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 Qatar Al-Rayan
2 CB Henrique Teixeira (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 104 155 Spain BM Huesca
4 CB João Pedro Silva (1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.90 m 53 114 France Chambéry Savoie
6 LW Guilherme Torriani (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 (aged 17) 1.86 m 0 0 Brazil HC Taubaté
9 RW Lucas Cândido (1989-03-19)19 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.85 m 67 110 Spain Ciudad de Guadalajara
10 RB José Toledo (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 23) 1.93 m 55 137 Poland Wisła Płock
14 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.98 m 110 182 Hungary Pick Szeged
17 P Alexandro Pozzer (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 73 97 Spain Puerto Sagunto
19 RW Fábio Chiuffa (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.87 m 110 246 Denmark KIF Kolding København
26 RB Oswaldo Guimarães (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.83 m 49 74 Spain SCDR Anaitasuna
28 RB Gabriel Ceretta (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 19) 1.97 m 3 6 Spain FC Barcelona
31 P Rogério Moraes (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 23) 2.04 m 17 29 North Macedonia HC Vardar
32 LW Cleryston Novais (1992-10-15)15 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 10 5 Brazil
35 LB Thiago Ponciano (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 3 0 Spain Ciudad Encantada
37 LB Haniel Langaro (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 21) 1.97 m 29 55 Spain Ciudad de Logroño
44 CB Leonardo Dutra (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 (aged 20) 1.84 m 0 0 Brazil EC Pinheiros
89 GK César Almeida (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 28) 1.87 m 66 1 Norway 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 France Paris Saint-Germain
6 LB Olivier Nyokas (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.88 m 19 32 France HBC Nantes
8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 37) 1.89 m 300 912 France Paris Saint-Germain
12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 47 3 France Montpellier
13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 32) 1.96 m 273 1093 France Paris Saint-Germain
14 LW Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.86 m 63 189 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 40) 1.92 m 347 4 France Paris Saint-Germain
17 LB Timothey N'Guessan (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.96 m 38 74 Spain FC Barcelona
18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 28) 1.94 m 90 204 France Paris Saint-Germain
19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.82 m 217 707 France Paris Saint-Germain
20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 32) 1.92 m 172 360 Spain FC Barcelona
21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 34) 1.79 m 237 845 France Montpellier
22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 64 75 France Paris Saint-Germain
23 P Ludovic Fabregas (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 20) 1.98 m 28 17 France Montpellier
27 RB Adrien Dipanda (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 24 37 France Saint-Raphaël
28 RB Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 70 187 France Montpellier HB
32 RB Dika Mem (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 19) 1.94 m 2 1 Spain 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 Japan Toyota Auto Body
6 P Takashi Kato (1989-10-30)30 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 35 34 Japan
8 RW Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 26) 1.83 m 33 116 Japan Toyota Auto Body
10 P Daichi Komuro (1988-06-28)28 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 25 16 Japan Osaki Osol
12 GK Masatake Kimura (1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.84 m 22 0 Japan Osaki Osol
17 CB Kento Uegaki (1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 26) 1.80 m 16 48 Japan Osaki Osol
19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 21) 1.78 m 8 20 Japan Univ. of Tsukuba
21 GK Akihito Kai (1987-04-29)29 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 58 0 Japan Toyota Auto Body
23 LW Goki Koshio (1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 25) 1.82 m 3 7 Japan Toyoda Gosei
24 LB Hiroki Shida (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 47 141 Japan Osaki Osol
25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.82 m 29 73 Japan Osaki Osol
27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 21) 1.98 m 0 0 Japan Kokushikan Univ.
29 CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.83 m 9 18 Japan
30 LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 34 73 Japan Wakunaga Leolic
31 CB Atsushi Mekaru (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 (aged 31) 1.81 m 10 37 Spain Puente Genil
32 LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 27) 1.81 m 8 22 France Chambéry Savoie
33 GK Takayuki Shimuzu (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.86 m 25 0 Japan 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 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold
7 P Joakim Hykkerud (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 30) 1.94 m 58 66 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
8 P Bjarte Myrhol (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.92 m 192 553 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
9 P Petter Øverby (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.94 m 39 11 Norway Elverum Håndball
12 GK Ole Erevik (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 36) 1.96 m 181 0 France Pays d’Aix UC
15 RB Kent Robin Tønnesen (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 25) 1.96 m 66 154 Germany Füchse Berlin
16 GK Espen Christensen (1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 31) 1.90 m 53 0 Denmark GOG Håndbold
17 LW Magnus Jøndal (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 28) 1.87 m 89 226 Denmark GOG Håndbold
19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 28) 1.91 m 66 301 Germany HSG Wetzlar
20 LW André Lindboe (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 43 86 Norway Elverum Håndball
21 P Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 25) 1.96 m 70 81 Germany GWD Minden
23 RB Magnus Abelvik Rød (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 (aged 19) 2.01 m 3 6 Norway Bækkelagets SK
24 CB Christian O'Sullivan (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 25) 1.90 m 61 83 Germany SC Magdeburg
25 RB Eivind Tangen (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 23) 1.95 m 33 42 Denmark HC Midtjylland
26 LB Gøran Søgard Johannessen (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 14 23 Denmark GOG Håndbold
30 GK Torbjørn Bergerud (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 22) 1.99 m 19 0 Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro
89 LB Espen Lie Hansen (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.96 m 111 371 Denmark 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 Poland Górnik Zabrze
4 CB Krzysztof Łyżwa (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.95 m 2 2 Poland Azoty-Puławy
5 LW Mateusz Jachlewski (1984-12-27)27 December 1984 (aged 32) 1.84 m 121 255 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 80 158 Poland Azoty-Puławy
7 CB Paweł Niewrzawa (1992-09-28)28 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.89 m 4 2 Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
10 P Patryk Walczak (1992-07-29)29 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.98 m 1 2 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
12 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 1 0 Poland Górnik Zabrze
25 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 19) 1.82 m 2 0 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 69 153 Poland Wisła Płock
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 23) 2.00 m 14 7 Poland Wisła Płock
30 RB Rafał Przybylski (1991-02-19)19 February 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 10 14 Poland Azoty-Puławy
33 RB Paweł Paczkowski (1993-06-14)14 June 1993 (aged 23) 1.95 m 11 9 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
38 CB Łukasz Gierak (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 14 12 Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
48 LB Tomasz Gębala (1995-11-23)23 November 1995 (aged 21) 2.12 m 4 8 Poland Wisła Płock
49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 28) 2.02 m 69 110 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
61 GK Adam Malcher (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.98 m 37 1 Poland Gwardia Opole
94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17)17 October 1994 (aged 22) 1.90 m 3 0 Poland 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 Russia St. Petersburg
6 RW Daniil Shishkarev (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.89 m 86 196 North Macedonia RK Vardar
7 RW Dmitry Kovalyov (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.80 m 175 439 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
9 CB Alexander Shkurinskiy (1995-04-11)11 April 1995 (aged 21) 1.90 m 5 7 Russia SKIF Krasnodar
10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 37) 2.05 m 116 232 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.90 m 107 204 Belarus Meshkov Brest
12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 30) 1.97 m 84 0 Poland Azoty-Puławy
13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 34) 1.96 m 61 206 Hungary Pick Szeged
16 GK Dmitry Pavlenko (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 26) 1.90 m 17 0 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
17 LB Aleksandr Dereven (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.99 m 15 36 North Macedonia RK Vardar
20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1980-11-17)17 November 1980 (aged 36) 1.85 m 208 505 France Ivry Handball
21 P Gleb Kalarash (1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 26) 2.05 m 26 39 Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye
25 RB Sergey Shelmenko (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 33) 1.96 m 74 160 Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye
31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.80 m 175 600 North Macedonia RK Vardar
44 LW Igor Soroka (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.80 m 29 85 Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye
55 LB Azat Valiullin (1990-09-01)1 September 1990 (aged 26) 2.07 m 9 1 Germany TBV Lemgo
87 GK Victor Kireev (1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.90 m 25 0 Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye
89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 27) 1.85 m 91 206 Poland 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 Angola G.D. Interclube
4 P Yaroslav Aguiar (1985-06-11)11 June 1985 (aged 31) 2.00 m 0 0 Angola G.D. Interclube
5 CB Romé Hebo (1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m 47 65 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
6 RB Osvaldo Mulenessa (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 (aged 30) 1.70 m 29 37 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
7 LW Elias António (1987-05-30)30 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.70 m 24 38 Portugal Atlética de Águas Santas
8 LB Belchior Camuanga (1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.70 m 36 85 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
9 CB Adilson Maneco (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 23) 1.70 m 32 32 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
11 P Gabriel Teca (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 25) 2.00 m 24 4 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
12 GK Gilberto Figueira (1988-01-25)25 January 1988 (aged 28) 2.00 m 5 0 Angola Marinha de Guerra
13 CB Manuel Nascimento (1994-03-15)15 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 33 83 Angola Marinha de Guerra
14 LW Nestor Kinanga (1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.70 m 0 0 Angola G.D. Interclube
16 GK Giovane Muachissengue (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 32) 1.80 m 50 0 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
17 LB Sérgio Lopes (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 33) 1.90 m 58 161 Angola Primeiro de Agosto
21 RW Adelino Pestana (1992-03-11)11 March 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 42 80 Angola G.D. Interclube
79 RW Edvaldo Ferreira (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26) 2.00 m 24 103 Tunisia 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 Germany Bergischer HC
3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.98 m 116 140 Iceland ÍBV
5 RB Rúnar Kárason (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.96 m 74 163 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 237 405 France USAM Nîmes
7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 187 423 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold
9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 37) 1.87 m 328 1727 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 27) 2.02 m 68 4 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim
13 LB Ólafur Guðmundsson (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.94 m 76 85 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 29) 1.81 m 66 152 Germany Bergischer HC
21 P Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (1996-03-14)14 March 1996 (aged 20) 2.01 m 6 1 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
25 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.91 m 24 50 Germany Füchse Berlin
26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 28) 2.01 m 52 12 Germany
27 CB Gunnar Steinn Jónsson (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.95 m 30 27 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
28 CB Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 24) 1.92 m 19 6 France
30 RB Ómar Ingi Magnússon (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 19) 1.84 m 4 13 Denmark Aarhus Håndbold
33 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 22) 1.84 m 5 11 Iceland 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 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
5 P Stojanče Stoilov (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.92 m 32 51 North Macedonia RK Vardar
6 LB Risto Arnaudovski (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 0 0 Austria
7 RB Kiril Lazarov (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 36) 1.93 m 120 977 Spain FC Barcelona
8 RB Vlatko Mitkov (1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 35) 1.92 m 91 78 Austria
10 LB Stefan Drogrishki (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 2 0 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
11 LB Filip Taleski (1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 20) 2.02 m 7 8 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
12 GK Kiril Kolev (1978-07-18)18 July 1978 (aged 38) 1.96 m 0 0 North Macedonia RK Pelister
13 CB Filip Mirkulovski (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 33) 1.89 m 126 315 Germany HSG Wetzlar
14 LB Velko Markoski (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 30) 1.94 m 44 48 Croatia RK Zagreb
17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.96 m 19 10 Hungary Orosházi FKSE
20 GK Blagojče Trajkovski (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 30) 1.84 m 0 0 North Macedonia RK Ohrid 2013
22 RW Goce Georgievski (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.85 m 43 78 Romania CSM București
23 LB Filip Lazarov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 31) 1.97 m 47 133 Romania Poli Timișoara
26 LW Goce Ojleski (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 27 21 Romania HC Odorheiu
28 RW Martin Popovski (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.77 m 0 0 North Macedonia RK Vardar
29 LB Marko Neloski (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 2.00 m 2 5 North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje
33 P Žarko Peševski (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.95 m 11 17 North Macedonia 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 Croatia RK Zagreb
3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 22) 2.02 m 37 39 Hungary MVM Veszprém
5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 21) 1.99 m 11 13 Slovenia RD Ribnica
6 RW Gašper Marguč (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 26) 1.81 m 69 236 Hungary MVM Veszprém
7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 170 480 France Montpellier
8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 20) 1.87 m 14 60 Slovenia RK Celje
11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.90 m 106 380 France Montpellier
13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 35 55 Croatia RK Zagreb
15 P Vid Poteko (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.94 m 34 15 Slovenia RK Celje
18 RB David Miklavčič (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 33) 1.96 m 95 140 Croatia RK Zagreb
20 LW Tilen Kodrin (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.92 m 2 4 Slovenia RK Celje
22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 95 114 Hungary Pick Szeged
25 CB Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.85 m 90 146 Germany SC Magdeburg
30 LB Jan Grebenc (1992-08-18)18 August 1992 (aged 24) 1.94 m 2 1 Slovenia RD Ribnica
32 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 25) 1.77 m 19 42 Slovenia RK Celje
51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 24) 2.03 m 59 120 Slovenia RK Celje
90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 26 0 Slovenia RK Celje
99 GK Urh Kastelic (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 20) 2.01 m 0 0 Slovenia 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 France HBC Nantes
6 LW Ángel Fernández (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 6 6 Spain Ciudad de Logroño
7 LW Valero Rivera (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 31) 1.89 m 77 299 Spain FC Barcelona
8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 31) 1.78 m 162 525 Spain FC Barcelona
9 CB Raul Entrerrios (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.93 m 216 480 Spain FC Barcelona
10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 24) 1.87 m 41 80 North Macedonia RK Vardar
11 CB Daniel Sarmiento (1983-08-25)25 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.86 m 72 156 France Saint-Raphaël
13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 34) 1.95 m 149 393 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
21 LB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 30) 1.98 m 136 366 North Macedonia RK Vardar
24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 33) 1.99 m 171 149 Spain FC Barcelona
30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 33) 2.00 m 91 117 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
31 LB Iosu Goñi (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 27) 1.95 m 10 14 France Pays d'Aix UC
33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 26) 1.90 m 59 0 Spain FC Barcelona
44 GK Rodrigo Corrales (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 25) 2.02 m 15 1 Poland Wisła Płock
53 RW David Balaguer (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 25) 1.85 m 0 0 France HBC Nantes
54 LB Álex Costoya (1993-05-06)6 May 1993 (aged 23) 1.93 m 0 0 Spain Ademar León
55 P Adrià Figueras (1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 2 7 Spain 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 Tunisia Club Africain
4 RW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.83 m 95 163 France Montpellier
6 P Issam Tej (1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 37) 1.87 m 316 824 Qatar El Jaish
7 LB Skander Zaïdi (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 (aged 19) 1.97 m 0 0 Tunisia
9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.96 m 112 340 Tunisia Club Africain
15 LB Khaled Haj Youssef (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 45 30 Tunisia Club Africain
16 GK Marouane Soussi (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.94 m 0 0 Tunisia
19 LB Mosbah Sanaï (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.91 m 88 228 Qatar
21 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 113 496 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
22 CB Sobhi Saïed (1982-09-26)26 September 1982 (aged 34) 1.86 m 156 331 Qatar Al-Gharafa
23 RW Oussama Hosni (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.92 m 59 74 Tunisia Club Africain
29 RW Tarak Jallouz (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 23) 1.83 m 1 0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.95 m 104 135 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
39 CB Mohamed Soussi (1993-01-17)17 January 1993 (aged 23) 1.94 m 56 71 Tunisia Club Africain
42 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 113 305 Spain FC Barcelona
69 P Jihed Jaballah (1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 27) 2.04 m 16 26 Tunisia 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 Belarus SKA Minsk
3 LB Uladzislau Kulesh (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 20) 2.00 m 14 26 Belarus SKA Minsk
7 LB Aliaksei Shynkel (1994-07-06)6 July 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 2 3 Belarus SKA Minsk
9 RB Aleh Astrashapkin (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m 13 25 Hungary Csurgói KK
10 CB Barys Pukhouski (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 30) 1.84 m 155 676 Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye
12 GK Ivan Matskevich (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.86 m 36 0 Romania Steaua București
15 RW Dzianis Rutenka (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 30) 1.86 m 93 246 Belarus Meshkov Brest
16 GK Viachaslau Saldatsenka (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.88 m 15 0 Belarus SKA Minsk
18 RB Siarhei Shylovich (1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.95 m 114 363 Belarus Meshkov Brest
22 P Viachaslau Shumak (1988-12-22)22 December 1988 (aged 28) 2.03 m 71 127 Belarus Meshkov Brest
23 LW Andrei Yurynok (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 20) 1.98 m 24 55 Belarus Meshkov Brest
24 RW Maksim Baranau (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 115 281 Romania Odorheiu Secuiesc
47 CB Aliaksandr Padshyvalau (1996-03-08)8 March 1996 (aged 20) 1.88 m 10 43 Belarus SKA Minsk
50 P Artsem Karalek (1996-02-20)20 February 1996 (aged 20) 1.96 m 19 55 France Saint-Raphaël
55 LW Aliaksandr Tsitou (1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 30) 1.90 m 142 134 Finland Riihimäki Cocks
95 CB Vadim Gayduchenko (1995-04-24)24 April 1995 (aged 21) 1.93 m 0 0 Belarus 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 Chile
2 LW Sebastián Ceballos (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.75 m 20 40 Spain
4 LB Erwin Feuchtmann (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 65 180 Austria
6 RW Pablo Baeza (1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 13 30 Chile
7 LB Diego Reyes (1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.82 m 40 65 Spain
8 RW Erik Caniu (1988-10-02)2 October 1988 (aged 28) 1.85 m 10 13 Chile
9 P Javier Frelijj (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.90 m 15 35 Chile
10 CB Emil Feuchtmann (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 33) 1.76 m 65 180 Switzerland Wacker Thun
11 P Esteban Salinas (1992-01-18)18 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 49 105 Spain BM Benidorm
12 GK Felipe García (1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 23) 1.88 m 55 1 Turkey
16 GK René Oliva (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.96 m 66 0 Chile
17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 65 190 France
20 LW Harald Feuchtmann (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 29) 1.76 m 30 45 Germany
21 CB Cristián Moll Ramírez (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 23) 1.85 m 35 48 Spain
28 P José Luis López (1998-06-17)17 June 1998 (aged 18) 1.92 m 13 29 Chile
77 LB Víctor Donoso (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 30 40 France

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 Croatia RK Zagreb
2 LW Lovro Mihić (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 6 10 Poland Wisła Płock
5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.97 m 175 576 Germany THW Kiel
7 RB Luka Stepančić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 26) 2.03 m 42 92 France Paris Saint-Germain
10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 30) 2.04 m 17 19 Germany Füchse Berlin
11 RW Jerko Matulić (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 28 59 France HBC Nantes
12 GK Ivan Pešić (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.93 m 34 1 Belarus Meshkov Brest
13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.79 m 134 387 Croatia RK Zagreb
20 P Tin Kontrec (1989-09-09)9 September 1989 (aged 27) 1.96 m 4 3 Croatia RK Zagreb
22 RW Josip Božić-Pavletić (1994-08-06)6 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.87 m 0 0 Croatia Nexe Našice
23 LB Stipe Mandalinić (1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.95 m 19 18 Croatia RK Zagreb
26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.81 m 122 429 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
28 P Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 31) 2.00 m 84 56 Germany SC Magdeburg
29 CB Lovro Jotić (1994-11-12)12 November 1994 (aged 22) 1.91 m 0 0 Croatia RK Zagreb
30 LB Marko Mamić (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 25 27 France Dunkerque
31 RB Luka Šebetić (1994-05-26)26 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.98 m 13 24 Croatia RK Zagreb
33 CB Luka Cindrić (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.82 m 24 28 North Macedonia 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 France Paris Saint-Germain
6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 24) 2.10 m 45 21 Germany SC Magdeburg
7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 27) 2.01 m 96 220 Germany THW Kiel
9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 59 185 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce
11 RB Holger Glandorf (1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 33) 1.97 m 168 579 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.94 m 152 1 Germany Füchse Berlin
13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.03 m 62 90 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
23 LB Steffen Fäth (1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.95 m 45 86 Germany Füchse Berlin
24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 104 283 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 43 95 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 44 6 Germany THW Kiel
34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.89 m 22 52 Germany THW Kiel
35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.98 m 23 80 Germany VfL Gummersbach
40 CB Simon Ernst (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 30 33 Germany VfL Gummersbach
43 CB Niclas Pieczkowski (1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (aged 27) 1.93 m 23 26 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 21) 1.93 m 23 48 Germany HSG Wetzlar
95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 21) 1.92 m 44 98 Germany 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 Hungary Pick Szeged
5 P Timuzsin Schuch (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 31) 1.97 m 142 74 Hungary MVM Veszprém
7 CB Gábor Császár (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 32) 1.86 m 227 789 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
10 RW Gergely Harsányi (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 35) 1.91 m 172 258 Hungary Tatabánya KC
11 LB Patrik Ligetvári (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 20) 2.01 m 6 6 Hungary MVM Veszprém
12 GK Nándor Fazekas (1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 40) 1.92 m 229 1 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.90 m 166 0 Hungary MVM Veszprém
19 RB László Nagy (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 35) 2.08 m 193 724 Hungary MVM Veszprém
20 RW Péter Gulyás (1984-03-04)4 March 1984 (aged 32) 2.00 m 108 214 Hungary MVM Veszprém
22 LB Iman Jamali (1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 25) 2.02 m 18 40 Belarus HC Meshkov Brest
25 P Szabolcs Zubai (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 204 303 Hungary Pick Szeged
27 P Bence Bánhidi (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 21) 2.04 m 30 64 Hungary Pick Szeged
28 P Szabolcs Szöllősi (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.94 m 62 94 Hungary Tatabánya KC
29 CB Ádám Juhász (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 20) 1.83 m 6 11 Hungary Tatabánya KC
33 RB Gábor Ancsin (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 26) 2.02 m 83 184 Hungary MVM Veszprém
39 LB Richárd Bodó (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 23) 2.03 m 29 86 Hungary Pick Szeged
66 CB Máté Lékai (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.90 m 102 228 Hungary 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 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
3 LW Abdullah Al-Abbas (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.65 m 45 160 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
5 P Hassan Al-Janabi (1983-07-25)25 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.86 m 59 73 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
7 CB Sadiq Al-Mohsin (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 (aged 19) 1.80 m 19 110 Saudi Arabia
8 CB Abdullah Al-Hammad (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 83 109 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
12 GK Manaf Al-Saeed (1976-05-19)19 May 1976 (aged 40) 1.89 m 206 14 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
13 RW Abdulazez Saeed (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 26) 1.89 m 14 10 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
15 RW Ahmed Al-Abdulali (1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.82 m 113 281 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
16 GK Mohammad Al-Salem (1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 30) 1.85 m 131 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
18 CB Fahad Al-Farhan (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 21) 1.76 m 6 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Rawdhah
22 P Mahdi Al-Salem (1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 119 382 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
23 GK Nawaf Al-Mutairi (1989-04-13)13 April 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 7 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda
24 CB Hisham Al-Obaidi (1988-03-20)20 March 1988 (aged 28) 1.82 m 117 317 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
33 LW (1990-03-25)25 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.70 m 30 60 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
37 CB Mohammed Al-Abbas (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 24) 1.68 m 74 146 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
39 CB Hassan Al-Khadrawi (1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.74 m 18 46 Saudi Arabia Mudhar
57 CB Mojtaba Al-Salem (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.81 m 39 110 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor
87 CB Mohammed Al-Zaer (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.82 m 79 180 Saudi Arabia 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 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur
2 LW Federico Fernández (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 99 349 Argentina UNLu
3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.83 m 132 592 Argentina UNLu
4 CB Sebastián Simonet (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.90 m 81 345 Spain Ademar León
5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 36) 1.92 m 132 68 Argentina
6 CB Diego Simonet (1989-12-26)26 December 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 90 458 France Montpellier
8 LB Pablo Simonet (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 24) 1.85 m 53 118 Spain
9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 34) 1.97 m 164 244 France
10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 105 249 Spain Ademar León
11 P Lucas Moscariello (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m 22 58 Spain Villa de Aranda
12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 35) 1.90 m 198 5 France
13 CB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 104 309 Argentina UNLu
15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 37) 1.90 m 207 462 Spain Ademar León
18 LW Adrián Portela (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 30) 1.85 m 42 116 Argentina River Plate
23 CB Julián Souto Cueto (1992-10-01)1 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.81 m 37 148 Argentina
24 LB Sebastien Dechamps (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.84 m 15 65 Argentina Quilmes
25 RW Pablo Vainstein (1987-07-18)18 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 40 55 Spain 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 Bahrain Al-Najma
7 RB Ali Merza (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.79 m 65 360 Bahrain Al-Najma
8 P Hasan Shebab (1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 55 250 Bahrain Al-Najma
9 RW Hasan Al-Samahiji (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 25) 1.74 m 50 270 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
12 GK Husain Al-Qaidoom (1986-11-21)21 November 1986 (aged 30) 1.65 m 30 0 Bahrain Bahrain SC
14 LW Mahmood Abdulqader (1983-10-04)4 October 1983 (aged 33) 1.76 m 65 450 Bahrain
19 P Mohamed Merza (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.93 m 45 210 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
21 GK Mohamed Abdulhusain (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 112 30 Bahrain Al-Najma
27 RW Bilal Basham (1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.77 m 35 155 Bahrain Al-Najma
50 LB Ahmed Al-Maqabi (1994-10-26)26 October 1994 (aged 22) 1.75 m 45 165 Bahrain
51 LB Mohamed Al-Maqabi (1988-07-14)14 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.81 m 75 160 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
66 LB Komail Mahfoodh (1992-04-28)28 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.77 m 30 150 Bahrain Al-Najma
77 LB Jasim Al-Salatna (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 90 550 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
86 GK Ali Khamis (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 30) 1.80 m 50 6 Saudi Arabia Ettifaq FC
89 LW Mahdi Saad (1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.77 m 50 230 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
93 RW Mohamed Habib (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.85 m 78 480 Bahrain
99 CB Husain Al-Sayyad (1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.75 m 117 650 Saudi Arabia Al-Noor

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 Germany THW Kiel
3 RB Niclas Kirkeløkke (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 5 8 Denmark GOG Håndbold
4 LW Magnus Landin Jacobsen (1995-08-20)20 August 1995 (aged 21) 1.96 m 11 18 Denmark KIF Kolding København
5 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 25) 1.88 m 81 174 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 27) 1.90 m 87 249 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 36) 1.99 m 217 440 Spain FC Barcelona
16 GK Jannick Green (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 28) 1.95 m 85 1 Germany SC Magdeburg
17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 33) 1.85 m 171 378 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 35) 1.88 m 232 628 Germany Füchse Berlin
19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 32) 2.00 m 114 175 Germany THW Kiel
21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 32) 1.96 m 105 144 France Paris Saint-Germain
22 RB Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 35) 1.92 m 176 376 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
23 P Henrik Toft Hansen (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 30) 2.00 m 93 172 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 29) 1.92 m 163 774 France Paris Saint-Germain
25 CB Morten Olsen (1984-10-11)11 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.84 m 48 141 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
27 LB Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.92 m 45 102 Germany SC Magdeburg
28 CB Lasse Andersson (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 13 17 Spain 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 Egypt Al Ahly
5 RW Yahia Omar (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 19) 1.98 m 37 97 Egypt Zamalek SC
8 P Mahmoud Ramadan (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 32) 1.85 m 178 633 Egypt Al Ahly
9 CB Eslam Issa (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.90 m 233 655 Egypt Al Ahly
10 RB Abouelfetoh Abdelrazek (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.93 m 125 457 Egypt Smouha SC
17 LW Ahmed Khairy (1994-09-15)15 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.88 m 66 178 Egypt
19 CB Mohamed El-Bassiouny (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 136 399 Egypt Alexandria SC
24 P Ibrahim El-Masry (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.95 m 133 178 Egypt Al Ahly
28 LB Abdelrahman Abdou (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 20) 1.92 m 29 89 Egypt Al Ahly
39 LB Yehia El-Deraa (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 21) 1.90 m 77 266 Egypt
66 RB Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 32) 1.89 m 377 723 Egypt Zamalek
86 GK Hady Shahin (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 30) 1.96 m 180 0 Egypt Heliopolis SC
88 GK Karim Handawy (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 190 0 Egypt Al Ahly
89 P Mohamed Mamdouh (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 189 522 France
91 RW Mohamed Sanad (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.91 m 150 567 Spain Ciudad de Logroño
92 LW Karim Abdelrahim (1992-10-27)27 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.87 m 72 145 Egypt 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 Qatar El Jaish
5 RB Mustafa Alsaltialkrad (1987-03-16)16 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.86 m 14 22 Qatar Al Sadd
7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 46 81 Qatar Lekhwiya
9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 29) 1.98 m 40 170 Qatar El Jaish
10 RW Abdulla Al-Karbi (1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.77 m 42 112 Qatar Al Sadd
11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 78 180 Qatar Al-Gharafa
12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 39) 1.95 m 28 0 Qatar
13 RB Ahmed Abdelhak (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 28) 1.85 m 7 17 Qatar Al-Gharafa
14 P Bassel Al-Rayes (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 37) 1.80 m 45 159 Qatar Al-Rayan
20 CB Omar Al-Safadi (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.82 m 23 48 Qatar Al-Rayan
24 LB Wajdi Sinen (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 26) 1.93 m 60 221 Qatar Lekhwiya
25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 25) 1.80 m 68 120 Qatar El Jaish
31 LW Ahmad Madadi (1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 23 60 Qatar Lekhwiya
41 P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 29) 1.93 m 37 94 Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis
55 CB Abdelrahman Abdalla (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 23) 1.89 m 23 38 Qatar El Jaish
85 GK Yousuf Al-Abdulla (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 31) 1.78 m 33 0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
86 CB Mahmoud Hassaballa (1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 30) 1.84 m 31 70 Qatar Al Sadd
92 LW Anis Zouaoui (1992-02-07)7 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.84 m 2 10 Qatar 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 Sweden Lugi HF
7 P Max Darj (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 25) 1.92 m 10 9 Sweden Alingsås HK
9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 21) 1.82 m 15 51 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 28) 1.91 m 140 563 Germany THW Kiel
12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986-07-10)10 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 61 0 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
14 CB Jesper Konradsson (1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.84 m 30 39 Sweden Alingsås HK
18 P Fredric Pettersson (1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 27) 2.01 m 14 25 France Fenix Toulouse
20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 49 1 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
21 LW Emil Frend Öfors (1994-09-13)13 September 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 0 0 Sweden Alingsås HK
23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.86 m 10 17 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.91 m 37 120 Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
28 LB Philip Stenmalm (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 24) 2.00 m 33 56 Denmark KIF Kolding København
32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 26) 1.78 m 88 162 Germany Füchse Berlin
35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.97 m 107 241 Hungary MVM Veszprém
36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 27) 2.00 m 78 90 France Paris Saint-Germain
65 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 20) 1.94 m 29 76 Germany 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 Germany 51 37
France France 41 28
Spain Spain 31 24
Poland Poland 23 8
Hungary Hungary 22 9
Saudi Arabia 6
Qatar 18 3
Denmark Denmark 14 12
Tunisia Tunisia 1
Egypt Egypt 0
Japan Japan
Angola Angola 13 0
North Macedonia Macedonia 12 6
Belarus Belarus 2
Croatia Croatia 11 4

Player representation by club[]

Clubs with 8 or more players represented are listed.

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

Coaches representation by country[]

Coaches in bold represented their own country.

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

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