Hans Einar Magnus Wislander is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted Handball Player of the Century. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals. He played for Redbergslids IK, Gothenburg and THW Kiel.
The Sweden men's national handball team 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 August 2021, they are the defending Olympic Champions.
Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League.
The Denmark men's national handball team is controlled by the Danish Handball Association and represents Denmark in international matches. They are the team with the fourth most medals won in European Championship history on the men's side behind Sweden, France and Spain, with a total of seven medals. Two of these are gold medals, one silver (2014) and four bronze medals.
Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. Due to the USSR-led boycott some strong handball nations from Eastern Bloc did not compete; this gave an opportunity to the Yugoslav team to take both gold medals. Games were played at Titan Gym in Fullerton, California.
Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a professional handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena.
Henrik Toft Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Mors-Thy Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Isabelle Therese Gulldén is a Swedish professional handball player for Lugi HF and former national team player for the Swedish National Team.
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad, or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish professional handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-sport club. The handball team made its debut in 1925 and has been the only section of the club since 2000. The club plays its home matches at Kristianstad Arena.
Andreas Wolff is a German handball player for the Polish club Industria Kielce and the German national team.
Kentin Mahé is a French handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the French national team.
Lugi HF is a professional handball team from Lund, Sweden. Both the men's and women's teams play in the top division in 2023–24, Handbollsligan and Handbollsligan (women's).
Jim Gottfridsson is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team.
Hampus Wanne is a Swedish professional handballer for FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.
Daniel Pettersson is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.
Oscar Bergendahl is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.
Jonathan Carlsbogård, is a Swedish professional handball player for FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.
Eric Oscar Johansson is a Swedish professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Swedish national team.
This article displays the squads for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 18 players, of which 16 were fielded for each game.
