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2015 World Men's Handball Championship squads

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This article displays the squads for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players. Yet, two players might be replaced, Every player who played is listed, thus some lists have more than 16. ^{[citation needed]}

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2015 World Men's Handball Championship squads
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Age, caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2015.

Group A

Belarus

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 19 December 2014.^[1]

Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	LW	Ivan Brouka	(1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (aged 34)	1.78 m	138	510	SKA Minsk
4	P	Maxim Babichev	(1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 28)	2.00 m	104	174	Meshkov Brest
8	LW	Dzmitry Kamyshyk	(1990-05-01)1 May 1990 (aged 24)	2.00 m	61	145	Meshkov Brest
9	RB	Aleh Astrashapkin	(1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 22)	1.90 m	6	4	Meshkov Brest
10	CB	Barys Pukhouski	(1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 28)	1.84 m	117	503	Csurgó
12	GK	Ivan Matskevich	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 23)	1.86 m	11	0	SKA Minsk
13	RB	Kiryl Kniazeu	(1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 24)	1.95 m	31	62	SKA Minsk
14	LB	Siarhei Rutenka	(1981-08-29)29 August 1981 (aged 33)	1.98 m	49	317	Barcelona
15	RW	Dzianis Rutenka	(1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 28)	1.90 m	72	179	Meshkov Brest
17	CB	Dzmitry Nikulenkau	(1984-07-12)12 July 1984 (aged 30)	1.88 m	65	199	Meshkov Brest
18	RB	Siarhei Shylovich	(1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 28)	1.95 m	80	258	Meshkov Brest
19	P	Mikhail Niazhura	(1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 34)	2.00 m	63	8	Gomel
20	LB	Dzmitry Chystabayeu	(1986-12-23)23 December 1986 (aged 28)	2.00 m	56	36	Permskie Medvedi
21	GK	Vitali Charapenka	(1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 30)	1.93 m	60	0	Meshkov Brest
22	P	Viachaslau Shumak	(1988-12-22)22 December 1988 (aged 26)	2.03 m	60	110	Meshkov Brest
24	RW	Maksim Baranau	(1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 26)	1.88 m	84	193	Meshkov Brest
55	P	Aliaksandr Tsitou	(1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 28)	1.90 m	107	104	Motor Zaporizhzhia

Brazil

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2014.^[2] On 31 December 2014, 17 players were nominated.^[3]

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	CB	Henrique Teixeira	(1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25)	1.92 m	66	102	Taubaté
3	RB	Fernando Pacheco Filho	(1983-05-25)25 May 1983 (aged 31)	1.90 m	148	455	EC Pinheiros
4	CB	João Pedro Silva	(1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 20)	1.90 m	24	40	Ademar León
7	LB	Guilherme Gama	(1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 23)	1.92 m	40	65	Fraikin Granollers
9	RW	Lucas Cândido	(1989-03-19)19 March 1989 (aged 25)	1.82 m	30	60	Taubaté
10	RB	José Toledo	(1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 21)	1.93 m	23	65	Fraikin Granollers
13	CB	Diogo Hubner	(1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 31)	1.88 m	55	95	Taubaté
14	LB	Thiagus dos Santos	(1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 25)	1.99 m	74	120	Logroño
15	LB	Arthur Patrianova	(1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 21)	1.90 m	34	71	Villa de Aranda
17	P	Alexandro Pozzer	(1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 26)	1.92 m	37	54	Guadalajara
18	LW	Felipe Ribeiro	(1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 29)	1.85 m	169	597	Montpellier
19	RW	Fábio Chiuffa	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 25)	1.87 m	76	128	Guadalajara
21	RB	Gustavo Cardoso	(1982-01-09)9 January 1982 (aged 33)	1.92 m	92	210	Taubaté
25	P	Vinícius Teixeira	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 26)	1.90 m	99	161	EC Pinheiros
81	GK	Luís Ricardo Nascimento	(1981-09-24)24 September 1981 (aged 33)	2.00 m	103	0	Taubaté
89	GK	César Almeida	(1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 26)	1.87 m	35	0	Guadalajara

Chile

A 28-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.^[4]

Head coach: Fernando Capurro

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Felipe Barrientos	(1984-06-12)12 June 1984 (aged 30)	1.87 m	75	1	Italiano
2	LW	Sebastián Ceballos	(1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 22)	1.75 m	16	31	Zamora
5	CB	Nicolás Jofre	(1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 30)	1.80 m	73	66	Santiago Steel
6	RB	Rodrigo Díaz	(1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 26)	1.95 m	32	60	Italiano
7	LB	Diego Reyes	(1992-07-24)24 July 1992 (aged 22)	1.82 m	37	59	Zamora
8	RW	Erik Caniu	(1988-10-02)2 October 1988 (aged 26)	1.85 m	5	9	Luterano
9	LW	Benjamín Callejas	(1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.70 m	10	14	Ovalle
10	CB	Cristián Moll Ramírez	(1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 21)	1.85 m	32	44	Pedro Alonso Niño
11	L	Esteban Salinas	(1992-01-18)18 January 1992 (aged 22)	1.80 m	41	92	Zamora
12	GK	Felipe García	(1993-10-20)20 October 1993 (aged 21)	1.88 m	17	0	Santiago Steel
13	CB	Guillermo Araya	(1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 29)	1.85 m	73	90	Ovalle
15	L	Cristóbal del Río	(1988-03-11)11 March 1988 (aged 26)	1.95 m	38	41	Santiago Steel
16	GK	René Oliva	(1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 27)	1.96 m	48	0	Ovalle
17	RB	Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz	(1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 25)	1.88 m	62	172	Steaua București
18	LB	Cornejo Rodolfo	(1983-09-07)7 September 1983 (aged 31)	1.90 m	18	30	Santiago Steel
19	RW	Francisco Salazar	(1992-08-04)4 August 1992 (aged 22)	1.78 m	14	25	Octavio Pilotes Posada
23	LB	Javier Frelijj	(1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 23)	1.90 m	5	24	Luterano
29	L	Marco Oneto (c)	(1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 32)	2.04 m	87	195	GWD Minden

Qatar

A 28-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.^[5]

Head coach: Valero Rivera

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	LB	Žarko Marković	(1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 28)	1.96 m	0	0	El Jaish
4	LB	Hassan Mabrouk	(1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 32)	1.90 m	27	55	El Jaish
7	LB	Bertrand Roiné	(1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 33)	1.98 m	11	35	Lekhwiya
9	RB	Rafael Capote	(1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 27)	1.96 m	15	51	El Jaish
10	RW	Abdulla Al-Karbi	(1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 24)	1.77 m	33	105	Al Sadd
11	LW	Abdulrazzaq Murad	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 24)	1.86 m	59	122	Al-Gharafa
12	GK	Danijel Šarić	(1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 37)	1.95 m	0	0	Barcelona
13	RW	Eldar Memišević	(1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 22)	1.78 m	84	171	El Jaish
16	GK	Goran Stojanović	(1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 37)	1.91 m	15	0	El Jaish
19	P	Borja Vidal	(1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (aged 33)	2.06 m	15	38	Al-Qiyada
20	LB	Jovo Damjanović	(1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 27)	1.91 m	26	34	El Jaish
25	CB	Kamalaldin Mallash	(1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 23)	1.80 m	28	83	El Jaish
41	P	Youssef Benali	(1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 27)	1.93 m	15	51	Lekhwiya
66	LW	Hamad Madadi	(1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 26)	1.78 m	38	200	Lekhwiya
77	RB	Hadi Hamdoon	(1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 22)	1.83 m	55	167	El Jaish
86	CB	Mahmoud Hassab Alla	(1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 28)	1.82 m	8	24	Al Sadd
94	LB	Ameen Zakkar	(1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 20)	1.95 m	26	42	Al-Noor

Slovenia

A 26-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.^[6] It was trimmed down to 22 on 2 January 2015.^[7] On 7 January 2015, 19 players were nominated.^[8]

Head coach: Boris Denič

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
7	RB	Vid Kavtičnik	(1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 30)	1.91 m	134	399	Montpellier
9	RB	Jure Natek	(1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 32)	1.93 m	138	353	SC Magdeburg
10	LB	Klemen Cehte	(1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 28)	1.96 m	25	57	Pays d'Aix UCH
11	RB	Jure Dolenec	(1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 26)	1.90 m	66	259	Montpellier
12	GK	Gorazd Škof	(1977-07-11)11 July 1977 (aged 37)	1.88 m	155	0	Nantes
13	LB	David Špiler	(1983-01-02)2 January 1983 (aged 32)	1.90 m	120	278	Meshkov Brest
14	CB	Sebastian Skube	(1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 27)	1.89 m	95	220	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
16	GK	Primož Prošt	(1983-07-14)14 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.86 m	68	0	Frisch Auf Göppingen
19	P	Miha Žvižej	(1987-11-06)6 November 1987 (aged 27)	1.93 m	79	185	Fenix Toulouse
20	LW	Luka Žvižej	(1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 34)	1.85 m	191	637	Celje
21	P	Blaž Blagotinšek	(1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 20)	2.02 m	4	2	Celje
22	P	Matej Gaber	(1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 23)	1.97 m	52	55	Montpellier
23	CB	Uroš Zorman (c)	(1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 35)	1.90 m	190	467	Vive Targi Kielce
25	CB	Marko Bezjak	(1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 28)	1.84 m	60	82	SC Magdeburg
27	LB	Miladin Kozlina	(1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 31)	1.98 m	105	235	GWD Minden
30	RW	Dragan Gajić	(1984-07-21)21 July 1984 (aged 30)	1.88 m	130	512	Montpellier
33	P	Uroš Bundalo	(1989-04-29)29 April 1989 (aged 25)	1.98 m	43	44	Tremblay-en-France
44	CB	Dean Bombač	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 25)	1.89 m	35	50	MOL-Pick Szeged

Spain

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 16 December 2014.^[9] On 29 December 2014 an 18-player list was published.^[10] On 12 January 2015, the final 16-player squad was announced.^[11]

Head coach: Manolo Cadenas

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
4	RW	Albert Rocas	(1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 32)	1.88 m	162	555	Logroño
5	RB	Jorge Maqueda	(1988-02-06)6 February 1988 (aged 26)	1.97 m	87	214	Nantes
8	RW	Víctor Tomás	(1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 29)	1.78 m	131	430	Barcelona
9	CB	Raúl Entrerríos (c)	(1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 33)	1.93 m	184	402	Barcelona
12	GK	José Manuel Sierra	(1978-05-21)21 May 1978 (aged 36)	1.94 m	111	0	MOL-Pick Szeged
13	P	Julen Aguinagalde	(1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 32)	1.95 m	120	328	Vive Targi Kielce
15	LW	Cristian Ugalde	(1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 27)	1.87 m	105	235	MKB-MVM Veszprém
19	P	Juan Andreu	(1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 29)	1.97 m	38	74	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
20	CB	Chema Rodríguez	(1980-01-05)5 January 1980 (aged 35)	1.87 m	113	150	MKB-MVM Veszprém
21	CB	Joan Cañellas	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 28)	1.98 m	104	282	THW Kiel
24	LB	Viran Morros	(1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 31)	1.99 m	137	133	Barcelona
26	LB	Antonio García Robledo	(1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 30)	1.91 m	47	91	MOL-Pick Szeged
28	LW	Valero Rivera Folch	(1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 29)	1.85 m	45	125	Nantes
30	P	Gedeón Guardiola	(1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 30)	2.00 m	61	76	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
33	GK	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas	(1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 24)	1.89 m	125	0	Barcelona
40	RB	Alex Dujshebaev	(1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 22)	1.87 m	7	13	Vardar

Group B

Austria

A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 2 January 2015.^[12] On 9 January 2015, an 18-player squad was announced.^[13]

Head coach: Patrekur Jóhannesson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Thomas Bauer	(1986-01-24)24 January 1986 (aged 28)	1.90 m	91	0	TBV Lemgo
2	LB	Alexander Hermann	(1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 23)	1.92 m	34	44	SG West Wien
4	RB	Maximilian Hermann	(1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 23)	1.94 m	32	62	Bergischer HC
5	CB	Vytautas Žiūra	(1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 35)	1.89 m	79	171	Fivers Margareten
7	RB	Janko Bozovic	(1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29)	2.04 m	85	197	Meshkov Brest
10	RB	Lucas Mayer	(1983-02-16)16 February 1983 (aged 31)	1.86 m	70	147	Bregenz
12	GK	Nikola Marinovic	(1976-08-29)29 August 1976 (aged 38)	1.98 m	143	0	Frisch Auf Göppingen
14	CB	Viktor Szilágyi	(1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 36)	1.95 m	187	853	Bergischer HC
15	P	Fabian Posch	(1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 27)	1.98 m	80	96	SG West Wien
21	LB	Roland Schlinger	(1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 32)	1.92 m	160	584	Alpla HC Hard
22	P	Markus Wagesreiter	(1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 33)	1.98 m	134	107	SG West Wien
25	LW	Dominik Ascherbauer	(1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 25)	1.91 m	6	14	HC Linz
27	RW	Marian Klopcic	(1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 22)	1.84 m	17	14	Bregenz
28	RW	Robert Weber	(1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 29)	1.79 m	125	497	SC Magdeburg
53	CB	Nikola Bilyk	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 18)	1.98 m	5	6	Fivers Margareten
92	LW	Raul Santos	(1992-06-01)1 June 1992 (aged 22)	1.80 m	45	170	VfL Gummersbach
95	LB	Romas Kirveliavičius	(1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 26)	2.00 m	4	3	SG BBM Bietigheim

Bosnia and Herzegovina

A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 17 December 2014.^[14] It was trimmed down to 20 on 30 December 2014.^[15]

Head coach: Dragan Marković

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nebojša Grahovac	(1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 30)	1.91 m	64	1	Chartres
2	RW	Faruk Vražalić	(1990-06-22)22 June 1990 (aged 24)	1.83 m	29	107	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
3	LW	Alen Ovčina	(1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25)	1.90 m	10	28	Al-Shamal
4	CB	Josip Perić	(1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 22)	1.80 m	6	6	Tatabánya
5	LW	Mirko Mikić	(1985-08-23)23 August 1985 (aged 29)	1.85 m	20	23	Borac Banja Luka
8	P	Senjamin Burić	(1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 24)	1.96 m	31	31	Gorenje
11	CB	Stefan Janković	(1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 22)	1.89 m	2	0	Borac Banja Luka
12	GK	Benjamin Burić	(1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 24)	1.97 m	25	0	Gorenje
13	RB	Kosta Savić	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 27)	1.92 m	28	54	Azoty-Puławy
14	LB	Mirsad Terzić	(1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.96 m	114	388	MKB-MVM Veszprém
15	P	Muhamed Toromanović (c)	(1984-04-09)9 April 1984 (aged 30)	1.94 m	111	383	US Créteil
16	GK	Peđa Dejanović	(1982-03-06)6 March 1982 (aged 32)	1.89 m	4	0	Bidasoa Irún
17	LB	Duško Čelica	(1986-08-16)16 August 1986 (aged 28)	1.98 m	23	50	Zagreb
18	CB	Ivan Karačić	(1985-05-26)26 May 1985 (aged 29)	1.90 m	30	75	Meshkov Brest
19	LB	Nikola Prce	(1980-08-31)31 August 1980 (aged 34)	2.00 m	66	232	Azoty-Puławy
21	P	Vladimir Vranješ	(1988-12-14)14 December 1988 (aged 26)	2.02 m	33	32	MOL-Pick Szeged
22	RB	Dejan Malinović	(1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 22)	1.91 m	19	47	US Créteil
24	RW	Muhamed Zulfić	(1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 22)	1.88 m	0	0	Bosna Sarajevo

Croatia

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2014.^[16] An 18-player squad was announced on 30 December 2014.^[17] A final 16-player squad was announced on 13 January 2015.^[18]

Head coach: Slavko Goluža

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
5	CB	Domagoj Duvnjak	(1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 26)	1.97 m	136	435	THW Kiel
7	RB	Luka Stepančić	(1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 24)	2.03 m	16	26	Zagreb
8	RB	Marko Kopljar	(1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 28)	2.10 m	109	210	Paris Saint-Germain
9	P	Igor Vori (c)	(1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 34)	2.03 m	223	562	Paris Saint-Germain
10	LB	Jakov Gojun	(1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 28)	2.04 m	108	66	Paris Saint-Germain
13	RW	Zlatko Horvat	(1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 30)	1.79 m	98	246	Zagreb
16	GK	Filip Ivić	(1992-08-30)30 August 1992 (aged 22)	1.95 m	17	0	Zagreb
18	CB	Igor Karačić	(1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 26)	1.89 m	10	37	Vardar
20	LB	Damir Bičanić	(1985-06-29)29 June 1985 (aged 29)	1.94 m	78	153	Chambéry
25	GK	Mirko Alilović	(1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 29)	2.00 m	137	0	MKB-MVM Veszprém
26	LW	Manuel Štrlek	(1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 26)	1.81 m	82	259	Vive Targi Kielce
27	RW	Ivan Čupić	(1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 28)	1.78 m	97	378	Vive Targi Kielce
28	P	Željko Musa	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 29)	2.00 m	73	48	Vive Targi Kielce
29	LW	Ivan Ninčević	(1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 33)	1.84 m	65	96	Beşiktaş
32	LB	Ivan Slišković	(1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 23)	1.97 m	20	49	Celje
34	P	Ilija Brozović	(1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 23)	1.95 m	0	0	Zagreb

Iran

A 22-player preliminary squad was announced on 28 December 2014.^[19] An 18-player squad was revealed on 13 January 2015.^[20]

Head coach: Borut Maček

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	LW	Mojtaba Heidarpour	(1988-09-20)20 September 1988 (aged 26)	1.80 m	21	75	Samen Sabzevar
3	LB	Mohammad Reza Rajabi	(1986-01-10)10 January 1986 (aged 29)	1.90 m	145	662	Naft Al-Janoob
4	RW	Milad Masaeli	(1988-05-28)28 May 1988 (aged 26)	1.92 m	72	245	Samen Sabzevar
5	RB	Shahoo Nosrati	(1989-01-16)16 January 1989 (aged 25)	1.87 m	unknown	unknown	HC Buzău
6	LB	Sajjad Esteki	(1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 24)	1.90 m	63	350	Samen Sabzevar
7	CB	Pouya Norouzinejad	(1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 20)	1.89 m	27	70	Magnesium Ferdows
8	P	Alireza Mousavi	(1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 24)	1.97 m	97	360	Tatabánya
9	P	Mehdi Bijari	(1983-12-05)5 December 1983 (aged 31)	1.91 m	47	95	Samen Sabzevar
10	CB	Allahkaram Esteki	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 26)	1.94 m	95	437	Samen Sabzevar
17	P	Mojtaba Karamian	(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 25)	1.98 m	23	98	Magnesium Ferdows
18	LW	Ehsan Abouei	(1990-03-05)5 March 1990 (aged 24)	1.76 m	35	180	Shahrdari Tabriz
20	LW	Amin Kazemi	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 26)	1.86 m	57	195	Bafgh Yazd
22	RB	Sajjad Nadri	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.94 m	40	182	Samen Sabzevar
23	GK	Saeid Heidarirad	(1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 24)	1.93 m	32	0	Sanat Mes Kerman
24	LB	Afshin Sadeghi	(1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 21)	1.83 m	21	55	Samen Mashhad
26	GK	Mohsen Babasafari	(1987-06-28)28 June 1987 (aged 27)	1.95 m	32	0	Tatabánya
36	RB	Jalal Kiani	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 25)	1.83 m	42	122	Magnesium Ferdows
87	RW	Omid Sekenari	(1988-04-24)24 April 1988 (aged 26)	1.83 m	63	226	Magnesium Ferdows
89	GK	Saeid Barkhordari	(1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 25)	1.90 m	55	0	Samen Sabzevar

Macedonia

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.^[21]^[22] An 18-player squad was announced on 5 January 2015.^[23]

Head coach: Ivica Obrvan

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	LW	Dejan Manaskov	(1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 22)	1.80 m	26	50	Metalurg Skopje
4	RB	Renato Vugrinec	(1975-09-06)6 September 1975 (aged 39)	1.96 m	4	7	Metalurg Skopje
5	P	Stojanče Stoilov	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 27)	1.92 m	23	37	Vardar
7	RB	Kiril Lazarov (c)	(1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 34)	1.93 m	109	901	Barcelona
9	CB	Aco Jonovski	(1980-12-29)29 December 1980 (aged 34)	1.97 m	66	67	Metalurg Skopje
13	CB	Filip Mirkulovski	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31)	1.89 m	116	293	Metalurg Skopje
14	LB	Velko Markoski	(1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 28)	1.94 m	34	47	Metalurg Skopje
15	RW	Zlatko Mojsoski	(1981-11-15)15 November 1981 (aged 33)	1.80 m	26	34	Prilep
16	GK	Borko Ristovski	(1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 32)	1.90 m	112	3	US Créteil
17	P	Nikola Markoski	(1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.96 m	15	8	Metalurg Skopje
18	LB	Naumče Mojsovski	(1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 34)	1.87 m	98	130	Metalurg Skopje
20	GK	Petar Angelov	(1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 37)	1.85 m	41	0	Vardar
21	CB	Nemanja Pribak	(1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 30)	1.90 m	7	8	Vardar
22	RW	Goce Georgievski	(1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 27)	1.85 m	31	46	Metalurg Skopje
23	LB	Filip Lazarov	(1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 29)	1.97 m	37	101	Vardar
24	LW	Vlado Nedanovski	(1985-06-23)23 June 1985 (aged 29)	1.87 m	20	50	Vardar

Tunisia

An 18-player preliminary squad was announced on 30 December 2014.^[24]

Head coach: Sead Hasanefendić

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Hamza Majed	(1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 31)	1.86 m	43	0	Al Rayyan
3	LB	Selim Hedoui	(1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 31)	1.99 m	218	398	Al-Arabi
4	LW	Aymen Toumi	(1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 24)	1.84 m	71	123	Nantes
5	P	Mahmoud Gharbi	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 32)	1.91 m	179	289	Nantes
6	P	Issam Tej (c)	(1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 35)	1.87 m	293	770	Montpellier
7	RW	Jaleleddine Touati	(1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 32)	1.79 m	194	397	Dunkerque
8	LB	Wissem Hmam	(1981-04-21)21 April 1981 (aged 33)	1.98 m	234	761	Saint-Raphaël VHB
9	RB	Amine Bannour	(1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 24)	1.97 m	34	116	Club Africain
10	CB	Kamel Alouini	(1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 26)	1.87 m	92	210	Espérance de Tunis
12	GK	Marouen Maggaiz	(1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.91 m	146	3	Espérance de Tunis
17	LB	Wael Jallouz	(1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 23)	1.98 m	75	171	Barcelona
19	LB	Mosbah Sanaï	(1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 23)	1.92 m	59	147	El Jaish
20	CB	Heykel Megannem	(1977-02-28)28 February 1977 (aged 37)	1.86 m	276	615	El Jaish
21	LW	Oussama Boughanmi	(1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 24)	1.86 m	76	295	Tremblay-en-France
25	CB	Abdelhak Ben Salah	(1990-04-25)25 April 1990 (aged 24)	1.84 m	35	69	Club Africain
27	RB	Aymen Hammed	(1983-07-26)26 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.96 m	100	352	Espérance de Tunis
31	P	Marouan Chouiref	(1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.97 m	63	52	Tremblay-en-France

Group C

Algeria

A 24-player preliminary squad was announced on 20 December 2014.^[25]

Head coach: Reda Zeguili

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
5	CB	Khaled Chentout	(1984-03-29)29 March 1984 (aged 30)	1.94 m	12	19	Nøtterøy HB
6	LB	Messaoud Berkous (c)	(1989-07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 25)	1.89 m	58	89	GS Pétroliers
7	LW	Hichem Daoud	(1992-01-09)9 January 1992 (aged 23)	1.90 m	16	36	CRB Baraki
10	LB	Sassi Boultif	(1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (aged 32)	1.91 m	50	83	Al-Nasr
12	GK	Abdellah Benmenni	(1986-08-19)19 August 1986 (aged 28)	1.94 m	6	0	GS Pétroliers
13	LW	Riadh Chahbour	(1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 29)	1.85 m	43	86	GS Pétroliers
14	RW	Rabah Soudani	(1985-04-08)8 April 1985 (aged 29)	1.92 m	31	36	Cherbourg
15	LB	Tarek Boukhmis	(1980-04-14)14 April 1980 (aged 34)	1.90 m	24	61	JSE Skikda
16	GK	Adel Bousmal	(1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (aged 29)	1.94 m	31	0	GS Boufarik
17	RB	Abderrahim Berriah	(1980-04-14)14 April 1980 (aged 34)	1.95 m	58	82	GS Pétroliers
18	P	Hichem Kaabeche	(1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 24)	1.92 m	57	73	JSE Skikda
19	LW	Ayat Hamoud	(1990-08-10)10 August 1990 (aged 24)	1.78 m	41	63	ES Ain Touta
20	RB	El Hadi Biloum	(1981-05-26)26 May 1981 (aged 33)	1.92 m	60	102	Martigues
21	P	Mohamed Mokrani	(1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (aged 33)	1.88 m	33	40	Dunkerque
22	GK	Abdelmalek Slahdji	(1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 31)	1.90 m	70	0	GS Pétroliers
24	RW	Messaoud Layadi	(1982-03-24)24 March 1982 (aged 32)	1.90 m	24	60	GS Pétroliers
25	LB	Belgacem Filah	(1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 26)	1.98 m	73	109	GS Pétroliers

Czech Republic

A 13-player squad was announced on 11 December 2014.^[26]^[27] 18 players were selected on 9 January 2015.^[28] The 16-player squad was published on 10 January 2015.^[29]

Head coach: Jan Filip / Daniel Kubeš

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	LW	Jakub Hrstka	(1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 24)	1.86 m	47	135	Tatran Prešov
3	CB	Roman Bečvář	(1989-04-18)18 April 1989 (aged 25)	1.91 m	52	134	Empor Rostock
5	RW	Miroslav Jurka	(1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 27)	1.89 m	36	73	Saint-Raphaël VHB
8	LW	Jiří Motl	(1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 30)	1.84 m	74	142	Lovosice
9	LB	Filip Jícha	(1982-04-19)19 April 1982 (aged 32)	2.01 m	148	816	THW Kiel
11	RW	Jan Sobol	(1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 30)	1.88 m	101	274	Azoty-Puławy
13	LB	Pavel Horák	(1982-11-28)28 November 1982 (aged 32)	1.98 m	77	257	Füchse Berlin
16	GK	Martin Galia	(1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 35)	1.89 m	143	3	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
19	CB	Tomáš Babák	(1993-12-28)28 December 1993 (aged 21)	1.86 m	14	16	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
22	RW	Petr Linhart	(1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.95 m	14	33	Talent Plzeň
23	P	Leoš Petrovský	(1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 22)	2.02 m	5	11	Talent Plzeň
27	CB	Ondřej Zdráhala	(1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.87 m	66	157	ASV Hamm-Westfalen
32	P	Jakub Šindelář	(1986-11-20)20 November 1986 (aged 28)	1.95 m	17	6	Talent Plzeň
41	LB	Michal Kasal	(1994-04-03)3 April 1994 (aged 20)	2.09 m	16	14	Celje
42	CB	Jakub Szymanski	(1983-02-09)9 February 1983 (aged 31)	1.98 m	41	52	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
71	GK	Petr Štochl	(1976-04-24)24 April 1976 (aged 38)	1.93 m	182	2	Füchse Berlin

Egypt

A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 12 December 2014.^[30]

Head coach: Marwan Ragab

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	RB	Mamdouh Abouebaid	(1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 27)	1.87 m	70	280	Al Ahly
5	RW	Mahmoud Radwan	(1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 25)	1.86 m	111	444	Al Ahly
6	P	Ahmed Abdelrahman	(1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 30)	1.85 m	75	300	Al Ahly
8	P	Mahmoud Ramadan	(1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 30)	1.85 m	205	615	Al Ahly
9	CB	Eslam Issa	(1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 26)	1.86 m	180	270	Club Africain
12	GK	Mohamed Bakir	(1974-04-06)6 April 1974 (aged 40)	1.95 m	350	0	Alexandria SC
13	LW	Omar El-Wakil	(1988-05-14)14 May 1988 (aged 26)	1.78 m	50	200	Al Ahly
15	RW	Mohamed Amer	(1987-12-12)12 December 1987 (aged 27)	1.87 m	45	180	Al Ahly
19	CB	Mohamed El-Bassiouny	(1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.86 m	110	440	Alexandria SC
20	CB	Mohamed Hashem	(1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 26)	1.80 m	170	180	Aviation SC
24	P	Ibrahim El-Masry	(1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 25)	1.95 m	95	380	Al Ahly
25	P	Wisam Nawar	(1990-02-14)14 February 1990 (aged 24)	1.88 m	53	318	Alexandria SC
39	LB	Yehia El-Deraa	(1995-07-17)17 July 1995 (aged 19)	1.90 m	35	120	Heliopolis SC
66	RB	Ahmed El-Ahmar	(1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 30)	1.84 m	230	920	El Jaish
72	GK	Mahmoud Khalil	(1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 23)	1.92 m	60	0	El Jaish
88	GK	Karim Handawy	(1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 26)	1.86 m	175	0	Al Ahly
90	LB	Aly Zein	(1990-12-14)14 December 1990 (aged 24)	1.95 m	104	416	Al Jazira

France

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 6 December 2014.^[31] A 17-player squad was announced on 13 January 2015.^[32]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Cyril Dumoulin	(1984-02-02)2 February 1984 (aged 30)	2.00 m	38	0	Fenix Toulouse
2	LB	Jérôme Fernandez (c)	(1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 37)	1.99 m	375	1443	Fenix Toulouse
4	RB	Xavier Barachet	(1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 26)	1.95 m	66	132	Paris Saint-Germain
7	P	Igor Anić	(1987-06-12)12 June 1987 (aged 27)	1.94 m	24	31	Nantes
8	CB	Daniel Narcisse	(1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 35)	1.89 m	264	814	Paris Saint-Germain
9	RW	Guillaume Joli	(1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 29)	1.78 m	103	293	HSG Wetzlar
10	RB	Alix Nyokas	(1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 28)	1.88 m	29	44	Frisch Auf Göppingen
11	LW	Samuel Honrubia	(1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 28)	1.80 m	70	188	Paris Saint-Germain
13	CB	Nikola Karabatić	(1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 30)	1.96 m	234	964	Barcelona
14	LW/CB	Kentin Mahé	(1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 23)	1.85 m	20	31	HSV Hamburg
15	LB	Mathieu Grébille	(1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 23)	1.98 m	26	49	Montpellier
16	GK	Thierry Omeyer	(1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 38)	1.92 m	306	1	Paris Saint-Germain
18	LB	William Accambray	(1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 26)	1.94 m	73	177	Paris Saint-Germain
20	P	Cédric Sorhaindo	(1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 30)	1.92 m	129	251	Barcelona
21	LW	Michaël Guigou	(1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 32)	1.79 m	196	687	Montpellier
22	P	Luka Karabatić	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 26)	2.02 m	23	17	Pays d'Aix UCH
28	RB	Valentin Porte	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 24)	1.90 m	29	57	Fenix Toulouse

Iceland

A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 18 December 2014.^[33] On 11 January 2015 a 17-player squad was published.^[34]

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Björgvin Páll Gústavsson	(1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 29)	1.93 m	150	0	Bergischer HC
2	P	Vignir Svavarsson	(1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 34)	1.94 m	209	228	HC Midtjylland
3	P	Kári Kristjánsson	(1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 30)	1.98 m	84	101	Valur
4	LB	Aron Pálmarsson	(1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 24)	1.93 m	86	317	THW Kiel
6	RB	Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson	(1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 30)	1.91 m	206	339	USAM Nîmes
7	LB	Arnór Atlason	(1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 30)	1.91 m	154	377	Saint-Raphaël VHB
9	LW	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (c)	(1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 35)	1.87 m	302	1595	Barcelona
10	CB	Snorri Guðjónsson	(1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 33)	1.87 m	234	807	Sélestat
12	GK	Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson	(1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 25)	2.02 m	36	0	Eskilstuna Guif
14	RW	Arnór Þór Gunnarsson	(1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 27)	1.81 m	34	64	Bergischer HC
15	RB	Alexander Petersson	(1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 34)	1.86 m	157	623	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
17	P	Sverre Andreas Jakobsson	(1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 37)	1.96 m	169	27	KA Akureyrar
18	P	Róbert Gunnarsson	(1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 34)	1.90 m	248	720	Paris Saint-Germain
19	LB	Sigurbergur Sveinsson	(1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 27)	1.89 m	45	51	HC Erlangen
22	LW	Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson	(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 24)	1.96 m	30	31	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
26	P	Bjarki Már Gunnarsson	(1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 26)	2.01 m	23	6	EHV Aue
27	CB	Gunnar Steinn Jónsson	(1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 27)	1.95 m	18	14	VfL Gummersbach

Sweden

The squad was announced on 15 December 2014.^[35] On 8 January 2015, Magnus Persson replaced Johan Jakobsson due to an injury.^[36]

Head coach: Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mattias Andersson	(1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 36)	1.85 m	110	0	Flensburg-Handewitt
2	RB	Magnus Persson	(1990-12-17)17 December 1990 (aged 24)	1.92 m	20	27	VfL Gummersbach
4	LB	Marcus Olsson	(1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 24)	1.86 m	17	45	IFK Kristianstad
5	RB	Kim Andersson	(1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 32)	1.99 m	209	751	KIF Kolding København
6	LW	Jonas Källman	(1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 33)	2.00 m	187	551	MOL-Pick Szeged
8	CB	Lukas Karlsson	(1982-05-21)21 May 1982 (aged 32)	1.78 m	80	160	KIF Kolding København
10	RW	Niclas Ekberg	(1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 26)	1.91 m	104	432	THW Kiel
18	P	Tobias Karlsson	(1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 33)	1.96 m	143	79	Flensburg-Handewitt
21	CB	Patrik Fahlgren	(1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 29)	1.88 m	43	62	MT Melsungen
22	GK	Johan Sjöstrand	(1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 27)	1.95 m	88	0	THW Kiel
24	LW	Fredrik Petersen	(1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 31)	1.88 m	118	332	Füchse Berlin
26	RW	Anton Halén	(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 24)	1.92 m	10	22	Frisch Auf Göppingen
27	P	Niclas Barud	(1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 26)	1.96 m	30	16	Aalborg
31	LB	Viktor Östlund	(1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 22)	1.98 m	7	13	Eskilstuna Guif
32	RW	Mattias Zachrisson	(1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 24)	1.79 m	53	85	Füchse Berlin
35	P	Andreas Nilsson	(1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 24)	1.97 m	65	155	MKB-MVM Veszprém
36	P	Jesper Nielsen	(1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 25)	2.00 m	35	30	Füchse Berlin

Group D

Argentina

An 18-player preliminary squad was announced on 26 December 2014.^[37]

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Matías Schulz	(1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 32)	1.90 m	107	3	Nantes
2	LW	Federico Fernández	(1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 25)	1.87 m	94	302	UNLu
3	RW	Federico Pizarro	(1986-07-06)6 July 1986 (aged 28)	1.83 m	67	232	UNLu
4	CB	Sebastián Simonet (c)	(1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 28)	1.90 m	130	394	US Ivry
5	P	Pablo Sebastián Portela	(1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 34)	1.90 m	129	60	River Plate
6	CB	Diego Simonet	(1989-12-26)26 December 1989 (aged 25)	1.89 m	74	320	Montpellier
7	RW	Facundo Cangiani	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 23)	1.82 m	20	115	River Plate
8	LB	Pablo Simonet	(1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 22)	1.89 m	41	75	US Ivry
9	RB	Leonardo Facundo Querín	(1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 32)	1.97 m	152	230	Billère
10	RB	Federico Matías Vieyra	(1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 26)	1.92 m	94	203	Istres
12	GK	Fernando Gabriel García	(1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 33)	1.90 m	186	5	Vernon
13	LB	Juan Pablo Fernández	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 26)	1.90 m	103	154	UNLu
14	LB	Agustín Vidal	(1987-07-08)8 July 1987 (aged 27)	1.94 m	73	150	Maristas
15	P	Gonzalo Carou	(1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 35)	1.94 m	174	353	Istres
18	LW	Adrián Portela	(1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 28)	1.83 m	30	104	River Plate
22	P	Sergio Crevatin	(1980-05-28)28 May 1980 (aged 34)	1.87 m	112	153	SAG LOMAS

Denmark

A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 18 December 2014.^[38] It was reduced to 17 players on 11 January 2015.^[39]

Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Niklas Landin Jacobsen (c)	(1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 26)	2.00 m	107	1	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
3	RB	Mads Christiansen	(1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 28)	1.94 m	72	138	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
5	CB	Mads Mensah Larsen	(1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 23)	1.88 m	34	77	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
6	LW	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	(1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 25)	1.90 m	36	108	SønderjyskE
7	LW	Anders Eggert	(1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 32)	1.79 m	127	477	Flensburg-Handewitt
11	CB	Rasmus Lauge Schmidt	(1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 23)	1.93 m	50	70	THW Kiel
13	CB	Bo Spellerberg	(1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 35)	1.92 m	231	327	KIF Kolding København
15	P	Jesper Nøddesbo	(1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 34)	1.99 m	165	350	Barcelona
16	GK	Jannick Green	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 25)	1.95 m	45	1	SC Magdeburg
17	RW	Lasse Svan Hansen	(1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 31)	1.84 m	121	233	Flensburg-Handewitt
18	RW	Hans Lindberg	(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 33)	1.88 m	192	545	HSV Hamburg
19	P	Rene Toft Hansen	(1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 30)	2.00 m	85	143	THW Kiel
21	LB	Henrik Møllgaard	(1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 30)	1.96 m	58	116	Skjern Håndbold
22	RB	Kasper Søndergaard	(1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 33)	1.92 m	146	330	Skjern Håndbold
23	P	Henrik Toft Hansen	(1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 28)	2.00 m	45	89	HSV Hamburg
24	LB	Mikkel Hansen	(1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 27)	1.92 m	119	558	Paris Saint-Germain
27	LB	Michael Damgaard	(1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 24)	1.92 m	4	4	Team Tvis Holstebro

Germany

A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 22 December 2014.^[40]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	LB	Stefan Kneer	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 29)	1.94 m	59	91	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
3	LW	Uwe Gensheimer (c)	(1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 28)	1.88 m	98	394	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
5	RW	Johannes Sellin	(1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 24)	1.86 m	30	74	MT Melsungen
7	P	Patrick Wiencek	(1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 25)	2.00 m	66	149	THW Kiel
12	GK	Silvio Heinevetter	(1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 30)	1.94 m	118	1	Füchse Berlin
13	P	Hendrik Pekeler	(1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 23)	2.03 m	25	39	TBV Lemgo
14	RW	Patrick Groetzki	(1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 25)	1.89 m	73	195	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
16	GK	Carsten Lichtlein	(1980-11-04)4 November 1980 (aged 34)	2.02 m	187	1	VfL Gummersbach
17	RB	Steffen Weinhold	(1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 28)	1.91 m	62	147	THW Kiel
19	CB	Martin Strobel	(1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 28)	1.89 m	95	112	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
21	P	Erik Schmidt	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 22)	2.04 m	6	2	TSG Friesenheim
22	CB	Michael Kraus	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 40)	1.87 m	120	392	Frisch Auf Göppingen
27	RB	Michael Müller	(1984-09-19)19 September 1984 (aged 30)	1.97 m	63	131	MT Melsungen
30	RB	Jens Schöngarth	(1988-12-07)7 December 1988 (aged 26)	2.03 m	6	13	TuS N-Lübbecke
37	LW	Matthias Musche	(1992-07-18)18 July 1992 (aged 22)	1.86 m	8	7	SC Magdeburg
38	LB	Fabian Böhm	(1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 25)	1.98 m	4	3	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
42	LB	Paul Drux	(1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 19)	1.95 m	10	24	Füchse Berlin

Poland

A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 27 December 2014.^[41] On 8 January 2015 it was reduced to 18.^[42]

Head coach: Michael Biegler

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Sławomir Szmal	(1978-10-02)2 October 1978 (aged 36)	1.90 m	248	2	Vive Targi Kielce
3	RB	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.98 m	147	339	Vive Targi Kielce
6	LW	Przemysław Krajewski	(1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 27)	1.84 m	35	46	Azoty-Puławy
7	RW	Robert Orzechowski	(1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 25)	1.89 m	57	106	Górnik Zabrze
8	LB	Karol Bielecki	(1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 32)	2.02 m	209	782	Vive Targi Kielce
9	RB	Andrzej Rojewski	(1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 29)	1.93 m	2	4	SC Magdeburg
11	LW	Adam Wiśniewski	(1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 34)	1.92 m	110	245	Wisła Płock
12	GK	Marcin Wichary	(1980-02-17)17 February 1980 (aged 34)	1.93 m	112	0	Wisła Płock
13	P	Bartosz Jurecki	(1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 35)	1.93 m	199	638	SC Magdeburg
15	LB	Michał Jurecki (c)	(1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 30)	2.02 m	154	398	Vive Targi Kielce
16	GK	Piotr Wyszomirski	(1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 27)	1.93 m	75	0	MOL-Pick Szeged
18	P	Piotr Grabarczyk	(1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 32)	2.00 m	76	42	Vive Targi Kielce
20	LB	Mariusz Jurkiewicz	(1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 32)	1.98 m	136	222	Wisła Płock
21	CB	Piotr Masłowski	(1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 26)	1.92 m	12	12	Azoty-Puławy
23	P	Kamil Syprzak	(1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 23)	2.08 m	54	76	Wisła Płock
26	RW	Michał Daszek	(1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 22)	1.80 m	20	24	Wisła Płock
45	RB	Michał Szyba	(1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 26)	1.96 m	26	29	Gorenje
49	LB	Piotr Chrapkowski	(1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 26)	2.03 m	36	69	Vive Targi Kielce

Russia

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 24 December 2014.^[43] It was reduced to 18 on 10 January 2015.^[44]

Head coach: Oleg Kuleshov

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
5	P	Alexander Pyshkin	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 27)	1.97 m	11	4	Saint Petersburg
6	RW	Daniil Shishkarev	(1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 26)	1.89 m	20	23	Vardar
7	RW	Dmitry Kovalev	(1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 32)	1.80 m	132	314	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
8	P	Egor Evdokimov	(1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 32)	2.00 m	91	133	Motor Zaporizhzhia
9	LW	Oleg Skopintsev	(1984-04-15)15 April 1984 (aged 30)	1.84 m	47	63	Motor Zaporizhzhia
11	CB	Pavel Atman	(1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 27)	1.90 m	50	64	Free agent
12	GK	Vadim Bogdanov	(1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 28)	1.97 m	24	0	Azoty-Puławy
13	LB	Sergei Gorbok	(1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 32)	1.96 m	11	40	Vardar
16	GK	Igor Levshin	(1974-08-18)18 August 1974 (aged 40)	1.98 m	48	0	Permskie Medvedi
18	LB	Sergey Kudinov	(1991-06-29)29 June 1991 (aged 23)	1.95 m	9	8	C' Chartres MHB
20	P	Mikhail Chipurin	(1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 28)	1.85 m	105	497	Vardar
31	LW	Timur Dibirov	(1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.80 m	125	376	Vardar
33	LB	Alexander Dereven	(1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 22)	1.99 m	1	2	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
35	RB	Konstantin Igropulo	(1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 29)	1.90 m	110	505	Füchse Berlin
69	RB	Samvel Aslanyan	(1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 28)	1.86 m	77	113	Permskie Medvedi
84	GK	Oleg Grams	(1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 30)	2.01 m	109	0	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
89	CB	Dmitry Zhitnikov	(1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 25)	1.85 m	20	25	Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Saudi Arabia

A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 2 December 2014.^[45] On 4 January 2015 the list was trimmed to 17.^[46]

Head coach: Goran Dzokic

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	LW	Abdullah Al-Abbas	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 22)	1.68 m	8	20	Al-Safa
5	P	Hassan Al-Janabi (c)	(1983-07-25)25 July 1983 (aged 31)	1.80 m	95	115	Mudhar
7	LW	Abdullah Al-Hulaili	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 20)	1.68 m	0	0	Mudhar
8	LB	Abdullah Al-Hammad	(1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 24)	1.85 m	90	80	Al-Safa
9	CB	Abdulrahman Al-Johani	(1988-09-21)21 September 1988 (aged 26)	1.84 m	0	0	Al-Ahli
11	RW	Ahmed Hazazi	(1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 24)	1.77 m	17	30	Al-Wehda
15	RW	Ahmad Al-Abdulali	(1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 26)	1.84 m	0	0	Mudhar
16	GK	Mohammed Al-Salem	(1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 28)	1.89 m	100	0	Al-Safa
17	P	Abdullah Al-Salam	(1995-04-03)3 April 1995 (aged 19)	1.85 m	0	0	Mudhar
21	GK	Mohammed Al-Nassfan	(1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 23)	1.84 m	8	0	Al-Safa
22	P	Abdullah Al-Salam	(1995-04-03)3 April 1995 (aged 19)	1.85 m	0	0	Mudhar
24	LB	Hisham Al-Obaidi	(1988-03-20)20 March 1988 (aged 26)	1.85 m	92	110	Al-Safa
34	GK	Ali Al-Saffar	(1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 19)	1.85 m	9	0	Mudhar
37	CB	Mohammed Al-Abbas	(1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 22)	1.65 m	70	85	Mudhar
57	RB	Mojtaba Al-Salem	(1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 20)	1.81 m	20	24	Al-Safa
87	LB	Mohammed Al-Zaer	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 27)	1.84 m	130	180	Al-Khaleej
88	LB	Hussain Al-Hannabi	(1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 26)	1.80 m	90	100	Al-Safa
99	LB	Abbas Al-Saffar	(1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 21)	1.79 m	0	0	Mudhar

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 54 different countries, and play in 51 different national leagues.

More information Country, Players ...

Country	Players	Outside national squad
Germany	65	49
France	45	33
Spain	24	19
Qatar	22	7
Poland	21	9
Macedonia	20	6
Belarus	15	4
Saudi Arabia	15	0
Iran	14	0
Hungary	14	14
Egypt	12	0
Algeria	11	0
Denmark	11	5

The Germany and Saudi Arabia men's national handball team|Saudi Arabian squad is made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league. Slovenia have only one domestic-based player. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Hungarian league provides the most squad members.

Player representation by club

Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.

More information Club, Players ...

Club	Players
Barcelona	12
El Jaish	11
Meshkov Brest	11
Vardar	11
Vive Targi Kielce	11
Paris Saint-Germain	10
THW Kiel	10

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

More information Nº, Country ...

Nº	Country	Coaches
4	Iceland	Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Patrekur Jóhannesson (Austria), Aron Kristjánsson, Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)
3	Croatia	Slavko Goluža, Sead Hasanefendić (Tunisia), Ivica Obrvan (Macedonia)
3	Spain	Manolo Cadenas, Jordi Ribera (Brazil), Valero Rivera (Qatar)
2	Slovenia	Boris Denić, Borut Maček (Iran)
1	Algeria	Reda Zeguili
	Argentina	Eduardo Gallardo
	Belarus	Yuri Shevtsov
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dragan Marković
	Chile	Fernando Capurro
	Czech Republic	Vladimír Haber
	Egypt	Marwan Ragab
	France	Claude Onesta
	Germany	Michael Biegler (Poland)
	Russia	Oleg Kuleshov / Aleksandr Rymanov
	Serbia	Goran Dzokic (Saudi Arabia)
	Sweden	Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson

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