2013 World Men's Handball Championship squads

This article displays the squads for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players.

A provisional squad list was published on 19 December 2012, of those 28-players lists, the 16 participating players must be selected.^[1][2]

Group A

 Argentina

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matías Carlos Schulz 12 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.80 m 98 3 Helvetia Anaitasuna 2 LW Federico Gastón Fernández 17 October 1989 (aged 23) 1.90 m 79 216 Ciudad Encantada 3 RW Federico Pizarro 7 September 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 52 145 Sedalo 4 CB Sebastián Simonet 12 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 121 343 US Ivry 5 P Pablo Sebastian Portela 21 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.84 m 117 89 River Plate 6 CB Diego Esteban Simonet 26 December 1989 (aged 23) 1.80 m 84 242 US Ivry 9 RB Leonardo Querín 17 April 1982 (aged 30) 1.93 m 91 145 Union Juri Leoben 10 RB Federico Vieyra 21 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.92 m 85 231 Istres HB 11 LB Guido Riccobelli 28 November 1987 (aged 25) 1.85 m 16 32 UNLu 13 LB Juan Pablo Fernández 30 September 1988 (aged 24) 2.04 m 87 118 UNLu 14 LW Agustin Vidal 8 July 1987 (aged 25) 1.73 m 117 253 15 P Gonzalo Matias Carou 15 August 1979 (aged 33) 1.79 m 165 297 Ademar León 16 GK Leonel Maciel 4 January 1989 (aged 24) 1.83 m 52 0 SAG Ballester 18 LW Adrián Portela 8 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 117 89 River Plate 19 RW Pablo Vainstein 18 July 1987 (aged 25) 1.82 m 45 72 Colegio Ward 20 CB Pablo Simonet 4 May 1992 (aged 20) 1.78 m 32 57 Ciudad Encantada 21 CB Mariano Castro 28 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 43 76 CDFC Mitre 22 P Francisco Schiaffino 9 February 1988 (aged 24) 1.92 m 37 41 River Plate

 Brazil

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RB Fernando Pacheco Filho 25 May 1983 (aged 29) 1.90 m 114 350 E.C. Pinheiros 7 LB Guilherme Gama 25 January 1991 (aged 21) 1.93 m 0 0 A.D.C. Metodista 9 RW Lucas Cândido 19 March 1989 (aged 23) 1.84 m 4 13 Handebol Taubaté 10 LW Gil Pires 24 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.95 m 45 100 Handebol Taubaté 11 CB Thiago Santos 3 July 1987 (aged 25) 1.88 m 4 7 Handebol Taubaté 13 CB Diogo Hubner 30 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.88 m 29 60 A.D.C. Metodista 14 LB Thiagus dos Santos 25 January 1989 (aged 23) 1.99 m 53 86 Naturhouse La Rioja 15 LB Arthur Patrianova 22 April 1993 (aged 19) 1.90 m 0 0 E.C. Pinheiros 17 P Alexandro Pozzer 21 December 1988 (aged 24) 1.92 m 25 34 E.C. Pinheiros 18 LW Felipe Ribeiro 4 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m 150 530 Reale Ademar León 19 RW Fábio Chiuffa 10 March 1989 (aged 23) 1.85 m 49 85 A.D.C. Metodista 21 LB Gustavo Cardoso 9 January 1982 (aged 31) 1.92 m 82 185 A.D.C. Metodista 22 RB Oswaldo Guimarães 23 October 1989 (aged 23) 1.83 m 0 0 E.C. Pinheiros 25 P Vinícius Teixeira 3 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.88 m 67 108 A.D.C. Metodista 81 GK Luis Ricardo Nascimento 24 September 1980 (aged 32) 2.00 m 99 0 A.D.C. Metodista 89 GK César Almeida 6 January 1989 (aged 24) 1.87 m 6 0 E.C. Pinheiros

 France

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez 7 March 1977 (aged 35) 1.99 m 344 1354 Toulouse Handball 3 P Didier Dinart 18 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m 370 162 PSG Handball 4 RB Xavier Barachet 19 November 1988 (aged 24) 1.95 m 54 109 Atlético Madrid 8 CB Daniel Narcisse 16 December 1979 (aged 33) 1.89 m 237 755 PSG Handball 11 LW Samuel Honrubia 5 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m 40 104 PSG Handball 12 GK Daouda Karaboué 11 December 1975 (aged 37) 1.98 m 143 0 Toulouse Handball 13 CB Nikola Karabatić 11 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m 200 827 Montpellier HB 16 GK Thierry Omeyer 2 November 1976 (aged 36) 1.92 m 281 0 THW Kiel 17 LB Thimothey N'Guessan 18 September 1992 (aged 20) 1.96 m 0 0 Chambéry Handball 18 LB William Accambray 8 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m 43 125 Montpellier HB 19 RW Luc Abalo 6 September 1984 (aged 28) 1.82 m 158 533 PSG Handball 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo 7 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m 99 183 FC Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou 28 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m 167 581 Montpellier HB 23 RB Sébastien Bosquet 24 February 1979 (aged 33) 1.98 m 101 195 US Dunkerque HB 25 P Grégoire Detrez 22 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.85 m 44 47 Chambéry Handball 28 RW Valentin Porte 7 September 1990 (aged 22) 1.90 m 0 0 Toulouse Handball

 Germany

Head coach: Martin Heuberger

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Stefan Kneer 19 December 1985 (aged 27) 1.94 m 25 39 SC Magdeburg 4 P Oliver Roggisch 25 August 1978 (aged 34) 2.02 m 180 35 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 7 P Patrick Wiencek 22 March 1989 (aged 23) 2.00 m 27 41 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann 27 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.88 m 6 20 HSG Wetzlar 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter 21 October 1984 (aged 28) 1.94 m 81 0 Füchse Berlin 13 P Christoph Theuerkauf 13 October 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m 41 85 Balingen-Weilstetten 14 RW Patrick Groetzki 4 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.89 m 38 80 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 16 GK Carsten Lichtlein 4 November 1980 (aged 32) 2.02 m 155 1 TBV Lemgo 17 RB Steffen Weinhold 19 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.91 m 31 53 Flensburg-Handewitt 19 CB Martin Strobel 5 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.89 m 66 80 TBV Lemgo 20 LW Kevin Schmidt 20 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.83 m 0 0 HSG Wetzlar 23 LB Steffen Fäth 4 April 1990 (aged 22) 1.95 m 2 2 HSG Wetzlar 24 CB Michael Haaß 12 December 1983 (aged 29) 1.94 m 95 145 Frisch Auf Göppingen 26 RB Adrian Pfahl 30 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.92 m 41 118 VfL Gummersbach 33 LW Dominik Klein 16 December 1983 (aged 29) 1.90 m 153 289 THW Kiel 66 LB Sven-Sören Christophersen 9 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.98 m 80 135 Füchse Berlin

 Montenegro

Head coach: Zoran Kastratović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Rade Mijatović 30 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.92 m 29 1 Dinamo-Minsk 2 P Mladen Rakčević 10 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m 37 141 RK Metalurg Skopje 3 P Marko Pejović 8 September 1982 (aged 30) 39 25 Oci-Lions 5 CB Mirko Milašević 25 July 1985 (aged 27) 1.96 m 23 17 BM Puerto Sagunto 6 RW Fahrudin Melić 23 August 1984 (aged 28) 1.83 m 29 97 Paris Handball 8 LB Vladimir Osmajić 17 March 1980 (aged 32) 2.02 m 28 84 Koper 11 RW Igor Marković 16 December 1981 (aged 31) 1.83 m 40 79 RK Lovćen 12 GK Marko Rajković 8 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m 15 0 Valence Handball 15 LW Petar Kapisoda 26 June 1976 (aged 36) 1.88 m 25 74 HC Vest 16 GK Nebojsa Simić 9 January 1993 (aged 20) 8 0 H 43 Lund 17 P Nemanja Grbović 26 April 1990 (aged 22) 1.83 m 8 2 RK Lovćen 20 CB Stevan Vujović 7 April 1990 (aged 22) 1.90 m 17 40 RK Lovćen 21 LB Vasko Ševaljević 21 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.93 m 14 55 HC Dinamo-Minsk 23 RB Zoran Roganović 26 December 1977 (aged 35) 1.93 m 41 138 H 43 Lund 24 RB Marko Simović 19 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.93 m 4 4 Al Sadd 25 RW Marko Lasica 30 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.88 m 12 7 CB Cangas 29 LB Goran Lasica 1 April 1977 (aged 35) 1.90 m 6 4 RK Lovćen

 Tunisia

Head coach: Alain Portes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mohamed Sfar 4 January 1990 (aged 23) 1.94 m 10 0 Club Africain 3 LB Selim Hedoui 1 August 1983 (aged 29) 1.99 m 183 345 Al-Rayyan SC 4 RW Aymen Toumi 11 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.84 m 33 65 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 5 P Mahmoud Gharbi 11 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.91 m 153 259 HBC Nantes 6 P Issam Tej 29 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.87 m 265 687 Montpellier HB 7 RW Jaleleddine Touati 7 December 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m 163 352 U.S. Dunkerque HB 9 RB Amine Bannour 21 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.97 m 40 135 Club Africain 10 CB Kamel Alouini 6 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.87 m 55 114 Espérance Tunis 12 GK Marouen Maggaiz 28 July 1983 (aged 29) 1.91 m 123 3 HBC Nantes 16 GK Wassim Helal 16 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.93 m 73 0 Espérance Tunis 17 LB Wael Jallouz 3 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.97 m 37 57 A.S. de Hammamet 18 LB Mohamed Jilani Maaref 27 October 1991 (aged 21) 1.92 m 19 21 Club Africain 19 LB Mosbah Sanaï 26 March 1991 (aged 21) 1.92 m 26 63 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 20 CB Abdelhak Ben Salah 25 April 1990 (aged 22) 1.84 m 10 18 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 21 LW Oussama Boughanmi 5 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.85 m 38 125 Club Africain 22 RB Oussema Hosni 21 February 1992 (aged 20) 1.93 m 11 18 Club Africain 31 P Marouan Chouiref 25 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.97 m 27 33 Club Africain

Group B

 Chile

Head coach: Luis Capurro

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Felipe Barrientos Castillo 12 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.85 m 55 1 BM Italiano 2 LW Diego Cristian Reyes 24 July 1992 (aged 20) 1.84 m 26 36 Santiago Wanderers 3 P Alfredo Valenzuela Dupré 13 February 1986 (aged 26) 1.83 m 35 51 HB La Reina 4 LB Erwim Feuchtmann 2 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.92 m 45 136 HC Aschersleben 5 CB Nicolás Jofré Alvarado 16 October 1984 (aged 28) 1.82 m 62 52 HB La Reina 6 RB Rodrigo Díaz Castello 31 August 1992 (aged 20) 1.95 m 18 40 BM Italiano 7 LB Victor Donoso Andalaft 27 November 1990 (aged 22) 1.91 m 29 50 HC Aschersleben 8 CB Esteban Salinas Muñoz 18 January 1992 (aged 20) 1.82 m 27 75 MMT Zamora 10 CB Emil Feuchtmann 1 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.81 m 74 175 HC Aschersleben 11 RW Felipe Maurin García 31 August 1984 (aged 28) 1.90 m 54 100 Limari HB 12 GK Lucas Pacheco 30 April 1991 (aged 21) 1.89 m 40 0 HB La Reina 13 LW Guillermo Araya Proboste 6 August 1985 (aged 27) 1.80 m 50 72 Limari HB 14 CB Cristian Moll 13 March 1993 (aged 19) 1.85 m 18 31 Santiago Wanderers 16 GK Rene Oliva Cifuentes 7 March 1987 (aged 25) 1.95 m 31 0 BM Bailén 17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz 25 February 1989 (aged 23) 1.86 m 39 92 BM Granollers 22 RW Patricio Martínez Chávez 18 March 1979 (aged 33) 1.75 m 80 170 HC Aschersleben 23 LW Harald Feuchtmann 21 December 1987 (aged 25) 1.78 m 28 40 TSV Friedberg

 Denmark

Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen 19 December 1988 (aged 24) 2.01 m 80 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 5 LB Mads Mensah Larsen 12 August 1991 (aged 21) 1.91 m 7 24 Aalborg Håndbold 6 LW Casper U. Mortensen 14 December 1989 (aged 23) 1.90 m 7 27 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 7 LW Anders Eggert 14 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m 101 373 Flensburg-Handewitt 10 LB Nikolaj Markussen 1 August 1988 (aged 24) 2.12 m 33 75 Atlético Madrid 11 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 20 June 1991 (aged 21) 1.93 m 36 48 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 13 CB Bo Spellerberg 24 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.92 m 201 289 KIF Kolding 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo 23 October 1980 (aged 32) 1.99 m 139 301 FC Barcelona 16 GK Jannick Green Krejberg 29 September 1988 (aged 24) 1.95 m 8 0 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen 31 August 1983 (aged 29) 1.84 m 91 170 Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg 1 August 1981 (aged 31) 1.88 m 160 434 HSV Hamburg 19 P Rene Toft Hansen 1 November 1984 (aged 28) 2.01 m 58 93 THW Kiel 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard 2 January 1985 (aged 28) 1.96 m 26 44 Skjern Håndbold 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard 9 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.92 m 115 256 Skjern Håndbold 23 P Henrik Toft Hansen 18 December 1986 (aged 26) 2.01 m 31 76 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 24 LB Mikkel Hansen 22 October 1987 (aged 25) 1.92 m 89 434 Paris Handball 26 LB Kasper Nielsen 9 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.91 m 184 289 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

 Iceland

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson 24 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.93 m 118 3 SC Magdeburg 2 P Vignir Svavarsson 20 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.94 m 180 198 GWD Minden 3 P Kári Kristjánsson 23 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.98 m 57 59 HSG Wetzlar 4 LB Aron Pálmarsson 19 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.93 m 65 223 THW Kiel 6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson 17 February 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m 177 247 Paris Handball 8 RW Þórir Ólafsson 28 November 1979 (aged 33) 1.89 m 82 188 Vive Targi Kielce 9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 8 August 1979 (aged 33) 1.87 m 274 1382 THW Kiel 10 CB Snorri Guðjónsson 17 October 1981 (aged 31) 1.87 m 201 724 GOG Svendborg 12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson 1 September 1989 (aged 23) 2.02 m 10 0 Haukar Handball 13 LB Ólafur Guðmundsson 13 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.94 m 34 24 IFK Kristianstad 14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson 23 October 1987 (aged 25) 1.81 m 14 38 Bergischer HC 17 P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson 8 February 1977 (aged 35) 1.96 m 138 27 TV Grosswallstadt 18 P Róbert Gunnarsson 22 May 1980 (aged 32) 1.90 m 219 671 Paris Handball 22 LW Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson 19 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.96 m 4 3 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 24 LB Ólafur Gústafsson 27 March 1989 (aged 23) 1.96 m 9 20 Flensburg-Handewitt 26 RB Ernir Arnarsson 13 November 1986 (aged 26) 1.93 m 4 1 TV Emsdetten 27 CB Fannar Friðgeirsson 3 June 1987 (aged 25) 1.81 m 3 4 HSG Wetzlar

 Macedonia

Head coach: Zvonko Šundovski

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Nikola Mitrevski 3 October 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m 21 0 RK Metalurg Skopje 3 LW Dejan Manaskov 26 August 1992 (aged 20) 1.84 m 14 14 RK Metalurg Skopje 5 P Stojanče Stoilov 30 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.92 m 18 26 RK Vardar 7 RB Kiril Lazarov 10 May 1980 (aged 32) 1.93 m 113 900 Atlético Madrid 9 LB Aco Jonovski 29 December 1980 (aged 32) 1.97 m 54 65 RK Metalurg Skopje 10 CB Branislav Angelovski 21 February 1977 (aged 35) 1.92 m 77 151 H.C.M. Constanţa 11 RW Vladimir Temelkov 26 March 1980 (aged 32) 1.85 m 78 243 HC Bascharage 13 CB Filip Mirkulovski 14 September 1983 (aged 29) 1.89 m 92 226 RK Metalurg Skopje 14 LB Velko Markoski 5 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.94 m 41 57 RK Metalurg Skopje 15 RW Zlatko Mojsoski 15 November 1981 (aged 31) 1.80 m 28 45 RK Metalurg Skopje 16 GK Borko Ristovski 2 November 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m 109 3 VfL Gummersbach 17 P Nikola Markoski 22 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.96 m 18 9 RK Vardar 18 LB Naumče Mojsovski 17 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.87 m 106 148 RK Metalurg Skopje 19 P Vancho Dimovski 4 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.87 m 102 221 RK Metalurg Skopje 22 RW Goce Georgievski 12 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.85 m 19 17 RK Metalurg Skopje 23 LB Filip Lazarov 21 April 1985 (aged 27) 1.97 m 43 101 RK Vardar 30 RB Milan Levov 5 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.86 m 9 11 RK Metalurg Skopje

 Qatar

Head coach: Borut Maček

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 LB Hassan Mabrouk 29 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m 5 29 El Jaish SC 5 LB Mustafa Al-Salti Al Krad 16 March 1987 (aged 25) 1.86 m 0 0 Al Sadd 6 LW Hamad Madadi 7 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.78 m 61 163 Lekhwiya SC 7 RW Abdulla Ramazan 26 August 1984 (aged 28) 1.79 m 48 141 Lekhwiya SC 8 LB Wajdi Sinen 17 September 1990 (aged 22) 1.93 m 46 176 Al Ahli 11 RB Ahmed Abdelhak 14 February 1988 (aged 24) 1.82 m 0 0 Al-Gharafa 12 GK Mohsin Yafai 14 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.96 m 89 0 El Jaish SC 13 RW Eldar Memisevic 21 June 1992 (aged 20) 1.78 m 48 84 El Jaish SC 14 P Bassel Al-Rayes 4 March 1979 (aged 33) 1.79 m 32 128 Al Rayyan 15 P Hamad Al-Hajri 5 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.80 m 69 193 Al Rayyan 17 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad 29 June 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m 37 68 Al-Gharafa 18 GK Yousef Al-Maalem 25 September 1979 (aged 33) 1.88 m 72 0 Lekhwiya SC 19 CB Sahbi Ben Aziza 20 May 1978 (aged 34) 1.94 m 0 0 Al Rayyan 21 RB Charafeddine Boumendjel 29 March 1988 (aged 24) 1.88 m 0 0 Al-Khor 24 LB Ahmed Morgan 28 June 1990 (aged 22) 1.90 m 28 58 25 LW Amine Khedher 20 December 1983 (aged 29) 1.83 m 32 67 El Jaish SC 27 P Mahmoud Osman 14 April 1982 (aged 30) 1.83 m 11 25 El Jaish SC

 Russia

Head coach: Oleg Kuleshov / Alexander Rymanov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Oleg Grams 20 February 1984 (aged 28) 2.01 m 102 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 5 RW Alexey Shindin 16 September 1981 (aged 31) 1.73 m 6 11 Dinamo-Poltava 6 P Alexander Pyshkin 13 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.97 m 4 1 Universitet-Neva 8 RB Egor Evdokimov 9 March 1982 (aged 30) 2.01 m 84 126 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 11 CB Pavel Atman 25 May 1987 (aged 25) 1.90 m 43 57 Dinamo-Minsk 12 GK Vadim Bogdanov 26 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.97 m 17 0 Dinamo-Minsk 13 LB Sergei Gorbok 4 December 1982 (aged 30) 1.96 m 6 35 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 14 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov 20 November 1989 (aged 23) 1.85 m 13 18 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 15 LB Alexey Rastvortsev 8 August 1978 (aged 34) 2.01 m 246 896 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 16 GK Igor Levshin 18 August 1974 (aged 38) 1.98 m 41 0 Post Schwerin 18 RB Daniil Shishkarev 6 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.89 m 13 16 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 20 P Mikhail Chipurin 17 November 1980 (aged 32) 1.90 m 157 432 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 24 RB Eldar Nasyrov 14 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 6 3 Universitet-Neva 25 RB Sergey Shelmenko 5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.96 m 17 39 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 31 LW Timur Dibirov 30 July 1983 (aged 29) 1.80 m 118 369 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 35 RB Konstantin Igropulo 14 April 1985 (aged 27) 1.90 m 103 498 Füchse Berlin

Group C

 Belarus

Head coach: Iouri Chevtsov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kazimir Kotlinski 12 April 1974 (aged 38) 1.92 m 44 0 Powen Zabrze 2 LW Ivan Brouka 20 April 1980 (aged 32) 1.84 m 104 420 Dinamo-Minsk 3 LB Vitali Kazhaneuski 21 April 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m 23 50 Victoria Regia 4 P Maxim Babichev 7 March 1986 (aged 26) 2.00 m 75 111 Dinamo-Minsk 8 LB Dzmitry Kamyshyk 1 May 1990 (aged 22) 2.00 m 29 71 SKA Minsk 10 CB Barys Pukhouski 3 January 1987 (aged 26) 1.84 m 86 374 SKA Minsk 13 RB Kiryl Kniazeu 9 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.95 m 11 28 HC Meshkov 14 LB Siarhei Rutenka 29 August 1981 (aged 31) 1.98 m 25 152 FC Barcelona 15 RW Dzianis Rutenka 14 February 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 33 85 Dinamo-Minsk 17 CB Dzmitry Nikulenkau 12 July 1984 (aged 28) 1.88 m 29 59 Dinamo-Minsk 18 RB Siarhei Shylovic 16 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.95 m 47 143 Dinamo-Minsk 19 P Mikhail Niazhura 9 December 1980 (aged 32) 2.00 m 33 8 St. Petersburg HC 20 LB Dzmitry Chystabayeu 23 December 1986 (aged 26) 2.00 m 39 34 Medvedi Perm 21 GK Vitali Charapenka 27 January 1984 (aged 28) 1.93 m 26 0 HC Meshkov 22 P Viachaslau Schumak 22 December 1988 (aged 24) 2.03 m 34 72 HC Meshkov 24 RW Maksim Baranau 11 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.88 m 49 127 HC Meshkov 55 P Aliaksandr Tsitou 28 October 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 78 80 SKA Minsk

 Poland

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal 10 February 1978 (aged 34) 1.90 m 214 2 Vive Targi Kielce 2 CB Bartłomiej Jaszka 16 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.84 m 127 216 Füchse Berlin 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski 7 July 1983 (aged 29) 1.98 m 125 261 Vive Targi Kielce 8 LB Karol Bielecki 23 January 1982 (aged 30) 2.02 m 178 707 Vive Targi Kielce 9 RW Michał Bartczak 27 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.94 m 2 5 MKS Zagłębie Lubin 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski 24 October 1980 (aged 32) 1.92 m 76 155 Wisła Płock 12 GK Marcin Wichary 17 February 1980 (aged 32) 1.93 m 89 0 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki 31 January 1979 (aged 33) 1.93 m 168 532 SC Magdeburg 14 LW Michał Chodara 17 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.82 m 3 5 Tauron Stal Mielec 15 LB Michał Jurecki 27 October 1984 (aged 28) 2.02 m 130 326 Vive Targi Kielce 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk 31 October 1982 (aged 30) 2.00 m 52 39 Vive Targi Kielce 20 LB Mariusz Jurkiewicz 3 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.98 m 111 173 Atlético Madrid 22 RB Marcin Lijewski 21 September 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m 248 709 HSV Hamburg 23 P Kamil Syprzak 23 July 1991 (aged 21) 2.08 m 18 27 Wisła Płock 30 LW Przemysław Krajewski 20 January 1987 (aged 25) 1.84 m 2 4 KS Azoty-Puławy 31 CB Michał Kubisztal 23 March 1980 (aged 32) 1.94 m 39 134 Wisła Płock 35 RB Marek Szpera 9 September 1987 (aged 25) 1.91 m 0 0 Tauron Stal Mielec 43 RW Robert Orzechowski 20 November 1989 (aged 23) 1.89 m 32 40 MMTS Kwidzyn

 Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Nenad Kljaić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Mahdi Al-Salem 16 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.91 m 89 312 Al-Noor 7 LB Hussain Al-Mohsin 21 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.84 m 43 125 Al-Ahli 10 LB Ali Al-Saihati 5 October 1982 (aged 30) 1.80 m 9 7 Al-Khaleej 12 GK Manaf Al-Saeed 19 May 1976 (aged 36) 1.89 m 192 24 Al-Ahli 13 RB Mustafa Al-Habib 28 July 1985 (aged 27) 1.90 m 118 472 Al-Noor 15 LW Sultan Al-Obaidi 10 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.87 m 97 284 Al-Noor 16 GK Mohammed Al-Salem 3 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.88 m 106 6 Al-Noor 20 LB Turki Al-Enbaawi 19 August 1984 (aged 28) 1.93 m Al-Ahli 23 LW Ahmed Al-Harbi 30 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.80 m 68 143 Al-Ahli 24 RB Hisham Al-Obaidi 20 March 1988 (aged 24) 1.83 m 74 246 Al-Nour 25 RB Abdullah Al-Hammad 10 October 1990 (aged 22) 1.85 m 46 69 Al-Noor 37 CB Mohammed Al-Abbas 19 December 1992 (aged 20) 1.65 m 37 94 Mudhar Club 52 RW Seraj Al-Zayer 29 December 1986 (aged 26) 1.81 m 47 70 Al-Safa 77 RW Ahmed Al-Abdulali 18 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.85 m 73 183 Mudhar Club 87 LB Mohammed Al-Zaer 2 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.84 m 56 112 Mudhar Club 88 LB Hussain Al-Hannabi 26 August 1988 (aged 24) 1.81 m 28 39 Al-Safa 89 P Yousof Al-Taweel 7 February 1989 (aged 23) 1.83 m 48 149 Al-Safa

 Serbia

Head coach: Veselin Vuković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Milos Dragas 11 June 1990 (aged 22) 2.01 m 6 3 RK Vardar 5 LB Žarko Šešum 16 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.95 m 118 301 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 RB Marko Vujin 7 December 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m 92 381 THW Kiel 7 LW Ivan Nikčević 11 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.81 m 108 393 Wisła Płock 8 CB Marko Krsmančić 2 December 1989 (aged 23) 1.86 m 4 8 HC Alpla Hard 11 P Alem Toskić 12 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m 137 285 RK Celje Laško 12 GK Darko Stanić 8 October 1978 (aged 34) 1.90 m 85 0 RK Metalurg Skopje 13 LB Momir Ilić 22 December 1981 (aged 31) 2.00 m 113 392 THW Kiel 14 RW Bogdan Radivojević 2 March 1993 (aged 19) 1.86 m 4 12 RK Partizan 16 GK Ivan Gajić 17 May 1979 (aged 33) 1.91 m 15 0 RK Gorenje 17 RW Rajko Prodanović 24 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.86 m 99 226 SC Pick Szeged 19 LW Nemanja Ilić 11 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.77 m 8 7 RK Partizan 23 CB Nenad Vučković 23 August 1980 (aged 32) 1.92 m 107 195 MT Melsungen 24 CB Uroš Mitrović 24 January 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m 24 32 RK Partizan 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović 27 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.94 m 1 2 RK Celje Laško 26 RB Ivan Stanković 27 April 1982 (aged 30) 1.92 m 57 95 US Créteil Handball 31 CB Petar Nenadić 28 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.98 m 50 105 Wisła Płock 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić 9 March 1993 (aged 19) 2.02 m 8 11 RK Partizan

 Slovenia

Head coach: Boris Denič

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Nenad Bilbija 6 February 1984 (aged 28) 2.08 m 33 82 GWD Minden 5 LW Jure Dobelšek 1 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.93 m 73 110 Koper 6 P Peter Pucelj 6 December 1982 (aged 30) 1.92 m 28 24 Gorenje 7 RB Vid Kavtičnik 24 May 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m 111 354 Montpellier 8 CB Marko Bezjak 26 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.84 m 34 51 Gorenje 10 RB Jure Dolenec 6 December 1988 (aged 24) 1.90 m 34 142 Gorenje 11 CB Sebastian Skube 3 April 1987 (aged 25) 1.89 m 67 151 Celje 12 GK Gorazd Škof 11 July 1977 (aged 35) 1.88 m 134 0 Koper 16 GK Primož Prošt 14 July 1984 (aged 28) 1.86 m 45 0 Montpellier 18 P Uroš Bundalo 29 April 1989 (aged 23) 1.98 m 17 27 Koper 19 P Miha Žvižej 6 November 1987 (aged 25) 1.93 m 55 139 Toulouse Handball 20 LW Luka Žvižej 9 December 1980 (aged 32) 1.85 m 166 562 Celje 22 P Matej Gaber 22 July 1991 (aged 21) 1.97 m 23 15 Gorenje 23 CB Uroš Zorman 9 January 1980 (aged 33) 1.90 m 172 432 Vive Targi Kielce 24 RW Gašper Marguč 20 August 1990 (aged 22) 1.80 m 18 60 RK Celje Laško 25 LB Borut Mačkovšek 11 September 1992 (aged 20) 2.04 m 16 16 RK Celje Laško 30 RW Dragan Gajić 21 July 1984 (aged 28) 1.88 m 109 365 Montpellier HB

 South Korea

Head coach: Lee Sang-Sup

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Lee Dong-Myung 15 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.81 m 29 0 Doosan 2 CB Jeong Yik-Yeong 28 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m 95 232 Doosan 5 P Park Kyung-Suk 25 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.85 m 60 75 Chungnam 8 P Park Jung-Geu 2 November 1983 (aged 29) 1.90 m 110 242 KHF 10 P Park Chan-Yong 1 January 1980 (aged 33) 1.90 m 63 91 Incheon 11 LW Lim Duk-Jun 30 August 1980 (aged 32) 1.86 m 42 54 Doosan 12 GK Park Chan-Young 26 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.90 m 110 0 Doosan 14 LB Yoon Ci-Yoel 5 May 1984 (aged 28) 1.89 m 21 30 Army 16 GK Kang Il-Koo 26 April 1976 (aged 36) 1.86 m 142 0 Incheon 17 LW Jeong Han 17 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.86 m 32 67 Incheon 18 RW Hwang Do-Yeop 2 January 1993 (aged 20) 1.88 m 9 15 KNSU 20 RB Kim Se-Ho 12 April 1989 (aged 23) 1.83 m 6 11 Doosan 21 RW Na Seung-Do 27 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.92 m 26 56 Doosan 22 RB Lee Eun-Ho 28 August 1989 (aged 23) 1.81 m 8 19 Chungnam 23 CB Kim Dong-Cheol 8 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.80 m 6 12 Chungnam 27 LB Park Young-Gil 14 May 1989 (aged 23) 1.84 m 2 8 Incheon 33 CB Eom Hyo-Won 12 December 1986 (aged 26) 1.85 m 32 75 Army 88 LB Oh Yun-Suk 3 January 1984 (aged 29) 1.95 m 72 142 Doosan

Group D

 Algeria

Head coach: Salah Bouchekriou

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Yacinn Bouakaz 18 May 1980 (aged 32) 1.90 m 40 20 HB Chartres 3 LB Omar Chahbour 4 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.85 m 85 205 GS Pétroliers 4 RB Hamza Zouaoui 4 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.85 m 70 140 GS Pétroliers 5 LW Salah Eddine Cheikh 24 February 1983 (aged 29) 1.84 m 15 74 HBC El Biar 6 LB Messaoud Berkous 20 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.89 m 70 178 GS Pétroliers 7 CB Hichem Daoud 9 January 1992 (aged 21) 1.92 m 49 38 HBC El Biar 8 P Hichem Boudrali 29 October 1977 (aged 35) 1.88 m 175 110 GS Pétroliers 9 CB Abdelkader Rahim 12 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.88 m 40 25 ASPTT Nancy 10 RB Sassi Boultif 9 January 1983 (aged 30) 1.91 m 85 195 OC Cesson 12 GK Samir Kerbouche 16 December 1978 (aged 34) 1.88 m 80 0 CRB Baraki 13 LW Riad Chahbour 28 July 1985 (aged 27) 1.85 m 80 200 GS Pétroliers 15 RW Omar Benali 26 May 1983 (aged 29) 1.82 m 30 99 Caen HB 17 RB Abderrahim Berriah 19 January 1988 (aged 24) 1.95 m 70 185 Étoile du Sahel 18 P Hichem Kaabache 12 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.92 m 50 113 JSE Skikda 19 LW Ayatallah el Khoumini Hamoud 10 August 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m 46 34 Esat Ain 21 P Mohamed Aski Mokrani 31 January 1981 (aged 31) 1.88 m 45 34 US Dunkerque HB 22 GK Adel Bousmal 1 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m 10 0 GSB Boufarik

 Australia

Head coach: Taip Ramadani

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ognjen Latinovic 2 August 1985 (aged 27) 1.80 m 41 0 Univ. of Queensland 3 LW Almir Pandzo 2 September 1992 (aged 20) 1.90 m 0 0 RK Iskra Bugojno 4 RB Bevan Calvert 4 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.77 m 39 113 TSV Altenholz 5 P Tommy Fletcher 18 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m 22 86 Skogås HK 6 P Callum Mouncey 21 October 1989 (aged 23) 1.89 m 2 4 Canberra HC 7 RW Antonio Queiroz 6 August 1980 (aged 32) 1.78 m 0 0 St. Kilda HC 9 RB Martin Najdovski 22 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.85 m 0 0 Trelleborgs HB 10 CB Caleb Gahan 2 August 1989 (aged 23) 1.90 m 2 6 Logan HC 12 GK Kristofer Karlsson 26 October 1992 (aged 20) 1.87 m 0 0 AIK Handboll 14 LW Mitchell Hedges 14 February 1991 (aged 21) 1.76 m 12 9 Harbourside 15 RW Daniel Kelly 7 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.76 m 27 55 KFUMs Boldklub 16 GK Boris Jovanović 28 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.94 m 4 0 Ankenes HK 17 RB Tim Anderson 17 August 1991 (aged 21) 1.92 m 2 2 Hills HC 18 P Jay Abiera 11 May 1989 (aged 23) 1.88 m 0 0 St. Kilda HC 21 LB Ognjen Matic 21 August 1989 (aged 23) 1.97 m 24 33 Univ. of Sydney 31 LB Nemanja Subotic 5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.94 m 28 53 RK BASK

 Croatia

Head coach: Slavko Goluža

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak 1 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.97 m 108 322 HSV Hamburg 6 LB Blaženko Lacković 25 December 1980 (aged 32) 1.96 m 186 566 HSV Hamburg 7 RB Luka Stepančić 20 November 1990 (aged 22) 2.01 m 1 0 RK Zagreb 8 RB Marko Kopljar 12 February 1986 (aged 26) 2.10 m 77 118 Paris Handball 9 P Igor Vori 20 September 1980 (aged 32) 2.03 m 193 514 Paris Handball 10 LB Jakov Gojun 18 April 1986 (aged 26) 2.04 m 76 43 Atlético Madrid 13 RW Zlatko Horvat 25 September 1984 (aged 28) 1.79 m 70 151 RK Zagreb 14 LB Drago Vuković 3 August 1983 (aged 29) 1.94 m 121 188 Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 16 GK Filip Ivić 30 August 1992 (aged 20) 1.95 m 2 0 RK Zagreb 17 LW Lovro Šprem 22 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.85 m 0 0 RK Zagreb 20 LB Damir Bičanić 25 June 1985 (aged 27) 1.94 m 47 71 Chambéry Handball 23 LB Stipe Mandalinić 9 September 1992 (aged 20) 1.95 m 0 0 RK Zagreb 25 GK Mirko Alilović 15 September 1985 (aged 27) 2.00 m 109 0 MKB Veszprém 26 LW Manuel Štrlek 1 December 1988 (aged 24) 1.81 m 54 171 Vive Targi Kielce 27 RW Ivan Čupić 27 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.78 m 82 327 Vive Targi Kielce 28 P Marino Marić 1 June 1990 (aged 22) 1.96 m 13 14 RK Zagreb

 Egypt

Head coach: Assem Daoud

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Karim Mostafa 1 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.86 m 90 Zamalek 4 LW Omar Elsweidy 7 November 1988 (aged 24) 1.80 m 66 Al-Masry 7 LB Mostafa Khalil 3 March 1992 (aged 20) 1.87 m 40 Al Ahly 8 P Mohamed Ahmed 7 March 1984 (aged 28) 1.80 m 150 Al Ahly 9 CB Islam Hassan 2 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.86 m 100 Al Ahly 10 RB Abou El-Fetouh Ahmed 12 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m 162 Smouha 12 GK Mohamed Mahmoud 6 April 1974 (aged 38) 1.90 m 166 Al-Masry 15 RW Mohamed Abdelrahman 12 December 1987 (aged 25) 1.80 m 35 Al Ahly 17 LW Ahmed Essam 4 March 1988 (aged 24) 1.87 m 72 Aviation 19 CB Mohamed Hesham 10 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.84 m 90 Al-Masry 20 CB Mohamed Alaa 13 January 1988 (aged 24) 1.78 m 110 Aviation 22 LB Omar Gamal 13 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.92 m 90 Police 24 P Ibrahim Mohamed 11 March 1989 (aged 23) 1.86 m 75 Police 66 RB Ahmed Mostafa 27 January 1984 (aged 28) 1.80 m 160 Qatar Army 86 GK Hady Mohamed 2 September 1986 (aged 26) 1.88 m 99 Al Ahly 89 P Mohamed Mamdouh 1 April 1989 (aged 23) 1.85 m 100 Zamalek 90 LB Ali Zein 14 December 1990 (aged 22) 1.90 m 98 Al Ahly 91 RW Mohamed Hisham 16 January 1991 (aged 21) 1.81 m 90 Zamalek

 Hungary

Head coach: Lajos Mocsai

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Péter Tatai 23 June 1983 (aged 29) 1.95 m 58 0 Pick Szeged 4 P Szabolcs Szöllősi 28 January 1989 (aged 23) 1.94 m 19 21 Csurgói KK 6 RB Tamás Mocsai 9 December 1978 (aged 34) 1.96 m 163 393 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 7 CB Gábor Császár 16 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.86 m 173 586 MKB Veszprém 8 LW Gergő Iváncsik 30 November 1981 (aged 31) 1.90 m 219 594 MKB Veszprém 10 RW Gergely Harsányi 3 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.91 m 131 248 Tatabánya-Carbonex 11 LB Barna Putics 18 August 1984 (aged 28) 2.00 m 66 157 VfL Gummersbach 13 RB Milorad Krivokapić 30 July 1980 (aged 32) 1.90 m 26 63 Koper 16 GK Roland Mikler 20 September 1984 (aged 28) 1.90 m 107 0 Pick Szeged 18 CB Kornél Nagy 21 November 1986 (aged 26) 1.95 m 81 109 Dunkerque Handball 19 RB László Nagy 3 March 1981 (aged 31) 2.08 m 153 594 MKB Veszprém 24 LW Attila Vadkerti 22 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.82 m 78 111 Pick Szeged 25 P Szabolcs Zubai 31 March 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m 145 230 Pick Szeged 28 P Timuzsin Schuch 5 June 1985 (aged 27) 1.97 m 83 57 MKB Veszprém 33 RB Gábor Ancsin 27 November 1990 (aged 22) 2.00 m 25 43 Pick Szeged 66 CB Máté Lékai 16 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.90 m 51 91 RK Celje

 Spain

Head coach: Valero Rivera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Alberto Entrerríos 7 November 1976 (aged 36) 1.94 m 228 693 HBC Nantes 4 RW Albert Rocas 21 June 1982 (aged 30) 1.88 m 56 79 FC Barcelona 5 RB Jorge Maqueda 6 December 1988 (aged 24) 1.97 m 50 92 HBC Nantes 8 RW Víctor Tomás 15 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.78 m 98 308 FC Barcelona 11 CB Daniel Sarmiento Melián 25 August 1983 (aged 29) 1.86 m 40 98 FC Barcelona 12 GK José Manuel Sierra 21 May 1978 (aged 34) 1.94 m 78 0 Paris Handball 13 P Julen Aguinagalde 8 December 1982 (aged 30) 1.95 m 96 246 Atlético Madrid 16 GK Arpad Sterbik 20 November 1979 (aged 33) 2.00 m 41 0 FC Barcelona 21 CB Joan Cañellas 30 September 1986 (aged 26) 1.98 m 69 173 Atlético Madrid 22 RB Ángel Montoro 10 April 1989 (aged 23) 2.12 m 8 9 FC Barcelona 24 LB Viran Morros 15 December 1983 (aged 29) 1.99 m 102 106 FC Barcelona 25 CB Carlos Ruesga 10 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.84 m 161 349 Ademar León 26 LB Antonio García 6 March 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m 12 23 Paris Handball 28 LW Valero Rivera 22 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.85 m 10 20 HBC Nantes 29 LW Aitor Ariño 19 October 1992 (aged 20) 1.87 m 82 187 FC Barcelona 30 P Gedeón Guardiola 1 October 1984 (aged 28) 1.99 m 24 23 Rhein-Neckar Löwen

References

1. "Provisional squad lists for World Championship in Spain released". ihf.info. 2012-12-19.
2. Provisional squad lists