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.[1][2]

Head coaches: Eduardo Gallardo

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

Head coaches: Claude Onesta

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

Head coaches: Dragan Đukić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jesper Parker 18 April 1984 (aged 28) 2.00 m IK Sävehof 3 CB Ciaran Williams 22 December 1987 (aged 24) 1.83 m Salford HC 4 RW Sebastian Prieto 4 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m Viking HK 7 CB Christopher Mohr 12 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.87 m Odder Håndbold 12 GK Robert White 5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.92 m HB Valence 14 RB Steven Larsson 1 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Drammen HK 15 LB Martin Hare 28 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.93 m Viking HK 18 CB Daniel McMillan 12 August 1982 (aged 29) 1.89 m Odder Håndbold 20 LW Mark Hawkins 28 December 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m Afturelding 21 P Christopher McDermott 7 June 1989 (aged 23) 2.04 m Afturelding 22 P Robin Garnham 1 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Fram Larvik 26 RW Sebastien Edgar 26 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.82 m LYS Nimes 27 LW John Pearce 23 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.90 m Braband 28 RB Gawain Vincent 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.[7][8]

Head coaches: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

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

Head coaches: Staffan Olsson and Ola Lindgren

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mattias Andersson 29 March 1978 (aged 34) 1.86 m 81 0 Flensburg 3 P Mattias Gustafsson 11 July 1978 (aged 34) 1.93 m 90 137 Lübbecke 5 RB Kim Andersson 21 August 1982 (aged 29) 2.00 m 193 704 Kiel 6 LW Jonas Källman 17 July 1981 (aged 31) 2.00 m 158 488 Atlético Madrid 7 P Magnus Jernemyr 18 June 1976 (aged 36) 2.00 m 90 5 Barcelona 10 RW Niclas Ekberg 23 December 1988 (aged 23) 1.91 m 65 271 København 11 CB Dalibor Doder 7 May 1979 (aged 33) 1.82 m 135 392 Minden 15 LB Jonas Larholm 3 June 1982 (aged 30) 1.93 m 180 579 Aalborg 18 P Tobias Karlsson 4 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.96 m 109 71 Flensburg 19 RB Johan Jakobsson 12 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.95 m 47 59 Aalborg 22 GK Johan Sjöstrand 27 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.95 m 56 0 Barcelona 24 LW Fredrik Petersen 27 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.88 m 77 190 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25 LW Kim Ekdahl du Rietz 23 July 1989 (aged 23) 1.96 m 51 141 Nantes 32 RW Mattias Zakrisson 22 August 1990 (aged 21) 1.78 m 21 37 Eskilstuna 35 P Andreas Nilsson 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.[12][13]

Head coaches: Alain Portes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Selim Hedoui 1 October 1983 (aged 28) 1.99 m Al-Arabi 4 RW Aymen Toumi 11 July 1990 (aged 22) 1.84 m Étoile Sportive 5 P Mahmoud Gharbi 11 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.91 m HBC Nantes 6 P Issam Tej 29 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.87 m Montpellier AHB 7 RW Jaleleddine Touati 12 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Dunkerque HB 8 LB Wissem Hmam 21 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.98 m Montpellier AHB 9 RB Amine Bannour 21 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.97 m Club Africain 10 CB Kamel Alouini 6 July 1988 (aged 24) 1.87 m Club Africain 12 GK Marouen Maggaiz 28 July 1983 (aged 29) 1.91 m HBC Nantes 16 GK Wassim Helal 16 July 1982 (aged 30) 1.93 m Espérance Sportive 17 LB Wael Jallouz 3 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.98 m AS Hammamet 20 CB Heykel Megannem 28 February 1977 (aged 35) 1.86 m Saint-Raphaël HB 21 LW Anouar Ayed 9 May 1978 (aged 34) 1.80 m Fénix Toulouse 22 LW Oussama Boughanmi 5 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.85 m Club Africain 31 P Marouan Chouiref 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.[14]

Head coaches: Slavko Goluža

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

Head coaches: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen 19 December 1988 (aged 23) 2.00 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2 CB Thomas Mogensen 30 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m Flensburg-Handewitt 4 LB Lasse Boesen 18 September 1979 (aged 32) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 8 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 20 June 1991 (aged 21) 1.94 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 10 LB Nikolaj Markussen 1 August 1988 (aged 23) 2.12 m Atlético Madrid 11 LW Anders Eggert Jensen 14 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Flensburg-Handewitt 13 CB Bo Spellerberg 24 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 14 P Michael V. Knudsen 4 September 1978 (aged 33) 1.92 m Flensburg-Handewitt 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen 31 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.87 m Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Hans Lindberg 1 August 1981 (aged 30) 1.88 m HSV Hamburg 19 P Rene Toft Hansen 1 November 1984 (aged 27) 2.00 m AG København 20 GK Marcus Cleverly 15 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.88 m Vive Targi Kielce 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard Sarup 9 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Skjern Håndbold 24 LB Mikkel Hansen 22 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.96 m AG København 26 LB Kasper Nielsen 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.[16]

Head coaches: Lajos Mocsai

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

Head coaches: Veselin Vuković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Dragan Marjanac 26 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.92 m 58 1 BSV Bern Muri 5 LB Žarko Šešum 16 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.95 m 106 271 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LB Marko Vujin 7 December 1984 (aged 27) 1.97 m 80 332 THW Kiel 7 RW Ivan Nikčević 11 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.82 m 95 346 Wisła Płock 9 CB Nikola Manojlović 1 December 1981 (aged 30) 1.95 m 32 36 RK Cimos Koper 11 P Alem Toskić 12 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m 124 256 Celje Pivovarna Laško 12 GK Darko Stanić 8 October 1978 (aged 33) 1.90 m 74 0 RK Metalurg 13 LB Momir Ilić 22 December 1981 (aged 30) 2.00 m 104 355 THW Kiel 15 LW Dobrivoje Marković 22 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 90 171 BM Ciudad Encantada 17 RW Rajko Prodanović 24 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.86 m 88 199 Pick Szeged 20 LB Momir Rnić 1 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.97 m 55 83 Frisch Auf Göppingen 22 P Bojan Beljanski 22 June 1986 (aged 26) 2.00 m 36 40 Frisch Auf Göppingen 23 CB Nenad Vučković 23 August 1980 (aged 31) 1.92 m 96 185 MT Melsungen 25 CB Dalibor Čutura 14 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.90 m 23 53 CB Ademar León 26 LB Ivan Stanković 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.[18]

Head coaches: Cho Young-shin

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

Head coaches: Valero Rivera

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

See also

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

References

1. "Argentina team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
2. "Argentina Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
3. "France team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
4. "France Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
5. "Great Britain team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
6. "Great Britain Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
7. "Iceland team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
8. "Iceland Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
9. "Herrarnas handbollstrupp uttagen". sok.se (in Swedish). 18 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
10. "Sweden team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
11. "Sweden Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
12. "Tunisia team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
13. "Tunisia Team Rosters" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 July 2012.
14. "Croatia team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
15. "Denmark team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
16. "Hungary team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
17. "Serbia team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
18. "South Korea team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.
19. "Spain team roster". london2012.com. 19 July 2012.

External links

• Official website