Every team has to submit a roster of 16 players. On 12 December 2013 an official squad list was published.Official squad list
Group A
Austria Head coach: Patrekur Jóhannesson
A 14-player squad was announced on 27 December 2013, while a 20-player roster was published on 31 December 2013. An 18-player squad was announced on 8 January 2014.
Czech Republic Head coach: Vladimír Haber
The squad was announced on 28 December 2013.
Denmark Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek
An 18-player squad was announced on 9 December 2013. The final roster was published on 10 January 2014.
Macedonia Head coach: Ivica Obrvan
Group B
Hungary Head coach: Lajos Mocsai
A 22-player squad was announced on 20 December 2013.
Iceland Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson
A 21-player squad was announced on 17 December 2013. The squad was announced on 9 January 2014.
Norway Head coach: Robert Hedin
An 18-player squad was announced on 11 December 2013.
Spain Head coach: Manolo Cadenas
The squad was announced on 11 December 2013.
Group C
France Head coach: Claude Onesta
A 20-player squad was announced on 11 December 2013. The squad was announced on 8 January 2014.
Poland Head coach: Michael Biegler
An 18-player squad was announced on 2 January 2014, while the squad was published on 10 January 2014.
Russia Head coach: Oleg Kuleshov
The squad was announced on 25 December 2013.
Serbia Head coach: Vladan Matić
A 19-squad was announced on 31 December 2013.
Group D
Belarus Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov
The squad was announced on 26 December 2013.
Croatia Head coach: Slavko Goluža
An 18-player squad was announced on 10 January 2014.
Montenegro Head coach: Zoran Kastratović
A 22-player squad was announced on 13 December 2013.
Sweden Head coach: Staffan Olsson / Ola Lindgren
The squad was announced on 10 December 2013.
Statistics
Player representation by league system In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 23 different countries.
Country Players Outsidenationalsquad Germany 68 68 France 39 24 Poland 26 11 Hungary 21 9 Macedonia 18 5 Denmark 17 9 Belarus 14 3 Russia 12 3 Spain 12 7 Austria 10 1 Norway 7 0 Sweden 7 4 Croatia 4 1 Ukraine 4 4 Montenegro 3 0 Slovenia 3 3 Czech Republic 2 0 Serbia 2 1 Slovakia 2 2 Switzerland 2 2 Greece 1 1 Romania 1 1 Turkey 1 1 Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals. French squad have only two player employed by a non-domestic club; that players are employed in Spain. Only Icelandic squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs; although one player on that squad. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Handball-Bundesliga provides the most squad members.
Player representation by club Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.
Club Players Metalurg Skopje 13 Paris Saint-Germain 12 FC Barcelona 11 Vive Targi Kielce 11
Coaches representation by country Coaches in bold represent their own country. NºCountryCoaches2 CroatiaSlavko Goluža, Ivica Obrvan (Macedonia) IcelandPatrekur Jóhannesson (Austria), Aron Kristjánsson SwedenRobert Hedin (Norway), Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson1 BelarusYuri Shevtsov Czech RepublicVladimír Haber DenmarkUlrik Wilbek FranceClaude Onesta GermanyMichael Biegler (Poland) HungaryLajos Mocsai MontenegroZoran Kastratović RussiaOleg Kuleshov SerbiaVladan Matić SpainManolo Cadenas
References
External links Official Website