.80 m 17 31 Metalurg Skopje 16 GK Borko Ristovski (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 31) 1.90 m 102 3 VfL Gummersbach 17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 23) 1.96 m 11 6 Metalurg Skopje 19 P Vancho Dimovski (1979-04-04)4 April 1979 (aged 34) 1.87 m 79 203 Metalurg Skopje 20 GK Petar Angelov (1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 36) 1.85 m 34 0 Vardar 21 CB Nemanja Pribak (1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 29) 1.90 m 0 0 Vardar 22 RW Goce Georgievski (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 21) 1.85 m 21 23 Metalurg Skopje 25 CB Nikola Stojčevski (1984-08-09)9 August 1984 (aged 29) 1.96 m 22 30 Redbergslids IK 26 LW Goce Ojleski (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 24) 1.88 m 5 4 Metalurg Skopje 28 LB Dejan Pecakovski (1986-01-12)12 January 1986 (aged 28) 1.93 m 26 29 Metalurg Skopje

Group B

Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Mocsai

A 22-player squad was announced on 20 December 2013.^[10]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Ferenc Ilyés (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 (aged 32) 1.98 m 184 472 Pick Szeged 4 P Szabolcs Szöllősi (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 24) 1.94 m 35 50 Csurgó 5 P Timuzsin Schuch (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 28) 1.97 m 99 60 MKB-MVM Veszprém 6 RB Tamás Mocsai (1978-12-09)9 December 1978 (aged 35) 1.96 m 179 423 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 7 CB Gábor Császár (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 29) 1.86 m 186 655 Paris Saint-Germain 8 LW Gergő Iváncsik (1981-11-30)30 November 1981 (aged 32) 1.90 m 231 619 MKB-MVM Veszprém 11 LB Barna Putics (1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 29) 2.01 m 78 172 VfL Gummersbach 12 GK Péter Tatai (1983-06-23)23 June 1983 (aged 30) 1.95 m 74 0 Pick Szeged 16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 29) 1.90 m 122 0 Pick Szeged 18 CB Kornél Nagy (1986-11-21)21 November 1986 (aged 27) 1.95 m 96 152 Dunkerque 20 RW Péter Gulyás (1984-03-04)4 March 1984 (aged 29) 2.00 m 83 175 MKB-MVM Veszprém 24 LW Attila Vadkerti (1982-02-22)22 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.82 m 94 124 Pick Szeged 25 P Szabolcs Zubai (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 29) 1.91 m 160 253 Pick Szeged 29 LB Bence Zdolik (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 21) 1.98 m 2 6 Balatonfüred 31 RW Gábor Szalafai (1985-04-13)13 April 1985 (aged 28) 1.94 m 10 10 Gyöngyös 33 RB Gábor Ancsin (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 23) 2.02 m 39 56 Pick Szeged 66 CB Máté Lékai (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 25) 1.90 m 65 127 Celje

Iceland

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

A 21-player squad was announced on 17 December 2013.^[11] The squad was announced on 9 January 2014.^[12]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 28) 1.93 m 130 3 Bergischer HC 2 P Vignir Svavarsson (1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 33) 1.94 m 0 0 GWD Minden 3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 32) 1.98 m 69 79 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 4 CB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 23) 1.93 m 76 277 THW Kiel 6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 29) 1.91 m 187 270 Paris Saint-Germain 7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 29) 1.91 m 141 341 Saint-Raphaël VHB 8 RW Þórir Ólafsson (1979-11-28)28 November 1979 (aged 34) 1.89 m 93 224 Vive Targi Kielce 9 LB Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 34) 1.87 m 286 1483 THW Kiel 10 CB Snorri Guðjónsson (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 32) 1.87 m 214 756 GOG Svendborg 12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 24) 2.02 m 21 0 Eskilstuna Guif 13 LB Ólafur Guðmundsson (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 23) 1.94 m 41 28 IFK Kristianstad 14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 26) 1.81 m 23 58 Bergischer HC 17 P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 36) 1.96 m 49 27 TV Großwallstadt 18 P Róbert Gunnarsson (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 33) 1.90 m 228 677 Paris Saint-Germain 19 RB Rúnar Kárason (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 25) 1.96 m 38 71 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 22 LB Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 23) 1.96 m 17 11 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 25) 2.01 m 3 0 EHV Aue 27 CB Gunnar Steinn Jonsson (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 26) 1.95 m 0 0 Nantes

Norway

Head coach: Robert Hedin

An 18-player squad was announced on 11 December 2013.^[13]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Magnus Dahl (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 25) 1.97 m 43 0 HSG Wetzlar 3 CB Sander Sagosen (1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 18) 1.92 m 3 6 Haslum HK 7 P Joakim Hykkerud (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 27) 1.94 m 22 34 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 8 P Bjarte Myrhol (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 31) 1.94 m 149 432 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 9 CB Børge Lund (1979-03-13)13 March 1979 (aged 34) 1.96 m 204 389 Bodø HK 10 LW Håvard Tvedten (1978-06-29)29 June 1978 (aged 35) 1.83 m 202 790 Aalborg 11 LB Erlend Mamelund (1984-05-01)1 May 1984 (aged 29) 1.97 m 112 348 Haslum HK 12 GK Ole Erevik (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 33) 1.96 m 149 0 Aalborg 13 RB Christoffer Rambo (1989-11-18)18 November 1989 (aged 24) 1.99 m 73 190 GWD Minden 15 RB Kent Robin Tønnesen (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 22) 1.96 m 33 66 HSG Wetzlar 18 CB Christian O'Sullivan (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 22) 1.90 m 18 13 Bækkelagets SK 19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 25) 1.92 m 18 68 FyllingenBergen 20 LW André Lindboe (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 25) 1.83 m 11 42 Elverum 21 P Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 22) 1.96 m 24 28 SønderjyskE 24 LB Kristian Kjelling (1980-09-06)6 September 1980 (aged 33) 1.97 m 154 600 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 27 RB Harald Reinkind (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 21) 1.96 m 16 23 FyllingenBergen 29 RW Steffen Berg Løkkebø (1987-11-03)3 November 1987 (aged 26) 1.80 m 5 10 TV Emsdetten 89 LB Espen Lie Hansen (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 24) 1.96 m 61 196 Dunkerque

Spain

Head coach: Manolo Cadenas

The squad was announced on 11 December 2013.^[14]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo (1987-08-11)11 August 1987 (aged 26) 1.94 m 58 83 Barcelona 4 RW Albert Rocas (1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 31) 1.88 m 150 532 KIF Kolding København 5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 25) 1.97 m 73 171 Nantes 8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 28) 1.78 m 121 390 Barcelona 9 CB Raúl Entrerríos (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 32) 1.93 m 172 380 Barcelona 11 CB Daniel Sarmiento (1983-08-25)25 August 1983 (aged 30) 1.86 m 59 132 Barcelona 12 GK José Manuel Sierra (1978-05-21)21 May 1978 (aged 35) 1.94 m 101 0 Paris Saint-Germain 13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 31) 1.95 m 112 298 Vive Targi Kielce 15 LW Cristian Ugalde (1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 26) 1.88 m 91 212 MKB-MVM Veszprém 19 P Juan Andreu (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 28) 1.97 m 24 50 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 21 CB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 27) 1.98 m 92 214 HSV Hamburg 24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 30) 1.99 m 125 124 Barcelona 25 LB Carlos Ruesga (1985-03-10)10 March 1985 (aged 28) 1.84 m 62 128 MKB-MVM Veszprém 26 LB Antonio García Robledo (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 29) 1.91 m 35 64 Paris Saint-Germain 28 LW Valero Rivera (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 28) 1.85 m 31 90 Nantes 30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 29) 2.00 m 49 62 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 23) 1.89 m 11 0 Fenix Toulouse

Group C

France

Head coach: Claude Onesta

A 20-player squad was announced on 11 December 2013.^[15] The squad was announced on 8 January 2014.^[16]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Cyril Dumoulin (1984-02-02)2 February 1984 (aged 29) 1.99 m 21 0 Chambéry 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 36) 1.99 m 360 1406 Fenix Toulouse 7 P Igor Anić (1987-06-12)12 June 1987 (aged 26) 1.94 m 9 15 Cesson-Rennes 8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 34) 1.89 m 246 775 Paris Saint-Germain 9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 28) 1.78 m 82 228 Dunkerque 10 RB Alix Nyokas (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 27) 1.88 m 11 147 Chambéry 11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 27) 1.80 m 50 147 Paris Saint-Germain 12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 27) 1.88 m 3 0 Dunkerque 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 29) 1.96 m 213 882 Barcelona 15 LB Mathieu Grébille (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 22) 1.98 m 6 10 Montpellier 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 37) 1.92 m 294 0 Montpellier 18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 25) 1.94 m 56 156 Montpellier 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 29) 1.82 m 170 573 Paris Saint-Germain 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 29) 1.92 m 110 208 Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 31) 1.79 m 178 623 Montpellier 22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 25) 2.02 m 4 3 Pays d'Aix UCH 28 RW Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 23) 1.90 m 11 12 Fenix Toulouse

Poland

Head coach: Michael Biegler

An 18-player squad was announced on 2 January 2014,^[17] while the squad was published on 10 January 2014.^[18]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-01)1 October 1978 (aged 35) 1.90 m 230 2 Vive Targi Kielce 2 CB Bartłomiej Jaszka (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 30) 1.84 m 142 245 Füchse Berlin 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 30) 1.98 m 134 282 Vive Targi Kielce 4 RW Patryk Kuchczyński (1983-03-17)17 March 1983 (aged 30) 1.82 m 190 401 Górnik Zabrze 8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 31) 2.02 m 194 752 Vive Targi Kielce 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 33) 1.92 m 92 201 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 34) 1.93 m 181 586 SC Magdeburg 15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 29) 2.02 m 138 351 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 26) 1.93 m 56 0 Csurgó 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 31) 2.00 m 61 41 Vive Targi Kielce 20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.98 m 120 180 Wisła Płock 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 22) 2.08 m 38 51 Wisła Płock 29 RW Jakub Łucak (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 24) 1.81 m 4 2 Chrobry Głogów 30 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 26) 1.84 m 22 33 Azoty-Puławy 31 CB Michał Kubisztal (1980-03-23)23 March 1980 (aged 33) 1.94 m 55 177 Górnik Zabrze 43 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 24) 1.89 m 47 76 Górnik Zabrze 45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 25) 1.96 m 9 12 Azoty-Puławy 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 25) 2.03 m 17 34 Vive Targi Kielce

Russia

Head coach: Oleg Kuleshov

The squad was announced on 25 December 2013.^[19]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Nikolay Sorokin (1982-07-23)23 July 1982 (aged 31) 1.85 m 5 0 Permskie Medvedi 4 P Aleksei Polyakov (1985-12-16)16 December 1985 (aged 28) 2.00 m 0 0 Zarya Kaspiya Astrakhan 5 P Alexander Pyshkin (1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 26) 1.97 m 4 1 Saint Petersburg 6 RB Daniil Shishkarev (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 25) 1.89 m 13 16 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 7 RB Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 31) 1.80 m 125 307 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 8 P Egor Evdokimov (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 31) 2.00 m 84 126 Motor Zaporizhzhia 9 LW Oleg Skopintsev (1984-04-15)15 April 1984 (aged 29) 1.84 m 40 56 Motor Zaporizhzhia 11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 26) 1.90 m 43 57 Metalurg Skopje 12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 27) 1.97 m 17 0 Dinamo Minsk 13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 31) 1.96 m 6 35 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 16 GK Igor Levshin (1974-08-18)18 August 1974 (aged 39) 1.98 m 41 0 Permskie Medvedi 18 LB Sergey Kudinov (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 (aged 22) 1.95 m 0 0 Zarya Kaspiya Astrakhan 25 RB Sergey Shelmenko (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 30) 1.96 m 17 39 Dinamo Minsk 35 RB Konstantin Igropulo (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 28) 1.90 m 103 498 Füchse Berlin 52 CB Inal Aflitulin (1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 25) 1.82 m 3 5 Motor Zaporizhzhia 69 RB Samvel Aslanyan (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 27) 1.86 m 70 106 Permskie Medvedi 89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 24) 1.85 m 13 18 Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Serbia

Head coach: Vladan Matić

A 19-squad was announced on 31 December 2013.^[20]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Slaviša Đukanović (1979-05-03)3 May 1979 (aged 34) 1.90 m 8 0 Saint-Raphaël VHB 6 RB Marko Vujin (1984-12-07)7 December 1984 (aged 29) 1.96 m 104 428 THW Kiel 7 LW Ivan Nikčević (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 32) 1.81 m 118 434 Wisła Płock 9 CB Nikola Manojlović (1981-12-01)1 December 1981 (aged 32) 1.95 m 43 40 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 11 P Alem Toskić (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.90 m 144 298 Vardar 12 GK Darko Stanić (1978-10-08)8 October 1978 (aged 35) 1.92 m 97 0 Metalurg Skopje 13 LB Momir Ilić (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 32) 2.00 m 125 456 MKB-MVM Veszprém 14 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 20) 1.86 m 12 17 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 16 GK Strahinja Milić (1990-12-20)20 December 1990 (aged 23) 1.98 m 22 0 Vardar 17 RW Rajko Prodanović (1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 27) 1.86 m 111 265 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 P Rastko Stojković (1981-07-12)12 July 1981 (aged 32) 1.91 m 65 138 Crvena zvezda 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (aged 23) 1.77 m 16 15 Fenix Toulouse 20 LB Momir Rnić (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 26) 1.97 m 68 110 Frisch Auf Göppingen 24 CB Uroš Mitrović (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 29) 1.91 m 30 37 BSV Bern Muri 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 23) 1.94 m 19 35 Celje 30 LB Draško Nenadić (1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 23) 2.02 m 13 14 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 31 CB Petar Nenadić (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 27) 1.98 m 60 134 Wisła Płock

Group D

Belarus

Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov

The squad was announced on 26 December 2013.^[21]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kazimir Kotlinski (1974-04-12)12 April 1974 (aged 39) 1.92 m 57 0 Victoria Regia 2 LW Ivan Brouka (1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (aged 33) 1.84 m 122 470 Dinamo Minsk 4 P Maxim Babichev (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 27) 2.00 m 89 139 Dinamo Minsk 6 RB Viktar Zaitsau (1992-08-27)27 August 1992 (aged 21) 2.00 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 8 LB Dzmitry Kamyshyk (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 23) 2.00 m 46 109 SKA Minsk 9 RB Aleh Astrashapkin (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 21) 1.88 m 0 0 Meshkov Brest 10 CB Barys Pukhouski (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 27) 1.84 m 103 433 Csurgó 12 GK Aliaksei Kishou (1986-09-23)23 September 1986 (aged 27) 1.92 m 29 1 Saint Petersburg 14 LB Siarhei Rutenka (1981-08-29)29 August 1981 (aged 32) 1.98 m 37 238 Barcelona 15 RW Dzianis Rutenka (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 27) 1.90 m 55 126 Dinamo Minsk 17 CB Dzmitry Nikulenkau (1984-07-12)12 July 1984 (aged 29) 1.88 m 47 87 Dinamo Minsk 18 RB Siarhei Shylovich (1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 27) 1.95 m 64 200 Pogoń Szczecin 19 P Mikhail Niazhura (1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 33) 2.00 m 44 8 Victoria Regia 20 LB Dzmitry Chystabayeu (1986-12-23)23 December 1986 (aged 27) 2.00 m 50 35 Permskie Medvedi 21 GK Vitali Charapenka (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 29) 1.93 m 42 0 Meshkov Brest 24 RW Maksim Baranau (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 25) 1.88 m 64 166 Meshkov Brest 55 P Aliaksandr Tsitou (1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 27) 1.90 m 0 0 Motor Zaporizhzhia 86 RB Evgeny Semenov (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 27) 1.96 m 0 0 Permskie Medvedi

Croatia

Head coach: Slavko Goluža

An 18-player squad was announced on 10 January 2014.^[22]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Venio Losert (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 37) 1.91 m 211 0 Vive Targi Kielce 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 25) 1.97 m 127 377 HSV Hamburg 8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 27) 2.10 m 93 164 Paris Saint-Germain 9 P Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 33) 2.03 m 209 540 Paris Saint-Germain 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 27) 2.04 m 92 54 Paris Saint-Germain 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 29) 1.79 m 86 198 Zagreb 14 CB Drago Vuković (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 30) 1.94 m 121 188 TuS N-Lübbecke 20 LB Damir Bičanić (1985-06-25)25 June 1985 (aged 28) 1.94 m 63 113 Chambéry 21 RB Denis Buntić (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 31) 1.99 m 116 261 Vive Targi Kielce 22 CB Josip Valčić (1984-04-21)21 April 1984 (aged 29) 1.90 m 30 23 Zagreb 23 LB Stipe Mandalinić (1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 21) 1.95 m 11 12 Zagreb 25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 28) 2.00 m 125 0 MKB-MVM Veszprém 26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 25) 1.81 m 66 204 Vive Targi Kielce 27 RW Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 27) 1.78 m 85 332 Vive Targi Kielce 28 P Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 28) 2.00 m 59 32 Vive Targi Kielce 29 LW Ivan Ninčević (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 32) 1.84 m 53 91 Dinamo Minsk 32 LB Ivan Slišković (1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 22) 1.97 m 9 23 Celje

Montenegro

Head coach: Zoran Kastratović

A 22-player squad was announced on 13 December 2013.^[23]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Rade Mijatović (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 32) 1.92 m 39 0 Metalurg Skopje 2 P Mladen Rakčević (1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.79 m 47 158 AEK Athens 3 LB Vuko Borozan (1994-04-09)9 April 1994 (aged 19) 2.03 m 0 0 Karlovac 5 CB Mirko Milašević (1985-07-27)27 July 1985 (aged 28) 1.96 m 33 27 Billère 7 RB Vladan Lipovina (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 20) 2.01 m 0 0 Ciudad Encantada 11 LW Igor Marković (1981-12-16)16 December 1981 (aged 32) 1.83 m 50 93 Lovćen 13 RW Mirko Radović (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 23) 1.86 m 2 1 Lovćen 14 LW Miloš Vujović (1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 20) 1.81 m 7 10 Lovćen 16 GK Nebojša Simić (1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 21) 1.92 m 17 0 HK Malmö 17 P Nemanja Grbović (1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 23) 1.83 m 18 15 Crvena zvezda 18 CB Žarko Pejović (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 27) 1.91 m 15 14 Tatran Prešov 20 CB Stevan Vujović (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 23) 1.90 m 27 52 Sélestat 21 LB Vasko Ševaljević (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 25) 1.93 m 24 70 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 22 RB Danilo Perišić (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 (aged 23) 1.90 m 7 8 Cegléd 23 CB Bogdan Petričević (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 24) 1.94 m 0 0 Valence 24 RB Marko Simović (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 26) 1.93 m 14 10 Çankaya Bel. Ankara 25 RW Marko Lasica (1988-04-30)30 April 1988 (aged 25) 1.88 m 22 17 Pick Szeged

Sweden

Head coach: Staffan Olsson / Ola Lindgren

The squad was announced on 10 December 2013.^[24]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mattias Andersson (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 35) 1.85 m 93 0 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2 RB Magnus Persson (1990-12-17)17 December 1990 (aged 23) 1.92 m 3 6 HK Drott 6 LW Jonas Källman (1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 32) 2.00 m 174 529 IFK Skövde 7 P Magnus Jernemyr (1976-07-18)18 July 1976 (aged 37) 1.98 m 105 5 LUGI HF 8 CB Lukas Karlsson (1982-05-21)21 May 1982 (aged 31) 1.78 m 65 117 KIF Kolding København 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 25) 1.91 m 87 380 THW Kiel 15 LB Jonas Larholm (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 31) 1.93 m 200 628 Pick Szeged 18 P Tobias Karlsson (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 32) 1.96 m 129 76 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 19 RB Johan Jakobsson (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 26) 1.95 m 68 106 Aalborg 21 CB Patrik Fahlgren (1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 28) 1.88 m 26 44 MT Melsungen 22 GK Johan Sjöstrand (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 26) 1.95 m 75 0 THW Kiel 24 LW Fredrik Petersen (1983-08-23)23 August 1983 (aged 30) 1.88 m 101 265 Füchse Berlin 25 LB Kim Ekdahl du Rietz (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 24) 1.94 m 64 186 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 23) 1.79 m 36 56 Füchse Berlin 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 23) 1.97 m 46 101 HSV Hamburg 36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 24) 2.00 m 18 16 Füchse Berlin

Statistics

Player representation by league system

In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 23 different countries.

Country	Players	Outside national squad
Germany	68	68
France	39	24
Poland	26	11
Hungary	21	9
Macedonia	18	5
Denmark	17	9
Belarus	14	3
Russia	12	3
Spain	12	7
Austria	10	1
Norway	7	0
Sweden	7	4
Croatia	4	1
Ukraine	4	4
Montenegro	3	0
Slovenia	3	3
Czech Republic	2	0
Serbia	2	1
Slovakia	2	2
Switzerland	2	2
Greece	1	1
Romania	1	1
Turkey	1	1

Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.
French squad have only two player employed by a non-domestic club; that players are employed in Spain. Only Icelandic squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs; although one player on that squad. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Handball-Bundesliga provides the most squad members.

Player representation by club

Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.

Club	Players
Metalurg Skopje	13
Paris Saint-Germain	12
Barcelona	11
Vive Targi Kielce	11

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Croatia	Slavko Goluža, Ivica Obrvan (Macedonia)
	Iceland	Patrekur Jóhannesson (Austria), Aron Kristjánsson
	Sweden	Robert Hedin (Norway), Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson
1	Belarus	Yuri Shevtsov
	Czech Republic	Vladimír Haber
	Denmark	Ulrik Wilbek
	France	Claude Onesta
	Germany	Michael Biegler (Poland)
	Hungary	Lajos Mocsai
	Montenegro	Zoran Kastratović
	Russia	Oleg Kuleshov
	Serbia	Vladan Matić
	Spain	Manolo Cadenas

References

External links

• Official Website

This page was last edited on 8 December 2023, at 00:01