2015 World Men's Handball Championship squads

2015 World Men's Handball Championship squads
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Main article: 2015 World Men's Handball Championship

This article displays the squads for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players. Yet, two players might be replaced, Every player who played is listed, thus some lists have more than 16. [citation needed]

Age, caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2015.

Group A

Belarus

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 19 December 2014.[1]

Head coach: Belarus Yuri Shevtsov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Ivan Brouka (1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (aged 34) 1.78 m 138 510 Belarus SKA Minsk
4 P Maxim Babichev (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 28) 2.00 m 104 174 Belarus Meshkov Brest
8 LW Dzmitry Kamyshyk (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 24) 2.00 m 61 145 Belarus Meshkov Brest
9 RB Aleh Astrashapkin (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 22) 1.90 m 6 4 Belarus Meshkov Brest
10 CB Barys Pukhouski (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 28) 1.84 m 117 503 Hungary Csurgó
12 GK Ivan Matskevich (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 23) 1.86 m 11 0 Belarus SKA Minsk
13 RB Kiryl Kniazeu (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.95 m 31 62 Belarus SKA Minsk
14 LB Siarhei Rutenka (1981-08-29)29 August 1981 (aged 33) 1.98 m 49 317 Spain Barcelona
15 RW Dzianis Rutenka (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 28) 1.90 m 72 179 Belarus Meshkov Brest
17 CB Dzmitry Nikulenkau (1984-07-12)12 July 1984 (aged 30) 1.88 m 65 199 Belarus Meshkov Brest
18 RB Siarhei Shylovich (1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 28) 1.95 m 80 258 Belarus Meshkov Brest
19 P Mikhail Niazhura (1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 34) 2.00 m 63 8 Belarus Gomel
20 LB Dzmitry Chystabayeu (1986-12-23)23 December 1986 (aged 28) 2.00 m 56 36 Russia Permskie Medvedi
21 GK Vitali Charapenka (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 30) 1.93 m 60 0 Belarus Meshkov Brest
22 P Viachaslau Shumak (1988-12-22)22 December 1988 (aged 26) 2.03 m 60 110 Belarus Meshkov Brest
24 RW Maksim Baranau (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 26) 1.88 m 84 193 Belarus Meshkov Brest
55 P Aliaksandr Tsitou (1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 28) 1.90 m 107 104 Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia

Brazil

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2014.[2] On 31 December 2014, 17 players were nominated.[3]

Head coach: Spain Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 CB Henrique Teixeira (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25) 1.92 m 66 102 Brazil Taubaté
3 RB Fernando Pacheco Filho (1983-05-25)25 May 1983 (aged 31) 1.90 m 148 455 Brazil EC Pinheiros
4 CB João Pedro Silva (1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 20) 1.90 m 24 40 Spain Ademar León
7 LB Guilherme Gama (1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 23) 1.92 m 40 65 Spain Fraikin Granollers
9 RW Lucas Cândido (1989-03-19)19 March 1989 (aged 25) 1.82 m 30 60 Brazil Taubaté
10 RB José Toledo (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 21) 1.93 m 23 65 Spain Fraikin Granollers
13 CB Diogo Hubner (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 31) 1.88 m 55 95 Brazil Taubaté
14 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 25) 1.99 m 74 120 Spain Logroño
15 LB Arthur Patrianova (1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 21) 1.90 m 34 71 Spain Villa de Aranda
17 P Alexandro Pozzer (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 26) 1.92 m 37 54 Spain Guadalajara
18 LW Felipe Ribeiro (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 29) 1.85 m 169 597 France Montpellier
19 RW Fábio Chiuffa (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 25) 1.87 m 76 128 Spain Guadalajara
21 RB Gustavo Cardoso (1982-01-09)9 January 1982 (aged 33) 1.92 m 92 210 Brazil Taubaté
25 P Vinícius Teixeira (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 26) 1.90 m 99 161 Brazil EC Pinheiros
81 GK Luís Ricardo Nascimento (1981-09-24)24 September 1981 (aged 33) 2.00 m 103 0 Brazil Taubaté
89 GK César Almeida (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 26) 1.87 m 35 0 Spain Guadalajara

Chile

A 28-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.[4]

Head coach: Fernando Capurro

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Felipe Barrientos (1984-06-12)12 June 1984 (aged 30) 1.87 m 75 1 Chile Italiano
2 LW Sebastián Ceballos (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 22) 1.75 m 16 31 Spain Zamora
5 CB Nicolás Jofre (1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 30) 1.80 m 73 66 Chile Santiago Steel
6 RB Rodrigo Díaz (1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 26) 1.95 m 32 60 Chile Italiano
7 LB Diego Reyes (1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 22) 1.82 m 37 59 Spain Zamora
8 RW Erik Caniu (1988-10-02)2 October 1988 (aged 26) 1.85 m 5 9 Chile Luterano
9 LW Benjamín Callejas (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.70 m 10 14 Chile Ovalle
10 CB Cristián Moll Ramírez (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 21) 1.85 m 32 44 Spain Pedro Alonso Niño
11 L Esteban Salinas (1992-01-18)18 January 1992 (aged 22) 1.80 m 41 92 Spain Zamora
12 GK Felipe García (1993-10-20)20 October 1993 (aged 21) 1.88 m 17 0 Chile Santiago Steel
13 CB Guillermo Araya (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 29) 1.85 m 73 90 Chile Ovalle
15 L Cristóbal del Río (1988-03-11)11 March 1988 (aged 26) 1.95 m 38 41 Chile Santiago Steel
16 GK René Oliva (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 27) 1.96 m 48 0 Chile Ovalle
17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 25) 1.88 m 62 172 Romania Steaua București
18 LB Cornejo Rodolfo (1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 31) 1.90 m 18 30 Chile Santiago Steel
19 RW Francisco Salazar (1992-08-04)4 August 1992 (aged 22) 1.78 m 14 25 Spain Octavio Pilotes Posada
23 LB Javier Frelijj (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 23) 1.90 m 5 24 Chile Luterano
29 L Marco Oneto (c) (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 32) 2.04 m 87 195 Germany GWD Minden

Qatar

A 28-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.[5]

Head coach: Spain Valero Rivera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 LB Žarko Marković (1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 28) 1.96 m 0 0 Qatar El Jaish
4 LB Hassan Mabrouk (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 32) 1.90 m 27 55 Qatar El Jaish
7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 33) 1.98 m 11 35 Qatar Lekhwiya
9 RB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 27) 1.96 m 15 51 Qatar El Jaish
10 RW Abdulla Al-Karbi (1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 24) 1.77 m 33 105 Qatar Al Sadd
11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 59 122 Qatar Al-Gharafa
12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 37) 1.95 m 0 0 Spain Barcelona
13 RW Eldar Memišević (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 22) 1.78 m 84 171 Qatar El Jaish
16 GK Goran Stojanović (1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 37) 1.91 m 15 0 Qatar El Jaish
19 P Borja Vidal (1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (aged 33) 2.06 m 15 38 Qatar Al-Qiyada
20 LB Jovo Damjanović (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 27) 1.91 m 26 34 Qatar El Jaish
25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 23) 1.80 m 28 83 Qatar El Jaish
41 P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 27) 1.93 m 15 51 Qatar Lekhwiya
66 LW Hamad Madadi (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 26) 1.78 m 38 200 Qatar Lekhwiya
77 RB Hadi Hamdoon (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 22) 1.83 m 55 167 Qatar El Jaish
86 CB Mahmoud Hassab Alla (1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 28) 1.82 m 8 24 Qatar Al Sadd
94 LB Ameen Zakkar (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 20) 1.95 m 26 42 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor

Slovenia

A 26-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.[6] It was trimmed down to 22 on 2 January 2015.[7] On 7 January 2015, 19 players were nominated.[8]

Head coach: Boris Denič

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 30) 1.91 m 134 399 France Montpellier
9 RB Jure Natek (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 32) 1.93 m 138 353 Germany SC Magdeburg
10 LB Klemen Cehte (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 28) 1.96 m 25 57 France Pays d'Aix UCH
11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 26) 1.90 m 66 259 France Montpellier
12 GK Gorazd Škof (1977-07-11)11 July 1977 (aged 37) 1.88 m 155 0 France Nantes
13 LB David Špiler (1983-01-02)2 January 1983 (aged 32) 1.90 m 120 278 Belarus Meshkov Brest
14 CB Sebastian Skube (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 27) 1.89 m 95 220 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
16 GK Primož Prošt (1983-07-14)14 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.86 m 68 0 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
19 P Miha Žvižej (1987-11-06)6 November 1987 (aged 27) 1.93 m 79 185 France Fenix Toulouse
20 LW Luka Žvižej (1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 34) 1.85 m 191 637 Slovenia Celje
21 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 20) 2.02 m 4 2 Slovenia Celje
22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 23) 1.97 m 52 55 France Montpellier
23 CB Uroš Zorman (c) (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 35) 1.90 m 190 467 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
25 CB Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 28) 1.84 m 60 82 Germany SC Magdeburg
27 LB Miladin Kozlina (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 31) 1.98 m 105 235 Germany GWD Minden
30 RW Dragan Gajić (1984-07-21)21 July 1984 (aged 30) 1.88 m 130 512 France Montpellier
33 P Uroš Bundalo (1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 25) 1.98 m 43 44 France Tremblay-en-France
44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 25) 1.89 m 35 50 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged

Spain

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 16 December 2014.[9] On 29 December 2014 an 18-player list was published.[10] On 12 January 2015, the final 16-player squad was announced.[11]

Head coach: Manolo Cadenas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
4 RW Albert Rocas (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 32) 1.88 m 162 555 Spain Logroño
5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 (aged 26) 1.97 m 87 214 France Nantes
8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 29) 1.78 m 131 430 Spain Barcelona
9 CB Raúl Entrerríos (c) (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 33) 1.93 m 184 402 Spain Barcelona
12 GK José Manuel Sierra (1978-05-21)21 May 1978 (aged 36) 1.94 m 111 0 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 32) 1.95 m 120 328 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
15 LW Cristian Ugalde (1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 27) 1.87 m 105 235 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
19 P Juan Andreu (1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 29) 1.97 m 38 74 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
20 CB Chema Rodríguez (1980-01-05)5 January 1980 (aged 35) 1.87 m 113 150 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
21 CB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 28) 1.98 m 104 282 Germany THW Kiel
24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 31) 1.99 m 137 133 Spain Barcelona
26 LB Antonio García Robledo (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 30) 1.91 m 47 91 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
28 LW Valero Rivera Folch (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 29) 1.85 m 45 125 France Nantes
30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 30) 2.00 m 61 76 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 24) 1.89 m 125 0 Spain Barcelona
40 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 22) 1.87 m 7 13 North Macedonia Vardar

Group B

Austria

A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 2 January 2015.[12] On 9 January 2015, an 18-player squad was announced.[13]

Head coach: Iceland Patrekur Jóhannesson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Thomas Bauer (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 28) 1.90 m 91 0 Germany TBV Lemgo
2 LB Alexander Hermann (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 23) 1.92 m 34 44 Austria SG West Wien
4 RB Maximilian Hermann (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 23) 1.94 m 32 62 Germany Bergischer HC
5 CB Vytautas Žiūra (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 35) 1.89 m 79 171 Austria Fivers Margareten
7 RB Janko Bozovic (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29) 2.04 m 85 197 Belarus Meshkov Brest
10 RB Lucas Mayer (1983-02-16)16 February 1983 (aged 31) 1.86 m 70 147 Austria Bregenz
12 GK Nikola Marinovic (1976-08-29)29 August 1976 (aged 38) 1.98 m 143 0 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
14 CB Viktor Szilágyi (1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 36) 1.95 m 187 853 Germany Bergischer HC
15 P Fabian Posch (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 27) 1.98 m 80 96 Austria SG West Wien
21 LB Roland Schlinger (1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 32) 1.92 m 160 584 Austria Alpla HC Hard
22 P Markus Wagesreiter (1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 33) 1.98 m 134 107 Austria SG West Wien
25 LW Dominik Ascherbauer (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 25) 1.91 m 6 14 Austria HC Linz
27 RW Marian Klopcic (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 22) 1.84 m 17 14 Austria Bregenz
28 RW Robert Weber (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 29) 1.79 m 125 497 Germany SC Magdeburg
53 CB Nikola Bilyk (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 18) 1.98 m 5 6 Austria Fivers Margareten
92 LW Raul Santos (1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 22) 1.80 m 45 170 Germany VfL Gummersbach
95 LB Romas Kirveliavičius (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 26) 2.00 m 4 3 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim

Bosnia and Herzegovina

A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 17 December 2014.[14] It was trimmed down to 20 on 30 December 2014.[15]

Head coach: Dragan Marković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Nebojša Grahovac (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 30) 1.91 m 64 1 France Chartres
2 RW Faruk Vražalić (1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 24) 1.83 m 29 107 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
3 LW Alen Ovčina (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25) 1.90 m 10 28 Qatar Al-Shamal
4 CB Josip Perić (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 22) 1.80 m 6 6 Hungary Tatabánya
5 LW Mirko Mikić (1985-08-23)23 August 1985 (aged 29) 1.85 m 20 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka
8 P Senjamin Burić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 24) 1.96 m 31 31 Slovenia Gorenje
11 CB Stefan Janković (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 22) 1.89 m 2 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka
12 GK Benjamin Burić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 24) 1.97 m 25 0 Slovenia Gorenje
13 RB Kosta Savić (1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 27) 1.92 m 28 54 Poland Azoty-Puławy
14 LB Mirsad Terzić (1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.96 m 114 388 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
15 P Muhamed Toromanović (c) (1984-04-09)9 April 1984 (aged 30) 1.94 m 111 383 France US Créteil
16 GK Peđa Dejanović (1982-03-06)6 March 1982 (aged 32) 1.89 m 4 0 Spain Bidasoa Irún
17 LB Duško Čelica (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 (aged 28) 1.98 m 23 50 Croatia Zagreb
18 CB Ivan Karačić (1985-05-26)26 May 1985 (aged 29) 1.90 m 30 75 Belarus Meshkov Brest
19 LB Nikola Prce (1980-08-31)31 August 1980 (aged 34) 2.00 m 66 232 Poland Azoty-Puławy
21 P Vladimir Vranješ (1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 26) 2.02 m 33 32 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
22 RB Dejan Malinović (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 22) 1.91 m 19 47 France US Créteil
24 RW Muhamed Zulfić (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 22) 1.88 m 0 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna Sarajevo

Croatia

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2014.[16] An 18-player squad was announced on 30 December 2014.[17] A final 16-player squad was announced on 13 January 2015.[18]

Head coach: Slavko Goluža

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 26) 1.97 m 136 435 Germany THW Kiel
7 RB Luka Stepančić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 24) 2.03 m 16 26 Croatia Zagreb
8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 28) 2.10 m 109 210 France Paris Saint-Germain
9 P Igor Vori (c) (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 34) 2.03 m 223 562 France Paris Saint-Germain
10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 28) 2.04 m 108 66 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 30) 1.79 m 98 246 Croatia Zagreb
16 GK Filip Ivić (1992-08-30)30 August 1992 (aged 22) 1.95 m 17 0 Croatia Zagreb
18 CB Igor Karačić (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 26) 1.89 m 10 37 North Macedonia Vardar
20 LB Damir Bičanić (1985-06-29)29 June 1985 (aged 29) 1.94 m 78 153 France Chambéry
25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 29) 2.00 m 137 0 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 26) 1.81 m 82 259 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
27 RW Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 28) 1.78 m 97 378 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
28 P Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 29) 2.00 m 73 48 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
29 LW Ivan Ninčević (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 33) 1.84 m 65 96 Turkey Beşiktaş
32 LB Ivan Slišković (1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 23) 1.97 m 20 49 Slovenia Celje
34 P Ilija Brozović (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 23) 1.95 m 0 0 Croatia Zagreb

Iran

A 22-player preliminary squad was announced on 28 December 2014.[19] An 18-player squad was revealed on 13 January 2015.[20]

Head coach: Slovenia Borut Maček

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Mojtaba Heidarpour (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 (aged 26) 1.80 m 21 75 Iran Samen Sabzevar
3 LB Mohammad Reza Rajabi (1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 29) 1.90 m 145 662 Iraq Naft Al-Janoob
4 RW Milad Masaeli (1988-05-28)28 May 1988 (aged 26) 1.92 m 72 245 Iran Samen Sabzevar
5 RB Shahoo Nosrati (1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 25) 1.87 m unknown unknown Romania HC Buzău
6 LB Sajjad Esteki (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 24) 1.90 m 63 350 Iran Samen Sabzevar
7 CB Pouya Norouzinejad (1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 20) 1.89 m 27 70 Iran Magnesium Ferdows
8 P Alireza Mousavi (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 24) 1.97 m 97 360 Hungary Tatabánya
9 P Mehdi Bijari (1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 31) 1.91 m 47 95 Iran Samen Sabzevar
10 CB Allahkaram Esteki (1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 26) 1.94 m 95 437 Iran Samen Sabzevar
17 P Mojtaba Karamian (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 25) 1.98 m 23 98 Iran Magnesium Ferdows
18 LW Ehsan Abouei (1990-03-05)5 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.76 m 35 180 Iran Shahrdari Tabriz
20 LW Amin Kazemi (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 26) 1.86 m 57 195 Iran Bafgh Yazd
22 RB Sajjad Nadri (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.94 m 40 182 Iran Samen Sabzevar
23 GK Saeid Heidarirad (1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 24) 1.93 m 32 0 Iran Sanat Mes Kerman
24 LB Afshin Sadeghi (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 21) 1.83 m 21 55 Iran Samen Mashhad
26 GK Mohsen Babasafari (1987-06-28)28 June 1987 (aged 27) 1.95 m 32 0 Hungary Tatabánya
36 RB Jalal Kiani (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 25) 1.83 m 42 122 Iran Magnesium Ferdows
87 RW Omid Sekenari (1988-04-24)24 April 1988 (aged 26) 1.83 m 63 226 Iran Magnesium Ferdows
89 GK Saeid Barkhordari (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 25) 1.90 m 55 0 Iran Samen Sabzevar

Macedonia

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.[21][22] An 18-player squad was announced on 5 January 2015.[23]

Head coach: Croatia Ivica Obrvan

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 LW Dejan Manaskov (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 22) 1.80 m 26 50 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
4 RB Renato Vugrinec (1975-09-06)6 September 1975 (aged 39) 1.96 m 4 7 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
5 P Stojanče Stoilov (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 27) 1.92 m 23 37 North Macedonia Vardar
7 RB Kiril Lazarov (c) (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 34) 1.93 m 109 901 Spain Barcelona
9 CB Aco Jonovski (1980-12-29)29 December 1980 (aged 34) 1.97 m 66 67 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
13 CB Filip Mirkulovski (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31) 1.89 m 116 293 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
14 LB Velko Markoski (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 28) 1.94 m 34 47 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
15 RW Zlatko Mojsoski (1981-11-15)15 November 1981 (aged 33) 1.80 m 26 34 North Macedonia Prilep
16 GK Borko Ristovski (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 32) 1.90 m 112 3 France US Créteil
17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.96 m 15 8 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
18 LB Naumče Mojsovski (1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 34) 1.87 m 98 130 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
20 GK Petar Angelov (1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 37) 1.85 m 41 0 North Macedonia Vardar
21 CB Nemanja Pribak (1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 30) 1.90 m 7 8 North Macedonia Vardar
22 RW Goce Georgievski (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 27) 1.85 m 31 46 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
23 LB Filip Lazarov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 29) 1.97 m 37 101 North Macedonia Vardar
24 LW Vlado Nedanovski (1985-06-23)23 June 1985 (aged 29) 1.87 m 20 50 North Macedonia Vardar

Tunisia

An 18-player preliminary squad was announced on 30 December 2014.[24]

Head coach: Croatia Sead Hasanefendić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Hamza Majed (1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 31) 1.86 m 43 0 Qatar Al Rayyan
3 LB Selim Hedoui (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 31) 1.99 m 218 398 Qatar Al-Arabi
4 LW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 24) 1.84 m 71 123 France Nantes
5 P Mahmoud Gharbi (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 32) 1.91 m 179 289 France Nantes
6 P Issam Tej (c) (1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 35) 1.87 m 293 770 France Montpellier
7 RW Jaleleddine Touati (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 32) 1.79 m 194 397 France Dunkerque
8 LB Wissem Hmam (1981-04-21)21 April 1981 (aged 33) 1.98 m 234 761 France Saint-Raphaël VHB
9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 24) 1.97 m 34 116 Tunisia Club Africain
10 CB Kamel Alouini (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 26) 1.87 m 92 210 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
12 GK Marouen Maggaiz (1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.91 m 146 3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
17 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 23) 1.98 m 75 171 Spain Barcelona
19 LB Mosbah Sanaï (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 23) 1.92 m 59 147 Qatar El Jaish
20 CB Heykel Megannem (1977-02-28)28 February 1977 (aged 37) 1.86 m 276 615 Qatar El Jaish
21 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 76 295 France Tremblay-en-France
25 CB Abdelhak Ben Salah (1990-04-25)25 April 1990 (aged 24) 1.84 m 35 69 Tunisia Club Africain
27 RB Aymen Hammed (1983-07-26)26 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.96 m 100 352 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.97 m 63 52 France Tremblay-en-France

Group C

Algeria

A 24-player preliminary squad was announced on 20 December 2014.[25]

Head coach: Reda Zeguili

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 CB Khaled Chentout (1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 30) 1.94 m 12 19 Norway Nøtterøy HB
6 LB Messaoud Berkous (c) (1989-07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 25) 1.89 m 58 89 Algeria GS Pétroliers
7 LW Hichem Daoud (1992-01-09)9 January 1992 (aged 23) 1.90 m 16 36 Algeria CRB Baraki
10 LB Sassi Boultif (1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (aged 32) 1.91 m 50 83 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
12 GK Abdellah Benmenni (1986-08-19)19 August 1986 (aged 28) 1.94 m 6 0 Algeria GS Pétroliers
13 LW Riadh Chahbour (1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 29) 1.85 m 43 86 Algeria GS Pétroliers
14 RW Rabah Soudani (1985-04-08)8 April 1985 (aged 29) 1.92 m 31 36 France Cherbourg
15 LB Tarek Boukhmis (1980-04-14)14 April 1980 (aged 34) 1.90 m 24 61 Algeria JSE Skikda
16 GK Adel Bousmal (1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (aged 29) 1.94 m 31 0 Algeria GS Boufarik
17 RB Abderrahim Berriah (1980-04-14)14 April 1980 (aged 34) 1.95 m 58 82 Algeria GS Pétroliers
18 P Hichem Kaabeche (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.92 m 57 73 Algeria JSE Skikda
19 LW Ayat Hamoud (1990-08-10)10 August 1990 (aged 24) 1.78 m 41 63 Algeria ES Ain Touta
20 RB El Hadi Biloum (1981-05-26)26 May 1981 (aged 33) 1.92 m 60 102 France Martigues
21 P Mohamed Mokrani (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (aged 33) 1.88 m 33 40 France Dunkerque
22 GK Abdelmalek Slahdji (1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 31) 1.90 m 70 0 Algeria GS Pétroliers
24 RW Messaoud Layadi (1982-03-24)24 March 1982 (aged 32) 1.90 m 24 60 Algeria GS Pétroliers
25 LB Belgacem Filah (1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 26) 1.98 m 73 109 Algeria GS Pétroliers

Czech Republic

A 13-player squad was announced on 11 December 2014.[26][27] 18 players were selected on 9 January 2015.[28] The 16-player squad was published on 10 January 2015.[29]

Head coach: Jan Filip / Daniel Kubeš

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 47 135 Slovakia Tatran Prešov
3 CB Roman Bečvář (1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 25) 1.91 m 52 134 Germany Empor Rostock
5 RW Miroslav Jurka (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 27) 1.89 m 36 73 France Saint-Raphaël VHB
8 LW Jiří Motl (1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 30) 1.84 m 74 142 Czech Republic Lovosice
9 LB Filip Jícha (1982-04-19)19 April 1982 (aged 32) 2.01 m 148 816 Germany THW Kiel
11 RW Jan Sobol (1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 30) 1.88 m 101 274 Poland Azoty-Puławy
13 LB Pavel Horák (1982-11-28)28 November 1982 (aged 32) 1.98 m 77 257 Germany Füchse Berlin
16 GK Martin Galia (1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 35) 1.89 m 143 3 Switzerland TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28)28 December 1993 (aged 21) 1.86 m 14 16 Switzerland TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
22 RW Petr Linhart (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.95 m 14 33 Czech Republic Talent Plzeň
23 P Leoš Petrovský (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 22) 2.02 m 5 11 Czech Republic Talent Plzeň
27 CB Ondřej Zdráhala (1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.87 m 66 157 Germany ASV Hamm-Westfalen
32 P Jakub Šindelář (1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 28) 1.95 m 17 6 Czech Republic Talent Plzeň
41 LB Michal Kasal (1994-04-03)3 April 1994 (aged 20) 2.09 m 16 14 Slovenia Celje
42 CB Jakub Szymanski (1983-02-09)9 February 1983 (aged 31) 1.98 m 41 52 Switzerland TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
71 GK Petr Štochl (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 (aged 38) 1.93 m 182 2 Germany Füchse Berlin

Egypt

A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 12 December 2014.[30]

Head coach: Marwan Ragab

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 RB Mamdouh Abouebaid (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 27) 1.87 m 70 280 Egypt Al Ahly
5 RW Mahmoud Radwan (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 25) 1.86 m 111 444 Egypt Al Ahly
6 P Ahmed Abdelrahman (1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 30) 1.85 m 75 300 Egypt Al Ahly
8 P Mahmoud Ramadan (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 30) 1.85 m 205 615 Egypt Al Ahly
9 CB Eslam Issa (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 26) 1.86 m 180 270 Tunisia Club Africain
12 GK Mohamed Bakir (1974-04-06)6 April 1974 (aged 40) 1.95 m 350 0 Egypt Alexandria SC
13 LW Omar El-Wakil (1988-05-14)14 May 1988 (aged 26) 1.78 m 50 200 Egypt Al Ahly
15 RW Mohamed Amer (1987-12-12)12 December 1987 (aged 27) 1.87 m 45 180 Egypt Al Ahly
19 CB Mohamed El-Bassiouny (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 110 440 Egypt Alexandria SC
20 CB Mohamed Hashem (1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 26) 1.80 m 170 180 Egypt Aviation SC
24 P Ibrahim El-Masry (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 25) 1.95 m 95 380 Egypt Al Ahly
25 P Wisam Nawar (1990-02-14)14 February 1990 (aged 24) 1.88 m 53 318 Egypt Alexandria SC
39 LB Yehia El-Deraa (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 19) 1.90 m 35 120 Egypt Heliopolis SC
66 RB Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 30) 1.84 m 230 920 Qatar El Jaish
72 GK Mahmoud Khalil (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 23) 1.92 m 60 0 Qatar El Jaish
88 GK Karim Handawy (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 26) 1.86 m 175 0 Egypt Al Ahly
90 LB Aly Zein (1990-12-14)14 December 1990 (aged 24) 1.95 m 104 416 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira

France

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 6 December 2014.[31] A 17-player squad was announced on 13 January 2015.[32]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Cyril Dumoulin (1984-02-02)2 February 1984 (aged 30) 2.00 m 38 0 France Fenix Toulouse
2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (c) (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 37) 1.99 m 375 1443 France Fenix Toulouse
4 RB Xavier Barachet (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 26) 1.95 m 66 132 France Paris Saint-Germain
7 P Igor Anić (1987-06-12)12 June 1987 (aged 27) 1.94 m 24 31 France Nantes
8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 35) 1.89 m 264 814 France Paris Saint-Germain
9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 29) 1.78 m 103 293 Germany HSG Wetzlar
10 RB Alix Nyokas (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 28) 1.88 m 29 44 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 28) 1.80 m 70 188 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 30) 1.96 m 234 964 Spain Barcelona
14 LW/CB Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 23) 1.85 m 20 31 Germany HSV Hamburg
15 LB Mathieu Grébille (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 23) 1.98 m 26 49 France Montpellier
16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 38) 1.92 m 306 1 France Paris Saint-Germain
18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 26) 1.94 m 73 177 France Paris Saint-Germain
20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 30) 1.92 m 129 251 Spain Barcelona
21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 32) 1.79 m 196 687 France Montpellier
22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 26) 2.02 m 23 17 France Pays d'Aix UCH
28 RB Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 24) 1.90 m 29 57 France Fenix Toulouse

Iceland

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 18 December 2014.[33] On 11 January 2015 a 17-player squad was published.[34]

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 29) 1.93 m 150 0 Germany Bergischer HC
2 P Vignir Svavarsson (1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 34) 1.94 m 209 228 Denmark HC Midtjylland
3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 30) 1.98 m 84 101 Iceland Valur
4 LB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 24) 1.93 m 86 317 Germany THW Kiel
6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 30) 1.91 m 206 339 France USAM Nîmes
7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 30) 1.91 m 154 377 France Saint-Raphaël VHB
9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (c) (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 35) 1.87 m 302 1595 Spain Barcelona
10 CB Snorri Guðjónsson (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 33) 1.87 m 234 807 France Sélestat
12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 25) 2.02 m 36 0 Sweden Eskilstuna Guif
14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 27) 1.81 m 34 64 Germany Bergischer HC
15 RB Alexander Petersson (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 34) 1.86 m 157 623 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
17 P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 37) 1.96 m 169 27 Iceland KA Akureyrar
18 P Róbert Gunnarsson (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 34) 1.90 m 248 720 France Paris Saint-Germain
19 LB Sigurbergur Sveinsson (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 27) 1.89 m 45 51 Germany HC Erlangen
22 LW Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 24) 1.96 m 30 31 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 26) 2.01 m 23 6 Germany EHV Aue
27 CB Gunnar Steinn Jónsson (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 27) 1.95 m 18 14 Germany VfL Gummersbach

Sweden

The squad was announced on 15 December 2014.[35] On 8 January 2015, Magnus Persson replaced Johan Jakobsson due to an injury.[36]

Head coach: Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Mattias Andersson (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 36) 1.85 m 110 0 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
2 RB Magnus Persson (1990-12-17)17 December 1990 (aged 24) 1.92 m 20 27 Germany VfL Gummersbach
4 LB Marcus Olsson (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 17 45 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
5 RB Kim Andersson (1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 32) 1.99 m 209 751 Denmark KIF Kolding København
6 LW Jonas Källman (1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 33) 2.00 m 187 551 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
8 CB Lukas Karlsson (1982-05-21)21 May 1982 (aged 32) 1.78 m 80 160 Denmark KIF Kolding København
10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 26) 1.91 m 104 432 Germany THW Kiel
18 P Tobias Karlsson (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 33) 1.96 m 143 79 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
21 CB Patrik Fahlgren (1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 29) 1.88 m 43 62 Germany MT Melsungen
22 GK Johan Sjöstrand (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 27) 1.95 m 88 0 Germany THW Kiel
24 LW Fredrik Petersen (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 31) 1.88 m 118 332 Germany Füchse Berlin
26 RW Anton Halén (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 24) 1.92 m 10 22 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
27 P Niclas Barud (1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 26) 1.96 m 30 16 Denmark Aalborg
31 LB Viktor Östlund (1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 22) 1.98 m 7 13 Sweden Eskilstuna Guif
32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 24) 1.79 m 53 85 Germany Füchse Berlin
35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 24) 1.97 m 65 155 Hungary MKB-MVM Veszprém
36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 25) 2.00 m 35 30 Germany Füchse Berlin

Group D

Argentina

An 18-player preliminary squad was announced on 26 December 2014.[37]

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Matías Schulz (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 32) 1.90 m 107 3 France Nantes
2 LW Federico Fernández (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 25) 1.87 m 94 302 Argentina UNLu
3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 (aged 28) 1.83 m 67 232 Argentina UNLu
4 CB Sebastián Simonet (c) (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 28) 1.90 m 130 394 France US Ivry
5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 34) 1.90 m 129 60 Argentina River Plate
6 CB Diego Simonet (1989-12-26)26 December 1989 (aged 25) 1.89 m 74 320 France Montpellier
7 RW Facundo Cangiani (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 23) 1.82 m 20 115 Argentina River Plate
8 LB Pablo Simonet (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 22) 1.89 m 41 75 France US Ivry
9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 32) 1.97 m 152 230 France Billère
10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 26) 1.92 m 94 203 France Istres
12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 33) 1.90 m 186 5 France Vernon
13 LB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 26) 1.90 m 103 154 Argentina UNLu
14 LB Agustín Vidal (1987-07-08)8 July 1987 (aged 27) 1.94 m 73 150 Spain Maristas
15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 35) 1.94 m 174 353 France Istres
18 LW Adrián Portela (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 28) 1.83 m 30 104 Argentina River Plate
22 P Sergio Crevatin (1980-05-28)28 May 1980 (aged 34) 1.87 m 112 153 Argentina SAG LOMAS

Denmark

A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 18 December 2014.[38] It was reduced to 17 players on 11 January 2015.[39]

Head coach: Iceland Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (c) (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 26) 2.00 m 107 1 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
3 RB Mads Christiansen (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 28) 1.94 m 72 138 Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
5 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 23) 1.88 m 34 77 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 25) 1.90 m 36 108 Denmark SønderjyskE
7 LW Anders Eggert (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 32) 1.79 m 127 477 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
11 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 23) 1.93 m 50 70 Germany THW Kiel
13 CB Bo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 35) 1.92 m 231 327 Denmark KIF Kolding København
15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 34) 1.99 m 165 350 Spain Barcelona
16 GK Jannick Green (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 25) 1.95 m 45 1 Germany SC Magdeburg
17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 31) 1.84 m 121 233 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 33) 1.88 m 192 545 Germany HSV Hamburg
19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 30) 2.00 m 85 143 Germany THW Kiel
21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 30) 1.96 m 58 116 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
22 RB Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 33) 1.92 m 146 330 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
23 P Henrik Toft Hansen (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 28) 2.00 m 45 89 Germany HSV Hamburg
24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 27) 1.92 m 119 558 France Paris Saint-Germain
27 LB Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 24) 1.92 m 4 4 Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro

Germany

A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 22 December 2014.[40]

Head coach: Iceland Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Stefan Kneer (1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 29) 1.94 m 59 91 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (c) (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 28) 1.88 m 98 394 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
5 RW Johannes Sellin (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 24) 1.86 m 30 74 Germany MT Melsungen
7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 25) 2.00 m 66 149 Germany THW Kiel
12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 30) 1.94 m 118 1 Germany Füchse Berlin
13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 23) 2.03 m 25 39 Germany TBV Lemgo
14 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 25) 1.89 m 73 195 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
16 GK Carsten Lichtlein (1980-11-04)4 November 1980 (aged 34) 2.02 m 187 1 Germany VfL Gummersbach
17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 28) 1.91 m 62 147 Germany THW Kiel
19 CB Martin Strobel (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 28) 1.89 m 95 112 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
21 P Erik Schmidt (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 22) 2.04 m 6 2 Germany TSG Friesenheim
22 CB Michael Kraus (1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 41) 1.87 m 120 392 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
27 RB Michael Müller (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 (aged 30) 1.97 m 63 131 Germany MT Melsungen
30 RB Jens Schöngarth (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 (aged 26) 2.03 m 6 13 Germany TuS N-Lübbecke
37 LW Matthias Musche (1992-07-18)18 July 1992 (aged 22) 1.86 m 8 7 Germany SC Magdeburg
38 LB Fabian Böhm (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 25) 1.98 m 4 3 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
42 LB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 19) 1.95 m 10 24 Germany Füchse Berlin

Poland

A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 27 December 2014.[41] On 8 January 2015 it was reduced to 18.[42]

Head coach: Germany Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-02)2 October 1978 (aged 36) 1.90 m 248 2 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.98 m 147 339 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 27) 1.84 m 35 46 Poland Azoty-Puławy
7 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 25) 1.89 m 57 106 Poland Górnik Zabrze
8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 32) 2.02 m 209 782 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
9 RB Andrzej Rojewski (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 29) 1.93 m 2 4 Germany SC Magdeburg
11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 34) 1.92 m 110 245 Poland Wisła Płock
12 GK Marcin Wichary (1980-02-17)17 February 1980 (aged 34) 1.93 m 112 0 Poland Wisła Płock
13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 35) 1.93 m 199 638 Germany SC Magdeburg
15 LB Michał Jurecki (c) (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 30) 2.02 m 154 398 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 27) 1.93 m 75 0 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 32) 2.00 m 76 42 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 32) 1.98 m 136 222 Poland Wisła Płock
21 CB Piotr Masłowski (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 26) 1.92 m 12 12 Poland Azoty-Puławy
23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 23) 2.08 m 54 76 Poland Wisła Płock
26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 22) 1.80 m 20 24 Poland Wisła Płock
45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 26) 1.96 m 26 29 Slovenia Gorenje
49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 26) 2.03 m 36 69 Poland Vive Targi Kielce

Russia

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 24 December 2014.[43] It was reduced to 18 on 10 January 2015.[44]

Head coach: Oleg Kuleshov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 P Alexander Pyshkin (1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 27) 1.97 m 11 4 Russia Saint Petersburg
6 RW Daniil Shishkarev (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 26) 1.89 m 20 23 North Macedonia Vardar
7 RW Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 32) 1.80 m 132 314 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
8 P Egor Evdokimov (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 32) 2.00 m 91 133 Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia
9 LW Oleg Skopintsev (1984-04-15)15 April 1984 (aged 30) 1.84 m 47 63 Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia
11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 27) 1.90 m 50 64 Free agent
12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 28) 1.97 m 24 0 Poland Azoty-Puławy
13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 32) 1.96 m 11 40 North Macedonia Vardar
16 GK Igor Levshin (1974-08-18)18 August 1974 (aged 40) 1.98 m 48 0 Russia Permskie Medvedi
18 LB Sergey Kudinov (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 (aged 23) 1.95 m 9 8 France C' Chartres MHB
20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 28) 1.85 m 105 497 North Macedonia Vardar
31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.80 m 125 376 North Macedonia Vardar
33 LB Alexander Dereven (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 22) 1.99 m 1 2 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
35 RB Konstantin Igropulo (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 29) 1.90 m 110 505 Germany Füchse Berlin
69 RB Samvel Aslanyan (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 28) 1.86 m 77 113 Russia Permskie Medvedi
84 GK Oleg Grams (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 30) 2.01 m 109 0 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 25) 1.85 m 20 25 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Saudi Arabia

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 2 December 2014.[45] On 4 January 2015 the list was trimmed to 17.[46]

Head coach: Serbia Goran Dzokic

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 LW Abdullah Al-Abbas (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 22) 1.68 m 8 20 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
5 P Hassan Al-Janabi (c) (1983-07-25)25 July 1983 (aged 31) 1.80 m 95 115 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
7 LW Abdullah Al-Hulaili (1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 20) 1.68 m 0 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
8 LB Abdullah Al-Hammad (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 24) 1.85 m 90 80 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
9 CB Abdulrahman Al-Johani (1988-09-21)21 September 1988 (aged 26) 1.84 m 0 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
11 RW Ahmed Hazazi (1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 24) 1.77 m 17 30 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda
15 RW Ahmad Al-Abdulali (1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 26) 1.84 m 0 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
16 GK Mohammed Al-Salem (1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 28) 1.89 m 100 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
17 P Abdullah Al-Salam (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 (aged 19) 1.85 m 0 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
21 GK Mohammed Al-Nassfan (1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 23) 1.84 m 8 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
22 P Abdullah Al-Salam (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 (aged 19) 1.85 m 0 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
24 LB Hisham Al-Obaidi (1988-03-20)20 March 1988 (aged 26) 1.85 m 92 110 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
34 GK Ali Al-Saffar (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 19) 1.85 m 9 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
37 CB Mohammed Al-Abbas (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 22) 1.65 m 70 85 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
57 RB Mojtaba Al-Salem (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 20) 1.81 m 20 24 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
87 LB Mohammed Al-Zaer (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 27) 1.84 m 130 180 Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej
88 LB Hussain Al-Hannabi (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 26) 1.80 m 90 100 Saudi Arabia Al-Safa
99 LB Abbas Al-Saffar (1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 21) 1.79 m 0 0 Saudi Arabia Mudhar

Statistics

Player representation by league system

League systems with 10 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 54 different countries, and play in 51 different national leagues.

Country Players Outside
national
squad
Germany Germany 65 49
France France 45 33
Spain Spain 24 19
Qatar Qatar 22 7
Poland Poland 21 9
North Macedonia Macedonia 20 6
Belarus Belarus 15 4
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 15 0
Iran Iran 14 0
Hungary Hungary 14 14
Egypt Egypt 12 0
Algeria Algeria 11 0
Denmark Denmark 11 5

The Germany and Saudi Arabia men's national handball team|Saudi Arabian squad is made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league. Slovenia have only one domestic-based player. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Hungarian league provides the most squad members.

Player representation by club

Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.

Club Players
Spain Barcelona 12
Qatar El Jaish 11
Belarus Meshkov Brest 11
North Macedonia Vardar 11
Poland Vive Targi Kielce 11
France Paris Saint-Germain 10
Germany THW Kiel 10

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

Nº Country Coaches
4 Iceland Iceland Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Patrekur Jóhannesson (Austria), Aron Kristjánsson, Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)
3 Croatia Croatia Slavko Goluža, Sead Hasanefendić (Tunisia), Ivica Obrvan (Macedonia)
Spain Spain Manolo Cadenas, Jordi Ribera (Brazil), Valero Rivera (Qatar)
2 Slovenia Slovenia Boris Denić, Borut Maček (Iran)
1 Algeria Algeria Reda Zeguili
Argentina Argentina Eduardo Gallardo
Belarus Belarus Yuri Shevtsov
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Marković
Chile Chile Fernando Capurro
Czech Republic Czech Republic Vladimír Haber
Egypt Egypt Marwan Ragab
France France Claude Onesta
Germany Germany Michael Biegler (Poland)
Russia Russia Oleg Kuleshov / Aleksandr Rymanov
Serbia Serbia Goran Dzokic (Saudi Arabia)
Sweden Sweden Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson

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