2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads

This article displays the squads for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.

Main article: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship

Age, club, caps and goals as of 15 January 2016.

Group A

France

A 20-player squad was announced on 26 December 2015.[1] A 17-player squad was announced on 12 January 2016.[2]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 RB Nedim Remili (1995-07-18)18 July 1995 (aged 20) 1.95 m 0 0 US Créteil 6 LW/LB Olivier Nyokas (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 3 5 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 36) 1.89 m 277 851 Paris Saint-Germain 11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 29) 1.80 m 77 198 Paris Saint-Germain 12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 23 0 Montpellier 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 31) 1.96 m 249 1019 Paris Saint-Germain 14 LW/CB Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 24) 1.86 m 39 81 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 39) 1.92 m 325 1 Paris Saint-Germain 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 31) 1.82 m 193 640 Paris Saint-Germain 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 31) 1.92 m 147 297 Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 33) 1.79 m 215 761 Montpellier 22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 27) 2.02 m 39 41 Paris Saint-Germain 23 P Ludovic Fabregas (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 19) 1.98 m 5 4 Montpellier 25 LB Théo Derot (1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 23) 1.93 m 7 4 HBC Nantes 27 RB Adrien Dipanda (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 27) 2.02 m 5 10 Saint-Raphaël 28 RB/RW Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 25) 1.90 m 45 106 Fenix Toulouse 29 RB/RW Benoît Kounkoud (1997-02-19)19 February 1997 (aged 18) 1.88 m 2 2 Paris Saint-Germain

Macedonia

A 23-player squad was announced on 11 December 2015.[3] The final squad was announced on 11 January 2016.[4]

Head coach: Ivica Obrvan

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Dejan Manaskov (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 23) 1.80 m 32 85 Vardar 5 P Stojanče Stoilov (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 28) 1.92 m 26 48 Vardar 7 RB Kiril Lazarov (1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 35) 1.93 m 114 935 Barcelona 8 RB Vlatko Mitkov (1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 34) 1.92 m 85 73 UHK Krems 9 CB Aco Jonovski (1980-12-29)29 December 1980 (aged 35) 1.97 m 70 68 Bergischer HC 10 GK Daniel Dupjačanec (1983-07-15)15 July 1983 (aged 32) 1.89 m 2 0 Metalurg 13 CB Filip Mirkulovski (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 32) 1.89 m 120 301 HSG Wetzlar 14 LB Velko Markoski (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 29) 1.94 m 38 47 Zagreb 16 GK Borko Ristovski (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 33) 1.90 m 118 3 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 25) 1.96 m 17 10 Rabotnički 18 CB Naumče Mojsovski (1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 35) 1.87 m 101 130 CSM București 21 CB Nemanja Pribak (1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 31) 1.90 m 13 17 Beşiktaş 22 RW Goce Georgievski (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 28) 1.85 m 37 59 Fenix Toulouse 23 LB Filip Lazarov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 30) 1.97 m 42 110 Vardar 26 LW Goce Ojleski (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 26) 1.88 m 21 17 Odorheiu Secuiesc 27 LB Filip Kuzmanovski (1996-07-03)3 July 1996 (aged 19) 1.98 m 4 2 Metalurg 33 P Žarko Peševski (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 24) 1.95 m 6 14 Metalurg

Poland

A 23-player squad was announced on 26 December 2015.[5] It was reduced to 21 on 6 January 2016.[6] The final squad was announced on 14 January 2016.[7]

Head coach: Michael Biegler

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sławomir Szmal (1978-10-02)2 October 1978 (aged 37) 1.90 m 262 2 Vive Targi Kielce 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 32) 1.98 m 157 370 Vive Targi Kielce 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 28) 1.84 m 49 72 Azoty-Puławy 7 RW Robert Orzechowski (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 26) 1.89 m 79 106 Azoty-Puławy 8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 33) 2.02 m 226 813 Vive Targi Kielce 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 35) 1.92 m 127 272 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 36) 1.93 m 217 700 SC Magdeburg 15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 31) 2.02 m 170 462 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.93 m 89 0 Pick Szeged 17 CB Bartosz Konitz (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 31) 1.95 m 0 0 Wisła Płock 18 P Piotr Grabarczyk (1982-10-31)31 October 1982 (aged 33) 2.00 m 101 45 HSV Hamburg 19 CB Rafał Gliński (1982-12-29)29 December 1982 (aged 33) 1.81 m 44 42 Górnik Zabrze 21 CB Piotr Masłowski (1988-02-20)20 February 1988 (aged 27) 1.92 m 27 19 Azoty-Puławy 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 24) 2.08 m 69 123 Barcelona 26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 23) 1.80 m 36 61 Wisła Płock 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 0 0 SC Magdeburg 29 RW Jakub Łucak (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.81 m 16 28 Śląsk Wrocław 45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 27) 1.96 m 44 60 Gorenje 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988 (aged 27) 2.03 m 53 102 Vive Targi Kielce

Serbia

A 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2015.[8]

Head coach: Dejan Perić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Slaviša Đukanović (1979-05-03)3 May 1979 (aged 36) 1.90 m 12 0 Saint-Raphaël 3 P Miljan Pušica (1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 24) 2.01 m 18 10 Wisła Płock 5 CB Žarko Šešum (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 29) 1.96 m 133 337 Frisch Auf Göppingen 7 LW Ivan Nikčević (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 34) 1.81 m 135 491 Wisła Płock 8 LW Filip Marjanović (1989-02-10)10 February 1989 (aged 26) 1.89 m 23 17 Vojvodina 10 RW Darko Ðukić (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 (aged 21) 1.91 m 20 63 Beşiktaş 12 GK Darko Stanić (1978-10-08)8 October 1978 (aged 37) 1.92 m 103 0 El Jaish 13 CB Petar Nenadić (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 29) 1.98 m 67 167 Füchse Berlin 17 RB Novak Bošković (1989-05-23)23 May 1989 (aged 26) 1.91 m 5 10 MaccabI Tel Aviv 20 LB Momir Rnić (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 28) 1.97 m 87 152 MT Melsungen 22 P Bojan Beljanski (1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 29) 2.00 m 54 56 Bregenz 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 25) 1.94 m 45 117 SC Magdeburg 29 LB Ilija Abutović (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 27) 2.02 m 21 24 Vardar 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 22) 2.03 m 48 71 Vardar 36 RB Miloš Orbović (1993-11-02)2 November 1993 (aged 22) 1.93 m 6 6 Vojvodina 82 LB Uroš Elezović (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 33) 1.94 m 6 7 Lekhwiya 85 GK Dragan Marjanac (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 30) 1.91 m 78 1 BSV Bern Muri

Group B

Belarus

An 18-player squad was announced on 10 December 2015,[9] which was reduced to 17 on 25 December 2015.[10] 18 players made the journey to Poland.[11]

Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Aliaksei Kishou (1986-09-23)23 September 1986 (aged 29) 1.92 m 35 1 ULZ Schwaz 2 LW Ivan Brouka (1980-04-20)20 April 1980 (aged 35) 1.78 m 155 539 SKA Minsk 3 LB Uladzislau Kulesh (1996-05-28)28 May 1996 (aged 19) 2.00 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 4 P Maxim Babichev (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 29) 2.00 m 120 206 Meshkov Brest 5 LB Aliaksei Khadkevich (1994-01-14)14 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.91 m 5 6 SKA Minsk 6 RB Viktar Zaitsau (1992-08-27)27 August 1992 (aged 23) 1.95 m 30 30 Saint Petersburg 10 CB Barys Pukhouski (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 137 586 Motor Zaporozhye 14 LB Siarhei Rutenka (1981-08-29)29 August 1981 (aged 34) 1.98 m 65 421 free agent 16 GK Viachaslau Saldatsenka (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 21) 1.88 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 17 CB Dzmitry Nikulenkau (1984-07-12)12 July 1984 (aged 31) 1.88 m 84 155 Meshkov Brest 18 RB Siarhei Shylovich (1986-05-16)16 May 1986 (aged 29) 1.95 m 99 304 Meshkov Brest 19 RW Aliaksandr Patsykailik (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 25) 1.90 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 23 LW Andrei Yurynok (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 19) 1.98 m 5 3 SKA Minsk 24 RW Maksim Baranau (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 27) 1.88 m 97 228 Meshkov Brest 25 LB Anton Prakapenia (1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 27) 1.95 m 21 56 ULZ Schwaz 50 P Artsiom Karalek (1996-02-20)20 February 1996 (aged 19) 1.90 m 4 9 SKA Minsk 55 P Aliaksandr Tsitou (1986-10-28)28 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.90 m 123 128 Masheka Mogilev

Croatia

A 28-player squad was announced on 28 November 2015.[12] It was reduced to 20 on 30 December 2015.[13] On 4 January 2016, Domagoj Pavlović and Mario Vuglač were ruled out due to an injury and Šime Ivić was added to the squad.[14] A 17-player squad was announced on 12 January 2016.[15]

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 33) 1.93 m 15 0 Zagreb 3 P Marino Marić (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 25) 1.96 m 32 59 MT Melsungen 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 27) 1.97 m 153 497 THW Kiel 8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 29) 2.10 m 124 254 Barcelona 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 29) 2.04 m 125 71 Füchse Berlin 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 31) 1.79 m 115 332 Zagreb 18 CB Igor Karačić (1988-11-02)2 November 1988 (aged 27) 1.89 m 27 71 Vardar 21 P Krešimir Kozina (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 25) 1.96 m 2 0 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 30) 2.00 m 152 0 MVM Veszprém 26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 27) 1.81 m 99 318 Vive Targi Kielce 27 RW Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 29) 1.78 m 112 440 Vive Targi Kielce 29 LW Antonio Kovačević (1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 28) 1.90 m 4 4 Zagreb 30 LB Marko Mamić (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 21) 2.00 m 4 3 Dunkerque 31 RB Luka Šebetić (1994-05-26)26 May 1994 (aged 21) 1.98 m 2 3 Zagreb 32 LB Ivan Slišković (1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 24) 1.97 m 37 87 MVM Veszprém 33 CB Luka Cindrić (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 22) 1.82 m 7 18 Vardar 34 P Ilija Brozović (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 24) 1.95 m 15 12 THW Kiel

Iceland

A 21-player squad was announced on 21 December 2015.[16] The list was reduced to 18 on 7 January and 17 on 12 January 2016.[17][18]

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 30) 1.93 m 171 3 Bergischer HC 2 P Vignir Svavarsson (1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 35) 1.94 m 227 255 Midtjylland 3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.98 m 106 123 ÍBV 4 LB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 25) 1.93 m 102 395 MVM Veszprém 5 RB Rúnar Kárason (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 27) 1.96 m 62 129 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 6 RB Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 31) 1.91 m 227 388 USAM Nîmes 7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 31) 1.91 m 175 404 Saint-Raphaël 9 LW Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 36) 1.87 m 319 1690 Barcelona 10 CB Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 34) 1.87 m 252 835 USAM Nîmes 12 GK Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 26) 2.02 m 58 4 Aalborg 13 LB Ólafur Guðmundsson (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 25) 1.94 m 61 57 IFK Kristianstad 14 RW Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (1987-10-23)23 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.81 m 54 115 Bergischer HC 15 RB Alexander Petersson (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 35) 1.86 m 170 682 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 P Róbert Gunnarsson (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 35) 1.90 m 269 762 Paris Saint-Germain 22 LW Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 25) 1.96 m 49 58 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26 P Bjarki Már Gunnarsson (1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 27) 2.01 m 41 10 EHV Aue 28 CB Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 23) 1.92 m 7 4 Valur

Norway

An 18-player squad was announced on 11 December 2015.[19]

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 20) 1.95 m 27 68 Aalborg 6 RW Thomas Kristensen (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 25) 1.96 m 23 22 Frisch Auf Göppingen 7 P Joakim Hykkerud (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 29) 1.94 m 37 41 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 8 P Bjarte Myrhol (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 33) 1.94 m 171 495 Skjern 9 P Petter Øverby (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 23) 1.93 m 18 9 Elverum 11 LB Erlend Mamelund (1984-05-01)1 May 1984 (aged 31) 1.97 m 124 352 THW Kiel 12 GK Ole Erevik (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 163 0 Pays d’Aix UC 15 RB Kent Tønnesen (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 24) 1.96 m 52 108 Füchse Berlin 16 GK Espen Christensen (1985-06-17)17 June 1985 (aged 30) 1.90 m 38 0 GOG Gudme 17 LW Magnus Jøndal (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 27) 1.87 m 68 145 ØIF Arendal 19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.91 m 45 192 IFK Kristianstad 20 LW André Lindboe (1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 27) 1.78 m 30 82 Elverum 21 P Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 24) 1.96 m 54 71 SønderjyskE 24 CB Christian O'Sullivan (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.90 m 43 51 IFK Kristianstad 27 RB Harald Reinkind (1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 23) 1.96 m 47 109 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 89 LB Espen Lie Hansen (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 26) 1.96 m 90 304 Bregenz

Group C

Germany

The squad was announced on 11 December 2015.[20] Uwe Gensheimer and Patrick Groetzki were ruled out due to injuries on 19 and 25 December 2015.[21][22] Michael Allendorf would miss the tournament because of an injury, announced on 2 January 2016.[23] Kai Häfner and Julius Kühn were added on 8 and 11 January 2016.[24][25] The final squad was announced on 14 January 2016.[26]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 RW Johannes Sellin (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 25) 1.87 m 42 96 MT Melsungen 6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 23) 2.10 m 17 14 TBV Lemgo 9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 27) 1.88 m 34 75 Vive Targi Kielce 10 RB Fabian Wiede (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 21) 1.94 m 25 41 Füchse Berlin 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 24) 2.03 m 40 57 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 16 GK Carsten Lichtlein (1980-11-04)4 November 1980 (aged 35) 2.02 m 204 1 VfL Gummersbach 17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 29) 1.91 m 81 214 THW Kiel 19 CB Martin Strobel (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 29) 1.89 m 112 139 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 21 P Erik Schmidt (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 23) 2.04 m 26 25 TSG Friesenheim 23 LB Steffen Fäth (1990-04-04)4 April 1990 (aged 25) 1.95 m 28 46 HSG Wetzlar 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 26) 1.92 m 23 31 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 24) 1.98 m 17 1 HSG Wetzlar 34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 22) 1.89 m 6 13 THW Kiel 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 22) 1.98 m 2 3 VfL Gummersbach 40 CB Simon Ernst (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 21) 1.95 m 14 14 VfL Gummersbach 43 CB Niclas Pieczkowski (1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (aged 26) 1.93 m 9 16 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 47 LB Christian Dissinger (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 24) 2.04 m 7 20 THW Kiel 48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 20) 1.93 m 8 23 HSG Wetzlar

Slovenia

A 21-player squad was announced on 23 December 2015.[27] Klemen Ferlin was replaced by Urban Lesjak on 26 December 2015 due to an injury.[28] The final squad was announced on 12 January 2016.[29]

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 29) 1.88 m 49 0 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 21) 2.02 m 17 13 Celje 6 RW Gašper Marguč (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.80 m 57 191 MVM Veszprém 7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 31) 1.91 m 151 422 Montpellier 12 GK Gorazd Škof (1977-07-11)11 July 1977 (aged 38) 1.88 m 172 0 HBC Nantes 13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 25) 1.87 m 17 22 Maribor Branik 14 LB Sebastian Skube (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 28) 1.89 m 115 263 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 15 P Vid Poteko (1991-05-04)4 May 1991 (aged 24) 1.94 m 14 10 Celje 18 RB David Miklavčič (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 32) 1.96 m 85 132 Tremblay-en-France 20 LW Luka Žvižej (1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 35) 1.85 m 241 696 Celje 22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 24) 1.97 m 76 79 Montpellier 23 CB Uroš Zorman (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 36) 1.90 m 210 499 Vive Targi Kielce 32 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-21)21 October 1991 (aged 24) 1.77 m 6 14 Celje 44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 26) 1.89 m 52 76 Pick Szeged 50 RW Dragan Gajić (1984-07-21)21 July 1984 (aged 31) 1.88 m 148 633 Montpellier 51 LB Borut Mačkovšek (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 23) 2.04 m 53 114 ThSV Eisenach

Spain

An 18-player squad was announced on 27 December 2015.[30][31]

Head coach: Manolo Cadenas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 28) 1.95 m 68 86 Barcelona 5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 (aged 27) 1.97 m 105 254 Vardar 8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 30) 1.78 m 147 476 Barcelona 9 CB Raúl Entrerríos (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 34) 1.93 m 200 434 Barcelona 13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 33) 1.95 m 133 364 Vive Targi Kielce 15 LW Cristian Ugalde (1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.87 m 117 262 MVM Veszprém 16 GK Arpad Sterbik (1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 36) 2.00 m 62 0 Vardar 21 CB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 29) 1.98 m 120 341 THW Kiel 24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 32) 1.99 m 155 142 Barcelona 26 LB Antonio García Robledo (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 31) 1.91 m 63 118 Pick Szeged 27 P Rafael Baena González (1982-11-07)7 November 1982 (aged 33) 1.91 m 10 28 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 28 LW Valero Rivera Folch (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 30) 1.85 m 61 210 HBC Nantes 30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 31) 2.00 m 79 103 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.89 m 43 0 Barcelona 35 CB Niko Mindegía (1988-07-19)19 July 1988 (aged 27) 1.84 m 15 22 Pick Szeged 38 CB Juan del Arco (1991-11-29)29 November 1991 (aged 24) 1.90 m 4 15 El Jaish 40 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 23) 1.87 m 25 43 Vardar

Sweden

The squad was announced on 18 December 2015.[32]

Head coach: Ola Lindgren and Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mattias Andersson (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 37) 1.85 m 129 0 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 4 CB Markus Olsson (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 25) 1.88 m 36 90 Skjern 5 RB Linus Persson (1993-04-16)16 April 1993 (aged 22) 1.90 m 7 4 HK Malmö 6 LW Jonas Källman (1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 34) 2.00 m 209 607 Pick Szeged 9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 20) 1.82 m 0 0 IFK Kristianstad 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 27) 1.91 m 125 515 THW Kiel 11 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.92 m 8 21 Ystads IF 14 CB Jesper Konradsson (1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 21) 1.84 m 11 19 Alingsås HK 18 P Tobias Karlsson (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 34) 1.96 m 161 81 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 19 RB Johan Jakobsson (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 28) 1.95 m 93 181 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.91 m 25 0 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 24 LW Fredrik Petersen (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 32) 1.88 m 138 399 Füchse Berlin 28 LB Philip Stenmalm (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 23) 1.98 m 16 24 Logroño 29 RB Andreas Cederholm (1990-05-04)4 May 1990 (aged 25) 1.86 m 25 54 IFK Kristianstad 31 LB Viktor Östlund (1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 23) 1.98 m 29 70 Eskilstuna Guif 32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.79 m 64 106 Füchse Berlin 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 25) 1.97 m 85 199 MVM Veszprém 36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 26) 2.00 m 54 59 Füchse Berlin

Group D

Denmark

An 18-player squad was announced on 17 December 2015.[33] Alexander Lynggaard and Klaus Thomsen were added on 28 December 2015, due to an injury to Rene Toft Hansen.[34] Lasse Andersson was ruled out because of an injury on 30 December 2015.[35]

Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 27) 2.01 m 130 1 THW Kiel 2 P Alexander Lynggaard (1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 25) 2.00 m 7 7 Saint-Raphaël 3 RB Mads Christiansen (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 29) 1.94 m 95 210 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 5 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.88 m 54 122 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 26) 1.90 m 60 184 HSV Hamburg 7 LW Anders Eggert (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 33) 1.79 m 146 535 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 11 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 24) 1.93 m 73 126 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 35) 1.99 m 188 395 Barcelona 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 32) 1.84 m 142 286 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 34) 1.88 m 211 587 HSV Hamburg 20 GK Kevin Møller (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 26) 2.00 m 7 0 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 31) 1.96 m 78 129 Paris Saint-Germain 23 P Henrik Toft Hansen (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 29) 2.00 m 64 123 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.96 m 139 644 Paris Saint-Germain 27 LB Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 25) 1.92 m 17 50 SC Magdeburg 29 RB Peter Balling (1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 7 13 Team Tvis Holstebro

Hungary

An 18-player squad was announced on 30 December 2015.[36] A 17-man squad was named on 12 January 2016.[37] The final squad was announced on 13 January 2016.[38]

Head coach: Talant Duyshebaev

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK László Bartucz (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 24) 1.94 m 5 0 Csurgó 5 P Timuzsin Schuch (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 30) 1.97 m 126 71 MVM Veszprém 6 RW Ákos Pásztor (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 24) 1.87 m 7 15 Tatabánya 8 LW Gergő Iváncsik (1981-11-30)30 November 1981 (aged 34) 1.90 m 254 677 MVM Veszprém 13 LW Tibor Gazdag (1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.87 m 9 19 Csurgó 15 RW Péter Hornyák (1995-10-04)4 October 1995 (aged 20) 1.75 m 6 6 Csurgó 16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 31) 1.90 m 151 0 MVM Veszprém 18 LB Kornél Nagy (1986-11-21)21 November 1986 (aged 29) 1.95 m 120 195 Dunkerque 19 RB László Nagy (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 34) 2.08 m 180 684 MVM Veszprém 22 LB Iman Jamali (1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 24) 2.02 m 4 9 IFK Kristianstad 23 CB Rudolf Faluvégi (1994-01-09)9 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.92 m 6 14 Csurgó 25 P Szabolcs Zubai (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 31) 1.91 m 188 294 Pick Szeged 27 P Bence Bánhidi (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 20) 2.04 m 14 25 Balatonfüred 30 LB Tamás Borsos (1990-09-13)13 September 1990 (aged 25) 2.02 m 6 0 Cegléd 33 RB Gábor Ancsin (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 25) 2.02 m 67 144 Pick Szeged 39 LB Richárd Bodó (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 22) 2.03 m 17 56 Tatabánya

Montenegro

A 19-player squad was announced on 30 November 2015.[39]

Head coach: Ljubomir Obradović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Rade Mijatović (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 34) 1.92 m 47 2 Tatabánya 2 LB Božidar Leković (1991-01-04)4 January 1991 (aged 25) 2.02 m 2 0 Dobrogea Sud Constanța 4 RW Fahrudin Melić (1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 31) 1.83 m 38 131 Paris Saint-Germain 5 CB Mirko Milašević (1985-07-27)27 July 1985 (aged 30) 1.95 m 29 66 Dinamo București 7 RB Stefan Čavor (1994-11-03)3 November 1994 (aged 21) 1.97 m 6 8 Csurgó 8 P Vuk Lazović (1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 27) 2.00 m 2 1 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 10 CB Božo Anđelić (1992-03-16)16 March 1992 (aged 23) 1.86 m 5 2 Cegléd 12 GK Mile Mijušković (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 30) 1.99 m 4 0 Maribor Branik 13 RW Mirko Radović (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 25) 1.86 m 10 7 Valence 14 LW Miloš Vujović (1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 22) 1.81 m 13 23 Tatabánya 18 P Branko Kankaraš (1988-05-28)28 May 1988 (aged 27) 1.88 m 4 4 Valence 21 CB Vasko Ševaljević (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 27) 1.93 m 30 100 Fenix Toulouse 22 GK Radivoje Ristanović (1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 33) 2.00 m 4 0 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 23 CB Bogdan Petričević (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.94 m 13 13 Mulhouse 34 LB Vuko Borozan (1994-04-09)9 April 1994 (aged 21) 2.03 m 8 31 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 90 P Nemanja Grbović (1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 25) 1.83 m 25 27 Cegléd 93 RB Vladan Lipovina (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 22) 2.01 m 7 19 HSG Wetzlar

Russia

A 21-player squad was announced on 19 December 2015.[40] It was cut to 18 on 13 January 2016.[41]

Head coach: Dmitri Torgovanov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 6 RW Daniil Shishkarev (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 27) 1.89 m 67 153 Vardar 7 RW Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 33) 1.80 m 159 396 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 36) 2.02 m 108 219 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 11 CB Pavel Atman (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 28) 1.90 m 93 157 Meshkov Brest 12 GK Vadim Bogdanov (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 29) 1.97 m 74 0 Azoty-Puławy 13 LB Sergei Gorbok (1982-12-04)4 December 1982 (aged 33) 1.96 m 48 164 Vardar 16 GK Dmitry Pavlenko (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.90 m 6 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 29) 1.85 m 191 484 US Ivry 21 P Gleb Kalarash (1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 25) 2.05 m 10 25 Motor Zaporozhye 25 RB Sergey Shelmenko (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 32) 1.96 m 57 110 Motor Zaporozhye 26 RW Ruslan Dashko (1996-08-13)13 August 1996 (aged 19) 1.98 m 5 13 Dinamo Stavropol 30 LB Valentin Buzmakov (1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 30) 1.92 m 5 6 Permskie Medvedi 31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 32) 1.80 m 158 540 Vardar 44 LW Igor Soroka (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 24) 1.80 m 10 27 Permskie Medvedi 74 P Lev Tcelishchev (1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 25) 2.05 m 9 0 Dinamo Astrakhan 87 GK Victor Kireev (1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (aged 28) 1.90 m 6 0 Saint Petersburg 89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 26) 1.85 m 72 137 Wisła Płock

Statistics

Player representation by league system

In all, European Championship squad members play for clubs in 22 different countries.

Country	Player(s)	Outside national squad	Club(s)
Germany	68	53	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (9), THW Kiel (9), Rhein-Neckar Löwen (8), Füchse Berlin (7), HSG Wetzlar (5), TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (4), SC Magdeburg (4), HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (3), Bergischer HC (3), HSV Hamburg (3), MT Melsungen (3), TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (2), Frisch Auf Göppingen (2), VfL Gummersbach (2), EHV Aue (1), ThSV Eisenach (1), TSG Friesenheim (1), TBV Lemgo (1)
France	36	23	Paris Saint-Germain (11), Montpellier (6), HBC Nantes (3), Saint-Raphaël (3), Fenix Toulouse (3), Dunkerque (2), USAM Nîmes (2), Valence (2), Pays d’Aix UC (1), US Créteil (1), Mulhouse (1), Tremblay-en-France (1)
Hungary	30	16	MVM Veszprém (10), Pick Szeged (7), Csurgó (5), Tatabánya (4), Cegléd (3), Balatonfüred (1)
Poland	20	9	Vive Targi Kielce (10), Wisła Płock (6), Azoty-Puławy (2), Górnik Zabrze (1), Śląsk Wrocław (1)
Macedonia	17	10	Vardar (13), Metalurg (3), Rabotnički (1)
Belarus	12	1	SKA Minsk (6), Meshkov Brest (5), Masheka Mogilev (1)
Spain	12	7	Barcelona (11), Logroño (1)
Denmark	10	8	Aalborg (2), Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (2), Skjern (2), GOG Gudme (1), Midtjylland (1), SønderjyskE (1), Team Tvis Holstebro (1)
Sweden	9	4	IFK Kristianstad (6), Alingsås HK (1), Eskilstuna Guif (1), Ystads IF (1)
Russia	8	1	Chekhovskiye Medvedi (2), Permskie Medvedi (2), Saint Petersburg (2), Dinamo Astrakhan (1), Dinamo Stavropol (1)
Slovenia	7	2	Celje (4), Maribor Branik (2), Gorenje (1)
Croatia	5	1	Zagreb (5)
Austria	5	5	Bregenz (2), ULZ Schwaz (2), UHK Krems (1)
Romania	4	4	CSM București (1), Dinamo București (1), Dobrogea Sud Constanța (1), Odorheiu Secuiesc (1)
Norway	3	0	Elverum (2), ØIF Arendal (1)
Qatar	3	3	El Jaish (2), Lekhwiya (1)
Ukraine	3	3	Motor Zaporozhye (3)
Iceland	2	0	ÍBV (2), Valur (1)
Serbia	2	0	Vojvodina (2)
Turkey	2	2	Beşiktaş (2)
Switzerland	1	1	BSV Bern Muri (1)
Israel	1	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)

Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.
German squad have only one player employed by a non-domestic club; that players are employed in Poland. Only Icelandic squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs; although one player on that squad. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the European Championship, Handball-Bundesliga provides the most squad members.

Player representation by club

Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.

Club	Players
Vardar	13
Barcelona	11
Paris Saint-Germain
Vive Targi Kielce	10
MVM Veszprém

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

Nº	Country	Coaches
3	Iceland	Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Aron Kristjánsson, Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)
2	Croatia	Željko Babić, Ivica Obrvan (Macedonia)
	Serbia	Ljubomir Obradović (Montenegro), Dejan Perić
	Spain	Talant Duyshebaev (Hungary), Manolo Cadenas
1	Belarus	Yuri Shevtsov
	France	Claude Onesta
	Germany	Michael Biegler (Poland)
	Montenegro	Veselin Vujović (Slovenia)
	Norway	Christian Berge
	Russia	Dmitri Torgovanov
	Sweden	Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson

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