European handball championship 2016 / squad

16 teams took part in the 12th Men's Handball European Championship , which was held in Poland from January 15 to 31, 2016 . Each team was allowed to register 16 players. Injured players were allowed to be replaced, with a total of 270 active players taking part in the competition. In this article the roster lists of the participating nations are presented.

The Frenchman Thierry Omeyer was the oldest player in the European Championship and, with 325 appearances, also had the most international matches of all participants.

Nikola Karabatić made his 250th appearance for France at the 2016 European Championship.

Record goalscorer Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (center) in one of his 1690 goals for Iceland.

The oldest player to take part in the 2016 European Championship was French Thierry Omeyer (born November 2, 1976), followed by Gorazd Škof from Slovenia (born July 11, 1977) and Sweden's Mattias Andersson (born March 29, 1978 ). All three were goalkeepers. Of the field players, the Russian Alexander Tschernoiwanow (born on February 13, 1979), followed by the Icelandic Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born on August 8, 1979) and the French Daniel Narcisse (born on December 16, 1979) was the oldest active.

The youngest player to take part in the 2016 European Championship came from France, Benoît Kounkoud (born February 19, 1997), followed by Lukas Nilsson from Sweden (born November 16, 1996) and Belarusian Andrej Jurynok (born 21. September 1996).

Thierry Omeyer had the most international matches of all participants with 325 appearances. Just behind was Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (Iceland, 319 games), followed by Daniel Narcisse (France, 277), Róbert Gunnarsson (Iceland, 269), Sławomir Szmal ( Poland , 262), Gergő Iváncsik (Hungary, 254) and Snorri Guðjónsson (Iceland, 252). France's star Nikola Karabatić celebrated his 250th international match at the 2016 European Championship against Macedonia . A total of seven players did not have a single international match at the start of the 2016 European Championship. These were Théo Derot (France), Maciej Gębala (Poland), Bartosz Konitz (Poland), Uladsislau Kulesch (Belarus), Aljaksandr Pazykajlik (Belarus), Nedim Remili (France) and Wjatschaslau Saldazenka (Belarus). With the exception of Maciej Gębala, all named players were allowed to make their international debut.

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson had the highest scoreboard with 1690 hits before the start of the European Championship in 2016. They were followed by Nikola Karabatić (1019 hits), Kiril Lazarov (Macedonia, 935), Karol Bielecki (Poland, 813), Luka Žvižej (Slovenia, 696), László Nagy (Hungary, 684), Gergő Iváncsik (Hungary, 677), Mikkel Hansen (Denmark, 644), Dragan Gajič (Slovenia, 633) and Jonas Källman (Sweden, 607). Barys Puchouski (Belarus, 586), Timur Dibirow (Russia, 540), Iwan Brouka (Belarus, 539) and Niclas Ekberg (Sweden, 515) had more than 500 hits .

The largest team on average at the 2016 European Championship was 196 centimeters from Germany , followed by Serbia , Hungary and Belarus with 195 centimeters each. The tallest players were Marko Kopljar ( Croatia ) and Finn Lemke (Germany) with 210 centimeters each, followed by Kamil Syprzak and László Nagy (Hungary) with 208 centimeters each. Péter Hornyák (Hungary) was the smallest player with only 175 centimeters, followed by Miha Zarabec (Slovenia) with 177 centimeters and Iwan Brouka (Belarus), Ivan Čupić (Croatia), André Lindboe (Norway) and Víctor Tomás (Spain) with each 177 centimeters. With an average height of 190 centimeters, France and Slovenia had the smallest teams.

Legend

Column structure

RN = number on the back	born = Date of birth	Pos. = Position	Size = Size in cm	Wt. = Weight in kg
Club = club for which the player is registered		Country = country in which the player works as a legionnaire
Lsp = number of international matches before the start of the European Championship		LT = number of goals in international matches before the start of the European Championship
Sp. = Number of appearances at the EM		Time = working time at the EM	T = number of goals scored at the European Championship
= Number of yellow cards	= Number of red cards	= Number of 2-minute penalties

Importance of positions

GK = goalkeeper	RB = Right Back	CB = Center Back	LB = Left Back	P = pivot
R = Right	L = Left	RW = Right Wing	LW = Left Wing	L / R = Handedness

Denmark

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  Team boss Guðmundur Guðmundsson

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  Team manager Ulrik Wilbek

The Danish national team plays in the preliminary round in Group D against Russia (31:25), Montenegro (30:28) and Hungary (30:22). She was group winners ahead of Russia and Hungary and rose to the main round in Group II , where she met Spain (27:23), Sweden (28:28) and Germany (23:25) and took third place. As a result, the Danes only reached third place in the group, which meant they were qualified for the game for fifth place . There they met France and after the 26:29 defeat they ultimately had to be satisfied with sixth place.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Guðmundur Guðmundsson	December 23, 1960	Iceland
Assistant coach	Tomas Svensson	15th February 1968	Sweden
Team manager	Kai Johannsen	May 24, 1960	Denmark
Team manager	Ulrik Wilbek	April 13, 1958	Denmark

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	December 19, 1988	GK	201	102	THW Kiel		130	001	7th	5:12:48	00	1	-	-
02	Alexander Lynggaard	March 27, 1990	P	200		Saint-Raphaël Var HB		007th	007th	7th	35:03	03	1	1	3
03	Mads Christiansen	May 3, 1986	RB	194	093	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg		095	210	7th	4:28:08	19th	-	-	-
05	Mads Mensah Larsen	August 12, 1991	CB	188	109	Rhine-Neckar lion		054	122	7th	4:51:00	20th	1	-	3
06th	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	December 14, 1989	LW	190	093	HSV Hamburg		060	184	7th	2:38:43	08th	1	-	-
07th	Eggert Magnussen is different	May 14, 1982	LW	179	077	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		146	535	7th	3:50:42	22nd	1	-	1
11	Rasmus Lauge Schmidt	June 20, 1991	CB	193	096	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		073	126	7th	1:33:47	06th	-	-	2
15th	Jesper Nøddesbo	October 23, 1980	P	199	100	FC Barcelona		188	395	7th	2:47:44	16	2	-	1
17th	Let Svan Hansen	August 31, 1983	RW	184	084	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		142	286	7th	4:10:52	12	2	-	-
18th	Hans Lindberg	August 1, 1981	RW	188	088	HSV Hamburg		211	587	7th	2:47:27	08th	-	-	-
20th	Kevin Møller	June 20, 1989	GK	200	103	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		007th	000	7th	1:42:14	01	-	-	-
21st	Henrik Møllgaard Jensen	2nd January 1985	LB	196	097	Paris Saint-Germain		078	129	7th	3:42:18	05	3	1	4th
23	Henrik Toft Hansen	18th December 1986	P	200	106	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		064	123	7th	3:34:59	11	5	-	2
24	Mikkel Hansen	October 22, 1987	LB	192	093	Paris Saint-Germain		139	644	7th	4:46:05	33	3	-	2
27	Michael Damgaard Nielsen	March 18, 1990	LB	192		SC Magdeburg		017th	050	7th	1:28:29	23	-	-	-
29	Peter Balling Christensen	April 5th 1990	RB	188	78	Team Tvis Holstebro		007th	013	7th	59:28	08th	-	-	-
average				193	095			089		total		195	21 1)	2	18th

¹⁾In the second game, the team manager Guðmundur Guðmundsson received a yellow card.

Germany

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  Team principal Dagur Sigurðsson

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  Kai Häfner threw Germany into the final

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  Outstanding in the final: goalkeeper Andreas Wolff

The German national team played in the preliminary round in Group C against Spain (29:32), Sweden (27:26) and Slovenia (25:21). She finished second behind Spain and ahead of Sweden and rose to the main round in Group II , where she met Hungary (29:19), Russia (30:29) and Denmark (25:23). This resulted in second place in the group behind Spain, which meant that the Germans qualified for the semi- finals. There they met Norway . In a dramatic game Germany prevailed with a goal from Kai Häfner a few seconds before the end of extra time with 34:33 and thus qualified for the final , in which they met Spain .

In the final in front of 15,000 spectators in the Tauron Arena in Krakow , the German team surpassed itself, returned the favor for the 29:32 defeat in the preliminary round and secured the European championship title in 2016 with a 24:17 victory. In addition to an excellent team performance especially team boss Dagur Sigurðsson , who hired the team excellently, goalkeeper Andreas Wolff , who with his saves - 16 of 33 throws fended off (48 percent) - brought the Spaniards to despair, and Kai Häfner the "fathers" of the with seven hits Victory.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Dagur Sigurðsson	3rd April 1973	Iceland
Assistant coach	Alexander Haase	May 13, 1976	Germany
Assistant coach	Axel Kromer	January 10, 1977	Germany

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
05	Johannes Sellin	December 31, 1990	RW	187	080	MT Melsungen		040	094	8th	59:20	04th	-	-	1
06th	Finn Lemke	April 30, 1992	LB	210	115	SC Magdeburg		015th	014th	8th	4:08:14	02	3	-	4th
09	Tobias Reichmann	May 27, 1988	RW	188	085	KS Kielce		032	074	8th	5:51:52	46	2	-	3
10	Fabian Wiede	February 8, 1994	RB	194	093	Foxes Berlin		023	038	8th	4:35:33	19th	1	-	1
13	Hendrik Pekeler	2nd July 1991	P	203	101	Rhine-Neckar lion		038	050	8th	5:15:29	10	4th	1	110
16	Carsten Lichtlein	November 4th 1980	GK	202	100	VfL Gummersbach		202	001	8th	1:30:36	00	-	-	-
17th	Steffen Weinhold 1)	July 19, 1986	RB	191	094	THW Kiel		079	207	5	3:20:54	19th	3	-	2
19th	Martin Strobel	June 5, 1986	CB	189	090	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten		110	135	8th	2:38:28	04th	-	-	-
21st	Erik Schmidt	December 28, 1992	P	204	101	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf		024	025th	8th	2:52:39	13	2	-	5
23	Steffen Fäth	April 4, 1990	LB	195	097	HSG Wetzlar		026th	038	8th	4:19:00	30th	3	-	2
25th	Kai Häfner 1)	July 10, 1989	RB	192	093	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf		021st	029	3	1:10:02	15th	-	-	-
33	Andreas Wolff	March 3, 1991	GK	198	105	HSG Wetzlar		015th	001	8th	6:21:16	00	-	-	-
34	Rune Dahmke	April 10, 1993	LW	189	085	THW Kiel		003	007th	8th	6:02:37	23	1	-	1
35	Julius Kühn 1)	April 1, 1993	LB	198	109	VfL Gummersbach		002	003	3	1:14:59	07th	1	-	2
40	Simon Ernst	April 2, 1994	CB	195	097	VfL Gummersbach		012	013	8th	9:40	01	-	-	-
43	Niclas Pieczkowski	December 28, 1989	CB	193	090	TuS N-Lübbecke		009	016	8th	1:17:30	04th	-	-	3
47	Christian Dissinger 1)	November 15, 1991	LB	202	103	THW Kiel		005	011	5	3:09:38	17th	2	1	4th
48	Jannik Kohlbacher	July 19, 1995	P	193	105	HSG Wetzlar		006th	022nd	8th	2:12:09	09	-	-	1
average				196	096			040		total		223	24 2)	2	40

¹⁾For the players Steffen Weinhold (No. 17) and Christian Dissinger (No. 47), who had to retire injured after 5 games, the players Kai Häfner (No. 25) and Julius Kühn (No. 25) , who did not belong to the originally registered team, were replaced . 35) subsequently nominated.

²⁾The team boss Dagur Sigurðsson received a yellow card in the 2nd and 4th game.

France

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  Team principal Claude Onesta

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  Assistant coach Didier Dinart

The French national team played in the preliminary round in Group A against Macedonia (30:23), Serbia (36:26) and Poland (25:31). So she finished second in the group behind Poland and rose to the main round in Group I , where they met Belarus (34:23), Croatia (32:24) and Norway (24:29). As a result, the French only reached third place in the group, which qualified them for the game for fifth place . There they defeated Denmark with 29:26 and ultimately reached fifth place.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Claude Onesta	February 6, 1957	France
Assistant coach	Didier Dinart	January 18, 1977	France
Team manager	Michel Barbot	February 14, 1953	France
Team manager	Philippe Bana		France

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
05	Nedim Remili	July 18, 1995	RB	195	094	US Créteil		000	000	7th	1:42:56	10	1	-	1
06th	Olivier Nyokas	June 28, 1986	LW / LB	188	086	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten		003	005	7th	1:09:43	16	-	-	-
08th	Daniel Narcisse	December 16, 1979	CB	189	093	Paris Saint-Germain		277	851	7th	3:36:26	19th	2	-	1
11	Samuel Honrubia	5th July 1986	LW	180	075	Paris Saint-Germain		076	190	7th	36:35	02	-	-	-
12	Vincent Gérard	December 16, 1986	GK	188	098	Montpellier HB		023	000	7th	2:07:30	00	-	-	-
13	Nikola Karabatić	April 11, 1984	CB	196	102	Paris Saint-Germain		249	10190	7th	4:31:32	26th	2	-	2
14th	Kentin Mahé 1)	May 22, 1991	LW / CB	186	083	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		039	081	6th	3:08:51	18th	2	-	-
16	Thierry Omeyer	2nd November 1976	GK	192	093	Paris Saint-Germain		325	001	7th	4:52:30	01	-	-	-
19th	Luc Abalo 1)	September 6, 1984	RW	182	086	Paris Saint-Germain		193	640	6th	4:44:22	24	1	-	3
20th	Cédric Sorhaindo	June 7, 1984	P	192	112	FC Barcelona		147	297	7th	4:45:17	23	1	-	1
21st	Michaël Guigou	January 28, 1982	LW	179	078	Montpellier HB		215	761	7th	4:07:07	21st	-	-	1
22nd	Luka Karabatić	April 19, 1988	P	202	103	Paris Saint-Germain		039	041	7th	4:39:20	11	2	1	7th
23	Ludovic Fabregas	July 1, 1996	P	198	099	Montpellier HB		005	004th	7th	1:13:30	03	-	-	1
25th	Théo Derot	17th June 1992	LB	193	096	HBC Nantes		000	000	7th	41:50	07th	-	-	-
27	Adrien Dipanda 1)	May 3, 1988	RB	202	104	Saint-Raphaël Var HB		005	010	2	24:34	01	-	-	-
28	Valentin Porte	September 7, 1990	RB / RW	190	096	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball		045	106	7th	4:39:05	17th	5	-	6th
29	Benoît Kounkoud	February 19, 1997	RB / RW	188	078	Paris Saint-Germain		002	002	7th	1:58:52	11	-	-	-
average				190	092			102		total		2100	160	1	230

¹⁾ Adrien Dipanda (No. 27) was used in the 5th game instead of the injured Kentin Mahé (No. 17) and in the 7th game instead of Luc Abalo (No. 19).

Iceland

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  Assistant coach Ólafur Stefánsson

The Icelandic national team played in the preliminary round in Group B against Norway (26:25), Belarus (38:39) and Croatia (28:37). She was eliminated as the bottom of the group after the preliminary round.

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Aron Kristjánsson	July 14, 1972	Iceland
Assistant coach	Gunnar Magnússon	September 9, 1977	Iceland
Assistant coach	Ólafur Stefánsson	3rd July 1973	Iceland

player

No.	Player name 1)	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Björgvin Páll Gústavsson	May 24, 1985	GK	193	095	Bergischer HC		171	003	3	2:37:25	01	-	-	-
02	Vignir Svavarsson	June 20, 1980	P	194	100	HC Midtjylland		227	255	3	1:27:08	06th	-	-	-
03	Kári Kristján Kristjánsson 2)	October 28, 1984	P	198	106	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar		106	123	1	8:11	01	-	-	-
04th	Aron Pálmarsson	July 19, 1990	LB	193	096	MKB Veszprém		102	395	3	2:09:09	12	-	-	1
05	Rúnar Kárason	May 24, 1988	RB	196	100	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf		062	129	3	14:39	01	-	-	1
06th	Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson	17th February 1984	RB	191	095	USAM Nîmes		227	388	3	1:54:14	04th	1	-	1
07th	Arnór Atlason	July 23, 1984	LB	191	091	Saint-Raphaël Var HB		175	404	3	1:32:30	08th	1	-	1
09	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	August 8, 1979	LW	187	083	FC Barcelona		319	16900	3	2:49:59	17th	1	-	2
10	Snorri Guðjónsson	17th October 1981	CB	187	086	USAM Nîmes		252	835	3	34:55	07th	-	-	-
12	Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson	September 1, 1989	GK	202	090	SG BBM Bietigheim		058	004th	3	15:16	00	-	-	-
13	Ólafur Guðmundsson  2)	May 13, 1990	LB	194	092	IFK Kristianstad		061	057	2	16:24	02	-	-	1
14th	Arnór Þór Gunnarsson	October 23, 1987	RW	181	085	Bergischer HC		054	115	3	1:32:50	11	-	-	1
15th	Alexander Petersson	2nd July 1980	RB	186	094	Rhine-Neckar lion		170	682	3	2:16:47	12	1	-	3
18th	Róbert Gunnarsson	May 22, 1980	P	190	100	Paris Saint-Germain		269	762	3	51:04	08th	-	-	-
22nd	Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson	May 19, 1990	LW	196	096	Rhine-Neckar lion		049	058	3	23:05	01	-	-	1
26th	Bjarki Már Gunnarsson	August 10, 1988	P	201	100	EHV Aue		041	010	3	47:50	01	2	-	2
28	Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason	5th August 1992	CB	192	101	Valur Reykjavík		007th	004th	3	1:08:34	00	2	-	2
average				192	094			140		total		92	9 3)	-	160

¹ Since Iceland has almost no family names, the names are sorted by first name.

²⁾The injured Kári Kristján Kristjánsson (No. 3) was replaced after the first game by Ólafur Guðmundsson (No. 13).

³⁾In the game against Norway, assistant coach Gunnar Magnússon also received a yellow card.

Croatia

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  Domagoj Duvnjak is Croatia's most experienced player

The Croatian national team played in the preliminary round in Group B against Belarus (27:21), Norway (31:34) and Iceland (37:28). They finished second behind Norway and ahead of Belarus and rose to the main round in Group I , where they met Macedonia (34:24), France (24:32) and Poland (37:23). As a result, the Croatians took second place in the group behind Norway, which meant they were qualified for the semifinals . There they met Spain and had to admit defeat 29:33. With that, the Croatians only reached the game for third place , in which they met Norway . With a clear 31:24 victory, Croatia took third place at the European Championship.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Željko Babic	May 19, 1972	Croatia
Assistant coach	Petar Metličić	December 25, 1976	Croatia
Team manager	Ivica Maraš		Croatia
Team manager	Ivano Balić	April 1, 1979	Croatia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Ivan Stevanović	May 18, 1982	GK	193	101	RK Zagreb		015th	000	8th	3:36:42	00	-	-	-
03	Marino Marić	June 1, 1990	P	196	114	MT Melsungen		032	059	8th	5:12:39	32	1	1	5
05	Domagoj Duvnjak	June 1, 1988	CB	197	099	THW Kiel		153	497	8th	5:22:58	25th	5	-	4th
08th	Marko Kopljar	February 12, 1986	RB	210	108	FC Barcelona		124	254	8th	4:09:03	24	3	-	2
10	Jakov Gojun	April 18, 1986	LB	204	110	Foxes Berlin		125	071	8th	3:32:15	02	2	1	5
13	Zlatko Horvat	September 25, 1984	LW	179	086	RK Zagreb		115	332	8th	3:37:58	31	-	-	1
18th	Igor Karačić	November 2nd, 1988	CB	189	087	RK Vardar Skopje		027	071	8th	2:23:01	12	-	-	1
21st	Krešimir Kozina 1)	June 25, 1990	P	196	104	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		002	000	3	46:57	02	-	-	1
25th	Mirko Alilović	September 15, 1985	GK	200	110	MKB Veszprém		152	000	8th	4:08:15	00	-	-	-
26th	Manuel Štrlek	December 1, 1988	LW	181	079	KS Kielce		099	318	8th	6:57:54	43	-	-	2
27	Ivan Čupić	March 27, 1986	RW	178	078	KS Kielce		112	440	8th	4:25:16	19th	2	-	2
29	Antonijo Kovačević	May 21, 1987	LW	190	090	RK Zagreb		004th	004th	8th	44:31	03	-	-	-
30th	Marko Mamić	March 6, 1994	LB	200	100	Dunkerque HBGL		004th	003	8th	1:04:24	08th	2	-	2
31	Luka Šebetić	May 26, 1994	RB	198	097	RK Zagreb		002	003	8th	3:28:20	11	4th	-	4th
32	Ivan Slišković	October 23, 1991	LB	197	098	MKB Veszprém		037	087	8th	3:11:44	30th	1	-	1
33	Luka Cindrić	5th July 1993	CB	182	090	RK Vardar Skopje		007th	018th	8th	48:29	02	-	-	-
34	Ilija Brozović 1)	May 26, 1991	P	195	107	HSV Hamburg		015th	012	5	2:29:36	06th	3	1	6th
average				193	094			064		total		250	27 2)	3	360

¹⁾From the 6th game, Krešimir Kozina (No. 21) played instead of Ilija Brozović (No. 34).

²⁾The team manager Ivica Maraš received yellow cards in the first game, the assistant coach Petar Metličić in the second game and the team manager Željko Babić in the third and seventh game.

Macedonia

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  Kiril Lazarov is Macedonia's most successful thrower

The Macedonian national team played in the preliminary round in Group A against France (23:30), Poland (23:24) and Serbia (27:27). So she finished third in the group behind Poland and France and rose to the main round in Group I , where they met Croatia (24:34), Norway (31:31) and Belarus (29:30). This made Macedonia last in the group and eliminated from the European Championship.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Ivica Obrvan	June 2, 1966	Croatia
Assistant coach	Danilo Brestovac		North Macedonia
Assistant coach	Kristijan Kajčevski		North Macedonia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
03	Dejan Manaskov	August 26, 1992	LW	180	073	RK Vardar Skopje		032	085	6th	4:59:55	32	1	-	-
05	Stojanče Stoilov	April 30, 1987	P	192	110	RK Vardar Skopje		026th	048	6th	3:29:37	13	1	-	2
07th	Kiril Lazarov	May 10, 1980	RB	193	095	FC Barcelona		114	935	6th	3:17:38	42	-	-	-
08th	Vlatko Mitkov	August 16, 1981	RB	192	097	UHK Krems		085	073	6th	2:18:44	05	1	-	2
09	Ace Jonovski	December 29, 1980	CB	197	093	Bergischer HC		070	068	6th	2:14:04	00	2	-	6th
10	Daniel Dupjačanec	July 15, 1983	GK	189	099	RK Metalurg Skopje		002	000	6th	50:45	00	-	-	-
13	Filip Mirkulovski	September 14, 1983	CB	189	091	HSG Wetzlar		120	301	6th	3:25:52	14th	2	-	3
14th	Velko Markoski	April 5, 1986	LB	194	100	RK PPD Zagreb		038	047	6th	2:54:38	01	5	-	2
16	Borko Ristovski	2nd November 1982	GK	190	098	Rhine-Neckar lion		118	003	6th	5:08:47	00	-	-	-
17th	Nikola Markoski 1)	May 22, 1990	P	196	113	RK Rabotnički Skopje		017th	010	2	6:10	00	-	-	1
18th	Naumče Mojsovski	17th June 1980	CB	187	092	CSM Bucharest		101	130	6th	1:13:22	06th	-	-	1
21st	Nemanja Pribak	March 26, 1984	CB	190	103	Beşiktaş Istanbul		013	017th	6th	3:01:39	09	-	-	-
22nd	Goce Georgievski	February 12, 1987	RW	185	083	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball		037	059	6th	4:53:14	19th	2	-	1
23	Filip Lazarov 1)	April 21, 1985	LB	197	104	RK Vardar Skopje		042	110	5	36:45	03	1	-	-
26th	Goce Ojleski	October 10, 1989	LW	188	078	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc		021st	017th	6th	59:50	04th	-	-	-
27	Filip Kuzmanovski	3rd July 1996	LB	198	105	RK Metalurg Skopje		004th	002	6th	1:30:56	06th	3	-	1
33	Žarko Peševski 1)	April 11, 1991	P	195	110	RK Metalurg Skopje		006th	014th	5	58:08	03	-	-	-
average				191	096			053		total		1570	20 2)	0	19th

¹⁾ Filip Lazarov (No. 23) was placed on the 2nd matchday instead of Žarko Peševski (No. 33). After the injury of Nikola Markoski (No. 17) in the second game Žarko Peševski came back to the team line-up.

²⁾Team boss Ivica Obrvan received a yellow card in the 2nd and 3rd game.

Montenegro

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  Fahrudin Melić is Montenegro's most successful thrower

The Montenegrin national team played in the preliminary round in Group D against Hungary (27:32), Denmark (28:30) and Russia (21:28). She was eliminated after the preliminary round as a pointless group bottom.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Ljubomir Obradović	September 16, 1954	Serbia
Assistant coach	Milorad Davidović		Montenegro
Team manager	Petar Kapisoda	June 26, 1976	Montenegro

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Rade Mijatović	June 30, 1981	GK	192	098	Tatabánya KC		047	002	3	1:53:32	00	-	-	-
02	Božidar Leković 1)	4th January 1991	LB	202	088	HCM Constanța		002	000	1	00:00	00	-	-	-
04th	Fahrudin Melic	July 22, 1984	RW	183	090	Paris Saint-Germain		038	131	3	1:56:30	02	2	-	1
05	Mirko Milašević	July 27, 1985	CB	195	084	Dinamo Bucharest		029	066	3	1:14:20	02	1	-	3
07th	Stefan Čavor	November 3, 1994	RB	197	100	Csurgói KK		006th	008th	3	1:49:34	11	1	-	-
08th	Vuk Lazović 1)	March 10, 1988	P	200	108	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke		002	001	0	00:00	00	-	-	-
10	Božo Anđelić	March 16, 1992	CB	186	092	Ceglédi KKSE		005	002	3	37:45	02	-	-	-
12	Mile Mijušković	October 8, 1985	GK	199	095	RK Maribor Branik		004th	000	3	30:00	00	-	-	-
13	Mirko Radović	June 15, 1990	RW	186	087	Valence handball		010	007th	3	1:06:27	03	-	-	-
14th	Miloš Vujović	5th September 1993	LW	181	072	Tatabánya KC		013	023	3	2:53:06	10	-	-	2
18th	Branko Kankaraš	May 28, 1988	P	188	092	Valence handball		004th	004th	3	31:57	02	-	-	1
21st	Vasko Ševaljević	June 21, 1988	CB	193	107	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball		030th	100	3	2:21:49	12	1	-	-
22nd	Radivoje Ristanović	2nd December 1982	GK	200	105	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten		004th	000	3	36:28	00	-	-	-
23	Bogdan Petričević	September 6, 1989	CB	194	095	Mulhouse handball		013	013	3	1:09:27	01	1	-	3
34	Vuko Borozan	April 9, 1994	LB	203	105	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke		008th	031	3	1:10:23	11	-	-	1
90	Nemanja Grbović	April 26, 1990	P	183	106	Ceglédi KKSE		025th	027	3	1:26:13	12	-	-	-
93	Vladan Lipovina	March 7, 1993	RB	201	098	HSG Wetzlar		007th	019th	3	1:42:31	08th	1	-	1
average				193	095			015th		total		76	7th	-	120

¹⁾For the injured Božidar Leković (No. 2) was nominated after the 1st game Vuk Lazović (No. 8) in the 2nd game, but he was not substituted there and no longer set up for the 3rd game.

Norway

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  Assistant coach Glenn Solberg

The Norwegian national team played in the preliminary round in Group B against Iceland (25:26), Croatia (34:31) and Belarus (29:27). They were group winners ahead of Croatia and Belarus and advanced to the main round in Group I , where they met Poland (30:28), Macendonia (31:31) and France (29:24). As a result, the Norwegians won the group ahead of Croatia and France, which meant they were qualified for the semi- finals. There they met Germany and had to admit defeat in a dramatic game a few seconds before the end of extra time with 33:34. With that, the Norwegians only reached the third place game , in which they met Croatia . Due to the 24:31 defeat, they ultimately had to be satisfied with fourth place.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Christian Berge	19th July 1973	Norway
Assistant coach	Glenn Solberg	February 18, 1972	Norway
Assistant coach	Željko Tomac	June 20, 1956	Croatia
Assistant coach	Kent-Harry Andersson	April 29, 1949	Sweden
Team manager	Gry Hege Knutsen		Norway

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
05	Sander Sagosen	September 14, 1995	CB	195		Aalborg Håndbold		027	068	8th	4:24:34	29	-	-	4th
06th	Thomas Kristensen	May 2, 1990	RW	196		Fresh on Göppingen		023	022nd	8th	0:03	00	-	-	-
07th	Joakim Hykkerud	February 10, 1986	P	194		TSV Hannover-Burgdorf		037	041	8th	1:56:45	14th	-	-	-
08th	Bjarte Myrhol	May 29, 1982	P	194		Skjern Håndbold		171	495	8th	3:27:55	15th	4th	-	2
09	Petter Øverby	March 26, 1992	P	193		Elverum Håndball		018th	009	8th	1:08:39	00	1	-	5
11	Erlend Mamelund	May 1, 1984	LB	197		THW Kiel		124	352	8th	2:48:31	01	3	-	5
12	Ole Erevik	January 9, 1981	GK	196		Pays d'Aix UC		163	000	8th	4:37:45	00	-	-	-
15th	Kent Robin Tønnesen	June 5, 1991	RB	196		Foxes Berlin		052	108	8th	4:26:28	28	1	-	5
16	Espen Christensen	June 17, 1985	GK	190		GOG Svendborg TGI		038	000	8th	3:31:57	00	-	-	-
17th	Magnus Jøndal	February 7, 1988	LW	187		ØIF Arendal		068	145	8th	7:05:04	31	2	-	2
19th	Kristian Bjørnsen	January 10, 1989	RW	191		IFK Kristianstad		045	192	8th	7:55:46	45	1	-	3
20th	André Lindboe	June 24, 1988	LW	178		Elverum Håndball		030th	082	8th	5:35	04th	-	-	-
21st	Magnus Gullerud	November 13, 1991	P	196		SønderjyskE Håndbold		054	071	8th	1:21:32	02	1	-	-
24	Christian O'Sullivan	August 22, 1991	CB	190		IFK Kristianstad		043	051	8th	4:56:04	16	-	-	4th
27	Harald Reinkind	17th August 1992	RB	196		Rhine-Neckar lion		047	109	8th	4:26:52	17th	5	-	4th
89	Espen Lie Hansen	March 1, 1989	LB	196		Bregenz handball		090	304	8th	4:56:30	33	3	-	7th
average				193	0			064		total		235	26 1)	0	41

¹⁾The team boss Christian Berge received a yellow card in the 3rd, 7th and 8th game; the assistant coach Željko Tomac received a yellow card in the 1st and 5th game.

Poland

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  Team boss Michael Biegler

The Polish national team played in the preliminary round in Group A against Serbia (29:28), Macedonia (24:23) and France (31:25). So she was group winner and rose to the main round in Group I , where they met Norway (28:30), Belarus (32:27) and Croatia (23:37). As a result, Poland had to make do with a disappointing fourth place in the group and the game for seventh place behind Norway, Croatia and France . In this they were able to prevail against Sweden with 26:24.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Michael Biegler	April 5, 1961	Germany
Assistant coach	Jacek Będzikowski	October 22, 1972	Poland
Team manager	Łukasz Kalwa	5th February 1986	Poland

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Sławomir Szmal	2nd October 1978	GK	190	090	KS Kielce		262	002	7th	5:37:24	00	-	-	-
03	Krzysztof Lijewski 2)	July 7, 1983	RB	198	094	KS Kielce		157	370	6th	3:15:29	15th	-	-	-
06th	Przemysław Krajewski	January 20, 1987	LW	184	79	KS Azoty-Puławy		049	072	7th	3:55:46	18th	2	-	1
07th	Robert Orzechowski 2)	November 20, 1989	RW	189	084	KS Azoty-Puławy		079	106	1	21:01	02	-	-	-
08th	Karol Bielecki	January 23, 1982	LB	202	100	KS Kielce		226	813	7th	2:59:49	34	1	-	1
11	Adam Wiśniewski	October 24, 1980	LW	192	090	Wisla Plock		127	272	7th	2:55:45	08th	-	-	1
13	Bartosz Jurecki 1)	January 31, 1979	P	193	100	SPR Chrobry Głogów		217	700	2	9:36	07th	-	-	-
15th	Michał Jurecki	October 27, 1984	LB	202	102	KS Kielce		170	462	7th	4:44:33	34	2	-	1
16	Piotr Wyszomirski	January 6, 1988	GK	193	087	Pick Szeged		089	000	7th	1:22:22	00	-	-	-
17th	Bartosz Konitz	December 30, 1984	CB	195	095	Wisla Plock		000	000	7th	57:44	07th	-	-	1
18th	Piotr Grabarczyk	October 31, 1982	P	200	091	HSV Hamburg		101	045	7th	3:10:08	02	4th	-	8th
19th	Rafał Gliński 2)	December 29, 1982	CB	181	080	NMC Górnik Zabrze		044	042	6th	1:43:18	04th	2	-	2
21st	Piotr Masłowski 2)	20th of February 1988	CB	192	088	KS Azoty-Puławy		027	019th	1	13:23	01	-	-	-
23	Kamil Syprzak	July 23, 1991	P	208	116	FC Barcelona		069	123	7th	3:26:15	22nd	2	-	1
26th	Michał Daszek	June 27, 1992	RW	180	070	Wisla Plock		036	061	7th	4:50:14	15th	-	-	1
28	Maciej Gębala 1)	January 10, 1994	P	200	102	SC Magdeburg		000	000	5	22:10	02	-	-	-
29	Jakub Łucak	September 18, 1989	RW	181	084	Śląsk Wrocław		016	028	7th	2:06:18	03	-	-	-
45	Michał Szyba	March 18, 1988	RB	196	097	RK Velenje		044	060	7th	3:18:29	14th	1	-	4th
49	Piotr Chrapkowski	March 24, 1988	LB	203	090	KS Kielce		053	102	7th	3:30:16	05	2	1	6th
average				194	092			090		total		1930	18 3)	1	27

¹⁾In the third game, the late Maciej Gębala (No. 28) replaced the injured Bartosz Jurecki (No. 13).

²⁾After further injuries, Krzysztof Lijewski (No. 3) was replaced by Robert Orzechowski (No. 7) and Rafał Gliński (No. 19) by Piotr Masłowski (No. 21) in the 7th game .

³⁾Team boss Michael Biegler received a yellow card in each of the 1st and 3rd games .

Russia

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  Team principal Dmitri Torgovanov

The Russian national team plays in the preliminary round in Group D against Denmark (25:31), Hungary (27:26) and Montenegro (28:21). They finished second behind Denmark and ahead of Hungary and rose to the main round in Group II , where they met Sweden (28:28), Germany (29:30) and Spain (23:25). As a result, Russia was only fifth in the group and was eliminated from the European Championship.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Dmitri Torgovanov	5th January 1972	Russia
Assistant coach	Lev Voronin	June 8th 1971	Russia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
06th	Daniil Shishkarev	July 6, 1988	RW	189	092	RK Vardar Skopje		067	153	6th	3:40:07	08th	1	-	1
07th	Dmitri Kovalev	May 15, 1982	RW	180	075	Medvedi Chekhov		159	396	6th	2:09:22	08th	-	-	-
10	Alexander Chernoiwanow	February 13, 1979	P	202	105	Medvedi Chekhov		108	219	6th	2:25:25	12	4th	-	4th
11	Pavel Atman	May 25, 1987	CB	190	094	Brest GK Meshkov		093	157	6th	1:48:40	14th	-	-	-
12	Vadim Bogdanov 1)	March 26, 1986	GK	197	095	KS Azoty-Puławy		074	000	5	54:43	00	-	-	-
13	Sergei Gorbok	4th December 1982	LB	196	098	RK Vardar Skopje		048	164	6th	4:56:42	21st	-	-	1
16	Dmitri Pavlenko 1)	January 1, 1991	GK	190	076	Medvedi Chekhov		074	000	1	0:10	00	-	-	-
20th	Mikhail Tschipurin	17th November 1980	P	185	083	US Ivry HB		191	484	6th	1:58:30	11	-	-	-
21st	Gleb Kalarash	November 29, 1990	P	205	095	HK Motor Zaporizhia		010	025th	5	2:15:00	03	-	-	3
25th	Sergei Schelmenko	April 5th 1983	RB	196	100	HK Motor Zaporizhia		057	110	6th	3:00:46	22nd	1	-	-
26th	Ruslan Daschko	August 13, 1996	RW	198	094	Dinamo-Viktor Stavropol		005	013	6th	6:09	01	-	-	-
30th	Valentin Busmakov	April 17, 1985	LB	192	112	Medvedi Perm		005	006th	6th	1:36:54	04th	-	-	4th
31	Timur Dibirov	July 30, 1983	LW	180	070	RK Vardar Skopje		158	540	6th	5:47:28	32	2	-	1
44	Igor Soroka	May 27, 1991	LW	180	073	Medvedi Perm		010	027	6th	18:39	09	-	-	-
74	Lev Zelishchev	April 16, 1990	P	205	103	Dinamo Astrakhan		009	000	6th	1:50:19	00	2	-	5
87	Viktor Kireev	May 5th 1987	GK	190	094	GK Neva St. Petersburg		006th	000	6th	5:04:15	00	-	-	-
89	Dmitri Shitnikov	November 20, 1989	CB	185	080	Wisla Plock		072	137	6th	4:28:53	15th	5	-	1
average				192	091			067		total		160	17 2)	-	20th

¹⁾ Dmitri Pavlenko (No. 16) was only used for a short time in the 6th game instead of Vadim Bogdanow (No. 12).

²⁾The Russian team boss Dmitri Torgowanow received a yellow card in the 2nd, 4th and 6th game. (Source: individual match reports, only two were taken into account in the overall statistics.

Sweden

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  Team principal Staffan Olsson

The Swedish national team played in the preliminary round in Group C against Slovenia (23:21), Germany (26:27) and Spain (22:24). They finished third in the group behind Spain and Germany and rose to the main round in Group II , where they met Russia (28:28), Denmark (28:28) and Hungary (22:14). As a result, the Swedes only reached fourth place in the group behind Spain, Germany and Denmark and had to make do with the game for seventh place . In this they met Poland and had to admit defeat with 24:26, which ultimately meant eighth place.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Staffan Olsson	March 26, 1964	Sweden
Team boss	Ola Lindgren	February 29, 1964	Sweden
Assistant coach	Mats Olsson	January 12, 1960	Sweden
Team manager	Bo Nilsson		Sweden

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Mattias Andersson	March 29, 1978	GK	185	093	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		129	000	7th	5:01:32	00	1	-	-
04th	Markus Olsson	March 31, 1990	CB	188	092	Skjern Håndbold		036	090	7th	15:28	02	-	-	1
05	Linus Persson 1)	April 16, 1993	RB	190	091	HK Malmo		007th	004th	1	9:40	00	1	-	-
06th	Jonas Källman 2)	17th July 1981	LW	200	098	Pick Szeged		209	607	6th	4:33:05	16	-	-	-
09	Jerry Tollbring 2)	September 13, 1995	LW	182	078	IFK Kristianstad		000	000	1	0:39	00	-	-	-
10	Niclas Ekberg	December 23, 1988	RW	191	096	THW Kiel		125	515	7th	3:49:22	15th	1	-	1
11	Lukas Nilsson	November 16, 1996	LB	192	097	Ystads IF		008th	021st	7th	3:16:46	24	-	-	1
14th	Jesper Konradsson	4th June 1994	CB	184	084	Alingsås HK		011	019th	7th	2:34:03	08th	-	-	-
18th	Tobias Karlsson	4th June 1981	P	196	102	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		161	081	7th	3:20:03	00	4th	-	7th
19th	Johan Jakobsson	February 12, 1987	RB	195	096	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		093	181	7th	4:48:06	32	4th	-	6th
20th	Mikael Appelgren	September 6, 1989	GK	191	100	Rhine-Neckar lion		025th	000	7th	1:55:30	00	-	-	-
24	Fredrik Petersen	August 27, 1983	LW	188	085	Foxes Berlin		138	399	7th	2:49:51	07th	-	-	1
28	Philip Stenmalm	March 3, 1992	LB	198	089	CB Ciudad de Logroño		016	024	7th	1:30:15	07th	1	-	-
29	Andreas Cederholm 1)	May 4th 1990	RB	186	083	IFK Kristianstad		025th	054	6th	1:07:35	04th	-	-	1
31	Viktor Östlund	January 19, 1992	LB	198	090	IF Guif		029	070	7th	4:00:16	24	2	-	3
32	Mattias Zachrisson	22nd August 1990	RW	179	079	Foxes Berlin		064	106	7th	3:10:06	09	-	-	-
35	Andreas Nilsson	April 12, 1990	P	197	110	KC Veszprém		085	199	7th	2:51:30	15th	1	-	1
36	Jesper Nielsen	August 30, 1989	P	200	110	Foxes Berlin		054	059	7th	3:46:13	10	4th	1	5
average				192	094			076		total		1730	21 3)	1	27

¹⁾Linus Persson (No. 5) played for Andreas Cederholm (No. 29) in the 7th game .

²⁾The player Jerry Tollbring (No. 9) replaced Jonas Källman (No. 6) in the 3rd game .

³⁾The Swedish team boss Staffan Olsson received a yellow card in the 5th game. (Source: individual match reports, but two were given in the overall statistics.)

Serbia

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  Team principal Dejan Perić

The Serbian national team played in the preliminary round in Group A against Macedonia (30:23), France (36:26) and Poland (25:31). She was eliminated due to the worse goal difference against Macedonia as the bottom of the group after the preliminary round.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Dejan Peric	September 22, 1970	Serbia
Assistant coach	Branislav Zeljković		Serbia
Team manager	Dalibor Čutura	June 14, 1975	Serbia
Team manager	Ðorđe Ignjatović		Serbia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Slaviša Đukanović 1)	May 3rd 1979	GK	190	97	Saint-Raphaël Var HB		012	000	2	23:24	00	-	-	-
03	Miljan Pušica	June 30, 1991	P	201	105	Wisla Plock		018th	010	3	12:24	00	-	-	1
05	Žarko Šešum	June 16, 1986	CB	196	092	Fresh on Göppingen		133	337	3	2:17:12	18th	2	-	3
07th	Ivan Nikčević	February 11, 1981	LW	181	081	Wisla Plock		135	491	3	2:20:51	15th	2	-	-
08th	Filip Marjanović	February 10, 1989	LW	189	091	RK Vojvodina Novi Sad		023	017th	3	38:59	01	1	-	1
10	Darko Ðukić	December 11, 1994	RW	191	080	Beşiktaş Istanbul		020th	063	3	2:31:38	06th	-	-	1
12	Darko Stanic	October 8, 1978	GK	192	098	El Jaish		103	000	3	2:21:59	00	-	-	-
13	Petar Nenadic	June 28, 1986	CB	198	098	Foxes Berlin		067	167	3	1:14:25	18th	-	-	-
17th	Novak Bošković	May 23, 1989	RB	191	089	Maccabi Tel Aviv		005	010	3	24:25	03	-	-	-
20th	Momir Rnić	November 1, 1987	LB	197	104	MT Melsungen		087	152	3	50:34	06th	-	-	-
22nd	Bojan Belyansky	June 22, 1986	P	200	105	Bregenz handball		054	056	3	1:29:21	01	1	-	2
25th	Nemanja Zelenović	February 27, 1990	RB	194	95	SC Magdeburg		045	117	3	2:32:46	08th	-	-	2
29	Ilija Abutović	2nd August 1988	LB	202	100	RK Vardar Skopje		021st	024	3	1:10:23	00	3	-	3
33	Mijajlo Marsenic	March 9, 1993	P	203	110	RK Vardar Skopje		048	071	3	1:39:22	04th	-	1	6th
36	Miloš Orbović	2nd November 1993	RB	193	098	RK Vojvodina Novi Sad		006th	006th	3	25:24	01	-	-	-
82	Uroš Elezović	January 28, 1982	LB	194	095	Lekhwiya		006th	007th	3	20:15	00	-	-	-
85	Dragan Marjanac 1)	February 26, 1985	GK	191	085	BSV Bern Muri		078	001	1	6:38	00	-	-	-
average				195	095			053		total		810	10 2)	1	19th0

¹⁾The injured Slaviša Đukanović (No. 1) was replaced after the 2nd game by Dragan Marjanac (No. 85)

²⁾Team manager Dalibor Čutura received a yellow card in the first game.

Slovenia

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  Germany legionnaire Borut Mačkovšek

The Slovenian national team played in the preliminary round in Group C against Sweden (21:23), Spain (24:24) and Germany (21:25). She was eliminated as the bottom of the group after the preliminary round.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Veselin Vujović	January 19, 1961	Montenegro
Assistant coach	Uroš Šerbec		Slovenia
Team manager	Uroš Mohorič		Slovenia
Team manager	Borut Korošec		Slovenia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Matevž Skok	2nd September 1986	GK	188	092	TuS N-Lübbecke		049	000	3	56:48	00	-	-	-
03	Blaž Blagotinšek	17th January 1994	P	202	110	RK Celje		017th	013	3	49:17	03	-	-	2
06th	Gašper Marguč	20th August 1990	RW	180	085	KC Veszprém		057	191	3	1:47:48	06th	-	-	2
07th	Vid Kavtičnik	May 24, 1984	RB	191	090	Montpellier AHB		151	422	3	1:22:18	10	1	1	1
12	Gorazd Škof	July 11, 1977	GK	188	092	HBC Nantes		172	000	3	2:00:29	00	-	-	-
13	Darko Cingesar	July 25, 1990	LW	187	093	RK Maribor Branik		017th	022nd	3	1:14:31	02	2	-	1
14th	Sebastian Skube	April 3, 1987	LB	189	088	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg		115	263	3	35:38	02	-	-	-
15th	Vid Poteko	April 5, 1991	P	194	105	RK Celje		014th	010	3	59:47	00	2	1	3
18th	David Miklavčič	January 29, 1983	RB	196	100	Tremblay HB		085	132	3	1:55:06	04th	-	-	2
20th	Luka Žvižej	December 9, 1980	LW	185	088	RK Celje		241	696	3	2:06:31	06th	-	-	3
22nd	Matej Gaber	July 22, 1991	P	197	114	Montpellier AHB		076	079	3	2:20:03	09	1	-	-
23	Uroš Zorman	January 9, 1980	CB	190	098	KS Kielce		210	499	3	1:24:58	04th	1	-	-
32	Miha Zarabec	October 21, 1991	CB	177	077	RK Celje		006th	014th	3	35:09	02	-	-	-
44	Dean Bombač	April 4, 1989	CB	189	094	Pick Szeged		052	076	3	1:12:02	06th	1	-	1
50	Dragan Gajič	July 21, 1984	RW	188	084	Montpellier AHB		148	633	3	1:02:26	09	-	-	-
51	Borut Mačkovšek	September 11, 1992	LB	204	098	ThSV Eisenach		053	114	3	37:09	03	-	-	-
average				190	090			091		total		66	9 1)	2	15th0

¹⁾In the second game, the team boss Veselin Vujović received a yellow card.

Spain

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  Team principal Manolo Cadenas

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  Alberto Entrerríos (left) and Julen Aguinagalde (right)

The Spanish national team played in the preliminary round in Group C against Germany (32:29), Slovenia (24:24) and Sweden (24:22). They were group winners ahead of Germany and Sweden and advanced to the main round in Group II , where they met Denmark (23:27), Hungary (31:29) and Russia (25:23). As a result, Spain won the group ahead of Germany, which meant they were qualified for the semi- finals. There they met Croatia and were able to prevail with 33:29. This qualified the Spaniards for the final , in which they met Germany. In the final they could not repeat the success of the preliminary round and had to be satisfied with the vice-European title after the 17:24 defeat.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Manolo Cadenas	May 20, 1955	Spain
Assistant coach	José Villaldea	4th August 1966	Spain
Team manager	Juan Caamaño	December 6, 1990	Spain

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
03	Eduardo Gurbindo	November 8, 1987	RB	195	092	FC Barcelona		068	086	8th	1:44:19	03	-	-	2
05	Jorge Maqueda	February 6, 1988	RB	197	105	RK Vardar Skopje		105	254	8th	5:02:59	17th	4th	1	1
08th	Víctor Tomás	February 15, 1985	RW	178	085	FC Barcelona		147	476	8th	6:38:55	32	3	-	3
09	Raúl Entrerríos	February 12, 1981	CB	193	092	FC Barcelona		200	434	8th	4:36:32	24	1	-	3
13	Julen Aguinagalde	December 8, 1982	P	195	110	KS Kielce		133	364	8th	3:05:06	21st	1	-	-
15th	Cristian Ugalde	October 19, 1987	LW	187	081	KC Veszprém		117	262	8th	3:20:23	11	-	-	-
16	Arpad Sterbik	November 20, 1979	GK	200	119	RK Vardar Skopje		062	000	8th	4:33:56	00	-	-	-
21st	Joan Cañellas	September 30, 1986	CB	198	100	THW Kiel		120	341	8th	3:24:09	13	2	-	1
24	Viran Morros	December 15, 1983	LB	199	99	FC Barcelona		155	142	8th	4:09:39	02	5	-	6th
26th	Antonio García	March 6, 1984	LB	191	093	Pick Szeged		063	118	8th	4:10:11	18th	-	-	2
27	Rafael Baena 1)	November 7, 1982	P	191	121	Rhine-Neckar lion		010	028	5	29:47	00	-	-	-
28	Valero Rivera	February 22, 1985	LW	185	085	HBC Nantes		061	210	8th	4:20:57	48	2	-	-
30th	Gedeón Guardiola 1) 2)	October 1, 1984	P	200	103	Rhine-Neckar lion		079	103	6th	3:03:35	06th	3	1	7th
33	Gonzalo Perez de Vargas	January 10, 1991	GK	189	093	FC Barcelona		043	000	8th	3:24:41	00	-	-	-
35	Niko Mindegía 2)	July 19, 1988	CB	184	087	Pick Szeged		015th	022nd	5	36:18	01	-	-	-
38	Juan del Arco	November 29, 1991	CB	189	085	al-Jaish		004th	015th	8th	1:01:11	04th	-	-	-
40	Alex Dujshebaev	17th December 1992	RB	187	088	RK Vardar Skopje		025th	043	8th	2:17:22	09	1	-	-
average				192	095			087		total		209	23 3)	2	25th

¹⁾ Gedeón Guardiola (No. 30) was replaced from the 4th game by Rafael Baena (No. 27).

²⁾ Gedeón Guardiola (No. 30) returned in the 6th game, replacing Niko Mindegía (No. 35).

³⁾The team boss Manolo Cadenas received a yellow card in the 7th game (semifinals).

Hungary

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  Team principal Talant Dujshebaev

The Hungarian national team played in the preliminary round in Group D against Montenegro (32:27), Russia (26:27) and Denmark (22:30). She was third in the group behind Denmark and Russia and rose to the main round in Group II , where she met Germany (19:29), Spain (29:31) and Sweden (14:22). As a result, Hungary was only bottom of the group and was eliminated from the European Championship.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Talant Dujshebaev	2nd June 1968	Russia / Spain
Assistant coach	László Sótonyi		Hungary
Assistant coach	János Szathmári	March 25, 1969	Hungary

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	László Bartucz	5th November 1991	GK	194	105	Csurgói KK		005	000	6th	1:59:08	00	-	-	-
05	Timuzsin Schuch	5th June 1985	P	197	106	MKB Veszprém		126	071	6th	2:53:48	03	3	-	5
06th	Ákos Pásztor	June 24, 1991	RW	187	084	Tatabánya KC		007th	015th	6th	2:44:13	07th	-	-	-
08th	Gergő Iváncsik	November 30, 1981	LW	190	87	MKB Veszprém		254	677	6th	3:26:56	11	-	-	-
13	Tibor Gazdag	August 7, 1991	LW	187	084	Csurgói KK		009	019th	6th	1:59:42	04th	-	-	3
15th	Péter Hornyák	4th October 1995	RW	175	068	Csurgói KK		006th	006th	6th	1:27:35	11	-	-	-
16	Roland Mikler	20th September 1984	GK	190	092	MKB Veszprém		151	000	6th	3:50:03	00	-	-	-
18th	Kornel Nagy	November 21, 1986	LB	195	098	Dunkerque HBGL		120	195	6th	3:08:37	10	1	-	-
19th	László Nagy	March 3, 1981	RB	208	113	MKB Veszprém		180	684	6th	4:30:20	21st	4th	-	2
22nd	Moorchegani Iman Jamali	October 11, 1991	LB	202	102	IFK Kristianstad		004th	009	6th	2:22:10	18th	3	-	-
23	Rudolf Faluvégi	January 9, 1994	CB	192	092	Csurgói KK		006th	014th	6th	2:37:32	08th	1	-	3
25th	Szabolcs Zubai	March 31, 1984	P	191	086	Pick Szeged		188	294	6th	2:03:36	04th	-	-	1
27	Bence Bánhidi	February 2, 1995	P	204	110	Balatonfüredi KSE		014th	025th	6th	2:01:23	14th	-	-	-
30th	Tamás Borsos	September 13, 1990	LB	202	105	Ceglédi KKSE		006th	000	6th	1:25:23	01	3	-	1
33	Gábor Ancsin	November 27, 1990	RB	202	097	Pick Szeged		067	144	6th	2:37:05	13	3	-	3
39	Richárd Bodó	March 13, 1993	LB	203	110	Tatabánya KC		017th	056	6th	2:53:37	17th	-	-	1
average				195	096			073		total		1420	18th0	-	19th0

Belarus

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  Team boss Yuri Schewzow

The Belarusian national team played in the preliminary round in Group B against Croatia (21:27), Iceland (39:38) and Norway (27:29). So she finished third in the group behind Norway and Croatia and rose to the main round in Group I , where she met France (23:34), Poland (27:32) and Macedonia (30:29). As a result, Belarus was only fifth in the group and was eliminated from the European Championship.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Yuri Shevtsov	December 16, 1959	Belarus
Assistant coach	Ihar Papruha	February 10, 1970	Belarus
Assistant coach	Aleh Sharjka		Belarus

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	country	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
01	Alyaksey Kishou	September 23, 1986	GK	192	083	ULZ Schwaz		035	001	6th	53:46	00	-	-	-
02	Ivan Brouka	April 20, 1980	LW	178	087	SKA Minsk		155	539	5	39:34	00	-	-	2
03	Uladsislau Kulesch	May 28, 1996	LB	200	083	SKA Minsk		000	000	6th	1:50:22	10	2	-	1
04th	Maksim Babitschau	March 7, 1986	P	200	100	Brest GK Meshkov		120	206	4th	2:53:07	07th	2	-	5
05	Alyaksey Hadkevich	January 14, 1994	LB	191	092	SKA Minsk		005	006th	5	1:52:58	16	1	-	1
06th	Wiktar Sajzau 1)	August 27, 1992	RB	195	095	GK Neva St. Petersburg		030th	030th	4th	28:59	00	-	-	2
10	Barys Puchouski	3rd January 1987	CB	184	083	HK Motor Zaporizhia		137	586	6th	4:19:41	37	1	-	1
14th	Siarhei Rutenka 1)	August 29, 1981	LB	198	096	without		065	421	5	2:00:42	25th	-	-	-
16	Vyachazlau Saldatsenka	July 23, 1994	GK	188	084	SKA Minsk		000	000	6th	5:06:14	00	-	-	-
17th	Dzmitryi Nikulenkau	July 12, 1984	CB	188	090	Brest GK Meshkov		084	155	6th	1:11:49	04th	-	-	-
18th	Syarhej Schylowitsch	May 16, 1986	RB	195	105	Brest GK Meshkov		099	304	5	4:11:51	25th	2	-	4th
19th	Aljaksandr Pazykajlik	March 8, 1990	RW	190	078	SKA Minsk		000	000	6th	43:38	00	-	-	-
23	Andrei Jurynok	September 21, 1996	LW	198	090	SKA Minsk		005	003	6th	5:07:12	17th	3	-	-
24	Maksim Baranau	April 11, 1988	RW	188	081	Brest GK Meshkov		097	228	6th	5:18:44	18th	1	-	1
25th	Anton Prakapenja	September 26, 1988	LB	195	095	ULZ Schwaz		021st	056	6th	36:01	00	-	-	1
50	Arzjom Karaljok	February 20, 1996	P	190	085	SKA Minsk		004th	009	4th	2:24:14	08th	3	-	3
55	Aljaksandr Zitou	October 28, 1986	P	190	105	HC Mascheka Mahiljou		123	128	6th	2:21:08	00	2	1	7th
average				195	096			073		total		1670	17th0	1	280

¹⁾After Siarhei Rutenka (No. 14) was injured in the 5th game, Wiktar Sajzau (No. 6) played for him .

Total statistics

space	Country (source )	Games	used players	including legionaries	goals scored	Total litters	Efficiency in%
01.	Germany	8th	18th	01	223	364	61	24	2	40
02.	Spain	8th	16	12	209	363	58	23	2	25th
03.	Croatia	8th	17th	13	250	389	64	27	3	36
04th	Norway	8th	16	13	235	385	61	26th	0	42
05.	France	7th	17th	03	210	336	63	16	1	23
06th	Denmark	7th	16	14th	195	335	58	21st	2	18th
07th	Poland	7th	19th	05	193	315	61	18th	1	27
08th.	Sweden	7th	18th	12	173	302	57	21st	1	27
09.	Russia	6th	17th	09	160	280	57	17th	0	20th
10.	Belarus	6th	17th	04th	167	299	56	18th	1	28
11.	North Macedonia	6th	17th	10	157	269	58	20th	0	19th
12.	Hungary	6th	16	02	142	258	55	18th	0	19th
13.	Iceland	3	17th	15th	092	147	63	09	0	16
14th	Slovenia	3	16	11	066	117	56	09	2	15th
15th	Serbia	3	17th	15th	081	130	62	10	1	19th
16.	Montenegro	3	17th	17th	076	139	55	07th	0	12
total		480	2700	1560	26290	44280	59	2840	160	3860

Of the 156 are legionnaires

• 55 players at clubs in Germany,
• 24 players in France,
• 16 players in Hungary,
• 10 players in Macedonia,
• 09 players in Poland,
• 7 players each in Denmark and Spain,
• 4 players each in Austria, Romania and Sweden,
• 3 players each in Qatar and in Ukraine,
• 2 players each in Switzerland, Slovenia and Turkey as well
• One player each in Croatia, Russia and Belarus

employed.

Web links

• Official website for the European Championship 2016 (accessed January 20, 2016)
• European Handball Federation (EHF): European Handball Championship 2016 (accessed on January 20, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Cumulative Statistics France (PDF document, English; accessed on January 22, 2016)
2. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Cumulative Statistics Poland (PDF document, English; accessed on January 22, 2016)
3. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Cumulative Statistics Belarus (PDF document, English; accessed on January 22, 2016)
4. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Denmark (PDF file (English), as of January 16, 2016, accessed on January 20, 2016)
5. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Denmark (accessed on January 29, 2016)
6. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Germany (PDF file (English), as of January 27, 2016, accessed on January 28, 2016)
7. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Germany (accessed on January 31, 2016)
8. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster France (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
9. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics France (accessed on January 29, 2016)
10. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Island (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
11. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Iceland (accessed on January 29, 2016)
12. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Croatia (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
13. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Croatia (accessed on January 31, 2016)
14. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Macedonia (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
15. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Macedonia (accessed on January 29, 2016)
16. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Montenegro (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
17. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Montenegro (accessed on January 29, 2016)
18. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Norway (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
19. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Norway (accessed on January 31, 2016)
20. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Poland (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
21. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Poland (accessed on January 29, 2016)
22. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Russia (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
23. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Russia (accessed on January 29, 2016)
24. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Sweden (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
25. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Sweden (accessed on January 29, 2016)
26. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Serbia (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
27. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Serbia (accessed on January 29, 2016)
28. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Slovenia (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
29. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Slovenia (accessed on January 29, 2016)
30. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Spain (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
31. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Spain (accessed on January 31, 2016)
32. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Hungary (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
33. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Hungary (accessed on January 29, 2016)
34. ↑ ^{a b} European Handball Federation (EHF): Team Roster Belarus (PDF file, English, accessed on January 20, 2016)
35. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Statistics Belarus (accessed on January 29, 2016)
36. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Overall Team Statistics (accessed on January 31, 2016)