2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads

2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads

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Main article: 2017 World Men's Handball Championship

This article displays the squads for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.

Age, caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2017.

Group A

Brazil

The squad was announced on 22 December 2016. ^[1]

Head coach: Washington Nunes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Maik dos Santos (1980-09-06)6 September 1980 (aged 36) 1.80 m 212 6 Al-Rayan 2 CB Henrique Teixeira (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 104 155 BM Huesca 4 CB João Pedro Silva (1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.90 m 53 114 Chambéry Savoie 6 LW Guilherme Torriani (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 (aged 17) 1.86 m 0 0 HC Taubaté 9 RW Lucas Cândido (1989-03-19)19 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.85 m 67 110 Ciudad de Guadalajara 10 RB José Toledo (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 23) 1.93 m 55 137 Wisła Płock 14 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.98 m 110 182 MOL-Pick Szeged 17 P Alexandro Pozzer (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 73 97 Puerto Sagunto 19 RW Fábio Chiuffa (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.87 m 110 246 KIF Kolding København 26 RB Oswaldo Guimarães (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.83 m 49 74 SCDR Anaitasuna 28 RB Gabriel Ceretta (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 19) 1.97 m 3 6 FC Barcelona 31 P Rogério Moraes (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 23) 2.04 m 17 29 HC Vardar 32 LW Cleryston Novais (1992-10-15)15 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 10 5 AD Juiz de Fora 35 LB Thiago Ponciano (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 3 0 Ciudad Encantada 37 LB Haniel Langaro (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 21) 1.97 m 29 55 Ciudad de Logroño 44 CB Leonardo Dutra (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 (aged 20) 1.84 m 0 0 EC Pinheiros 89 GK César Almeida (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 28) 1.87 m 66 1 ØIF Arendal

France

A 21-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016. ^[2] The final squad was revealed on 10 January 2017. ^[3]

Head coach: Didier Dinart/Guillaume Gille

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 RB Nedim Remili (1995-07-18)18 July 1995 (aged 21) 1.95 m 14 30 Paris Saint-Germain 6 LB Olivier Nyokas (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.88 m 19 32 HBC Nantes 8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 37) 1.89 m 300 912 Paris Saint-Germain 12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 47 3 Montpellier 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 32) 1.96 m 273 1093 Paris Saint-Germain 14 LW Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.86 m 63 189 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 40) 1.92 m 347 4 Paris Saint-Germain 17 LB Timothey N'Guessan (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.96 m 38 74 FC Barcelona 18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 28) 1.94 m 90 204 Paris Saint-Germain 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.82 m 217 707 Paris Saint-Germain 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 32) 1.92 m 172 360 FC Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 34) 1.79 m 237 845 Montpellier 22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 64 75 Paris Saint-Germain 23 P Ludovic Fabregas (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 20) 1.98 m 28 17 Montpellier 27 RB Adrien Dipanda (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 24 37 Saint-Raphaël 28 RB Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 70 187 Montpellier HB 32 RB Dika Mem (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 19) 1.94 m 2 1 FC Barcelona

Japan

A 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. ^[4]

Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 RB Kairi Kochi (1985-01-22)22 January 1985 (aged 31) 1.86 m 73 178 Toyota Auto Body 6 P Takashi Kato (1989-10-30)30 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 35 34 Daido Steel 8 RW Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 26) 1.83 m 33 116 Toyota Auto Body 10 P Daichi Komuro (1988-06-28)28 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 25 16 Osaki Osol 12 GK Masatake Kimura (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.84 m 22 0 Osaki Osol 17 CB Kento Uegaki (1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 26) 1.80 m 16 48 Osaki Osol 19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 21) 1.78 m 8 20 Univ. of Tsukuba 21 GK Akihito Kai (1987-04-29)29 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 58 0 Toyota Auto Body 23 LW Goki Koshio (1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 25) 1.82 m 3 7 Toyoda Gosei 24 LB Hiroki Shida (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 47 141 Osaki Osol 25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.82 m 29 73 Osaki Osol 27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 21) 1.98 m 0 0 Kokushikan Univ. 29 CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.83 m 9 18 Daido Steel 30 LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 34 73 Wakunaga Leolic 31 CB Atsushi Mekaru (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 (aged 31) 1.81 m 10 37 Puente Genil 32 LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 27) 1.81 m 8 22 Chambéry Savoie 33 GK Takayuki Shimuzu (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.86 m 25 0 Wakunaga Leolic

Norway

A 17-player squad was announced on 12 December 2016. ^[5] Harald Reinkind was replaced by Magnus Abelvik Rød because of an injury on 4 January 2017. ^[6] On 19 January 2017, Ole Erevik was replaced by Petter Øverby. ^[7]

Head coach: Christian Berge

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 CB Sander Sagosen (1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 21) 1.95 m 48 156 Aalborg Håndbold 7 P Joakim Hykkerud (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 30) 1.94 m 58 66 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 8 P Bjarte Myrhol (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.92 m 192 553 Skjern Håndbold 9 P Petter Øverby (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.94 m 39 11 Elverum Håndball 12 GK Ole Erevik (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 36) 1.96 m 181 0 Pays d’Aix UC 15 RB Kent Robin Tønnesen (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 25) 1.96 m 66 154 Füchse Berlin 16 GK Espen Christensen (1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 31) 1.90 m 53 0 GOG Håndbold 17 LW Magnus Jøndal (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 28) 1.87 m 89 226 GOG Håndbold 19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 28) 1.91 m 66 301 HSG Wetzlar 20 LW André Lindboe (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 43 86 Elverum Håndball 21 P Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 25) 1.96 m 70 81 GWD Minden 23 RB Magnus Abelvik Rød (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 (aged 19) 2.01 m 3 6 Bækkelagets SK 24 CB Christian O'Sullivan (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 25) 1.90 m 61 83 SC Magdeburg 25 RB Eivind Tangen (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 23) 1.95 m 33 42 HC Midtjylland 26 LB Gøran Søgard Johannessen (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 14 23 GOG Håndbold 30 GK Torbjørn Bergerud (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 22) 1.99 m 19 0 Team Tvis Holstebro 89 LB Espen Lie Hansen (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.96 m 111 371 HC Midtjylland

Poland

A 21-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. ^[8] It was reduced to 19 on 26 December 2016. ^[9] Piotr Wyszomirski cancelled his participation due to an injury on 29 December 2016. ^[10] On 2 January 2017, an 18-player squad was revealed after Kamil Syprzak and Michał Szyba were ruled out because of an injury. ^[11] On 8 January 2017, Mariusz Jurkiewicz was ruled out because of an injury. ^[12]

Head coach: Talant Duyshebaev

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Marek Daćko (1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 5 5 Górnik Zabrze 4 CB Krzysztof Łyżwa (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.95 m 2 2 Azoty-Puławy 5 LW Mateusz Jachlewski (1984-12-27)27 December 1984 (aged 32) 1.84 m 121 255 Vive Tauron Kielce 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 80 158 Azoty-Puławy 7 CB Paweł Niewrzawa (1992-09-28)28 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.89 m 4 2 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 10 P Patryk Walczak (1992-07-29)29 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.98 m 1 2 Vive Tauron Kielce 12 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 1 0 Górnik Zabrze 25 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 19) 1.82 m 2 0 Zagłębie Lubin 26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 69 153 Wisła Płock 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 23) 2.00 m 14 7 Wisła Płock 30 RB Rafał Przybylski (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 10 14 Azoty-Puławy 33 RB Paweł Paczkowski (1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 23) 1.95 m 11 9 Vive Tauron Kielce 38 CB Łukasz Gierak (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 14 12 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 48 LB Tomasz Gębala (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 21) 2.12 m 4 8 Wisła Płock 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 69 110 Vive Tauron Kielce 61 GK Adam Malcher (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.98 m 37 1 Gwardia Opole 94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17)17 October 1994 (aged 22) 1.90 m 3 0 Wisła Płock

Russia

A 21-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. ^[13] It was reduced to 17 on 27 December 2016. ^[14] More players were called up to a 21-player roster on 2 January 2017. ^[15]

Head coach: Dmitri Torgovanov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 RB Dmitrii Kiselev (1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 7 9 St. Petersburg 6 RW Daniil Shishkarev (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.89 m 86 196 RK Vardar 7 RW Dmitry Kovalyov (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.80 m 175 439 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 9 CB Alexander Shkurinskiy (1995-04-11)11 April 1995 (aged 21) 1.90 m 5 7 SKIF Krasnodar 10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 37) 2.05 m 116 232 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.90 m 107 204 Meshkov Brest 12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 30) 1.97 m 84 0 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 34) 1.96 m 61 206 MOL-Pick Szeged 16 GK Dmitry Pavlenko (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 26) 1.90 m 17 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 17 LB Aleksandr Dereven (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.99 m 15 36 RK Vardar 20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1980-11-17)17 November 1980 (aged 36) 1.85 m 208 505 Ivry Handball 21 P Gleb Kalarash (1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 26) 2.05 m 26 39 Motor Zaporizhzhia 25 RB Sergey Shelmenko (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 33) 1.96 m 74 160 Motor Zaporizhzhia 31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.80 m 175 600 RK Vardar 44 LW Igor Soroka (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.80 m 29 85 Motor Zaporizhzhia 55 LB Azat Valiullin (1990-09-01)1 September 1990 (aged 26) 2.07 m 9 1 TBV Lemgo 87 GK Victor Kireev (1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.90 m 25 0 Motor Zaporizhzhia 89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 27) 1.85 m 91 206 Wisła Płock

Group B

Angola

The squad was announced on 24 December 2016. ^[16]

Head coach: Filipe Cruz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Julião Gaspar (1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 5 0 G.D. Interclube 4 P Yaroslav Aguiar (1985-06-11)11 June 1985 (aged 31) 2.00 m 0 0 G.D. Interclube 5 CB Romé Hebo (1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m 47 65 Primeiro de Agosto 6 RB Osvaldo Mulenessa (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 (aged 30) 1.70 m 29 37 Primeiro de Agosto 7 LW Elias António (1987-05-30)30 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.70 m 24 38 Atlética de Águas Santas 8 LB Belchior Camuanga (1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.70 m 36 85 Primeiro de Agosto 9 CB Adilson Maneco (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 23) 1.70 m 32 32 Primeiro de Agosto 11 P Gabriel Teca (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 25) 2.00 m 24 4 Primeiro de Agosto 12 GK Gilberto Figueira (1988-01-25)25 January 1988 (aged 28) 2.00 m 5 0 Marinha de Guerra 13 CB Manuel Nascimento (1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 33 83 Marinha de Guerra 14 LW Nestor Kinanga (1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.70 m 0 0 G.D. Interclube 16 GK Giovane Muachissengue (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 32) 1.80 m 50 0 Primeiro de Agosto 17 LB Sérgio Lopes (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 33) 1.90 m 58 161 Primeiro de Agosto 21 RW Adelino Pestana (1992-03-11)11 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 42 80 G.D. Interclube 79 RW Edvaldo Ferreira (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26) 2.00 m 24 103 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Iceland

A 23-player squad was announced on 28 December 2016. ^[17] It was reduced to 19 on 3 January 2017. ^[18] The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017. ^[19]

Head coach: Geir Sveinsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 31) 1.93 m 183 5 Bergischer HC 3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.98 m 116 140 ÍBV 5 RB Rúnar Kárason (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.96 m 74 163 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 237 405 USAM Nîmes 7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 187 423 Aalborg Håndbold 9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 37) 1.87 m 328 1727 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 27) 2.02 m 68 4 SG BBM Bietigheim 13 LB Ólafur Guðmundsson (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.94 m 76 85 IFK Kristianstad 14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 29) 1.81 m 66 152 Bergischer HC 21 P Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (1996-03-14)14 March 1996 (aged 20) 2.01 m 6 1 IFK Kristianstad 25 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.91 m 24 50 Füchse Berlin 26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 28) 2.01 m 52 12 EHV Aue 27 CB Gunnar Steinn Jónsson (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.95 m 30 27 IFK Kristianstad 28 CB Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 24) 1.92 m 19 6 Cesson Rennes 30 RB Ómar Ingi Magnússon (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 19) 1.84 m 4 13 Aarhus Håndbold 33 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 22) 1.84 m 5 11 Haukar

Macedonia

A 24-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. ^[20] It was reduced to 21 on 30 December 2016, ^[21] and to 19 players on 9 January 2017. ^[22]

Head coach: Lino Červar

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Dejan Manaskov (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 38 117 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 5 P Stojanče Stoilov (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.92 m 32 51 RK Vardar 6 LB Risto Arnaudovski (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 0 0 SC Ferlach 7 RB Kiril Lazarov (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 36) 1.93 m 120 977 FC Barcelona 8 RB Vlatko Mitkov (1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 35) 1.92 m 91 78 UHK Krems 10 LB Stefan Drogrishki (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 2 0 Metalurg Skopje 11 LB Filip Taleski (1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 20) 2.02 m 7 8 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 12 GK Kiril Kolev (1978-07-18)18 July 1978 (aged 38) 1.96 m 0 0 RK Pelister 13 CB Filip Mirkulovski (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 33) 1.89 m 126 315 HSG Wetzlar 14 LB Velko Markoski (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 30) 1.94 m 44 48 RK Zagreb 17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.96 m 19 10 Orosházi FKSE 20 GK Blagojče Trajkovski (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 30) 1.84 m 0 0 RK Ohrid 2013 22 RW Goce Georgievski (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.85 m 43 78 CSM București 23 LB Filip Lazarov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 31) 1.97 m 47 133 Poli Timișoara 26 LW Goce Ojleski (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 27 21 HC Odorheiu 28 RW Martin Popovski (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.77 m 0 0 RK Vardar 29 LB Marko Neloski (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 2.00 m 2 5 RK Metalurg Skopje 33 P Žarko Peševski (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.95 m 11 17 RK Metalurg Skopje

Slovenia

A 21-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. ^[23] It was reduced to 17 on 4 January 2017. ^[24]

Head coach: Veselin Vujović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matevž Skok (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 30) 1.88 m 63 0 RK Zagreb 3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 22) 2.02 m 37 39 MVM Veszprém 5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 21) 1.99 m 11 13 RD Ribnica 6 RW Gašper Marguč (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 26) 1.81 m 69 236 MVM Veszprém 7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 170 480 Montpellier 8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 20) 1.87 m 14 60 RK Celje 11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.90 m 106 380 Montpellier 13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 35 55 RK Zagreb 15 P Vid Poteko (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.94 m 34 15 RK Celje 18 RB David Miklavčič (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 33) 1.96 m 95 140 RK Zagreb 20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.92 m 2 4 RK Celje 22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 95 114 MOL-Pick Szeged 25 CB Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.85 m 90 146 SC Magdeburg 30 LB Jan Grebenc (1992-08-18)18 August 1992 (aged 24) 1.94 m 2 1 RD Ribnica 32 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 25) 1.77 m 19 42 RK Celje 51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 24) 2.03 m 59 120 RK Celje 90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 26 0 RK Celje 99 GK Urh Kastelic (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 20) 2.01 m 0 0 RK Maribor Branik

Spain

A 17-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. ^[25] It was renewed on 2 January 2017. ^[26]

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 29) 1.95 m 84 104 HBC Nantes 6 LW Ángel Fernández (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 6 6 Ciudad de Logroño 7 LW Valero Rivera (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 31) 1.89 m 77 299 FC Barcelona 8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 31) 1.78 m 162 525 FC Barcelona 9 CB Raul Entrerrios (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.93 m 216 480 FC Barcelona 10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 24) 1.87 m 41 80 RK Vardar 11 CB Daniel Sarmiento (1983-08-25)25 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.86 m 72 156 Saint-Raphaël 13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 34) 1.95 m 149 393 Vive Tauron Kielce 21 LB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 30) 1.98 m 136 366 RK Vardar 24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 33) 1.99 m 171 149 FC Barcelona 30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 33) 2.00 m 91 117 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 31 LB Iosu Goñi (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 27) 1.95 m 10 14 Pays d'Aix UC 33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 26) 1.90 m 59 0 FC Barcelona 44 GK Rodrigo Corrales (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 25) 2.02 m 15 1 Wisła Płock 53 RW David Balaguer (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 25) 1.85 m 0 0 HBC Nantes 54 LB Álex Costoya (1993-05-06)6 May 1993 (aged 23) 1.93 m 0 0 Ademar León 55 P Adrià Figueras (1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 2 7 BM Granollers

Tunisia

A 19-player squad was announced on 25 December 2016. ^[27]

Head coach: Hafedh Zouabi

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Makram Missaoui (1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.88 m 156 0 Club Africain 4 RW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.83 m 95 163 Montpellier 6 P Issam Tej (1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 37) 1.87 m 316 824 El Jaish 7 LB Skander Zaïdi (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 (aged 19) 1.97 m 0 0 Béni Khiar 9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.96 m 112 340 Club Africain 15 LB Khaled Haj Youssef (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 45 30 Club Africain 16 GK Marouane Soussi (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.94 m 0 0 Sakiet Ezzit 19 LB Mosbah Sanaï (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.91 m 88 228 Al-Quyada 21 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 113 496 Espérance de Tunis 22 CB Sobhi Saïed (1982-09-26)26 September 1982 (aged 34) 1.86 m 156 331 Al-Gharafa 23 RW Oussama Hosni (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.92 m 59 74 Club Africain 29 RW Tarak Jallouz (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 23) 1.83 m 1 0 Espérance de Tunis 31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.95 m 104 135 Espérance de Tunis 39 CB Mohamed Soussi (1993-01-17)17 January 1993 (aged 23) 1.94 m 56 71 Club Africain 42 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 113 305 FC Barcelona 69 P Jihed Jaballah (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 27) 2.04 m 16 26 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Group C

Belarus

A 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. ^[28] It was reduced to 18 on 27 December 2016. ^[29]

Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LW Ivan Brouka (1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (aged 36) 1.78 m 169 544 SKA Minsk 3 LB Uladzislau Kulesh (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 20) 2.00 m 14 26 SKA Minsk 7 LB Aliaksei Shynkel (1994-07-06)6 July 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 2 3 SKA Minsk 9 RB Aleh Astrashapkin (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m 13 25 Csurgói KK 10 CB Barys Pukhouski (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 30) 1.84 m 155 676 Motor Zaporizhzhia 12 GK Ivan Matskevich (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.86 m 36 0 Steaua București 15 RW Dzianis Rutenka (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 30) 1.86 m 93 246 Meshkov Brest 16 GK Viachaslau Saldatsenka (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.88 m 15 0 SKA Minsk 18 RB Siarhei Shylovich (1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.95 m 114 363 Meshkov Brest 22 P Viachaslau Shumak (1988-12-22)22 December 1988 (aged 28) 2.03 m 71 127 Meshkov Brest 23 LW Andrei Yurynok (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 20) 1.98 m 24 55 Meshkov Brest 24 RW Maksim Baranau (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 115 281 Odorheiu Secuiesc 47 CB Aliaksandr Padshyvalau (1996-03-08)8 March 1996 (aged 20) 1.88 m 10 43 SKA Minsk 50 P Artsem Karalek (1996-02-20)20 February 1996 (aged 20) 1.96 m 19 55 Saint-Raphaël 55 LW Aliaksandr Tsitou (1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 30) 1.90 m 142 134 Riihimäki Cocks 95 CB Vadim Gayduchenko (1995-04-24)24 April 1995 (aged 21) 1.93 m 0 0 SKA Minsk

Chile

The squad was announced on 26 December 2016. ^[30]

Head coach: Mateo Garralda

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Felipe Barrientos (1984-06-12)12 June 1984 (aged 32) 1.87 m 83 2 Italiano 2 LW Sebastián Ceballos (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.75 m 20 40 BM Zamora 4 LB Erwin Feuchtmann (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 65 180 SGH Insignis 6 RW Pablo Baeza (1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 13 30 BM Usab 7 LB Diego Reyes (1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.82 m 40 65 BM Alarcos 8 RW Erik Caniu (1988-10-02)2 October 1988 (aged 28) 1.85 m 10 13 Luterano 9 P Javier Frelijj (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.90 m 15 35 BM Inter 10 CB Emil Feuchtmann (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 33) 1.76 m 65 180 Wacker Thun 11 P Esteban Salinas (1992-01-18)18 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 49 105 BM Benidorm 12 GK Felipe García (1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 23) 1.88 m 55 1 MYK Hentbol 16 GK René Oliva (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.96 m 66 0 Ovalle 17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 65 190 Chartres Métropole 20 LW Harald Feuchtmann (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 29) 1.76 m 30 45 DJK Waldbüttelbrunn 21 CB Cristián Moll Ramírez (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 23) 1.85 m 35 48 Sant Joan 28 P José Luis López (1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 18) 1.92 m 13 29 Unión Machali 77 LB Víctor Donoso (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 30 40 Handball Montélimar

Croatia

A 16-player squad was announced on 27 December 2016, while players from the German League joined in January 2017. ^{[31] [32]} On 29 December 2016, Marino Marić was replaced by Krešimir Kozina due to an injury. ^[33] On 10 January 2017, a 17-player squad announced. ^[34]

Head coach: Željko Babić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ivan Stevanović (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.93 m 38 0 RK Zagreb 2 LW Lovro Mihić (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 6 10 Wisła Płock 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.97 m 175 576 THW Kiel 7 RB Luka Stepančić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 26) 2.03 m 42 92 Paris Saint-Germain 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 30) 2.04 m 17 19 Füchse Berlin 11 RW Jerko Matulić (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 28 59 HBC Nantes 12 GK Ivan Pešić (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.93 m 34 1 Meshkov Brest 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.79 m 134 387 RK Zagreb 20 P Tin Kontrec (1989-09-09)9 September 1989 (aged 27) 1.96 m 4 3 RK Zagreb 22 RW Josip Božić-Pavletić (1994-08-06)6 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.87 m 0 0 Nexe Našice 23 LB Stipe Mandalinić (1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.95 m 19 18 RK Zagreb 26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.81 m 122 429 Vive Tauron Kielce 28 P Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 31) 2.00 m 84 56 SC Magdeburg 29 CB Lovro Jotić (1994-11-12)12 November 1994 (aged 22) 1.91 m 0 0 RK Zagreb 30 LB Marko Mamić (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 25 27 Dunkerque 31 RB Luka Šebetić (1994-05-26)26 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.98 m 13 24 RK Zagreb 33 CB Luka Cindrić (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.82 m 24 28 RK Vardar

Germany

An 18-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. ^[35] The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017. ^[36]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 30) 1.88 m 132 590 Paris Saint-Germain 6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 24) 2.10 m 45 21 SC Magdeburg 7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 27) 2.01 m 96 220 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 59 185 Vive Tauron Kielce 11 RB Holger Glandorf (1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 33) 1.97 m 168 579 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.94 m 152 1 Füchse Berlin 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.03 m 62 90 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23 LB Steffen Fäth (1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.95 m 45 86 Füchse Berlin 24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 104 283 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 43 95 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 44 6 THW Kiel 34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.89 m 22 52 THW Kiel 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.98 m 23 80 VfL Gummersbach 40 CB Simon Ernst (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 30 33 VfL Gummersbach 43 CB Niclas Pieczkowski (1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (aged 27) 1.93 m 23 26 SC DHfK Leipzig 48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 21) 1.93 m 23 48 HSG Wetzlar 95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 21) 1.92 m 44 98 Füchse Berlin

Hungary

A 28-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. ^[37] It was reduced to 18 on 31 December 2016. ^[38]

Head coach: Xavi Sabaté

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RB Zsolt Balogh (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 25 48 MOL-Pick Szeged 5 P Timuzsin Schuch (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 31) 1.97 m 142 74 MVM Veszprém 7 CB Gábor Császár (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 32) 1.86 m 227 789 Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 RW Gergely Harsányi (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 35) 1.91 m 172 258 Tatabánya KC 11 LB Patrik Ligetvári (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 20) 2.01 m 6 6 MVM Veszprém 12 GK Nándor Fazekas (1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 40) 1.92 m 229 1 Balatonfüredi KSE 16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.90 m 166 0 MVM Veszprém 19 RB László Nagy (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 35) 2.08 m 193 724 MVM Veszprém 20 RW Péter Gulyás (1984-03-04)4 March 1984 (aged 32) 2.00 m 108 214 MVM Veszprém 22 LB Iman Jamali (1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 25) 2.02 m 18 40 HC Meshkov Brest 25 P Szabolcs Zubai (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 204 303 MOL-Pick Szeged 27 P Bence Bánhidi (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 21) 2.04 m 30 64 MOL-Pick Szeged 28 P Szabolcs Szöllősi (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.94 m 62 94 Tatabánya KC 29 CB Ádám Juhász (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 1.83 m 6 11 Tatabánya KC 33 RB Gábor Ancsin (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 26) 2.02 m 83 184 MVM Veszprém 39 LB Richárd Bodó (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 23) 2.03 m 29 86 MOL-Pick Szeged 66 CB Máté Lékai (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.90 m 102 228 MVM Veszprém

Saudi Arabia

A 25-player squad was announced on 30 November 2016. ^[39]

Head coach: Nenad Kljaić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 P Ali Al-Ibrahim (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 19) 1.81 m 14 29 Al-Ahli 3 LW Abdullah Al-Abbas (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.65 m 45 160 Al-Noor 5 P Hassan Al-Janabi (c) (1983-07-25)25 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.86 m 59 73 Mudhar 7 CB Sadiq Al-Mohsin (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 (aged 19) 1.80 m 19 110 Al-Moheet 8 CB Abdullah Al-Hammad (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 83 109 Al-Noor 12 GK Manaf Al-Saeed (1976-05-19)19 May 1976 (aged 40) 1.89 m 206 14 Al-Noor 13 RW Abdulazez Saeed (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 26) 1.89 m 14 10 Al-Ahli 15 RW Ahmed Al-Abdulali (1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.82 m 113 281 Mudhar 16 GK Mohammad Al-Salem (1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 30) 1.85 m 131 6 Al-Noor 18 CB Fahad Al-Farhan (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 21) 1.76 m 6 1 Al-Rawdhah 22 P Mahdi Al-Salem (1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 119 382 Al-Noor 23 GK Nawaf Al-Mutairi (1989-04-13)13 April 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 7 0 Al-Wehda 24 CB Hisham Al-Obaidi (1988-03-20)20 March 1988 (aged 28) 1.82 m 117 317 Al-Noor 33 LW Muneer Abu Alrahi (1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.70 m 30 60 Mudhar 37 CB Mohammed Al-Abbas (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 24) 1.68 m 74 146 Mudhar 39 CB Hassan Al-Khadrawi (1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.74 m 18 46 Mudhar 57 CB Mojtaba Al-Salem (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.81 m 39 110 Al-Noor 87 CB Mohammed Al-Zaer (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.82 m 79 180 Mudhar

Group D

Argentina

An 18-player squad was announced on 27 December 2016. ^[40]

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 34) 1.90 m 177 0 Pfadi Winterthur 2 LW Federico Fernández (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 99 349 UNLu 3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.83 m 132 592 UNLu 4 CB Sebastián Simonet (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.90 m 81 345 Ademar León 5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 36) 1.92 m 132 68 Colegio Ward 6 CB Diego Simonet (1989-12-26)26 December 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 90 458 Montpellier 8 LB Pablo Simonet (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 24) 1.85 m 53 118 CB Benidorm 9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 34) 1.97 m 164 244 Billère 10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 105 249 Ademar León 11 P Lucas Moscariello (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m 22 58 Villa de Aranda 12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 35) 1.90 m 198 5 Vernon Saint-Marcel 13 CB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 104 309 UNLu 15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 37) 1.90 m 207 462 Ademar León 18 LW Adrián Portela (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 30) 1.85 m 42 116 River Plate 23 CB Julián Souto Cueto (1992-10-01)1 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.81 m 37 148 Villa Ballester 24 LB Sebastien Dechamps (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.84 m 15 65 Quilmes 25 RW Pablo Vainstein (1987-07-18)18 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 40 55 Ciudad Encantada

Bahrain

A 20-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. ^[41] It was reduced to 19 on 2 January 2017. ^[42]

Head coach: Salah Bouchekriou

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 P Ali Eid (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.78 m 45 110 Al-Najma 7 RB Ali Merza (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.79 m 65 360 Al-Najma 8 P Hasan Shebab (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 55 250 Al-Najma 9 RW Hasan Al-Samahiji (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 25) 1.74 m 50 270 Al-Ahli Club 12 GK Husain Al-Qaidoom (1986-11-21)21 November 1986 (aged 30) 1.65 m 30 0 Bahrain SC 14 LW Mahmood Abdulqader (1983-10-04)4 October 1983 (aged 33) 1.76 m 65 450 Barbar 19 P Mohamed Merza (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.93 m 45 210 Al-Ahli Club 21 GK Mohamed Abdulhusain (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 112 30 Al-Najma 27 RW Bilal Basham Askani (1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.77 m 35 155 Al-Najma SC 50 LB Ahmed Al-Maqabi (1994-10-26)26 October 1994 (aged 22) 1.75 m 45 165 Barbar 51 LB Mohamed Al-Maqabi (1988-07-14)14 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.81 m 75 160 Al-Ahli Club 66 LB Komail Mahfoodh (1992-04-28)28 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.77 m 30 150 Al-Najma SC 77 LB Jasim Al-Salatna (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 90 550 Al-Ahli Club 86 GK Ali Khamis (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 30) 1.80 m 50 6 Ettifaq 89 LW Mahdi Saad (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.77 m 50 230 Al-Ahli Club 93 RW Mohamed Habib (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.85 m 78 480 Barbar 99 CB Husain Al-Sayyad (c) (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.75 m 117 650 Al-Noor Club

Denmark

A 19-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. ^[43] It was reduced to 17 on 9 January 2017. ^[44]

Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 28) 2.01 m 158 4 THW Kiel 3 RB Niclas Kirkeløkke (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 5 8 GOG Håndbold 4 LW Magnus Landin Jacobsen (1995-08-20)20 August 1995 (aged 21) 1.96 m 11 18 KIF Kolding København 5 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 25) 1.88 m 81 174 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 87 249 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 36) 1.99 m 217 440 FC Barcelona 16 GK Jannick Green (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.95 m 85 1 SC Magdeburg 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.85 m 171 378 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 35) 1.88 m 232 628 Füchse Berlin 19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 32) 2.00 m 114 175 THW Kiel 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 32) 1.96 m 105 144 Paris Saint-Germain 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 35) 1.92 m 176 376 Skjern Håndbold 23 P Henrik Toft Hansen (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 30) 2.00 m 93 172 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 29) 1.92 m 163 774 Paris Saint-Germain 25 CB Morten Olsen (1984-10-11)11 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.84 m 48 141 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 27 LB Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.92 m 45 102 SC Magdeburg 28 CB Lasse Andersson (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 13 17 FC Barcelona

Egypt

A 20-player squad was announced on 25 December 2016. ^[45] The final squad was revealed on 3 January 2017. ^[46]

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 29) 1.87 m 144 512 Al Ahly 5 RW Yahia Omar (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 19) 1.98 m 37 97 Zamalek SC 8 P Mahmoud Ramadan (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 32) 1.85 m 178 633 Al Ahly 9 CB Eslam Issa (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.90 m 233 655 Al Ahly 10 RB Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.93 m 125 457 Smouha SC 17 LW Ahmed Khairy (1994-09-15)15 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.88 m 66 178 Al Gazira 19 CB Mohamed El-Bassiouny (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 136 399 Alexandria SC 24 P Ibrahim El-Masry (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.95 m 133 178 Al Ahly 28 LB Abdelrahman Abdou (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 20) 1.92 m 29 89 Al Ahly 39 LB Yehia El-Deraa (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 21) 1.90 m 77 266 Heliopolice 66 RB Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 32) 1.89 m 377 723 Zamalek 86 GK Hady Shahin (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 30) 1.96 m 180 0 Heliopolis SC 88 GK Karim Handawy (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 190 0 Al Ahly 89 P Mohamed Mamdouh (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 189 522 Pays d’Aix 91 RW Mohamed Sanad (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.91 m 150 567 Ciudad de Logroño 92 LW Karim Abdelrahim (1992-10-27)27 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.87 m 72 145 Zamalek

Qatar

A 23-player squad was announced on 14 December 2016. ^[47]

Head coach: Valero Rivera López

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 P Hassan Mabrouk (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 34) 1.90 m 36 65 El Jaish 5 RB Mustafa Alsaltialkrad (1987-03-16)16 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.86 m 14 22 Al Sadd 7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 46 81 Lekhwiya 9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 29) 1.98 m 40 170 El Jaish 10 RW Abdulla Al-Karbi (1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.77 m 42 112 Al Sadd 11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 78 180 Al-Gharafa 12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 39) 1.95 m 28 0 Al Qiyada 13 RB Ahmed Abdelhak (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 28) 1.85 m 7 17 Al-Gharafa 14 P Bassel Al-Rayes (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 37) 1.80 m 45 159 Al-Rayan 20 CB Omar Al-Safadi (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.82 m 23 48 Al-Rayan 24 LB Wajdi Sinen (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 26) 1.93 m 60 221 Lekhwiya 25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 25) 1.80 m 68 120 El Jaish 31 LW Ahmad Madadi (c) (1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 23 60 Lekhwiya 41 P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.93 m 37 94 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 55 CB Abdelrahman Abdalla (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 23) 1.89 m 23 38 El Jaish 85 GK Yousuf Al-Abdulla (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 31) 1.78 m 33 0 Al-Gharafa 86 CB Mahmoud Hassaballa (1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 30) 1.84 m 31 70 Al Sadd 92 LW Anis Zouaoui (1992-02-07)7 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.84 m 2 10 Al Sadd

Sweden

An 18-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. ^[48] Viktor Östlund was replaced by Philip Stenmalm on 28 December 2016 because of an injury. ^[49]

Head coach: Kristján Andrésson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LB Simon Jeppsson (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 21) 2.03 m 5 15 Lugi HF 7 P Max Darj (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 25) 1.92 m 10 9 Alingsås HK 9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 21) 1.82 m 15 51 IFK Kristianstad 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.91 m 140 563 THW Kiel 12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986-07-10)10 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 61 0 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 14 CB Jesper Konradsson (1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.84 m 30 39 Alingsås HK 18 P Fredric Pettersson (1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 27) 2.01 m 14 25 Fenix Toulouse 20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 49 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 21 LW Emil Frend Öfors (1994-09-13)13 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 0 0 Alingsås HK 23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.86 m 10 17 IFK Kristianstad 24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.91 m 37 120 Flensburg-Handewitt 28 LB Philip Stenmalm (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 24) 2.00 m 33 56 KIF Kolding København 32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 26) 1.78 m 88 162 Füchse Berlin 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.97 m 107 241 MVM Veszprém 36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 27) 2.00 m 78 90 Paris Saint-Germain 65 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 20) 1.94 m 29 76 THW Kiel

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 31 different countries.

Country	Players	Outside national squad
Germany	51	37
France	41	28
Spain	31	24
Poland	23	8
Hungary	22	9
Saudi Arabia	6
Qatar	18	3
Denmark	14	12
Tunisia	1
Egypt	0
Japan
Angola	13	0
Macedonia	12	6
Belarus	2
Croatia	11	4

Player representation by club

Clubs with 8 or more players represented are listed.

Club	Players
Paris Saint-Germain	12
Barcelona	10
Zagreb
Telekom Veszprém	9
Füchse Berlin	8
THW Kiel
Vive Tauron Kielce
Montpellier
Wisła Płock
Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represented their own country.

Nº	Country	Coaches
6	Spain	Talant Duyshebaev (Poland), Mateo Garralda (Chile), Antonio Carlos Ortega (Japan), Jordi Ribera , Valero Rivera (Qatar), Xavi Sabaté (Hungary)
4	Iceland	Kristján Andrésson (Sweden), Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Geir Sveinsson , Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)
3	Croatia	Željko Babić , Lino Červar (Macedonia), Nenad Kljaić (Saudi Arabia)
1	Algeria	Salah Bouchekriou (Bahrain)
	Angola	Alexandre Machado
	Argentina	Eduardo Gallardo
	Belarus	Yuri Shevtsov
	Brazil	Washington Nunes
	Egypt	Marwan Ragab
	France	Didier Dinart / Guillaume Gille
	Montenegro	Veselin Vujović (Slovenia)
	Norway	Christian Berge
	Russia	Dmitri Torgovanov
	Tunisia	Hafedh Zouabi

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