Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics included a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. From the quarter final stage onwards, the women's event moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the Helliniko Olympic Complex, with the men joining them there for their semi-finals and final.
Valter Matošević is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is current handball coach.
These squads consisted of a maximum of 15 players.
These squads consisted of a maximum of 15 players.
Heiner Brand is a former West German handball player. He was the Germany men's national handball team coach from 1997 to 2011. He is the only person who has won the world handball championship both as a player and as a coach.
Goran Šprem is a retired Croatian handball player.
Davor Dominiković is a Croatian former professional handball player, who is the current handball coach for the Croatia national under-21 team & TuS Vinnhorst.
Blaženko Lacković is a retired Croatian handball player.
Christian Ramota is a former German team handball player (goalkeeper). He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is also European champion from 2004, and received a silver medal at the 2003 World Championship.
Pascal "Pommes" Hens is a former German team handball player and former World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. The last team he played for was HBW Balingen-Weilstetten. He won the EHF Cup Winner's Cup in 2007 and the EHF Champions League in 2013 with HSV Hamburg. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Mark Dragunski is a former German team handball player and currently a coach. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is European champion from 2004.
Jan Olaf Immel is a former German team handball player. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. His team won the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship in Slovenia.
Volker Zerbe is a former German team handball player and current club manager. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is European champion from 2004.
Christian Zeitz is a former German handball player.
Torsten "Toto" Jansen is a former German handballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for HSV Hamburg in the Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the German national team. In March 2017 he took over as head coach of the Handball Sport Verein Hamburg.
Frank von Behren is a retired German team handball player.
Dmitri Nikolaevich Torgovanov is a former Russian handball player and Olympic Champion from 2000 in Sydney. He is currently a head coach for Neva. He was the head coach for the Russian national team between 2015 and 2017.
Sergey Valentinovich Pogorelov was a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Russian national team.
Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gorpishin is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Russian national team.
Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Russian national team.
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