Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's handball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Age, caps and goals as of the start of the tournament, 7 August 2016.

Group A

Argentina

The following is the Argentine roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matías Schulz (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 34) 1.90 m 172 0 Pfadi Winterthur 2 LW Federico Fernández (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 26) 1.87 m 94 335 UNLu 3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.83 m 127 568 UNLu 4 CB Sebastián Simonet (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.90 m 76 328 Ademar León 5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 36) 1.90 m 127 62 Colegio Ward 8 LB Pablo Simonet (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 24) 1.89 m 48 98 Benidorm 9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 34) 1.97 m 159 238 Billère 10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 101 235 Ademar León 12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 34) 1.90 m 193 5 Vernon 13 LB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 27) 1.90 m 101 303 UNLu 14 LB Agustín Vidal (1987-07-08)8 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.94 m 80 162 Ciudad Encantada 15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 36) 1.94 m 202 450 Istres 18 LW Adrián Portela (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 30) 1.83 m 37 112 River Plate 23 RW Pablo Vainstein (1987-07-18)18 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.83 m 35 45 Colegio Ward

Croatia

The following is the Croatian roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Željko Babić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ivan Stevanović (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.93 m 15 0 Zagreb 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.97 m 153 497 THW Kiel 7 RB Luka Stepančić (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 25) 2.03 m 16 26 Paris Saint-Germain 8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 30) 2.10 m 124 254 Telekom Veszprém 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 30) 2.04 m 125 71 Füchse Berlin 12 GK Ivan Pešić (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.93 m 22 0 Meshkov Brest 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 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 30) 1.78 m 112 440 Vive Targi Kielce 30 LB Marko Mamić (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 22) 2.00 m 4 3 Dunkerque 32 LB Ivan Slišković (1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 24) 1.97 m 37 87 Telekom Veszprém 34 P Ilija Brozović (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.95 m 15 12 THW Kiel 44 P Krešimir Kozina (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.96 m 2 0 Flensburg-Handewitt

Denmark

The following is the Danish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

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 143 1 THW Kiel 3 RB Mads Christiansen (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.94 m 106 234 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 5 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.88 m 67 157 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 26) 1.90 m 73 209 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 35) 1.99 m 201 418 Barcelona 16 GK Jannick Green (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 27) 1.95 m 71 1 SC Magdeburg 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 32) 1.84 m 155 316 Flensburg-Handewitt 19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-01-11)11 January 1984 (aged 32) 2.00 m 103 163 THW Kiel 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 31) 1.96 m 90 136 Paris Saint-Germain 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 162 361 Skjern Håndbold 23 P Henrik Toft Hansen (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 29) 2.00 m 77 144 Flensburg-Handewitt 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.96 m 151 696 Paris Saint-Germain 25 CB Morten Olsen (1984-10-11)11 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.84 m 32 90 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 27 LB Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.92 m 30 78 SC Magdeburg

France

The following is the French roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Head coach: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 8 LB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 37) 1.89 m 280 858 Paris Saint-Germain 12 GK Vincent Gérard (1986-12-16)16 December 1986 (aged 30) 1.88 m 25 0 Montpellier Handball 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 33) 1.96 m 252 1024 Paris Saint-Germain 14 CB Kentin Mahé (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 (aged 26) 1.86 m 42 98 Flensburg-Handewitt 15 LB Mathieu Grébille (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 39 57 Montpellier Handball 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 40) 1.92 m 328 1 Paris Saint-Germain 17 LB Timothey N'Guessan (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 (aged 24) 1.96 m 20 35 Chambéry Savoie 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 32) 1.82 m 196 646 Paris Saint-Germain 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 33) 1.92 m 150 302 Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 35) 1.79 m 218 771 Montpellier Handball 22 P Luka Karabatić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 29) 2.02 m 42 46 Paris Saint-Germain 23 P Ludovic Fabregas (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 21) 1.98 m 7 5 Montpellier Handball 27 RB Adrien Dipanda (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 29) 2.02 m 7 10 Saint-Raphaël 28 RB Valentin Porte (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 26) 1.90 m 48 114 Fenix Toulouse

Qatar

The following is the Qatari roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Head coach: Valero Rivera López

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 RB Žarko Marković (1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.96 m 22 152 El Jaish 4 LB Hassan Mabrouk (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 34) 1.90 m 30 64 El Jaish 5 LB Marko Bagarić (1985-12-31)31 December 1985 (aged 30) 2.01 m Al Rayyan 6 RB Mustafa Alsaltialkrad (1987-03-16)16 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.86 m 7 LB Bertrand Roiné (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.98 m 40 70 Al Ahli 9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.96 m 34 131 El Jaish 11 LW Abdulrazzaq Murad (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 77 169 Al-Gharafa 12 GK Danijel Šarić (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 39) 1.95 m 22 0 Barcelona 13 RW Eldar Memišević (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.78 m 100 196 El Jaish 14 P Bassel Al-Rayes (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 37) 1.80 m 36 146 Al Rayyan 15 RW Nasreddine Megdich (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.78 m 16 27 Al Rayyan 16 GK Goran Stojanović (1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 39) 1.91 m 37 0 El Jaish 19 P Borja Vidal (1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (aged 34) 2.06 m 34 79 Al-Qiyada 25 CB Kamalaldin Mallash (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 62 109 El Jaish 94 LB Ameen Zakkar (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.95 m 35 62 Al Rayyan

Tunisia

The following is the Tunisian roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Head coach: Hafedh Zouabi

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Makram Missaoui (1981-02-14)14 February 1981 (aged 35) 1.88 m 145 0 Club Africain 4 LW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.84 m 71 123 HBC Nantes 6 P Issam Tej (1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 37) 1.87 m 304 797 El Jaish 8 LB Mohamed Jilani Maaref (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 24) 1.92 m 33 39 Club Africain 9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.97 m 100 299 Club Africain 12 GK Marouen Maggaiz (1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.91 m 173 3 Espérance de Tunis 13 RW Mohamed Ali Bhar (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.80 m Espérance de Tunis 15 LB Khaled Haj Youssef (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 31 28 Club Africain 21 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 100 424 Tremblay-en-France 22 CB Sobhi Saïed (1982-09-26)26 September 1982 (aged 33) 1.86 m 143 311 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 23 LW Oussama Hosni (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 23) 1.92 m 46 51 Club Africain 27 RB Aymen Hammed (1983-07-26)26 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.96 m 111 375 Espérance de Tunis 31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.97 m 91 100 Tremblay-en-France 39 CB Mohamed Soussi (1993-01-17)17 January 1993 (aged 23) 1.94 m 43 49 Club Africain 42 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 102 257 Barcelona

Group B

Brazil

The following is the Brazilian roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Maik Santos (1980-09-06)6 September 1980 (aged 35) 1.80 m 206 3 HC Taubaté 2 CB Henrique Teixeira (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 100 145 Granollers 4 CB João Pedro Silva (1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.90 m 50 99 Chambéry Savoie 9 RW Lucas Cândido (1989-03-19)19 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.82 m 55 107 HC Taubaté 10 RB José Toledo (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.93 m 53 119 Wisła Płock 13 CB Diogo Hubner (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 33) 1.88 m 94 135 São Caetano 11 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.99 m 0 0 MOL-Pick Szeged 17 P Alexandro Pozzer (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 27) 1.92 m 61 79 Puerto Sagunto 19 RW Fábio Chiuffa (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.87 m 103 221 KIF Kolding Copenhagen 26 RB Oswaldo Guimarães (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 26) 1.83 m 47 68 Villa de Aranda 28 LB Leonardo Santos (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.92 m 21 38 Ademar León 33 LW André Soares (1984-02-13)13 February 1984 (aged 32) 1.90 m 51 85 HC Taubaté 37 LB Haniel Langaro (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 21) 1.96 m 21 41 Ciudad de Logroño 89 GK César Almeida (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.87 m 59 0 Granollers

Egypt

The following is the Egyptian roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9]

Head coach: Marwan Ragab

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RB Mamdouh Abouebaid (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.87 m 131 397 Al Ahly 8 P Mahmoud Ramadan (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (aged 32) 1.85 m 305 912 Al Ahly 9 CB Eslam Isaa (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.86 m 204 617 Club Africain 15 RW Mohamed Amer (1987-12-12)12 December 1987 (aged 28) 1.87 m 150 498 Al Ahly 19 CB Mohamed El-Bassiouny (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.86 m 110 360 Alexandria SC 20 CB Mohamed Hasehm (1988-01-23)23 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.80 m 210 712 Aviation SC 24 P Ibrahim El-Masry (1989-03-11)11 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.95 m 175 423 Al Ahly 39 LB Yehia El-Deraa (1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 21) 1.86 m 88 186 Hellopolice 66 RB Ahmed El-Ahmar (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 32) 1.84 m 397 1351 Zamalek 72 GK Mahmoud Khalil (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 25) 1.92 m 122 0 El Jaish 88 GK Karim Handawy (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.86 m 256 0 Al Ahly 89 P Mohamed Mamdouh Shebib (1989-01-04)4 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 210 953 Zamalek 90 LB Aly Mohamed (1990-12-14)14 December 1990 (aged 25) 1.95 m 231 703 Al Jazira 91 RW Mohamed Sanad (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 25) 1.84 m 120 334 Komlói Bányász

Germany

The following is the German roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10] Steffen Weinhold replaced Patrick Groetzki on 10 August 2016.[11]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 121 528 Paris Saint-Germain 6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 24) 2.10 m 33 19 SC Magdeburg 7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 27) 2.00 m 84 190 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 48 137 Vive Targi Kielce 10 RB Fabian Wiede (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 41 76 Füchse Berlin 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.94 m 140 1 Füchse Berlin 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.03 m 54 76 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.91 m 87 233 THW Kiel 19 CB Martin Strobel (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 127 149 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 98 273 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 31 62 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 32 1 THW Kiel 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.98 m 13 49 VfL Gummersbach 47 LB Christian Dissinger (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 24) 2.02 m 14 38 THW Kiel 95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 21) 1.92 m 32 64 Füchse Berlin

Poland

The following is the Polish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]

Head coach: Talant Duyshebaev

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 279 2 Vive Targi Kielce 3 RB Krzysztof Lijewski (1983-07-07)7 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.98 m 173 409 Vive Targi Kielce 5 LW Mateusz Jachlewski (1984-12-27)27 December 1984 (aged 31) 1.84 m 108 236 Vive Targi Kielce 6 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 29) 1.84 m 69 132 Azoty-Puławy 8 LB Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982 (aged 34) 2.02 m 244 891 Vive Targi Kielce 11 LW Adam Wiśniewski (1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 35) 1.92 m 146 189 Wisła Płock 13 P Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979 (aged 37) 1.93 m 227 723 Chrobry Głogów 15 LB Michał Jurecki (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 31) 2.02 m 189 528 Vive Targi Kielce 16 GK Piotr Wyszomirski (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.93 m 104 0 TBV Lemgo 20 CB Mariusz Jurkiewicz (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 34) 1.98 m 150 257 Vive Targi Kielce 23 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.08 m 87 164 Barcelona 26 RW Michał Daszek (1992-06-27)27 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 56 110 Wisła Płock 28 CB Łukasz Gierak (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 6 6 Pogoń Szczecin 35 P Mateusz Kus (1987-07-14)14 July 1987 (aged 29) 2.00 m 5 4 Vive Targi Kielce 45 RB Michał Szyba (1988-03-18)18 March 1988 (aged 28) 1.96 m 57 82 Gorenje Velenje

Slovenia

The following is the Slovenian roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[13] The caps and goals are updated as of 17 August 2016.[14]

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 62 0 Zagreb 3 P Blaž Blagotinšek (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 22) 2.02 m 35 35 Veszprém 5 LB Nik Henigman (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 20) 1.99 m 9 9 Ribnica 7 RB Vid Kavtičnik (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 32) 1.91 m 168 474 Montpellier Handball 8 RW Blaž Janc (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.85 m 12 51 Celje 11 RB Jure Dolenec (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 27) 1.90 m 104 373 Montpellier Handball 12 GK Gorazd Škof (1977-07-11)11 July 1977 (aged 39) 1.88 m 187 0 Paris Saint-Germain 13 LW Darko Cingesar (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.87 m 34 54 Zagreb 15 P Vid Poteko (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.94 m 32 13 Celje 18 RB David Miklavčič (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 (aged 33) 1.95 m 95 140 Zagreb 22 P Matej Gaber (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 25) 1.97 m 94 112 MOL-Pick Szeged 23 CB Uroš Zorman (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 36) 1.90 m 224 519 Vive Targi Kielce 25 CB Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.84 m 89 146 SC Magdeburg 31 LW Simon Razgor (1985-09-18)18 September 1985 (aged 30) 1.83 m 45 108 Meshkov Brest 32 CB Miha Zarabec (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 33) 1.77 m 18 41 Celje 44 CB Dean Bombač (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 26) 1.89 m 69 120 Vive Targi Kielce 90 GK Urban Lesjak (1990-08-24) 24 August 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 25 0 Celje

Sweden

The following is the Swedish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[15] Albin Lagergren replaced Johan Jakobsson on 15 August 2016.[16]

Head coaches: 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 38) 1.85 m 141 0 Flensburg-Handewitt 3 RB Kim Andersson (1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 33) 1.99 m 222 787 Ystads IF 5 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 23) 1.90 m 25 84 Flensburg-Handewitt 9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 20) 1.82 m 3 2 IFK Kristianstad 11 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.92 m 18 53 THW Kiel 13 LB Jonathan Stenbäcken (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.95 m 40 49 TBV Lemgo 18 RB Johan Jakobsson (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.95 m 105 220 Flensburg-Handewitt 19 P Tobias Karlsson (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 143 79 Flensburg-Handewitt 20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.91 m 37 0 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 23) 1.86 m 2 4 IFK Kristianstad 24 LW Fredrik Petersen (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 32) 1.88 m 150 416 Malmö 28 LB Philip Stenmalm (1992-04-03)3 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.98 m 23 31 KIF Kolding København 32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.79 m 76 128 Füchse Berlin 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.97 m 96 224 Telekom Veszprém 36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 26) 2.00 m 66 80 Füchse Berlin

Statistics

Player representation by club

Clubs with 6 or more players represented are listed.

Club	Players
Vive Targi Kielce	11
Paris Saint-Germain	10
THW Kiel	8
El Jaish	7
Flensburg-Handewitt
Füchse Berlin	6

Player representation by league

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad
Total	168
Germany	36	21%	24
France	27	16%	15
Poland	17	10%	6
Qatar	16	10%	3
Spain		10%	16
Others	56	33%

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

Nº	Country	Coaches
3	Spain	Talant Duyshebaev (Poland), Jordi Ribera (Brazil), Valero Rivera López (Qatar)
2	Iceland	Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)
1	Argentina	Eduardo Gallardo
	Croatia	Željko Babić
	Egypt	Marwan Ragab
	France	Claude Onesta
	Montenegro	Veselin Vujović (Slovenia)
	Sweden	Ola Lindgren and Staffan Olsson
	Tunisia	Hafedh Zouabi

See also

• Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

References

1. "La lista de la Selección Masculina para Río 2016" [The list of the selected male players for Rio 2016] (in Spanish). Argentina Handball Association. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
2. "Hrvaška rokometna ekipa za OI znana" [Croatia's handball team named for the Olympics] (in Slovenian). Slovenia: Ekipa. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
3. "OL: Gudmundsson sender 15 navne til DIF" [Olympics: Gudmundsson sends 15 players to DIF] (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
4. "Handball : la liste des Bleus pour les Jeux Olympiques de Rio" [Handball: the list of the Frenchmen for the Rio Olympics] (in French). Le Monde. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
5. "Qatar Men's Handball Team". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
6. "Cumulative Statistics: QAT - Qatar" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
7. "La Tunisie connaît ses 14 joueurs" [Tunisia names its 14 players] (in French). HandNews.fr. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
8. "Team Roster Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
9. "منتخب «اليد» يطير إلى البرازيل استعدادا للأولمبياد" [Handball team will fly to Brazil for the Olympics] (in Arabic). Veto Gate. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
10. "DHB schlägt Handballteam für die Olympischen Spiele vor" [DHB selects the handball team for the Olympics] (in German). German Handball Association. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
11. "Weinhold rückt für Groetzki in die deutsche Handballmannschaft" (in German). German Handball Association. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
12. "Ta czternastka może przejśc do historii" [This fourteen will make history] (in Polish). Przegląd Sportowy. 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
13. "Selektor Vujović določil potnike na olimpijske igre" [Head Coach Vujovic selected Olympic squad] (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia official website. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
14. "Večna lestvica nastopov in zadetkov za moško člansko reprezentanco" [All-time caps and goals for the national team] (in Slovenian). Handball Federation of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
15. "Halva herrtruppen OS-debuterar" [Half of the men's team mark their Olympic debut] (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
16. "Albin Lagergren OS-debuterar" (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. 15 August 2016.

External links

• Official website