2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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