The Sweden men's national handball team is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
The France national handball team is supervised by the French Handball Federation, and represents France in international matches. It is the first handball team to have held all three titles twice, and the only national team in its sport to hold six world titles and a total of eleven medals at the World Men's Handball Championship. With a total of five medals, including three gold in 2008, 2012 and 2021, France is also the most successful Handball team at the Summer Olympics. As of January 2024, they are the defending European Champions.
The Germany national handball team is the country's national men's handball team and represents Germany in international tournaments in men's handball and is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won three World Championships and two European Championship.
The Netherlands women's national handball team is the national handball team of the Netherlands. It is governed by the Nederlands Handbal Verbond (NHV).
The Austria women's national handball team is the national team of Austria. It is governed by the Austrian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.
The Qatar national handball team is controlled by the Qatar Handball Association and take part in international handball competitions.
This is a list of the players on the rosters of the teams participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Men's Handball.
The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia. It is governed by the Croatian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.
Hypo Niederösterreich is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of the EHF Champions Trophy in 2000.
Olivier Krumbholz is a French handball coach of German descent for the French women's national team. He brought the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and has later coached the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Anders Eggert is a Danish handball coach and former player. He has previously played in Denmark for GOG and Skjern Håndbold, and german side SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He was part of SG Flensburg-Handewitt team that won the 2013–14 EHF Champions League trophy. In his 11 years with SG Flensburg-Handewitt he played in 461 matches and scored 2531 times.
Éva Kiss is a retired Hungarian handball goalkeeper who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungarian national team. Since the 2020–21 season she serves as a goalkeeping coach at the Academy of Győri ETO KC. From 2022–23 season she is the goalkeeping coach for the first team as well.
Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener is a Dutch handball coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund Handball, since November 2022.
Svetlana Ognjenović is a Serbian handball player. She is a member of the Serbian national team.
The Angola women's national handball team Under-17 represents Angola in international handball competitions and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Andebol. At continental level, it competes at the African Women's Youth Handball Championship which qualifies for the IHF Women's Youth World Championship. Angola has been a member of the IHF since 1979.
Michael Biegler is a German handball coach.
Christian O'Sullivan is a Norwegian handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the Norwegian national team.
Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990.
Kai Häfner is a German handball player for TVB Stuttgart and the German national team.
This article displays the squads for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of up to 20 players.
