Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's handball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Group A

Argentina

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matías Schulz (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m Anaitasuna Pamplona 2 LW Federico Gastón Fernández (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 22) 1.88 m BM Ciudad Encantada 3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-09-07)7 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.90 m Cedalo 4 LB Sebastián Simonet (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m US Ivry Handball 5 LB Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.90 m River Plate 6 CB Diego Simonet (1989-12-26)26 December 1989 (aged 22) 1.90 m US Ivry Handball 7 RW Andrés Kogovsek (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 (aged 38) 1.90 m Villa Ballester 8 P Mariano Cánepa (1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m Villa Ballester 9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 30) 1.97 m Union Juri Leoben 10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.92 m BM Huesca 11 LB Guido Riccobelli (1987-11-28)28 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.85 m U.N.LU. 12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 30) 1.90 m S.M.V. 15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 32) 1.94 m CB Ademar León 17 RB Damián Migueles (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.92 m SAG Polvorines 19 LB Juan Manuel Vázquez (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 (aged 24) 1.90 m River Plate

France

The following is the France roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Claude Onesta

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 35) 1.99 m Fénix Toulouse 3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.97 m Atlético Madrid 4 RB Xavier Barachet (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.95 m Chambéry Handball 5 CB Guillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.92 m HSV Hamburg 6 P Bertrand Gille (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.87 m HSV Hamburg 8 LB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 32) 1.89 m THW Kiel 9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.78 m BM Valladolid 11 LW Samuel Honrubia (1986-07-05)5 July 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Montpellier 12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 36) 1.98 m Fénix Toulouse 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m Montpellier 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 35) 1.92 m THW Kiel 18 LB William Accambray (1988-04-08)8 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Montpellier 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.82 m Atlético Madrid 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.92 m FC Barcelona 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Montpellier

Great Britain

The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Dragan Đukić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jesper Parker (1984-04-18)18 April 1984 (aged 28) 2.00 m IK Sävehof 3 CB Ciaran Williams (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 24) 1.83 m Salford HC 4 RW Sebastian Prieto (1987-02-04)4 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m Viking HK 7 CB Christopher Mohr (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.87 m Odder Håndbold 12 GK Robert White (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.92 m HB Valence 14 RB Steven Larsson (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Drammen HK 15 LB Martin Hare (1989-11-28)28 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.93 m Viking HK 18 CB Daniel McMillan (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 29) 1.89 m Odder Håndbold 20 LW Mark Hawkins (1985-12-28)28 December 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m Afturelding 21 P Christopher McDermott (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 23) 2.04 m Afturelding 22 P Robin Garnham (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Fram Larvik 26 RW Sebastien Edgar (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.82 m LYS Nimes 27 LW John Pearce (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.90 m Braband 28 RB Gawain Vincent (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m HBC Nantes

Iceland

The following is the Iceland roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.90 m SC Magdeburg 2 P Vignir Svavarsson (1980-06-20)20 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.94 m TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 3 P Kári Kristjánsson (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.98 m HSG Wetzlar 4 CB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.93 m THW Kiel 5 LB Ingimundur Ingimundarson (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 32) 1.93 m Fram Reykjavik 6 RW Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 7 LB Arnór Atlason (1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 28) 1.91 m AG København 9 LB Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 32) 1.87 m AG København 10 CB Snorri Guðjónsson (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 30) 1.87 m AG København 11 RB Ólafur Stefánsson (1973-07-03)3 July 1973 (aged 39) 1.96 m AG København 15 RW Alexander Petersson (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 32) 1.86 m Füchse Berlin 16 GK Hreiðar Guðmundsson (1980-11-29)29 November 1980 (aged 31) 1.93 m Nøtterøy IF 17 P Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 35) 1.96 m TV Großwallstadt 18 P Róbert Gunnarsson (1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 32) 1.90 m Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Sweden

The following is the Swedish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Staffan Olsson and Ola Lindgren

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mattias Andersson (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.86 m 81 0 Flensburg 3 P Mattias Gustafsson (1978-07-11)11 July 1978 (aged 34) 1.93 m 90 137 Lübbecke 5 RB Kim Andersson (1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 29) 2.00 m 193 704 Kiel 6 LW Jonas Källman (1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 31) 2.00 m 158 488 Atlético Madrid 7 P Magnus Jernemyr (1976-06-18)18 June 1976 (aged 36) 2.00 m 90 5 Barcelona 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 23) 1.91 m 65 271 København 11 CB Dalibor Doder (1979-05-07)7 May 1979 (aged 33) 1.82 m 135 392 Minden 15 LB Jonas Larholm (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 30) 1.93 m 180 579 Aalborg 18 P Tobias Karlsson (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.96 m 109 71 Flensburg 19 RB Johan Jakobsson (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.95 m 47 59 Aalborg 22 GK Johan Sjöstrand (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.95 m 56 0 Barcelona 24 LW Fredrik Petersen (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.88 m 77 190 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25 LW Kim Ekdahl du Rietz (1989-07-23)23 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.96 m 51 141 Nantes 32 RW Mattias Zakrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 21 37 Eskilstuna 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 22) 1.96 m 23 38 Skövde

Tunisia

The following is the Tunisia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Alain Portes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Selim Hedoui (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 28) 1.99 m Al-Arabi 4 RW Aymen Toumi (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.84 m Étoile Sportive 5 P Mahmoud Gharbi (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.91 m HBC Nantes 6 P Issam Tej (1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.87 m Montpellier AHB 7 RW Jaleleddine Touati (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Dunkerque HB 8 LB Wissem Hmam (1981-04-21)21 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.98 m Montpellier AHB 9 RB Amine Bannour (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.97 m Club Africain 10 CB Kamel Alouini (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.87 m Club Africain 12 GK Marouen Maggaiz (1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 29) 1.91 m HBC Nantes 16 GK Wassim Helal (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.93 m Espérance Sportive 17 LB Wael Jallouz (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.98 m AS Hammamet 20 CB Heykel Megannem (1977-02-28)28 February 1977 (aged 35) 1.86 m Saint-Raphaël HB 21 LW Anouar Ayed (1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 34) 1.80 m Fénix Toulouse 22 LW Oussama Boughanmi (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.85 m Club Africain 31 P Marouan Chouiref (1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.97 m Club Africain

Group B

Croatia

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Slavko Goluža

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Venio Losert (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.91 m CB Ademar León 4 CB Ivano Balić (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.91 m RK Zagreb 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.97 m HSV Hamburg 6 LB Blaženko Lacković (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 31) 1.96 m HSV Hamburg 8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 26) 2.10 m RK Zagreb 9 P Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 31) 2.03 m HSV Hamburg 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 26) 2.04 m RK Zagreb 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.80 m RK Zagreb 14 LB Drago Vuković (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.94 m TuS N-Lübbecke 20 LB Damir Bičanić (1985-06-29)29 June 1985 (aged 27) 1.94 m Chambéry Handball 21 RB Denis Buntić (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 29) 1.99 m Vive Targi Kielce 25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 26) 2.00 m MKB Veszprém 26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 23) 1.84 m RK Zagreb 27 RW Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.79 m Rhein-Neckar Löwen 29 LW Ivan Ninčević (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 30) 1.84 m Füchse Berlin

Denmark

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23) 2.00 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2 CB Thomas Mogensen (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m Flensburg-Handewitt 4 LB Lasse Boesen (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 32) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 8 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21) 1.94 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 10 LB Nikolaj Markussen (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23) 2.12 m Atlético Madrid 11 LW Anders Eggert Jensen (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Flensburg-Handewitt 13 CB Bo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 14 P Michael V. Knudsen (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33) 1.92 m Flensburg-Handewitt 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.87 m Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30) 1.88 m HSV Hamburg 19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27) 2.00 m AG København 20 GK Marcus Cleverly (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.88 m Vive Targi Kielce 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Skjern Håndbold 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.96 m AG København 26 LB Kasper Nielsen (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.92 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Hungary

The following is the Hungary roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Lajos Mocsai

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Ferenc Ilyés (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 (aged 30) 1.98 m MKB Veszprém 5 CB Gábor Császár (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.98 m MKB Veszprém 6 RB Tamás Mocsai (1978-12-09)9 December 1978 (aged 33) 1.96 m TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 8 LW Gergő Iváncsik (1981-11-30)30 November 1981 (aged 30) 1.90 m MKB Veszprém 10 RW Gergely Harsányi (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.91 m Tatabánya 11 LB Barna Putics (1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 27) 2.01 m Gummersbach 12 GK Nándor Fazekas (1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 35) 1.92 m MKB Veszprém 14 LB Carlos Pérez (1971-08-26)26 August 1971 (aged 40) 1.98 m MKB Veszprém 16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.90 m Pick Szeged 17 RB Balázs Laluska (1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 31) 2.01 m MKB Veszprém 19 RB László Nagy (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 31) 2.09 m FC Barcelona 20 RW Péter Gulyás (1984-03-04)4 March 1984 (aged 28) 2.00 m MKB Veszprém 24 LW Attila Vadkerti (1982-02-22)22 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.82 m Pick Szeged 25 P Szabolcs Zubai (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 28) 1.93 m Pick Szeged 28 P Timuzsin Schuch (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 27) 1.97 m MKB Veszprém 66 CB Máté Lékai (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.90 m Celje Pivovarna Laško

Serbia

The following is the Serbia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Veselin Vuković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Dragan Marjanac (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.92 m 58 1 BSV Bern Muri 5 LB Žarko Šešum (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.95 m 106 271 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LB Marko Vujin (1984-12-07)7 December 1984 (aged 27) 1.97 m 80 332 THW Kiel 7 RW Ivan Nikčević (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.82 m 95 346 Wisła Płock 9 CB Nikola Manojlović (1981-12-01)1 December 1981 (aged 30) 1.95 m 32 36 RK Cimos Koper 11 P Alem Toskić (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m 124 256 Celje Pivovarna Laško 12 GK Darko Stanić (1978-10-08)8 October 1978 (aged 33) 1.90 m 74 0 RK Metalurg 13 LB Momir Ilić (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 30) 2.00 m 104 355 THW Kiel 15 LW Dobrivoje Marković (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 90 171 BM Ciudad Encantada 17 RW Rajko Prodanović (1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.86 m 88 199 Pick Szeged 20 LB Momir Rnić (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.97 m 55 83 Frisch Auf Göppingen 22 P Bojan Beljanski (1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 26) 2.00 m 36 40 Frisch Auf Göppingen 23 CB Nenad Vučković (1980-08-23)23 August 1980 (aged 31) 1.92 m 96 185 MT Melsungen 25 CB Dalibor Čutura (1975-06-14)14 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.90 m 23 53 CB Ademar León 26 LB Ivan Stanković (1982-04-27)27 April 1982 (aged 30) 1.92 m 45 74 US Créteil

South Korea

The following is the South Korea roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Cho Young-shin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Lee Chang-woo (1983-05-12)12 May 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m Chungnam 2 CB Jeong Yi-kyeong (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m Doosan 5 P Park Kyung-suk (1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.85 m Chungnam 7 RW Jung Su-young (1985-10-17)17 October 1985 (aged 26) 1.84 m HC Korosa 8 P Park Jung-gyu (1983-11-02)2 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.90 m KHF 11 LW Lim Duk-jun (1980-08-30)30 August 1980 (aged 31) 1.86 m Doosan 12 GK Park Chan-young (1983-01-26)26 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.90 m Doosan 13 RB Lee Jae-woo (1979-09-28)28 September 1979 (aged 32) 1.81 m Doosan 17 RW Yu Dong-geun (1985-09-03)3 September 1985 (aged 26) 1.85 m Incheon DTC 19 LW Jeong Han (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.85 m Incheon DTC 20 LB Paek Won-chul (1977-01-10)10 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.80 m HC Korosa 22 LB Ko Kyung-soo (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.82 m Chungnam 33 RB Eom Hyo-won (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 25) 1.82 m Sangmu 77 RB Yoon Kyung-shin (1973-07-07)7 July 1973 (aged 39) 2.03 m KHF 88 P Jung Jin-ho (1986-03-10)10 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.93 m HC Korosa

Spain

The following is the Spain roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches: Valero Rivera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK José Javier Hombrados (1972-04-07)7 April 1972 (aged 40) 1.96 m Atlético Madrid 3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.95 m BM Valladolid 4 RW Albert Rocas (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 30) 1.88 m FC Barcelona 5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 (aged 24) 1.97 m BM Aragón 8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.77 m FC Barcelona 9 CB Raúl Entrerríos (1981-02-12)12 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.93 m FC Barcelona 10 LB Mikel Aguirrezabalaga (1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 28) 1.96 m FC Barcelona 11 CB Daniel Sarmiento Melián (1983-08-25)25 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.88 m FC Barcelona 13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 29) 1.96 m Atlético Madrid 15 LW Cristian Ugalde (1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.86 m FC Barcelona 16 GK Árpád Sterbik (1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 32) 2.00 m Atlético Madrid 21 CB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.98 m Atlético Madrid 24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15)15 December 1983 (aged 28) 1.99 m FC Barcelona 30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 27) 1.99 m San Antonio

See also

• Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

External links

• Official website