European Handball Championship 2018 / squad

16 teams took part in the 13th Men's Handball European Championship , which took place in Croatia from January 12th to 28th, 2018 . Each team was allowed to register 16 players. Injured players were allowed to be replaced, a total of six changes per team were allowed to be made during the tournament. In this article the roster lists of the participating nations are presented.

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson from Iceland had the most international matches and goals of all participants with 343 appearances and 1,798 goals before the start of the tournament.

The oldest player to take part in the 2018 European Championship was Austrian Vytautas Žiūra (born May 11, 1979), followed by Czech goalkeeper Martin Galia (born April 12, 1979) and Macedonian Kiril Lazarov (born May 10 1980).

The youngest player to take part in the 2018 European Championship came from Serbia with Milan Jovanić (born January 24, 1998) .

The Icelander Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson not only had the most international matches of all participants with 343 appearances, but also the most international goals (1,798). He was followed by Nikola Karabatić (France, 284 games) and his compatriot Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson with 252 games. The players with the most international goals after Sigurðsson were Macedonia's star Kiril Lazarov with 1,203 and the French Nikola Karabatić with 1,130 international goals. A total of four players did not have a single international match at the start of the 2018 European Championship. These were Raphaël Caucheteux (France), Martin Velkovski (Macedonia), Martin Popovski (Macedonia), Matic Suholežnik (Slovenia).

The largest team on average at the European Championship 2018 was the Serbian team with 195 centimeters , followed by Germany , Hungary and the Czech Republic with 194 centimeters each. The tallest players were Finn Lemke ( Germany ) and Marko Kopljar ( Croatia ) with 210 centimeters each, followed by Michal Kasal (Czech Republic) with 209 centimeters. The Austrian Tobias Schopf was the smallest player with only 170 centimeters, followed by Péter Hornyák (Hungary) with 175 centimeters and Martin Popovski (Macedonia), Nemanja Ilić (Serbia), and Miha Zarabec (Slovenia) with 177 centimeters each. With an average height of 190 centimeters, Austria provided the smallest team.

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

TW = goalkeeper	RL = rear left	RR = rear right	RM = center of the back
KM = center of circle	KL / KR =  circle left / circle right	RA = right winger	LA = left wing

Denmark

The Danish national team plays in the preliminary round in Group D against Hungary (32:25), the Czech Republic and Spain .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen	November 22, 1971	Denmark
Assistant coach	Henrik Kronborg	June 16, 1970	Denmark

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	December 19, 1988	TW	201	102	THW Kiel	171	005	8th		0	0	0	0
3	Niclas Kirkeløkke	26th Mar 1994	RR	195	100	GOG Svendborg TGI	013	022nd	4th		1	0	0	0
4th	Magnus Landin Jacobsen	Aug 20, 1995	LA	196	088	KIF Kolding	024	049	8th		6th	2	0	2
6th	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	Dec 14, 1989	LA	190	088	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	099	272	1		18th	0	0	0
11	Rasmus Lauge Schmidt	June 20, 1991	RM	193	096	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	087	146	8th		40	5	0	4th
14th	Zachariassen is different	04th Sep 1991	KM	192	096	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	009	015th	7th		16	3	0	3
16	Jannick Green Krejberg	29 Sep 1988	TW	195	094	SC Magdeburg	096	002	16		0	0	0	0
17th	Let Svan	Aug 31, 1983	RA	199	100	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	182	421	8th		20th	0	0	0
18th	Hans Lindberg	0Aug 1, 1981	RA	185	085	Foxes Berlin	245	668	8th		30th	0	0	0
19th	René Toft Hansen	0Nov 1, 1984	KM	188	088	THW Kiel	128	193	7th		3	1	0	4th
21st	Henrik Møllgaard Jensen	0Jan. 2, 1985	RL	196	097	Paris Saint-Germain	117	158	8th		0	1	0	2
22nd	Mads Mensah Larsen	Aug 12, 1991	RM	188	108	Rhine-Neckar lion	090	189	8th		6th	1	0	3
23	Henrik Toft Hansen	Dec 18, 1986	KM	200	100	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	101	188	8th		11	3	0	1
24	Mikkel Hansen	Oct 22, 1987	RL	192	098	Paris Saint-Germain	177	834	8th		43	1	1	6th
25th	Morten Olsen	Oct 11, 1984	RM	184	095	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	059	155	8th		9	0	0	0
27	Michael Damgaard	18 Mar 1990	RL	192	092	SC Magdeburg	058	137	8th		22nd	0	0	1
42	Peter Balling Christensen	0Apr 5, 1990	RR	188	85	Team Tvis Holstebro	21st	37	5		10	0	0	0
average				197	097		098	205	total		235	19th	1	26th

Germany

The German national team plays in the preliminary round in Group C against Montenegro (32:19), Slovenia and Macedonia .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Christian Prokop	December 24, 1978	Germany
Assistant coach	Alexander Haase	May 13, 1976	Germany
Assistant coach	Axel Kromer	January 10, 1977	Germany
Team manager	Oliver Roggisch	August 25, 1978	Germany
Team doctor	Kurt Tax		Germany
Physiotherapist	Peter Graeschus		Germany
Physiotherapist	Dennis Finke		Germany
Team coordinator	Volker Schurr		Germany

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
3	Uwe Gensheimer	Oct 26, 1986	LA	188	089	Paris Saint-Germain	145	664	6th		27	0	0	2
6th	Finn Lemke 1)	Apr 30, 1992	RL	210	115	MT Melsungen	57	22nd	4th		0	3	0	0
7th	Patrick Wiencek	22 Mar 1989	KM	200	109	THW Kiel	107	243	6th		12	3	0	3
9	Tobias Reichmann	May 27, 1988	RA	188	085	MT Melsungen	069	200	6th		11	0	0	0
12	Silvio Heinevetter	Oct 21, 1984	TW	194	097	Foxes Berlin	166	002	6th		0	0	0	0
13	Hendrik Pekeler	02nd July 1991	KR	203	101	Rhine-Neckar lion	071	108	6th		6th	2	0	2
17th	Steffen Weinhold	July 19, 1986	RR	191	094	THW Kiel	100	252	6th		19th	0	0	3
19th	Bastian Roscheck 1)	Feb. 24, 1991	KM	190	090	SC DHfK Leipzig	002	001	2		0	1	0	2
20th	Philipp Weber	Sep 15 1992	RL	194	086	SC DHfK Leipzig	011	036	6th		14th	2	0	2
23	Steffen Fäth	0Apr 4, 1990	RL	195	097	HSG Wetzlar	057	118	6th		13	0	0	1
24	Patrick Groetzki	04th July 1989	RA	189	084	Rhine-Neckar lion	117	317	6th		8th	0	0	0
25th	Kai Häfner	July 10, 1989	RR	192	093	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	057	132	6th		11	1	0	0
26th	Maximilian Janke 2)	Feb. 28, 1993	RM	195	093	SC DHfK Leipzig	002	001	5		0	1	1	3
33	Andreas Wolff	03rd Mar 1991	TW	198	105	THW Kiel	058	008th	6th		1	0	0	0
34	Rune Dahmke 2)	Apr 10, 1993	LA	189		THW Kiel	32	64	2		4th	0	0	0
35	Julius Kühn	0Apr 1, 1993	RL	198	110	MT Melsungen	037	124	6th		14th	1	0	1
48	Jannik Kohlbacher	July 19, 1995	KM	193	113	HSG Wetzlar	037	074	6th		7th	0	0	1
95	Paul Drux 2)	0Feb 7, 1995	RL	192	095	Foxes Berlin	058	114	5		9	2	0	2
average				195	097		068	150	total		156	19 3)	1	22nd

¹⁾ Bastian Roscheck was canceled after two games and replaced by the later nominated Finn Lemke .

²⁾ Maximilian Janke was canceled after four games and replaced by the later nominated Rune Dahmke . After the fifth game, Janke was called back to the team and replaced the injured Paul Drux .

³⁾Coach Christian Prokop received a yellow card in the second game.

France

The French national team plays in the preliminary round in Group B against Norway (32:31), Austria and Belarus .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Didier Dinart	January 18, 1977	France
Assistant coach	Guillaume Gille	July 12, 1976	France

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Cyril Dumoulin	0Feb. 2, 1984	TW	200	100	HBC Nantes	060	000	8th		0	0	0	0
5	Nedim Remili	July 18, 1995	RR	195	094	Paris Saint-Germain	027	079	7th		16	1	0	3
7th	Romain Lagarde	05th Mar 1997	LR	194	95	HBC Nantes	6th	2	5		6th	0	0	2
10	Dika meme	Aug 31, 1997	RR	194	090	FC Barcelona	010	007th	7th		22nd	2	0	0
12	Vincent Gérard	Dec 16, 1986	TW	189	104	Montpellier HB	057	004th	8th		1	0	0	0
13	Nikola Karabatić	Apr 11, 1984	RM	196	104	Paris Saint-Germain	284	11300	8th		30th	2	0	3
14th	Kentin Mahé	May 22, 1991	LA	186	086	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	075	242	8th		34	2	0	2
17th	Timothey N'Guessan	Sep 18 1992	RL	196	105	FC Barcelona	049	087	3		8th	0	0	1
19th	Luc Abalo	06 Sep 1984	RA	182	086	Paris Saint-Germain	229	725	8th		20th	1	0	1
20th	Cédric Sorhaindo	0June 7, 1984	KM	192	110	FC Barcelona	185	384	8th		20th	2	0	0
21st	Michaël Guigou	Jan 28, 1982	LA	180	078	Montpellier HB	246	872	8th		18th	0	0	0
22nd	Luka Karabatić	Apr 19, 1988	KM	202	108	Paris Saint-Germain	73	77	5		10	0	1	3
25th	Benjamin Afgour	0Apr 1, 1991	KM	195	110	Montpellier HB	008th	017th	4th		0	0	0	0
26th	Nicolas Claire	July 10, 1987	RM	190	091	HBC Nantes	014th	016	8th		5	0	0	0
27	Adrien Dipanda	0May 3, 1988	RR	202	105	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	036	058	8th		10	3	0	5
28	Valentin Porte	0Sep 7 1990	RA	190	092	Montpellier HB	082	218	8th		22nd	0	0	4th
30th	Nicolas Tournat	0Apr 5, 1994	KM	200	116	HBC Nantes	003	000	8th		9	0	0	0
32	Raphaël Caucheteux	0May 9, 1985	LA	202	094	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	000	000	8th		13	0	0	0
average				193	098		085	240	total		244	15th	1	24

Iceland

The Icelandic national team played in the preliminary round in Group A against Sweden (26:24), Croatia (22:29) and Serbia (29:26). Despite the same number of points and better goal difference compared to the Serbian team, the Icelanders were eliminated from the group bottom due to the direct comparison.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Geir Sveinsson	January 27, 1964	Iceland
Assistant coach	Óskar Bjarni Óskarsson	March 15, 1973	Iceland

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Björgvin Páll Gústavsson	May 24, 1985	TW	193	090	Haukar Hafnarfjörður	198	010	3	2:39:34	00	00	0	0
3	Kári Kristján Kristjánsson	Oct 28, 1984	KM	192	106	ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	132	151	3	22:35	04th	00	0	0
4th	Aron Pálmarsson	July 19, 1990	RL	193	096	FC Barcelona	115	449	3	2:24:18	12	01	0	0
5	Rúnar Kárason	May 24, 1988	RR	196	105	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	088	214	3	1:18:26	10	01	0	1
6th	Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson	Feb. 17, 1984	RM	194	090	USAM Nîmes	252	420	3	1:03:27	00	00	0	0
7th	Arnór Atlason	July 23, 1984	RL	191	091	Aalborg Håndbold	200	437	3	4:50	00	00	0	0
8th	Bjarki Mar Elisson	May 16, 1990	LA	191	088	Foxes Berlin	039	085	3	31:51	00	00	0	0
9	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	0Aug 8, 1979	LA	187	083	Rhine-Neckar lion	343	17980	3	2:26:58	14th	01	0	0
11	Ýmir Örn Gíslason	0July 1, 1997	RM	197	101	Valur Reykjavík	009	001	3	4:04	00	00	0	0
13	Ólafur Guðmundsson	May 13, 1990	RL	194	093	IFK Kristianstad	093	153	3	2:19:43	14th	03	0	2
14th	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	March 12 1997	RR	186	090	Aarhus Håndbold	021st	060	3	48:36	03	00	0	0
17th	Arnór Þór Gunnarsson	Oct 23, 1987	RA	179	081	Bergischer HC	081	191	3	2:29:48	12	00	0	0
20th	Ágúst Elí Björgvinsson	Apr 11, 1995	TW	190	090	FH Hafnarfjörður	007th	000	3	12:26	00	00	0	0
21st	Arnar Freyr Arnarsson	14 Mar 1996	KM	201	106	IFK Kristianstad	024	034	3	1:01:28	01	00	0	2
26th	Bjarki Már Gunnarsson	Aug 10, 1988	KM	201	102	UMF Stjarnan	064	017th	3	1:49:51	00	02	0	0
33	Janus Daði Smárason	0Jan. 1, 1995	KM	184	093	Aalborg Håndbold	021st	033	3	1:13:05	04th	01	0	1
average				192	094		105	253	total		74	10 4)	0	6th

⁴⁾Coach Geir Sveinsson received a yellow card in the second game.

Croatia

The Croatian national team played in the preliminary round in Group A against Serbia (32:22), Iceland and Sweden .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Lino Červar	September 22, 1950	Croatia
Assistant coach	Hrvoje Horvat	December 16, 1977	Croatia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Ivan Stevanović	May 18, 1982	TW	193	101	Cadets Schaffhausen	050	001	7th		0	0	0	0
2	Lovro Mihić	Aug 25, 1994	LA	180	074	Wisla Plock	019th	030th	7th		2	0	0	1
3	Marino Marić	0June 1, 1990	KM	196	114	MT Melsungen	46	96	4th		7th	0	0	0
5	Domagoj Duvnjak	0June 1, 1988	RM	197	099	THW Kiel	184	602	1		2	0	0	0
7th	Luka Stepančić	Nov 20, 1990	RR	203	105	Paris Saint-Germain	055	119	7th		25th	1	0	3
8th	Marko Kopljar	Feb 12, 1986	RR	210	108	Foxes Berlin	147	305	7th		14th	0	0	1
9	Igor Vori	Sep 20 1980	KM	203	100	RK Zagreb	240	587	6th		3	1	0	3
10	Jakov Gojun	Apr 18, 1986	RL	204	110	Foxes Berlin	161	080	6th		0	2	0	4th
12	Ivan Pešić	17th Mar 1989	TW	193	112	Brest GK Meshkov	41	1	2		0	0	0	0
13	Zlatko Horvat	25 Sep 1984	RA	179	086	RK Zagreb	147	436	7th		7th	24	0	0
18th	Igor Karačić	0Nov 2, 1988	RM	189	087	RK Vardar Skopje	051	126	7th		16	2	0	2
21st	Denis Buntić	Nov 13, 1982	RR	199	93	SC Szeged	129	290	2		2	0	0	1
23	Stipe Mandalinić	0Sep 9 1992	RL	195	090	RK Zagreb	031	036	7th		8th	0	0	0
25th	Mirko Alilović	Sep 15 1985	TW	200	110	KC Veszprém	164	000	5		0	0	0	0
26th	Manuel Štrlek	0Dec. 1, 1988	LA	181	079	KS Kielce	135	466	7th		29	0	0	0
27	Ivan Čupić	27 Mar 1986	RA	178	078	RK Vardar Skopje	137	511	7th		19th	1	0	1
28	Željko Musa	0Jan. 8, 1986	KM	200	114	SC Magdeburg	097	072	7th		9	5	0	4th
30th	Marko Mamić	06th Mar 1994	RL	200	100	KS Kielce	038	060	7th		19th	4th	0	1
33	Luka Cindrić	05th July 1993	RM	182	090	RK Vardar Skopje	037	083	7th		25th	1	0	0
45	Halil Jaganjac	June 22, 1998	RL	200	95	HC Metalurg Skopje	2	0	1		0	0	0	0
average				193	096		106	220	total		204	23	0	21st

Macedonia

The Macedonian national team plays in the preliminary round in Group C against Slovenia (25:24), Montenegro and Germany .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Raúl González	January 8, 1970	Spain
Assistant coach	Roberto García Parrondo	January 12, 1980	Spain

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Nikola Mitrevski	0Oct 3, 1985	TW	188	084	HCM Constanța	016	000	1	28:09	0	0	0	0
3	Dejan Manaskov	Aug 26, 1992	LA	180	073	KC Veszprém	038	017th	1	59:06	8th	0	0	0
4th	Martin Velkovski	10 Mar 1997	RR	191	093	HC Metalurg Skopje	000	000	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
5	Stojanče Stoilov	Apr 30, 1987	KM	192	110	RK Vardar Skopje	032	051	1	51:46	2	1	0	1
7th	Kiril Lazarov	May 10, 1980	RR	193	095	HBC Nantes	171	12030	1	37:45	7th	0	0	0
8th	Nemanja Pribak	26th Mar 1984	KM	190	094	Beşiktaş Istanbul	013	017th	1	26:18	1	0	0	0
9	Ace Jonovski	Dec 29, 1980	KM	197	093	SG Ratingen 2011	076	068	1	26:48	0	1	0	2
11	Filip Taleski	28 Mar 1996	RL	200	086	Rhine-Neckar lion	007th	008th	1	54:07	1	0	0	1
13	Filip Mirkulovski	Sep 14 1983	RM	189	091	HSG Wetzlar	160	413	1	29:06	2	1	0	1
16	Borko Ristovski	0Nov 2, 1982	TW	190	098	FC Barcelona	126	003	1	27:40	0	0	0	0
17th	Nikola Markoski	May 22, 1990	KM	196	133	Orosházi FKSE	019th	010	1	9:05	0	0	0	0
18th	Filip Kuzmanovski	03rd July 1996	RL	198	105	HC Metalurg Skopje	010	008th	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
22nd	Goce Georgievski	Feb 12, 1987	RA	185	083	CSM Bucharest	043	078	1	57:33	2	0	0	1
23	Filip Lazarov	Apr 21, 1985	RL	197	104	Beşiktaş Istanbul	047	133	1	6:15	2	0	0	0
28	Martin Popovski	Aug 26, 1994	RA	177	075	RK Vardar Skopje	000	000	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
33	Žarko Peševski	Apr 11, 1991	KM	195	110	HC Metalurg Skopje	011	017th	1	6:22	0	0	0	0
average				191	095		048	127	total		25th	4 5)	0	6th

⁵⁾Coach Raúl González received a yellow card in the first game.

Montenegro

The Montenegrin national team played in the preliminary round in Group C against Germany (19:32), Macedonia (28:29) and Slovenia (19:28). With three defeats she was eliminated as the bottom of the group after the preliminary round.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Dragan Đukic	August 9, 1962	Serbia
Assistant coach	Blažo Lisičić	22nd August 1972	Montenegro

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Rade Mijatović	June 30, 1981	TW	192	098	Brest GK Meshkov	54	002	3	1:32:57	01	0	0	00
7th	Stefan Čavor	0Nov 3, 1994	RR	198	102	HSG Wetzlar	21st	045	3	1:12:18	06th	0	0	01
8th	Vuk Lazović	10 Mar 1988	KM	199	103	AHC Dunărea Călărași	04th	002	2	27:18	00	0	1	01
9	Žarko Pejović 6)	Jan. 25, 1986	RM	191	093	RK Velenje	25th	014th	2	46:32	00	0	0	02
11	Igor Marković	Dec 16, 1981	LA	183	091	Komlói BSK	52	116	3	55:36	01	0	0	02
12	Mile Mijušković 7)	0July 8, 1985	TW	192	091	Club Balonmano Benidorm	16	000	1	23:37	00	0	0	00
13	Mirko Radović 6)	June 15, 1990	RA	186	94	Ceglédi KKSE	30th	021st	1	54:48	01	0	0	01
14th	Miloš Vujović	05th Sep 1993	LA	181	082	Tatabánya KC	27	052	3	2:20:18	06th	1	0	01
15th	Igor Radojević	June 25, 1990	RA	191	091	Eger-Eszterházy SzSE	07th	001	3	34:13	00	2	0	01
16	Nebojša Simić 7)	Jan. 19, 1993	TW	194	116	MT Melsungen	20th	000	2	51:28	00	0	0	00
18th	Nebojša Simović	Nov 15, 1993	KM	199	114	Dabas KS VCE	04th	000	3	45:14	01	1	0	00
20th	Stevan Vujović	0Apr 7, 1990	RL	190	090	HCM Constanța	25th	046	3	1:23:10	06th	1	0	00
21st	Vasko Ševaljević	June 21, 1988	RL	193	107	Tremblay-en-France handball	40	188	3	1:25:42	10	0	0	02
24	Miloš Božović	Dec 10, 1994	RL	199	097	Tatabánya KC	12	019th	3	2:20:40	10	1	0	02
25th	Marko Lasica	Apr 30, 1988	RA	188	091	SCM Politehnica Timișoara	32	031	3	1:39:53	02	0	0	01
32	Božo Anđelić	16. Mar. 1992	RM	186	092	HC Metalurg Skopje	16	017th	3	46:53	05	0	0	00
90	Nemanja Grbović	Apr. 26, 1990	KM	184	110	Ceglédi KKSE	39	081	3	1:13:19	06th	0	0	01
93	Vladan Lipovina	07th Mar 1993	RR	198	098	TV Hüttenberg	21st	047	3	1:26:04	11	0	0	01
average				191	098		25th	038	total		66	7 8)	1	16

⁶⁾ The player Žarko Pejović (No. 9) was canceled after two games and replaced by the later nominated Mirko Radović (No. 13).

⁷⁾ The player Mile Mijušković (No. 12) was canceled after the first game and replaced by the later nominated Nebojša Simić (No. 16).

^8th)Coach Dragan Đukić received a yellow card in the second game.

Norway

The Norwegian national team plays in the preliminary round in Group B against France (32:31), Belarus and Austria .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Christian Berge	19th July 1973	Norway
Assistant coach	Børge Lund	March 13, 1979	Norway

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
5	Sander Sagosen	Sep 14 1995	RM	195	090	Paris Saint-Germain	068	258	1	47:28	3	0	0	0
8th	Bjarte Myrhol	May 29, 1982	KM	192	093	Skjern Håndbold	211	643	1	35:40	5	1	0	0
9	Henrik Jakobsen	Dec 16, 1992	KM	196	112	GOG Svendborg TGI	016	015th	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
15th	Kent Robin Tønnesen	0June 5, 1991	RR	195	103	KC Veszprém	085	204	1	36:56	7th	0	0	2
16	Espen Christensen	June 17, 1985	TW	190	090	GWD Minden	075	002	1	6:27	0	0	0	0
17th	Magnus Jøndal	0Feb. 7, 1988	LA	181	080	GOG Svendborg TGI	111	303	1	56:35	4th	0	0	1
19th	Kristian Bjørnsen	Jan. 10, 1989	RA	192	086	HSG Wetzlar	085	398	1	59:44	6th	0	0	0
21st	Magnus Gullerud	Nov 13, 1991	KM	193	104	GWD Minden	089	098	1	24:55	1	1	0	0
22nd	Gøran Sørheim	June 24, 1990	RM	183	080	Drammen HK	044	038	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
23	Gøran Johannessen	Apr 26, 1994	RL	193	095	GOG Svendborg TGI	035	057	1	27:50	3	0	0	0
24	Christian O'Sullivan	22 Aug 1991	RM	190	093	SC Magdeburg	082	114	1	41:08	1	1	0	0
25th	Eivind Tangen	0May 4th 1993	RR	195	093	HC Midtjylland	056	087	1	29:11	1	0	0	0
27	Harald Reinkind	Aug 17, 1992	RR	196	105	Rhine-Neckar lion	068	143	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
30th	Torbjørn Bergerud	July 16, 1994	TW	200	102	Team Tvis Holstebro	041	000	1	43:22	0	0	0	0
77	Magnus Rød	0July 7, 1997	RR	203	104	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	022nd	030th	1	4:52	0	0	0	0
89	Espen Lie Hansen	01st Mar 1989	RL	196	108	HC Midtjylland	133	422	1	5:52	0	0	0	0
average				193	096		076	176	total		31	3	0	3

Austria

The Austrian national team played in the preliminary round in Group B against Belarus (26:27), France (26:33) and Norway (28:39). She was eliminated as the bottom of the group after the preliminary round.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Patrekur Jóhannesson	July 7, 1972	Iceland
Assistant coach	Erwin Gierlinger	August 26, 1977	Austria

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Thomas Bauer	Jan. 24, 1986	TW	190	090	Massy Essonne handball	130	000	3	1:39:59	00	0	0	00
2	Alexander Hermann 9)	Dec 10, 1991	RL	192	094	HSG Wetzlar	067	100	2	42:41	05	0	0	00
5	Vytautas Žiūra	May 11, 1979	RM	189	093	Fivers Margareten	096	208	3	1:08:15	05	0	1	00
7th	Janko Božović	July 14, 1985	RR	204	104	Sporting Lisbon	124	306	3	1:11:26	10	0	1	01
20th	Sebastian Frimmel	Dec 18, 1995	LA	190	089	SG Handball West Vienna	030th	066	3	2:15:51	04th	1	1	03
26th	Julian Ranftl	Feb. 17, 1996	RA	184	079	SG Handball West Vienna	009	008th	3	26:22	02	0	0	00
28	Robert Weber	Nov 25, 1985	RA	179	076	SC Magdeburg	153	667	3	2:34:01	10	0	0	00
32	Gerald Zeiner	28 Mar 1988	RM	190	094	Alpla HC Hard	025th	051	3	1:16:26	06th	0	0	00
37	Tobias Schopf	Dec 25, 1985	LA	170	067	UHK Krems	016	014th	3	40:06	02	0	0	00
38	Wilhelm Jelinek	17th Mar 1994	KM	191	090	SG Handball West Vienna	026th	026th	3	1:31:02	02	2	1	03
43	Thomas Kandolf 9)	0Dec. 1, 1993	RR	183	087	Handball Tyrol	13	14th	2	58:01	05	0	0	02
53	Nikola Bilyk	Nov 28, 1996	RM	198	085	THW Kiel	041	144	3	2:04:27	19th	0	0	00
55	Tobias Wagner	26th Mar 1995	KM	198	128	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	021st	031	3	40:36	05	0	0	00
56	Kristian Pilipovic	Dec 10, 1994	TW	190	099	RK Našice	012	000	3	1:06:27	00	0	0	00
85	Lukas Herburger 9)	December 19, 1994	KM	197	088	Alpla HC Hard	004th	001	2	51:39	01	0	0	03
94	Christoph Neuhold	Apr 27, 1994	RL	193	096	ASV Hamm 04/69	193	096	3	41:53	02	0	0	00
95	Romas Kirveliavičius	05th Mar 1988	RL	200	100	HSC 2000 Coburg	028	024	3	1:10:48	02	2	0	04th
average				190	092		053	091	total		80	6th	4th	17th

⁹⁾The coach swapped a player after each game, so Thomas Kandolf (No. 43) was used in the second and third games, Lukas Herburger (No. 85) in the first two games and Alexander Hermann (No. 8) in the first and third in the third game.

Sweden

The Swedish national team plays in the preliminary round in Group A against Iceland (24:26), Serbia (30:25) and Croatia .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Kristján Andrésson	March 27, 1981	Sweden
Assistant coach	Martin Boquist	2nd February 1977	Sweden

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
2	Philip Hennigsson	June 14, 1995	RL	196	100	IFK Kristianstad	004th	006th	2	20:49	1	0	0	0
5	Simon Jeppsson	July 15, 1995	RL	203	105	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	017th	034	2	35:55	5	1	0	1
7th	Max Darj	27 Sep 1991	KM	192	099	Bergischer HC	023	012	2	41:10	0	1	0	2
9	Jerry Tollbring	13 Sep 1995	LA	182	082	Rhine-Neckar lion	033	107	2	1:34:14	3	0	0	0
10	Niclas Ekberg	Dec 23, 1988	RA	191	095	THW Kiel	153	640	2	46:37	5	0	0	0
12	Andreas Palicka	July 10, 1986	TW	189	090	Rhine-Neckar lion	071	001	2	15:16	0	0	0	0
15th	Hampus tub	Dec 10, 1993	LA	185	084	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	004th	007th	2	23:19	3	0	0	0
18th	Fredric Pettersson	Feb 11, 1989	KM	201	116	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball	027	037	2	1:13:01	0	0	0	1
19th	Johan Jakobsson	Feb 12, 1987	RR	195	104	IK Sävehof	114	250	2	40:58	5	0	0	1
20th	Mikael Appelgren	06 Sep 1989	TW	191	104	Rhine-Neckar lion	060	001	2	1:36:17	0	0	0	0
23	Albin Lagergren	Sep 11 1992	RR	186	094	IFK Kristianstad	023	057	2	1:23:09	7th	2	0	0
24	Jim Gottfridsson	0Sep 2 1992	RM	191	095	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	050	176	2	1:16:52	7th	0	0	0
25th	Linus Arnesson	May 11, 1990	RM	188	082	Bergischer HC	004th	005	2	2:07	0	0	0	0
32	Mattias Zachrisson	22 Aug 1990	RA	178	086	Foxes Berlin	102	217	2	1:13:14	6th	0	0	1
36	Jesper Nielsen	Aug 30, 1989	KM	200	110	Paris Saint-Germain	086	107	2	1:27:37	5	0	0	4th
65	Lukas Nilsson	Nov 16, 1996	RL	194	097	THW Kiel	040	103	2	29:35	7th	0	0	0
average				191	096		051	110	total		54	4th	0	10

Serbia

The Serbian national team plays in the preliminary round in Group A against Croatia (22:32), Sweden (25:30) and Iceland ,

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Jovica Cvetković	September 18, 1959	Serbia
Assistant coach	Časlav Grubić

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
5	Žarko Šešum	June 16, 1986	RL	196	093	Fresh on Göppingen	139	370	2	1:15:34	5	0	0	0
7th	Stefan Vujić	0July 6, 1991	RM	192	090	Steaua Bucharest	003	006th	2	0:00	0	0	0	0
10	Darko Ðukić	Dec 11, 1994	RA	191	082	KS Kielce	036	108	2	1:24:27	2	0	0	0
11	Bojan Belyansky	June 22, 1986	KM	202	100	Bregenz handball	066	063	2	1:26:15	4th	0	0	1
13	Petar Nenadic	June 28, 1986	RM	198	098	Foxes Berlin	078	213	2	1:09:47	10	0	0	1
14th	Bogdan Radivojevic	02nd Mar 1993	RA	186	084	Rhine-Neckar lion	024	040	2	14:41	1	0	0	0
15th	Dobrivoje Marković	Apr 22, 1986	LA	188	081	HK Zagreb	110	223	2	59:45	4th	0	0	0
17th	Petar Đorđić	17 Sep 1990	RL	197	102	Brest GK Meshkov	016	054	2	17:01	2	0	0	0
19th	Nemanja Ilić	May 11, 1990	LA	177	074	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball	058	093	2	56:44	8th	0	0	0
24	Milan Jovanić	Jan. 24, 1998	RL	196	094	Vojvodina Novi Sad	005	008th	2	38:16	1	1	0	0
25th	Nemanja Zelenović	Feb. 27, 1990	RR	194	095	SC Magdeburg	056	132	2	1:33:01	6th	0	0	1
33	Mijajlo Marsenic	09 Mar 1993	KM	203	110	RK Vardar Skopje	065	108	2	1:22:24	3	0	0	4th
41	Marko Vujin	0Dec. 7, 1984	RR	199	100	THW Kiel	126	489	2	8:18	1	0	0	0
42	Nemanja Obradović	0Jan. 8, 1991	RM	200	105	Wisla Plock	009	009	2	38:45	0	0	0	1
76	Vladimir Cupara	Feb. 19, 1994	TW	198	105	Ademar León	012	000	2	1:49:16	0	0	0	0
90	Tibor Ivanišević	Aug 16, 1990	TW	198	092	Skjern Håndbold	011	000	2	4:46	0	0	0	0
average				195	094		051	120	total		47	2	0	8th

Slovenia

The Slovenian national team plays in the preliminary round in Group C against Macedonia (24:25), Germany and Montenegro .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Veselin Vujović	January 19, 1961	Montenegro
Assistant coach	Uroš Šerbec	15th February 1968	Slovenia

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Matevž Skok	0Sep 2 1986	TW	188	92	RK Zagreb	79	2	1	53:39	0	0	0	0
3	Blaž Blagotinšek	Jan. 17, 1994	KM	202	115	KC Veszprém	57	70	1	36:12	3	1	0	2
4th	Matic Verdinek	Apr 13, 1994	LA	188	86	RK Velenje	4th	8th	1	16:42	0	0	0	1
5	Nik Henigman	0Dec. 4, 1995	RL	199	95	RD Ribnica	26th	38	1	23:49	1	0	0	1
6th	Gašper Marguč	Aug 20, 1990	RA	181	85	KC Veszprém	89	312	1	27:05	2	0	0	0
7th	Vid Kavtičnik	May 24, 1984	RR	191	90	Montpellier handball	181	510	1	26:30	1	0	0	0
8th	Blaž Janc	Nov 20, 1996	RA	187	90	KS Kielce	33	109	1	30:00	3	0	0	0
13	Darko Cingesar	July 25, 1990	LA	187	93	Pays d'Aix UC	49	84	1	44:55	3	1	1	3
23	Miha Zarabec	Oct 21, 1991	RM	177	77	THW Kiel	36	75	1	50:47	3	0	0	1
25th	Marko Bezjak	June 26, 1986	RM	185	87	SC Magdeburg	105	190	1	14:49	1	0	0	0
30th	Jan Grebenc	Aug 18, 1992	RL	194	94	RK Velenje	11	22nd	1	0:47	0	0	0	0
33	Igor Žabič	Aug 15, 1992	KM	201	105	Wisla Plock	6th	6th	1	24:20	0	0	0	1
51	Borut Mačkovšek	Sep 11 1992	RL	203	99	RK Celje	77	161	1	32:26	2	0	0	0
55	Žiga Mlakar	May 16, 1990	RR	192	98	RK Celje	10	18th	1	21:45	4th	0	0	1
90	Urban Lesjak	Aug 24, 1990	TW	187	93	RK Celje	36	0	1	0:00	0	1	0	0
95	Matic Suholežnik	0May 2, 1995	KM	202	116	RK Celje	0	0	1	16:14	1	0	0	0
average				192	95		50	100	total		24	4 10)	1	11 11)

¹⁰⁾Team boss Veselin Vujović received a yellow card in the first game.

¹¹⁾Team boss Veselin Vujović received a 2-minute penalty in the first game.

Spain

The Spanish national team plays in the preliminary round in Group D against the Czech Republic (32:15), Hungary and Denmark .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Jordi Ribera	March 3, 1963	Spain
Assistant coach	Toni García		Spain

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
3	Eduardo Gurbindo	0Nov 8, 1987	RR	195	092	HBC Nantes	100	125	1	34:51	2	0	0	0
6th	Ángel Fernández Pérez	16 Sep 1988	LA	192	088	CB Ciudad de Logroño	022nd	056	1	9:14	2	0	0	0
7th	Valero Rivera	Feb 22, 1985	LA	185	083	FC Barcelona	091	364	1	37:01	5	0	0	0
9	Raúl Entrerríos	Feb 12, 1981	RM	195	092	FC Barcelona	227	493	1	39:53	5	1	0	0
10	Alex Dujshebaev	Dec 17, 1992	RR	187	094	KS Kielce	057	132	1	26:05	2	0	0	0
11	Daniel Sarmiento	Aug 25, 1983	RM	188	087	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	084	186	1	19:27	0	0	0	0
13	Julen Aguinagalde	0Dec 8, 1982	KM	196	113	KS Kielce	161	414	1	24:29	2	0	0	0
21st	Joan Cañellas	Sep 30 1986	RL	198	110	RK Vardar Skopje	148	394	1	36:21	3	0	0	0
24	Viran Morros	Dec 15, 1983	RL	199	099	FC Barcelona	187	156	1	14:24	0	0	0	2
30th	Gedeón Guardiola	0Oct. 1, 1984	KM	205	105	Rhine-Neckar lion	107	143	1	24:30	0	0	0	0
33	Gonzalo Perez de Vargas	Jan. 10, 1991	TW	190	093	FC Barcelona	073	000	1	27:30	0	0	0	0
44	Rodrigo Corrales	Jan. 24, 1991	TW	202	099	Paris Saint-Germain	031	001	1	30:00	0	0	0	0
49	Ferran Solé	Aug 25, 1992	RA	192	088	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball	006th	023	1	25:39	5	0	0	0
53	David Balaguer	Aug 17, 1991	RA	185	093	HBC Nantes	016	060	1	33:02	3	0	0	0
55	Adrià Figueras	Aug 31, 1988	KM	192	090	BM Granollers	016	034	1	15:05	2	0	0	0
59	Daniel Dujshebaev	04th July 1997	RM	193	095	RK Celje	006th	006th	1	22:29	1	0	0	0
average				193	095		083	162	total		32	1	0	2

Czech Republic

The Czech national team plays in the preliminary round in Group D against Spain (15:32), Denmark and Hungary .

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Daniel Kubeš	February 7, 1978	Czech Republic
Assistant coach	Jan Filip	June 14, 1973	Czech Republic

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
1	Tomáš Mrkva	Jan. 20, 1989	TW	203	100	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	71	0	1	40:35	0	0	0	0
2	Jakub Hrstka	17th Mar 1990	LA	186	90	HT Tatran Prešov	82	241	1	27:22	1	0	0	0
3	Roman Bečvář	Apr 18, 1989	RM	191	84	HC Elbflorenz	90	185	1	32:27	0	0	0	1
4th	Jan Landa	May 10, 1986	RL	195	105	HK Město Lovosice	46	20th	1	22:16	0	0	0	0
13	Pavel Horák	Nov 28, 1982	RL	198	113	Brest GK Meshkov	103	292	1	30:32	1	0	0	1
15th	Milan Kotrč	May 23, 1988	LA	189	105	Bergischer HC	40	52	1	30:00	0	0	0	0
16	Martin Galia	Apr 12, 1979	TW	189	94	Górnik Zabrze	180	3	1	14:52	0	0	0	0
17th	Stanislav Kašpárek	June 11, 1996	RR	202	90	KSE Balatonfüredi	8th	0	1	32:14	5	0	0	0
18th	Jan Stehlík	Apr 18, 1985	RR	188	91	SSK Talent Plzeň	90	138	1	21:00	1	1	0	1
23	Leoš Petrovský	0Jan 5, 1993	KM	202	125	Bergischer HC	49	109	1	30:18	0	1	0	1
27	Ondřej Zdráhala	July 10, 1983	RM	187	83	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	99	311	1	24:50	3	0	0	0
31	Tomáš Číp	0Oct 5, 1989	RA	187	94	HT Tatran Prešov	51	113	1	33:48	1	0	0	0
39	Jakub Sviták	May 10, 1991	RM	180	85	HC Dukla Prague	2	2	1	3:07	0	0	0	0
40	Dieudonné Mubenzem	22 Mar 1996	RR	190	85	HC Dukla Prague	6th	9	1	25:45	1	0	0	0
41	Michal Kasal	0Apr 3, 1994	RL	209	98	HT Tatran Prešov	36	23	1	17:09	1	0	0	0
66	Štěpán Zeman	0May 9, 1997	KM	202	100	HC Zubří	6th	7th	1	33:45	1	0	0	0
average				194	97		60	94	total		15th	2	0	4th

Hungary

The Hungarian national team played in the preliminary round in Group D against Denmark (25:32), Spain (25:27) and the Czech Republic (27:33). She was eliminated from the tournament as the bottom of the group in the preliminary round.

supervisor

function	Surname	born	nationality
Team boss	Ljubomir Vranjes	3rd October 1973	Sweden
Assistant coach	Björn Sätherström	February 10, 1982	Sweden

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
3	Dávid Fekete	Oct 12, 1996	LA	180	084	Budakalász KC	002	001	1	13:50	02	0	0	00
5	Timuzsin Schuch	05th June 1985	KM	197	106	KC Veszprém	155	076	3	1:43:35	03	2	0	02
6th	Ádám Juhász	0June 6, 1996	RM	183	075	Tatabánya KC	019th	056	3	1:57:28	02	0	0	00
7th	Gábor Császár	June 16, 1984	RM	186	086	Cadets Schaffhausen	237	834	3	48:39	03	0	0	00
9	Zsolt Balogh	29 Mar 1989	RR	189	096	SC Szeged	036	072	3	1:39:12	13	0	0	00
11	Patrik Ligetvári	Feb 13, 1996	RL	201	104	KC Veszprém	019th	012	3	58:45	01	2	0	01
16	Roland Mikler	Sep 20 1984	TW	190	092	KC Veszprém	178	000	3	2:27:05	00	0	0	00
17th	Uroš Vilovski	Feb 25, 1984	KM	197	103	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	006th	013	2	7:24	01	0	0	00
21st	Péter Hornyák	0Oct. 4, 1995	RA	175	068	KSE Balatonfüredi	014th	020th	3	36:50	01	0	0	00
22nd	Moorchegani Iman Jamali	Oct 11, 1991	RL	200	102	KC Veszprém	028	070	2	27:24	04th	1	0	01
23	Ádám Országh	0Oct 6, 1989	RA	183	083	Dabas KC VCE	002	001	1	0:00	00	0	0	00
24	Ádám Borbély	June 22, 1995	TW	197	114	Wisla Plock	008th	000	3	21:39	00	0	0	00
27	Bence Bánhidi	0Feb 9, 1995	KM	204	110	SC Szeged	043	093	3	1:45:06	06th	0	0	00
28	Szabolcs Szöllősi	Jan. 28, 1989	KM	194	101	Tatabánya KC	073	096	3	27:36	01	0	0	00
32	Donát Bartók	July 13, 1996	RR	191	099	TBV Lemgo	002	009	3	1:04:53	08th	0	0	00
33	Gábor Ancsin	Nov. 27, 1990	RR	202	097	KC Veszprém	094	198	3	2:08:24	04th	1	0	04th
39	Richárd Bodó	13 Mar 1993	RL	203	110	SC Szeged	042	125	3	2:02:56	09	0	0	01
66	Máté Lékai	June 16, 1988	RM	190	082	KC Veszprém	113	277	3	1:59:14	18th	1	0	02
average				194	97		067	122	total		77	8 11)	0	11

¹¹⁾ A yellow card was given to the Hungarian bank in the second game.

Belarus

The Belarusian national team plays in the preliminary round in Group B against Austria (27:26), Norway and France .

supervisor

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

player

No.	Playername	born	Item	Size	Weight	society	Lsp.	LT.	Sp.	time	T
3	Uladsislau Kulesch	May 28, 1996	RL	200	083	SKA Minsk	037	107	1	44:02	7th	0	0	1
4th	Maksim Babitschau	07th Mar 1986	KM	200	100	HK Motor Zaporizhia	144	238	1	8:27	0	0	0	1
8th	Syarhej Schylowitsch	May 16, 1986	RR	195	105	Brest GK Meshkov	129	413	1	44:18	2	0	0	0
10	Barys Puchouski	0Jan. 3, 1987	RM	184	083	HK Motor Zaporizhia	174	758	1	30:20	5	0	0	0
12	Ivan Mazkevich	0May 8, 1991	TW	186	083	Brest GK Meshkov	057	000	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
15th	Dzjanis Rutenka	Feb. 14, 1986	RA	186	078	Brest GK Meshkov	112	283	1	58:01	4th	0	0	0
16	Vyachazlau Saldatsenka	23 Aug 1994	TW	188	084	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	029	001	1	55:31	0	0	0	0
18th	Artur Karwazki	Jan. 21, 1996	RR	196	099	Balatonfüredi KSE	018th	051	1	16:25	1	0	0	0
23	Andrei Jurynok	21 Sep 1996	RA	188	081	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	045	118	1	59:24	4th	0	0	0
24	Maksim Baranau	Apr 11, 1988	RA	188	081	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	123	300	1	0:00	0	0	0	0
47	Aljaksandr Padschywalau	0March 8 1996	RM	188	078	SKA Minsk	026th	044	1	0:51	0	0	0	0
50	Arzjom Karaljok	Feb. 20, 1996	KM	190	085	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	041	142	1	54:28	2	0	0	1
55	Aljaksandr Zitou	Oct 28, 1986	KM	190	105	Riihimae Cocks	163	137	1	29:36	0	1	0	1
74	Vyachaslau Bochan	0Apr 7, 1996	RL	203	092	SKA Minsk	009	003	1	3:41	0	1	0	0
90	Hleb Harbus	17th Mar 1994	RM	190	080	SKA Minsk	004th	003	1	0:34	2	0	0	0
95	Vadsim Haidutschenka	Apr 24, 1995	RM	192	088	Dinamo Bucharest	023	051	1	14:22	0	0	0	0
average				192	088		071	166	total		27	2	0	4th

Web links

• Official website for the European Championship 2018 (accessed January 5, 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Handball Federation (DHB): International games: EM dress rehearsal as the final in the squad casting (accessed on January 5, 2018)