2018 European Men's Handball Championship squads

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This article displays the squads for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.[1]

Age, club, caps and goals as of 12 January 2018.

Croatia

A 22-player squad was announced on 31 December 2017.[2] The final squad was revealed on 11 January 2018.[3] Two days later, Domagoj Duvnjak has been replaced by Denis Buntić due to an injury in the match against Serbia.[4] Ivan Pešić replaced Mirko Alilović on 16 January 2018.[5] Two days later, Marino Marić replaced Denis Buntić.[6] Alilović rejoined the squad on 20 January 2018 and replaced Ivan Pešić.[7] Igor Vori and Jakov Gojun were replaced six days later by Tin Kontrec and Halil Jaganjac.[8]

Head coach: Lino Červar

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Ivan Stevanović (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 35) 1.93 m 50 1 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
2 LW Lovro Mihić (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 23) 1.80 m 19 30 Poland Wisła Płock
3 P Marino Marić (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 27) 1.96 m 46 96 Germany MT Melsungen
5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 29) 1.97 m 184 602 Germany THW Kiel
7 RB Luka Stepančić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 27) 2.03 m 55 119 France Paris Saint-Germain
8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 31) 2.10 m 147 305 Germany Füchse Berlin
9 P Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 37) 2.03 m 240 587 Croatia RK Zagreb
10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 31) 2.04 m 161 80 Germany Füchse Berlin
12 GK Ivan Pešić (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 28) 1.93 m 41 1 Belarus Meshkov Brest
13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 33) 1.79 m 147 436 Croatia RK Zagreb
18 CB Igor Karačić (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 29) 1.89 m 51 126 North Macedonia RK Vardar
20 P Tin Kontrec (1989-09-09)9 September 1989 (aged 28) 1.96 m 15 20 Croatia RK Zagreb
21 RB Denis Buntić (1982-11-13)13 November 1982 (aged 35) 1.99 m 129 290 Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged
23 LB Stipe Mandalinić (1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 25) 1.95 m 31 36 Germany Füchse Berlin
25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 32) 2.00 m 164 0 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 29) 1.81 m 135 466 Poland PGE Vive Kielce
27 RW Ivan Ćupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 31) 1.78 m 137 511 North Macedonia RK Vardar
28 P Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 32) 2.00 m 97 72 Germany SC Magdeburg
30 LB Marko Mamić (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 23) 2.00 m 38 60 Poland PGE Vive Kielce
33 CB Luka Cindrić (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 24) 1.82 m 37 83 North Macedonia RK Vardar
45 LB Halil Jaganjac (1998-06-22)22 June 1998 (aged 19) 2.00 m 2 0 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje

Iceland

The squad was announced on 16 December 2017.[9]

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 32) 1.93 m 198 10 Iceland Haukar
3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 33) 1.92 m 132 151 Iceland ÍBV
4 CB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 27) 1.93 m 115 449 Spain FC Barcelona
5 RB Rúnar Kárason (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 29) 1.96 m 88 214 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 33) 1.94 m 252 420 France USAM Nîmes
7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 33) 1.91 m 200 437 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold
8 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.91 m 39 85 Germany Füchse Berlin
9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 38) 1.87 m 343 1798 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
11 CB Ýmir Örn Gíslason (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 20) 1.97 m 9 1 Iceland Valur
13 LB Ólafur Guðmundsson (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.94 m 93 153 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
14 RB Ómar Ingi Magnússon (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 20) 1.86 m 21 60 Denmark Aarhus Håndbold
17 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 30) 1.79 m 81 191 Germany Bergischer HC
20 GK Ágúst Elí Björgvinsson (1995-04-11)11 April 1995 (aged 22) 1.90 m 7 0 Iceland FH
21 P Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (1996-03-14)14 March 1996 (aged 21) 2.01 m 24 34 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 29) 2.01 m 64 17 Iceland Stjarnan
33 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 23) 1.84 m 21 33 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold

Serbia

The squad was announced on 11 January 2018.[10] Nikola Crnoglavac replaced Marko Vujin on 16 January 2018 due to an injury.[11] Dobrivoje Marković was replaced by Darko Stevanović six days later.[12] Vanja Ilić was added to the squad on 24 January 2018 to replace Milan Jovanović.[13]

Head coach: Jovica Cvetković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 LB Žarko Šešum (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 31) 1.96 m 139 370 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
7 CB Stefan Vujić (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 (aged 26) 1.92 m 3 6 Romania Steaua București
10 RW Darko Ðukić (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 (aged 23) 1.91 m 36 108 Poland PGE Vive Kielce
11 P Bojan Beljanski (1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 31) 2.02 m 66 63 Austria Bregenz Handball
13 CB Petar Nenadić (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 31) 1.98 m 78 213 Germany Füchse Berlin
14 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 24) 1.86 m 24 40 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
15 LW Dobrivoje Marković (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 31) 1.88 m 110 223 Croatia RK Zagreb
17 LB Petar Đorđić (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 27) 1.97 m 16 54 Belarus Meshkov Brest
19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.77 m 58 93 France Fenix Toulouse
21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 24) 1.87 m 4 4 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
23 RB Nikola Crnoglavac (1992-04-22)22 April 1992 (aged 25) 1.95 m 5 6 Romania Dobrogea Sud Constanța
24 LB Milan Jovanović (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 19) 1.96 m 5 8 Serbia RK Vojvodina
25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 27) 1.94 m 56 132 Germany SC Magdeburg
33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 24) 2.03 m 65 108 North Macedonia RK Vardar
35 LB Darko Stevanović (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 21) 1.96 m 5 5 Serbia RK Partizan
41 RB Marko Vujin (1984-12-07)7 December 1984 (aged 33) 1.99 m 126 489 Germany THW Kiel
42 CB Nemanja Obradović (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 27) 2.00 m 9 9 Poland Wisła Płock
76 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 (aged 23) 1.98 m 12 0 Spain Ademar León
90 GK Tibor Ivanišević (1990-08-16)16 August 1990 (aged 27) 1.98 m 11 0 Denmark Skjern Håndbold

Sweden

The squad was announced on 21 December 2017.[14] Viktor Östlund replaced Johan Jakobsson on 24 January 2018.[15] Two days later, Albin Lagergren was replaced by Andreas Cederholm.[16]

Head coach: Kristján Andrésson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Philip Henningsson (1995-06-14)14 June 1995 (aged 22) 1.96 m 6 6 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
5 LB Simon Jeppsson (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 22) 2.03 m 19 44 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
7 P Max Darj (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 26) 1.92 m 25 12 Germany Bergischer HC
9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 22) 1.82 m 35 116 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 29) 1.91 m 155 646 Germany THW Kiel
12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986-07-10)10 July 1986 (aged 31) 1.89 m 73 1 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
15 LW Hampus Wanne (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 24) 1.85 m 6 10 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
18 P Fredric Pettersson (1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 28) 2.01 m 29 38 France Fenix Toulouse
19 RB Johan Jakobsson (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 30) 1.95 m 116 255 Sweden IK Sävehof
20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 28) 1.91 m 61 1 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 25) 1.86 m 25 62 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 25) 1.91 m 52 187 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
25 CB Linus Arnesson (1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.88 m 6 6 Germany Bergischer HC
29 RB Andreas Cederholm (1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.86 m 38 66 Germany GWD Minden
31 LB Viktor Östlund (1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 25) 1.98 m 38 96 Denmark TTH Holstebro
32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 27) 1.78 m 104 222 Germany Füchse Berlin
36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 28) 2.00 m 87 108 France Paris Saint-Germain
65 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 21) 1.94 m 42 106 Germany THW Kiel

Group B

Austria

A 17-player squad was announced on 26 December 2017.[17] On 15 January 2018, Alexander Hermann was replaced by Thomas Kandolf due to an injury.[18]

Head coach: Patrekur Jóhannesson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Thomas Bauer (1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 31) 1.90 m 132 0 France Massy Essonne
2 LB Alexander Hermann (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 26) 1.92 m 69 107 Germany HSG Wetzlar
5 CB Vytautas Žiūra (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 38) 1.89 m 96 208 Austria Fivers Margareten
7 RB Janko Božović (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 32) 2.04 m 126 311 Portugal Sporting CP
20 LW Sebastian Frimmel (1995-12-18)18 December 1995 (aged 22) 1.90 m 31 66 Austria SG West Wien
26 RW Julian Ranftl (1996-02-17)17 February 1996 (aged 21) 1.84 m 11 9 Austria SG West Wien
28 RW Robert Weber (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 32) 1.79 m 155 680 Germany SC Magdeburg
32 CB Gerald Zeiner (1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 29) 1.91 m 27 56 Austria Alpla HC Hard
37 LW Tobias Schopf (1985-12-25)25 December 1985 (aged 32) 1.70 m 18 15 Austria UHK Krems
38 P Wilhelm Jelinek (1994-03-17)17 March 1994 (aged 23) 1.91 m 28 31 Austria SG West Wien
43 RB Thomas Kandolf (1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 24) 1.83 m 13 14 Austria Handball Tirol
53 CB Nikola Bilyk (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 21) 1.98 m 44 157 Germany THW Kiel
55 P Tobias Wagner (1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 22) 1.98 m 23 32 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
56 GK Kristian Pilipovic (1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 23) 1.90 m 14 0 Croatia Nexe Našice
85 P Lukas Herburger (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 23) 1.97 m 5 1 Austria Alpla HC Hard
94 LB Christoph Neuhold (1994-04-27)27 April 1994 (aged 23) 1.93 m 28 12 Germany ASV Hamm-Westfalen
95 LB Romas Kirveliavičius (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 29) 2.00 m 30 24 Germany HSC 2000 Coburg

Belarus

The squad was announced on 26 December 2017.[19] On 4 January 2018, 17 players were called up and 18 six days later.[20][21] Hleb Harbuz was replaced by Mikalai Aliokhin on 22 January 2018.[22]

Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 LB Uladzislau Kulesh (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 21) 2.00 m 37 107 Belarus SKA Minsk
4 P Maxim Babichev (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 31) 2.00 m 144 238 Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia
8 RB Siarhei Shylovich (1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 31) 1.95 m 129 413 Belarus Meshkov Brest
10 CB Barys Pukhouski (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 31) 1.84 m 174 758 Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia
12 GK Ivan Matskevich (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 26) 1.86 m 57 0 Belarus Meshkov Brest
15 RW Dzianis Rutenka (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 31) 1.86 m 112 283 Belarus Meshkov Brest
16 GK Viachaslau Saldatsenka (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 23) 1.88 m 29 1 Romania Odorheiu Secuiesc
18 RB Artur Karvatski (1996-01-21)21 January 1996 (aged 21) 1.96 m 18 51 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
23 LW Andrei Yurynok (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 21) 1.98 m 45 118 Belarus Meshkov Brest
24 RW Maksim Baranau (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 29) 1.88 m 123 300 Romania Odorheiu Secuiesc
47 CB Aliaksandr Padshyvalau (1996-03-08)8 March 1996 (aged 21) 1.88 m 26 44 Belarus SKA Minsk
50 P Artsem Karalek (1996-02-20)20 February 1996 (aged 21) 1.90 m 41 142 France Saint-Raphaël
55 LW Aliaksandr Tsitou (1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 31) 1.90 m 163 137 Finland Riihimäki Cocks
74 LB Viachaslau Bokhan (1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 21) 2.03 m 9 3 Belarus SKA Minsk
90 CB Hleb Harbuz (1994-03-17)17 March 1994 (aged 23) 1.90 m 4 3 Belarus SKA Minsk
95 CB Vadim Gayduchenko (1995-04-24)24 April 1995 (aged 22) 1.92 m 23 51 Romania Dinamo București
98 RB Mikalai Aliokhin (1998-04-09)9 April 1998 (aged 19) 1.90 m 8 11 Belarus SKA Minsk

France

A 21-player squad was announced on 8 December 2017.[23] It was down to 20, after Olivier Nyokas left the team with an injury on 29 December 2017.[24] The final squad was revealed on 8 January 2018.[25] Romain Lagarde and Luka Karabatić replaced Timothey N'Guessan and Benjamin Afgour on 20 January 2018.[26] Benjamin Afgour and Luka Karabatić rejoined the squad in favour of Timothey N'Guessan and Dika Mem on 28 January 2018.[27]

Head coach: Didier Dinart/Guillaume Gille

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Cyril Dumoulin (1984-02-02)2 February 1984 (aged 33) 2.00 m 65 0 France HBC Nantes
5 RB Nedim Remili (1995-07-18)18 July 1995 (aged 22) 1.95 m 33 94 France Paris Saint-Germain
7 LB Romain Lagarde (1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 20) 1.94 m 6 2 France HBC Nantes
10 RB Dika Mem (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 20) 1.94 m 16 21 Spain FC Barcelona
12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 31) 1.89 m 61 4 France Montpellier Handball
13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 33) 1.96 m 289 1149 France Paris Saint-Germain
14 LW Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 26) 1.86 m 81 261 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
17 LB Timothey N'Guessan (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 25) 1.96 m 55 97 Spain FC Barcelona
19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 33) 1.82 m 232 733 France Paris Saint-Germain
20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 33) 1.92 m 191 91 Spain FC Barcelona
21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 35) 1.80 m 250 882 France Montpellier Handball
22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 29) 2.02 m 73 2 France Paris Saint-Germain
25 P Benjamin Afgour (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 26) 1.95 m 9 17 France Montpellier Handball
26 CB Nicolas Claire (1987-07-10)10 July 1987 (aged 30) 1.90 m 19 22 France HBC Nantes
27 RB Adrien Dipanda (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 29) 2.02 m 42 67 France Saint-Raphaël
28 RB Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 27) 1.90 m 88 230 France Montpellier Handball
30 P Nicolas Tournat (1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 23) 2.00 m 8 7 France HBC Nantes
32 LW Raphaël Caucheteux (1985-05-09)9 May 1985 (aged 32) 2.02 m 3 10 France Saint-Raphaël

Norway

An 18-player squad was announced on 19 December 2017.[28] The final squad was revealed on 11 January 2018.[29] On 16 January 2018, Joakim Hykkerud replaced Espen Lie Hansen in the squad.[30] Two days later, Lie Hansen replaced Hykkerud.[31] Espen Christensen was replaced by Kristian Sæverås on 24 January 2018.[32]

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 22) 1.95 m 68 258 France Paris Saint-Germain
7 P Joakim Hykkerud (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 31) 1.94 m 78 71 Norway Drammen HK
8 P Bjarte Myrhol (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 35) 1.94 m 211 643 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
9 P Henrik Jakobsen (1992-12-16)16 December 1992 (aged 25) 1.96 m 16 15 Denmark GOG Håndbold
15 RB Kent Robin Tønnesen (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 26) 1.96 m 85 204 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
16 GK Espen Christensen (1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 32) 1.90 m 75 2 Germany GWD Minden
17 LW Magnus Jøndal (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 29) 1.87 m 111 303 Denmark GOG Håndbold
19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 29) 1.91 m 85 398 Germany HSG Wetzlar
21 P Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 26) 1.96 m 89 98 Germany GWD Minden
22 CB Gøran Sørheim (1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 27) 1.83 m 44 38 Norway Drammen HK
23 LB Gøran Johannessen (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 23) 1.94 m 35 57 Denmark GOG Håndbold
24 CB Christian O'Sullivan (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 26) 1.90 m 82 114 Germany SC Magdeburg
25 RB Eivind Tangen (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 24) 1.95 m 56 87 Denmark HC Midtjylland
27 RB Harald Reinkind (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 25) 2.01 m 68 143 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
30 GK Torbjørn Bergerud (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 23) 1.99 m 41 0 Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro
77 RB Magnus Abelvik Rød (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 (aged 20) 2.04 m 22 30 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
89 LB Espen Lie Hansen (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 28) 1.96 m 133 422 Denmark HC Midtjylland
96 GK Kristian Sæverås (1996-06-22)22 June 1996 (aged 21) 1.99 m 3 0 Sweden HK Malmö

Group C

Germany

A 20-player squad was announced on 15 December 2017.[33] The final squad was revealed on 7 January 2018.[34] On 17 January 2018, Bastian Roscheck was replaced by Finn Lemke.[35] Rune Dahmke replaced Maximilian Janke three days later.[36] Paul Drux was forced to leave due to an injury with Maximilian Janke replacing him on 22 January 2018.[37]

Head coach: Christian Prokop

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 31) 1.88 m 145 664 France Paris Saint-Germain
6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 25) 2.10 m 59 22 Germany MT Melsungen
7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 28) 2.00 m 107 243 Germany THW Kiel
9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 29) 1.88 m 69 200 Germany MT Melsungen
12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 33) 1.94 m 166 2 Germany Füchse Berlin
13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 26) 2.03 m 71 108 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 31) 1.91 m 100 252 Germany THW Kiel
19 P Bastian Roscheck (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 (aged 26) 1.90 m 2 1 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
20 CB Philipp Weber (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 25) 1.94 m 11 36 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
23 LB Steffen Fäth (1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 27) 1.95 m 57 118 Germany Füchse Berlin
24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 28) 1.89 m 117 317 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 28) 1.92 m 57 132 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
26 LB Maximilian Janke (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 24) 1.96 m 2 1 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 26) 1.98 m 58 8 Germany THW Kiel
34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 24) 1.90 m 32 64 Germany THW Kiel
35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 24) 1.98 m 37 124 Germany MT Melsungen
48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 22) 1.93 m 37 74 Germany HSG Wetzlar
95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 22) 1.92 m 58 114 Germany Füchse Berlin

North Macedonia

A 21-player squad was announced on 14 December 2017.[38] It was reduced to 19 on 10 January 2018.[39] Filip Lazarov was injured on 17 January 2018 and replaced by Velko Markoski.[40] Nikola Markoski was replaced after Filip Lazarov rejoined the squad four days later.[41] Goce Ojleski replaced Kiril Lazarov on 24 January 2018.[42]

Head coach: Raúl González

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Nikola Mitrevski (1985-10-03)3 October 1985 (aged 32) 1.88 m 56 0 Romania Dobrogea Sud
3 LW Dejan Manaskov (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 25) 1.80 m 38 117 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
4 RB Martin Velkovski (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 20) 1.91 m 1 0 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
5 P Stojanče Stoilov (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 30) 1.92 m 32 51 North Macedonia RK Vardar
7 RB Kiril Lazarov (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 37) 1.93 m 230 1603 France HBC Nantes
8 CB Nemanja Pribak (1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 33) 1.90 m 13 17 Turkey Beşiktaş
9 LB Aco Jonovski (1980-12-29)29 December 1980 (aged 37) 1.97 m 70 68 Germany SG Ratingen
11 LB Filip Taleski (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 21) 2.00 m 7 8 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
13 CB Filip Mirkulovski (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 34) 1.89 m 126 315 Germany HSG Wetzlar
14 LB Velko Markoski (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 31) 1.94 m 44 8 Romania Dobrogea Sud
16 GK Borko Ristovski (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 35) 1.90 m 118 3 Spain FC Barcelona
17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.96 m 10 10 Hungary Orosházi FKSE
18 CB Filip Kuzmanovski (1996-07-03)3 July 1996 (aged 21) 1.98 m 5 7 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
22 RW Goce Georgievski (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 30) 1.85 m 64 170 Romania CSM București
23 LB Filip Lazarov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 32) 1.97 m 47 133 Turkey Beşiktaş
26 LW Goce Ojleski (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 28) 1.88 m 27 21 North Macedonia Eurofarm Rabotnik
28 RW Martin Popovski (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 23) 1.77 m 4 2 North Macedonia RK Vardar
33 P Žarko Peševski (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 26) 1.95 m 11 17 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje

Montenegro

A 20-player squad was announced on 22 December 2017.[43] Mile Mijušković was replaced by Nebojša Simić on 15 January 2018.[44] Mirko Radović replaced Žarko Pejović two days later.[45]

Head coach: Dragan Đukić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Rade Mijatović (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 36) 1.92 m 54 2 Belarus Meshkov Brest
7 RB Stefan Čavor (1994-11-03)3 November 1994 (aged 23) 1.98 m 21 45 Germany HSG Wetzlar
8 P Vuk Lazović (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 29) 1.99 m 4 2 Romania Dunărea Călărași
9 CB Žarko Pejović (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 31) 1.91 m 25 14 Slovenia Gorenje Velenje
11 LW Igor Marković (1981-12-16)16 December 1981 (aged 36) 1.83 m 52 116 Hungary Komlói Bányász
12 GK Mile Mijušković (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 32) 1.92 m 16 0 Spain BM Benidorm
13 RW Mirko Radović (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 27) 1.86 m 30 21 Hungary Ceglédi KKSE
14 LW Miloš Vujović (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 24) 1.81 m 27 52 Hungary Tatabánya KC
15 RW Igor Radojevic (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 27) 1.91 m 7 1 Hungary Eger-Eszterházy SzSE
16 GK Nebojša Simić (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 24) 1.94 m 20 0 Germany MT Melsungen
18 P Nebojša Simović (1993-11-15)15 November 1993 (aged 24) 1.99 m 4 0 Hungary Dabas KC
20 LB Stevan Vujović (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 27) 1.90 m 25 46 Romania Dobrogea Sud
21 LB Vasko Ševaljević (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 29) 1.93 m 40 188 France Tremblay-en-France
24 LB Miloš Božović (1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 23) 1.99 m 12 19 Hungary Tatabánya KC
25 RW Marko Lasica (1988-05-30)30 May 1988 (aged 29) 1.88 m 32 31 Romania Politehnica Timișoara
32 CB Božo Anđelić (1992-03-16)16 March 1992 (aged 25) 1.86 m 16 17 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje
90 P Nemanja Grbović (1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 27) 1.84 m 39 81 Hungary Ceglédi KKSE
93 RB Vladan Lipovina (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24) 1.98 m 21 47 Germany TV Hüttenberg

Slovenia

A 21-player squad was announced on 14 December 2017.[46] Nik Henigman was replaced by Gregor Potočnik on 15 January 2018.[47] Patrik Leban and Urh Kastelic replaced Jan Grebenc and Urban Lesjak seven days later.[48]

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 31) 1.88 m 79 2 Croatia RK Zagreb
3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 23) 2.02 m 57 70 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
4 LW Matic Verdinek (1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 23) 1.88 m 4 8 Slovenia Gorenje Velenje
5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 22) 1.99 m 26 38 Slovenia RD Ribnica
6 RW Gašper Marguč (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 27) 1.81 m 89 312 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 33) 1.91 m 181 510 France Montpellier Handball
8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 21) 1.87 m 33 109 Poland PGE Vive Kielce
10 LB Gregor Potočnik (1992-08-22)22 August 1992 (aged 25) 1.96 m 7 7 Slovenia Gorenje Velenje
13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 27) 1.87 m 49 84 France Pays d’Aix UC
23 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-12)12 October 1991 (aged 26) 1.77 m 36 75 Germany THW Kiel
25 CB Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 31) 1.85 m 105 190 Germany SC Magdeburg
30 LB Jan Grebenc (1992-08-18)18 August 1992 (aged 25) 1.94 m 11 22 Slovenia Gorenje Velenje
33 P Igor Žabič (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 (aged 25) 2.01 m 6 9 Poland Wisła Płock
51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 25) 2.03 m 77 161 Slovenia RK Celje
55 RB Žiga Mlakar (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 27) 1.92 m 10 18 Slovenia RK Celje
57 CB Patrik Leban (1989-09-07)7 September 1989 (aged 28) 1.87 m 6 10 Croatia Nexe Našice
90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 27) 1.87 m 36 0 Slovenia RK Celje
95 P Matic Suholežnik (1995-05-02)2 May 1995 (aged 22) 2.02 m 0 0 Slovenia RK Celje
99 GK Urh Kastelic (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 21) 2.01 m 13 3 Croatia RK Zagreb

Group D

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