This article displays the squads for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players. Yet, two players might be replaced, Every player who played is listed, thus some lists have more than 16.
Age, caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2015.
Group A
Belarus A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 19 December 2014.
Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov
Brazil A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2014. On 31 December 2014, 17 players were nominated.
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
Chile A 28-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.
Head coach: Fernando Capurro
Qatar A 28-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014.
Head coach: Valero Rivera
Slovenia A 26-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014. It was trimmed down to 22 on 2 January 2015. On 7 January 2015, 19 players were nominated.
Head coach: Boris Denič
Spain A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 16 December 2014. On 29 December 2014 an 18-player list was published. On 12 January 2015, the final 16-player squad was announced.
Head coach: Manolo Cadenas
Group B
Austria A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 2 January 2015. On 9 January 2015, an 18-player squad was announced.
Head coach: Patrekur Jóhannesson
Bosnia and Herzegovina A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 17 December 2014. It was trimmed down to 20 on 30 December 2014.
Head coach: Dragan Marković
Croatia A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2014. An 18-player squad was announced on 30 December 2014. A final 16-player squad was announced on 13 January 2015.
Head coach: Slavko Goluža
Iran A 22-player preliminary squad was announced on 28 December 2014. An 18-player squad was revealed on 13 January 2015.
Head coach: Borut Maček
Macedonia A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2014. An 18-player squad was announced on 5 January 2015.
Head coach: Ivica Obrvan
Tunisia An 18-player preliminary squad was announced on 30 December 2014.
Head coach: Sead Hasanefendić
Group C
Algeria A 24-player preliminary squad was announced on 20 December 2014.
Head coach: Reda Zeguili
Czech Republic A 13-player squad was announced on 11 December 2014. 18 players were selected on 9 January 2015. The 16-player squad was published on 10 January 2015.
Head coach: Jan Filip / Daniel Kubeš
Egypt A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 12 December 2014.
Head coach: Marwan Ragab
France A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 6 December 2014. A 17-player squad was announced on 13 January 2015.
Head coach: Claude Onesta
Iceland A 20-player preliminary squad was announced on 18 December 2014. On 11 January 2015 a 17-player squad was published.
Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson
Sweden The squad was announced on 15 December 2014. On 8 January 2015, Magnus Persson replaced Johan Jakobsson due to an injury.
Head coach: Ola Lindgren / Staffan Olsson
Group D
Argentina An 18-player preliminary squad was announced on 26 December 2014.
Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo
Denmark A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 18 December 2014. It was reduced to 17 players on 11 January 2015.
Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Germany A 19-player preliminary squad was announced on 22 December 2014.
Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson
Poland A 23-player preliminary squad was announced on 27 December 2014. On 8 January 2015 it was reduced to 18.
Head coach: Michael Biegler
Russia A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 24 December 2014. It was reduced to 18 on 10 January 2015.
Head coach: Oleg Kuleshov
Saudi Arabia A 21-player preliminary squad was announced on 2 December 2014. On 4 January 2015 the list was trimmed to 17.
Head coach: Goran Dzokic
Statistics
Player representation by league system League systems with 10 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 54 different countries, and play in 51 different national leagues.
Country Players Outsidenationalsquad Germany 65 49 France 45 33 Spain 24 19 Qatar 22 7 Poland 21 9 Macedonia 20 6 Belarus 15 4 Saudi Arabia 15 0 Iran 14 0 Hungary 14 14 Egypt 12 0 Algeria 11 0 Denmark 11 5
The Germany and Saudi Arabia men's national handball team|Saudi Arabian squad is made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league. Slovenia have only one domestic-based player. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Hungarian league provides the most squad members.
Player representation by club Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.
Club Players FC Barcelona 12 El Jaish 11 Meshkov Brest 11 Vardar 11 Vive Targi Kielce 11 Paris Saint-Germain 10 THW Kiel 10
Coaches representation by country Coaches in bold represent their own country. NºCountryCoaches4 IcelandGuðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Patrekur Jóhannesson (Austria), Aron Kristjánsson, Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)3 CroatiaSlavko Goluža, Sead Hasanefendić (Tunisia), Ivica Obrvan (Macedonia) SpainManolo Cadenas, Jordi Ribera (Brazil), Valero Rivera (Qatar)2 SloveniaBoris Denić, Borut Maček (Iran)1 AlgeriaReda Zeguili ArgentinaEduardo Gallardo BelarusYuri Shevtsov Bosnia and HerzegovinaDragan Marković ChileFernando Capurro Czech RepublicVladimír Haber EgyptMarwan Ragab FranceClaude Onesta GermanyMichael Biegler (Poland) RussiaOleg Kuleshov / Aleksandr Rymanov SerbiaGoran Dzokic (Saudi Arabia) SwedenOla Lindgren / Staffan Olsson
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