2025 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Main article: 2025 World Men's Handball Championship

This article displays the squads for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 18 players, of which 16 were fielded for each game.

Age, club, appearances and goals correct as of 14 January 2025.

Group A

Czech Republic

A 21-player squad was announced on 23 December 2024. The list was renewed on 1 January 2025. It was cut to 19 on 12 January 2025.

Head coach: Xavi Sabaté

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tomáš Mrkva (1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 35) 2.01 m 128 11 THW Kiel 2 LW Jakub Hrstka (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 34) 1.88 m 150 484 HC Zubří 4 GK Jan Hrdlička (1996-11-10)10 November 1996 (aged 28) 1.89 m 17 0 MKS Kalisz 6 RW Dominik Skopár (2006-05-04)4 May 2006 (aged 18) 1.80 m 2 11 Talent Plzeň 7 RB Tomáš Piroch (2000-05-12)12 May 2000 (aged 24) 1.87 m 37 88 Orlen Wisła Płock 14 RW Jakub Štěrba (1996-07-11)11 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.84 m 24 55 ASV Hamm-Westfalen 17 RB Stanislav Kašpárek (1996-06-11)11 June 1996 (aged 28) 2.00 m 70 228 Dinamo București 18 P Vít Reichl (1993-06-15)15 June 1993 (aged 31) 1.88 m 22 54 TV Hüttenberg 19 CB Tomáš Babák (1993-12-28)28 December 1993 (aged 31) 1.86 m 100 299 Bergischer HC 21 CB Dušan Palát (2001-04-02)2 April 2001 (aged 23) 1.85 m 1 3 HC Zubří 23 LB Jonáš Josef (2004-07-29)29 July 2004 (aged 20) 1.90 m 2 1 HC Dukla Prague 28 CB Matěj Havran (2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (aged 22) 1.90 m 16 4 Tatabánya KC 33 P Matěj Nantl (1998-07-15)15 July 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 8 3 HCB Karviná 34 LB Dominik Solák (1997-08-17)17 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.99 m 42 35 HCB Karviná 39 CB Lukáš Mořkovský (2002-01-04)4 January 2002 (aged 23) 1.89 m 11 11 Górnik Zabrze 49 LB Daniel Bláha (2005-12-27)27 December 2005 (aged 19) 2.12 m 6 6 Talent Plzeň 66 P Štěpán Zeman (1997-05-09)9 May 1997 (aged 27) 1.97 m 62 55 VfL Gummersbach 77 P Daniel Režnický (1998-03-26)26 March 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 21 17 Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski 93 LW Jan Blecha (1993-04-22)22 April 1993 (aged 31) 1.84 m 10 19 HC Dukla Prague

Germany

A 19-player squad was announced on 17 December 2024. The lust was cut to 17 players on 11 January 2025.

Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK David Späth (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22) 2.00 m 29 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 3 CB Nils Lichtlein (2002-07-31)31 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.83 m 15 10 Füchse Berlin 4 P Johannes Golla (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 27) 1.95 m 92 328 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 7 CB Luca Witzke (1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 25) 1.91 m 38 76 SC DHfK Leipzig 15 CB Juri Knorr (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 24) 1.91 m 68 263 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RW Lukas Zerbe (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 (aged 28) 1.84 m 32 61 THW Kiel 18 LB Julian Köster (2000-03-16)16 March 2000 (aged 24) 2.00 m 58 137 VfL Gummersbach 23 RB Renārs Uščins (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 22) 1.89 m 30 123 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 32 RB Franz Semper (1997-07-05)5 July 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 22 44 SC DHfK Leipzig 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 33) 1.98 m 171 14 THW Kiel 34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 31) 1.89 m 84 127 THW Kiel 36 LW Lukas Mertens (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 28) 1.82 m 57 129 SC Magdeburg 39 LB Lukas Stutzke (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 27) 1.95 m 12 14 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 44 RB Christoph Steinert (1990-01-18)18 January 1990 (aged 34) 1.96 m 57 101 HC Erlangen 54 P Justus Fischer (2003-02-06)6 February 2003 (aged 21) 1.94 m 21 23 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 71 LB Marko Grgić (2003-09-11)11 September 2003 (aged 21) 1.98 m 14 34 ThSV Eisenach 73 RW Timo Kastening (1995-06-25)25 June 1995 (aged 29) 1.80 m 61 195 MT Melsungen

Poland

A 26-player squad was announced on 18 December 2024. It was cut to 21 players on 7 January 2025.

Head coach: Marcin Lijewski

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27)27 November 1998 (aged 26) 2.00 m 44 80 MOL Tatabánya KC 4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09)9 October 2001 (aged 23) 1.77 m 37 76 Corotop Gwardia Opole 5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 23) 1.97 m 69 116 Industria Kielce 8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25)25 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.94 m 36 12 HSC 2000 Coburg 12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21)21 October 1999 (aged 25) 2.02 m 41 84 Kadetten Schaffhausen 17 RB Andrzej Widomski (2003-02-06)6 February 2003 (aged 21) 1.92 m 7 9 Corotop Gwardia Opole 19 LW Jan Czuwara (1995-10-18)18 October 1995 (aged 29) 1.84 m 71 142 Zagłębie Lubin 20 CB Kamil Adamski (1995-05-17)17 May 1995 (aged 29) 1.93 m 2 0 Rebud KPR Ostrovia 21 P Kamil Syprzak (1991-07-23)23 July 1991 (aged 33) 2.07 m 175 394 Paris Saint-Germain 23 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.82 m 102 499 Industria Kielce 26 RW Marek Marciniak (1995-09-21)21 September 1995 (aged 29) 1.88 m 0 0 Azoty Puławy 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 31) 2.00 m 103 136 HC Erlangen 33 RW Jakub Szyszko (2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 23) 1.79 m 13 29 Górnik Zabrze 42 CB Jakub Będzikowski (2003-01-25)25 January 2003 (aged 21) 1.88 m 3 0 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk 44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 24) 1.88 m 19 28 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk 46 RW Mateusz Wojdan (2000-12-19)19 December 2000 (aged 24) 1.73 m 0 0 Rebud KPR Ostrovia 47 CB Maciej Papina (2001-12-13)13 December 2001 (aged 23) 1.76 m 4 2 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk 60 GK Kacper Ligarzewski (2001-06-14)14 June 2001 (aged 23) 1.89 m 0 0 Górnik Zabrze 75 GK Marcel Jastrzębski (2003-03-14)14 March 2003 (aged 21) 1.95 m 7 0 Orlen Wisła Płock 93 P Łukasz Rogulski (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 31) 1.92 m 0 0 Industria Kielce 94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17)17 October 1994 (aged 30) 1.90 m 82 6 MT Melsungen

Switzerland

A 20-player squad was announced on 24 December 2024. The final roster was revealed on 8 January 2025.

Head coach: Andy Schmid

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16)16 August 1996 (aged 28) 1.97 m 85 207 Kadetten Schaffhausen 4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 28) 2.05 m 77 280 TVB Stuttgart 6 RW Gian Attenhofer (2002-04-26)26 April 2002 (aged 22) 1.85 m 6 2 ThSV Eisenach 11 CB Aellen Felix (2003-10-11)11 October 2003 (aged 21) 1.84 m 11 16 BSV Bern 13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31)31 August 1998 (aged 26) 1.95 m 17 6 BSV Bern 16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19)19 November 1993 (aged 31) 1.94 m 132 30 SC Magdeburg 17 P Samuel Röthlisberger (1996-08-15)15 August 1996 (aged 28) 1.99 m 83 22 TVB Stuttgart 18 RB Dimitrij Küttel (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 30) 1.92 m 81 162 HC Kriens-Luzern 20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.96 m 72 154 Kadetten Schaffhausen 21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 19) 1.84 m 4 6 HC Kriens-Luzern 23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22)22 April 2000 (aged 24) 1.93 m 26 61 TVB Stuttgart 28 CB Luca Sigrist (2005-10-04)4 October 2005 (aged 19) 1.87 m 2 3 HC Kriens-Luzern 29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 24) 1.83 m 52 103 TBV Lemgo 30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23)23 November 2003 (aged 21) 2.02 m 23 7 HSC Suhr Aarau 35 LW Noam Leopold (2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.81 m 8 4 HBC Nantes 38 GK Jannis Scheidiger (2002-08-08)8 August 2002 (aged 22) 1.93 m 8 2 HSC Suhr Aarau 40 GK Mathieu Seravalli (2004-09-15)15 September 2004 (aged 20) 1.90 m 3 0 BSV Bern 44 CB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02)2 December 2001 (aged 23) 1.88 m 31 32 Kadetten Schaffhausen

Group B

Algeria

A 24-player squad was announced on 25 December 2024.

Head coach: Farouk Dehili

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Hani Bounab (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 (aged 24) 1.89 m 13 50 JSE Skikda 3 LW Walid Abed Boumedienne (2001-02-11)11 February 2001 (aged 23) 1.94 m 0 0 JSE Skikda 6 LB Messaoud Berkous (1989-07-20)20 July 1989 (aged 35) 1.92 m 183 806 Al-Arabi 7 LB Hichem Daoud (1992-01-09)9 January 1992 (aged 33) 1.89 m 122 211 Pau Billère handball 11 RW Ali Boulesha (1991-11-09)9 November 1991 (aged 33) 1.80 m 0 0 JSE Skikda 13 CB Rayane Abrous (2001-08-16)16 August 2001 (aged 23) 1.91 m 10 21 Al-Ahli 15 RW Redouane Saker (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 33) 1.79 m 75 139 JSE Skikda 16 GK Yahia Zemouchi (1994-09-17)17 September 1994 (aged 30) 1.93 m 25 0 HBC El Biar 17 P Zine Boughaba (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 24) 2.00 m 10 15 Al-Shamal 19 RW Ahmed Mahdi (2004-02-27)27 February 2004 (aged 20) 1.92 m 0 0 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 22 GK Khalifa Ghedbane (1996-11-26)26 November 1996 (aged 28) 1.98 m 99 5 HC Erlangen 29 GK Andreas Hofmann (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 23) 1.89 m 0 0 HBC Livry-Gargan 31 RB Elyas Bouadjadja (2002-04-21)21 April 2002 (aged 22) 1.97 m 0 0 Massy Essonne Handball 33 LW Mounir Chehri (1999-06-04)4 June 1999 (aged 25) 1.79 m 0 0 Halden Topphåndball 36 RB Mohamed Hacene-Djaballah (1993-04-18)18 April 1993 (aged 31) 1.90 m 8 10 Al-Rawdhah 41 LB Zouhir Naim (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 (aged 28) 1.87 m 45 105 Sharjah SC 44 CB Moustapha Hadj Sadok (1997-08-17)17 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.92 m 49 99 Al-Nasr 47 LB Nori Benhalima (1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 0 0 Póvoa Andebol Clube 63 GK Salim Mezaza (2004-01-26)26 January 2004 (aged 20) 1.96 m 10 3 CB Ciudad de Logroño 74 RW Karim Balti (1998-07-11)11 July 1998 (aged 26) 1.70 m 0 0 Bruges Lormont Handball 77 P Islam Kaabeche (1998-11-06)6 November 1998 (aged 26) 1.98 m 0 0 JSE Skikda 87 LB Ayoub Abdi (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 27) 1.89 m 50 269 HBC Nantes 89 LB Abderrahim Amokrane (1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 28) 1.89 m 0 0 ES Ain Touta 94 P Bastien Khermouche (1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 31) 1.92 m 31 62 Dijon Métropole Handball 98 P Abdeldjalil Zannadi (1998-05-18)18 May 1998 (aged 26) 1.98 m 25 36 Eger-Eszterházy SzSE

Denmark

A 19-player squad was announced on 18 December 2024.

Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 RB Niclas Kirkeløkke (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.95 m 91 174 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 4 LW Magnus Landin Jacobsen (1995-08-20)20 August 1995 (aged 29) 1.97 m 165 265 THW Kiel 7 LW Emil Jakobsen (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 82 267 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 11 CB Rasmus Lauge (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 33) 1.96 m 175 435 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 12 GK Emil Nielsen (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.95 m 52 6 Barça 15 P Magnus Saugstrup (1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.95 m 92 196 SC Magdeburg 19 RB Mathias Gidsel (1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 25) 1.90 m 79 448 Füchse Berlin 20 GK Kevin Møller (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 35) 2.00 m 82 7 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 40) 1.97 m 226 182 Aalborg Håndbold 22 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 33) 1.88 m 204 327 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25 P Lukas Jørgensen (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.93 m 43 128 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 26 RW Jóhan Hansen (1994-05-01)1 May 1994 (aged 30) 1.90 m 93 171 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28 LB Lasse Andersson (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.96 m 72 83 Füchse Berlin 32 LB Jacob Holm (1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 29) 1.94 m 83 212 Paris Saint-Germain 33 P Emil Bergholt (1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 5 6 Skjern Håndbold 34 P Simon Hald (1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 30) 2.03 m 97 100 Aalborg Håndbold 42 OB Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen (2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 23) 1.98 m 17 45 Aalborg Håndbold 43 LB Simon Pytlick (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 24) 1.93 m 46 206 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 45 RB Emil Madsen (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 24) 1.94 m 16 31 THW Kiel

Italy

An 18-player squad was announced on 23 December 2024. A 19-player roster was revealed on 2 January 2025. The final roster was revelaed on 7 January 2025.

Head coach: Riccardo Trillini

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Domenico Ebner (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 30) 1.92 m 53 9 SC DHfK Leipzig 2 RW Leo Prantner (2001-11-24)24 November 2001 (aged 23) 1.78 m 28 18 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 4 LW Tommaso De Angelis (2005-09-21)21 September 2005 (aged 19) 1.75 m 19 22 BM Benidorm 5 LW Gianluca Dapiran (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 30) 1.93 m 65 78 Cassano Magnago 6 LB Davide Bulzamini (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 29) 1.94 m 72 105 Accademia Pallamano Conversano 7 LB Filippo Angiolini (1999-04-23)23 April 1999 (aged 25) 1.90 m 11 0 ASD Albatro 8 RB Giacomo Savini (1998-05-19)19 May 1998 (aged 26) 1.85 m 61 46 Cassano Magnago 9 P Gabriele Sontacchi (2003-09-19)19 September 2003 (aged 21) 1.90 m 7 3 SSV Bozen Loacker 13 RW Umberto Bronzo (2000-12-29)29 December 2000 (aged 24) 1.83 m 38 48 Handball Sassari 15 CB Simone Mengon (2000-01-03)3 January 2000 (aged 25) 1.92 m 37 57 ThSV Eisenach 16 GK Andrea Colleluori (2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (aged 24) 1.87 m 34 0 Meran Handball 17 P Endrit Iballi (1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 26) 1.89 m 23 12 SSV Brixen 19 RW Thomas Bortoli (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 (aged 22) 1.94 m 36 44 Istres Provence Handball 24 LB Mikael Helmersson (2003-09-29)29 September 2003 (aged 21) 1.99 m 7 23 HSC 2000 Coburg 25 CB Pablo Marrochi (1986-09-13)13 September 1986 (aged 38) 1.90 m 48 95 Accademia Pallamano Conversano 29 LW Jeremi Pirani (1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 30) 1.78 m 0 0 Tremblay-en-France Handball 30 P Tommaso Romei (2003-03-30)30 March 2003 (aged 21) 1.90 m 4 0 Meran Handball 32 P Andrea Parisini (1994-11-18)18 November 1994 (aged 30) 1.94 m 97 161 Pays d'Aix Université Club

Tunisia

A 20-player squad was announced on 24 December 2024.

Head coach: Mohamed Sghir

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 6 P Ghazi Ben Ghali (1999-03-28)28 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.98 m 31 29 Al-Gharafa 10 CB Bilel Abdelli (1995-08-04)4 August 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 49 74 Espérance de Tunis 16 GK Mohamed Sfar (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 35) 1.94 m 44 0 Espérance de Tunis 17 RB Oussama Hosni (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 32) 1.93 m 130 162 RK Eurofarm Pelister 22 LB Youssef Maaraf (1996-07-21)21 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.95 m 100 185 Al Safa 23 LW Oussama Rmeiki (1996-10-08)8 October 1996 (aged 28) 1.93 m 42 67 Club Africain 25 CB Abdelhak Ben Salah (1990-04-25)25 April 1990 (aged 34) 1.84 m 84 170 Espérance de Tunis 28 LB Hazem Bacha (2001-12-08)8 December 2001 (aged 23) 2.05 m 33 66 Espérance de Tunis 29 RW Tarek Jallouz (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 31) 1.83 m 38 58 Espérance de Tunis 31 LB Mohamed Frad (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 31) 1.90 m 20 20 Kazma 33 RB Yassine Ben Salem (2003-01-11)11 January 2003 (aged 22) 1.90 m 13 24 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 55 LW Ghassen Toumi (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 (aged 27) 1.80 m 70 159 Espérance de Tunis 61 GK Yassine Belkaied (2000-10-19)19 October 2000 (aged 24) 1.97 m 38 3 Fenix Toulouse Handball 72 P Mohamed Ben Hammouda (2002-12-07)7 December 2002 (aged 22) 1.92 m 7 5 Association Sportive d'Hammamet 81 GK Youssef Zeïan (2000-09-09)9 September 2000 (aged 24) 1.93 m 16 1 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 89 P Anouar Ayed (2001-12-15)15 December 2001 (aged 23) 1.90 m 0 0 Club Africain 93 GK Fradj Ben Tekaya (1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 26) 1.91 m 5 0 BM Ciudad Encantada 96 RB Anouar Ben Abdallah (1996-06-20)20 June 1996 (aged 28) 1.88 m 80 167 Kazma 97 RB Achref Marghli (1997-05-22)22 May 1997 (aged 27) 1.93 m 18 21 RK Vardar 98 P Islem Jbeli (1998-12-13)13 December 1998 (aged 26) 1.93 m 39 72 Espérance de Tunis

Group C

Austria

The squad was announced on 20 December 2024.

Head coach: Aleš Pajovič

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Leon Bergmann (2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20) 1.96 m 3 0 Fivers Margareten 6 LB Markus Mahr (2000-11-03)3 November 2000 (aged 24) 1.89 m 20 17 Bregenz Handball 7 RB Janko Božović (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 39) 2.04 m 192 541 Khaitan SC 11 LB József Albek (1999-06-30)30 June 1999 (aged 25) 1.95 m 2 0 HC SSV Graz 16 GK Florian Kaiper (1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 29) 1.87 m 22 1 HC Linz AG 20 LW Sebastian Frimmel (1995-12-18)18 December 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 112 380 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 23 LB Nemanja Beloš (1994-06-08)8 June 1994 (aged 30) 1.92 m 10 0 HC SSV Graz 26 P Lukas Herburger (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 30) 1.97 m 76 69 Füchse Berlin 29 P Lukas Schweighofer (1992-12-29)29 December 1992 (aged 32) 1.91 m 19 5 HSG Graz 30 RB Boris Zivkovic (1992-05-02)2 May 1992 (aged 32) 1.95 m 77 157 Al-Qurain 45 LW Eric Damböck (1999-09-06)6 September 1999 (aged 25) 1.81 m 41 41 HSC Kreuzlingen 55 P Tobias Wagner (1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.98 m 107 299 HC Erlangen 57 RW Jakob Nigg (2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.84 m 19 16 Fivers Margareten 66 CB Elias Kofler (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 (aged 24) 1.87 m 24 8 1. VfL Potsdam 72 CB Lukas Hutecek (2000-07-02)2 July 2000 (aged 24) 1.89 m 56 196 TBV Lemgo 86 RW Franko Lastro (2003-04-13)13 April 2003 (aged 21) 1.85 m 20 23 Frisch Auf Göppingen 97 RB Michael Miskovez (1997-08-29)29 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.97 m 34 5 Handball Tirol 98 GK Constantin Möstl (2000-04-01)1 April 2000 (aged 24) 1.86 m 31 0 TBV Lemgo

France

A 22-player squad was announced on 23 December 2024. The final roster was revealed on 11 January 2025.

Head coach: Guillaume Gille

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Samir Bellahcene (1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 29) 1.91 m 13 1 TVB Stuttgart 4 CB Aymeric Minne (1995-07-18)18 July 1995 (aged 29) 1.87 m 33 93 HBC Nantes 5 CB Nedim Remili (1995-07-18)18 July 1995 (aged 29) 1.95 m 136 411 Telekom Veszprém 6 RB Julien Bos (1998-08-18)18 August 1998 (aged 26) 1.88 m 6 12 HBC Nantes 7 LB Romain Lagarde (1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.94 m 79 86 Pays d'Aix Université Club 8 LB Elohim Prandi (1998-08-24)24 August 1998 (aged 26) 1.93 m 48 124 Paris Saint-Germain 9 RB Melvyn Richardson (1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 97 230 Barça 10 RB Dika Mem (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.94 m 126 441 Barça 11 P Nicolas Tournat (1994-05-04)4 May 1994 (aged 30) 2.00 m 103 233 HBC Nantes 15 LW Mathieu Grebille (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 33) 1.98 m 93 140 Paris Saint-Germain 16 GK Charles Bolzinger (1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 29) 1.98 m 13 1 Montpellier Handball 22 P Luka Karabatic (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 36) 2.02 m 162 176 Paris Saint-Germain 23 P Ludovic Fabregas (1996-07-01)1 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.98 m 151 375 Telekom Veszprém 29 RW Benoît Kounkoud (1997-02-19)19 February 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 49 71 KS Kielce 31 LW Dylan Nahi (1999-11-30)30 November 1999 (aged 25) 1.92 m 64 169 KS Kielce 34 P Karl Konan (1995-06-03)3 June 1995 (aged 29) 1.96 m 44 7 Montpellier Handball 39 LB Thibaud Briet (1999-12-14)14 December 1999 (aged 25) 2.05 m 28 46 HBC Nantes 92 GK Rémi Desbonnet (1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 32) 1.82 m 50 4 Montpellier Handball

Kuwait

A 23-player squad was announced on 8 December 2024.

Head coach: Said Hadjazi

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 CB Abdullah Al-Khamees (1992-06-23)23 June 1992 (aged 32) 1.86 m 54 42 Kuwait SC 6 RW Saleh Al-Musawi (1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 34) 1.73 m 45 67 Kuwait SC 7 LW Abdulaziz Al-Shammari (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 32) 1.81 m 23 35 Kuwait SC 18 P Mohammad Al-Sanea (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 28) 1.87 m 7 14 Qadsia SC 19 RB Mohammad Al-Hendal (1997-10-19)19 October 1997 (aged 27) 1.88 m 17 30 Al-Fahaheel SC 20 RW Mishaal Al-Harbi (1992-06-08)8 June 1992 (aged 32) 1.74 m 37 35 Kuwait SC 22 GK Hasan Safar (1998-12-07)7 December 1998 (aged 26) 1.87 m 25 Kuwait SC 23 LB Saif Al-Dawani (2002-04-17)17 April 2002 (aged 22) 1.89 m 25 63 Kuwait SC 37 CB Saleh Al-Raghaib (2005-08-26)26 August 2005 (aged 19) 1.79 m 15 28 Burgan SC 44 P Abdulrahman Al-Shammari (1996-06-25)25 June 1996 (aged 28) 1.91 m 12 13 Burgan SC 49 LB Fawaz Mubarak (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 (aged 26) 1.95 m 15 18 Al-Arabi SC 66 CB Abdulaziz Salmeen (1999-05-31)31 May 1999 (aged 25) 1.74 m 19 26 Qadsia SC 72 P Abdulrahman Al-Shammari (2002-09-16)16 September 2002 (aged 22) 1.94 m 15 31 Kazma SC 80 GK Abdulaziz Al-Thafiri (1993-07-11)11 July 1993 (aged 31) 1.89 m 32 1 Kazma SC 84 LW Haider Dashti (2000-12-05)5 December 2000 (aged 24) 1.92 m 26 34 Al-Salmiya SC 97 GK Mohammad Buyabes (1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 27) 1.92 m 18 0 Burgan SC

Qatar

A 20-player squad was announced on 3 January 2025.

Head coach: Veselin Vujović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 RB Žarko Marković (1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 38) 1.96 m 13 31 Al-Gharafa 7 LW Ahmad Madadi (1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (aged 30) 1.75 m 97 298 Al Duhail 8 LW Abdulrazzaq Ahmad (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 34) 1.86 m 114 177 Al-Gharafa 9 LB Rafael Capote (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 37) 2.00 m 91 348 Al Duhail 10 LB Frankis Carol (1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 37) 1.91 m 70 235 Kuwait SC 11 RW Nidhal Aissa (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 33) 1.88 m 18 20 Al Arabi 12 GK Bilal Lepenica (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 (aged 28) 1.91 m 50 0 Al Duhail 13 RW Eldar Memišević (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 32) 1.78 m 120 232 Al-Rayyan 16 GK Irhad Alihodžić (1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 28) 1.85 m 20 0 Al Arabi 17 LB Amir Nowraddine (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 77 654 Al-Gharafa 22 CB Abdelrahman Tarek (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 31) 1.89 m 70 106 Al Duhail 23 RW Allaedine Berrached (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 30) 1.86 m 87 179 Al Duhail 37 P Yassine Sami (1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (aged 39) 1.91 m 46 42 Al Wakrah 41 P Youssef Benali (1987-05-28)28 May 1987 (aged 37) 1.93 m 107 186 Al Rayyan 44 LB Amine Guehis (1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 28) 2.03 m 54 134 Al Duhail 88 CB Moustafa Heiba (1996-12-17)17 December 1996 (aged 28) 1.84 m 94 175 Al Duhail 93 LW Hamdi Ayed (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (aged 31) 1.88 m 80 109 Al Duhail 94 LB Ameen Zakkar (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 30) 1.98 m 85 120 Al Rayyan 98 GK Anadin Suljaković (1998-06-16)16 June 1998 (aged 26) 1.96 m 43 0 HSG Wetzlar

Group D

Guinea

Head coach: Kévin Decaux

Hungary

A 20-player squad was announced on 11 December 2024.

Head coach: Chema Rodríguez

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Adrián Sipos (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 34) 1.98 m 89 39 MT Melsungen 7 LW Bendegúz Bóka (1993-10-02)2 October 1993 (aged 31) 1.95 m 93 222 Balatonfüredi KSE 10 RW Zsolt Krakovszki (2002-07-09)9 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.88 m 13 22 HSG Wetzlar 11 LB Patrik Ligetvári (1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 28) 2.03 m 108 89 Telekom Veszprém 16 GK Roland Mikler (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 40) 1.92 m 247 1 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 18 LW Bence Krakovszki (2002-07-09)9 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.87 m 10 18 MOL-Tatabánya KC 24 CB Gergő Fazekas (2003-10-31)31 October 2003 (aged 21) 1.90 m 34 58 Wisła Płock 26 RW Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 34) 1.97 m 43 106 MOL-Tatabánya KC 27 P Bence Bánhidi (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 (aged 29) 2.08 m 118 364 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 30 LB Zoltán Szita (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 26) 1.96 m 79 181 Wisła Płock 32 GK Kristóf Palasics (2002-04-19)19 April 2002 (aged 22) 1.99 m 21 0 Benfica 33 RB Gábor Ancsin (1990-11-27)27 November 1990 (aged 34) 2.02 m 168 379 Ferencvárosi TC 39 LB Richárd Bodó (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 31) 2.03 m 119 355 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 43 RB Zoran Ilić (2002-01-02)2 January 2002 (aged 23) 1.97 m 39 51 HSV Hamburg 45 P Miklós Rosta (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 25) 2.03 m 70 200 CS Dinamo București 61 GK László Bartucz (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 33) 1.94 m 35 0 MOL-Tatabánya KC 66 CB Máté Lékai (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 36) 1.90 m 187 561 Ferencvárosi TC 71 RB Máté Ónodi-Jánoskúti (2002-06-17)17 June 2002 (aged 22) 1.93 m 5 9 Ferencvárosi TC 77 CB Egon Hanusz (1997-09-25)25 September 1997 (aged 27) 1.77 m 55 83 Benfica 91 RW Bence Imre (2002-10-15)15 October 2002 (aged 22) 1.86 m 23 113 THW Kiel

Netherlands

The squad was announced on 19 December 2024.

Head coach: Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Bart Ravensbergen (1993-03-14)14 March 1993 (aged 31) 1.90 m 105 17 Frisch Auf Göppingen 3 CB Ivar Stavast (1998-01-13)13 January 1998 (aged 27) 1.91 m 49 61 HC Elbflorenz Dresden 5 LW Rutger ten Velde (1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.78 m 71 219 Frisch Auf Göppingen 7 LB Robin Schoenaker (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 29) 1.98 m 59 8 Sporting Pelt 12 GK Matthias Dorgelo (2002-10-31)31 October 2002 (aged 22) 1.99 m 4 1 SønderjyskE Håndbold 14 RW Bobby Schagen (1990-01-13)13 January 1990 (aged 35) 1.90 m 141 429 TBV Lemgo 15 P Lars Kooij (2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 24) 1.99 m 27 39 RK Vardar 17 LW Kaj Geenen (2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.84 m 20 16 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau 20 RB Niels Versteijnen (2000-02-03)3 February 2000 (aged 24) 2.00 m 49 107 TBV Lemgo 21 P Martijn Kleijkers (2001-02-22)22 February 2001 (aged 23) 1.88 m 9 6 Pau Billère Handball 22 CB Luc Steins (1995-03-22)22 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.73 m 111 319 Paris Saint-Germain 23 LB Jorn Smits (1992-09-03)3 September 1992 (aged 32) 1.93 m 75 112 GC Amicitia Zürich 27 RW Alec Smit (1999-05-15)15 May 1999 (aged 25) 1.82 m 60 71 Pfadi Winterthur 31 RB Kay Smits (1997-03-31)31 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.85 m 82 383 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 33 CB Thomas Houtepen (2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 22) 1.83 m 11 16 TBV Lemgo 77 CB Dani Baijens (1998-05-05)5 May 1998 (aged 26) 1.82 m 84 229 Paris Saint-Germain

North Macedonia

A 20-player squad was announced on 19 December 2024.

Head coach: Kiril Lazarov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Nikola Mitrevski (1985-10-03)3 October 1985 (aged 39) 1.84 m 140 6 RK Eurofarm Pelister 4 RB Martin Velkovski (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.88 m 42 35 RK Alkaloid 9 CB Igor Gjorgiev (2000-06-02)2 June 2000 (aged 24) 1.87 m 24 32 RK Alkaloid 10 CB Marko Mitev (2003-02-23)23 February 2003 (aged 21) 1.81 m 12 26 RK Alkaloid 13 P Valentin Karasmanakis (2005-01-14)14 January 2005 (aged 20) 1.95 m 2 1 RK Alkaloid 16 GK Ivan Galevski (2004-07-05)5 July 2004 (aged 20) 2.00 m 1 0 RK Alkaloid 17 P Nikola Markoski (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 34) 1.96 m 86 49 RK Alkaloid 18 LB Filip Kuzmanovski (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.98 m 75 231 RK Eurofarm Pelister 19 RW Nenad Kosteski (2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 23) 1.89 m 33 65 RK Eurofarm Pelister 20 GK Marko Kizikj (2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 23) 1.90 m 4 0 RK Alkaloid 21 LB Mihajlo Mladenovikj (2000-09-21)21 September 2000 (aged 24) 1.93 m 18 2 RK Alkaloid 26 RW Aleksandar Petkovski (2004-05-24)24 May 2004 (aged 20) 1.87 m 2 3 RK Alkaloid 33 P Žarko Peševski (1991-04-11)11 April 1991 (aged 33) 1.95 m 78 173 RK Eurofarm Pelister 34 RB Tomislav Jagurinovski (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 (aged 26) 1.88 m 19 21 RK Vardar 1961 36 P Milan Lazarevski (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 (aged 27) 1.93 m 6 8 RK Vardar 1961 38 LB Ivan Džonov (1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 27) 1.91 m 16 26 RK Alkaloid 42 P Marko Stojkovikj (2003-06-27)27 June 2003 (aged 21) 2.00 m 9 15 RK Alkaloid 55 LW Petar Atanasijevikj (2003-07-09)9 July 2003 (aged 21) 1.92 m 16 27 RK Eurofarm Pelister 77 RB Martin Serafimov (2000-03-03)3 March 2000 (aged 24) 1.90 m 36 71 RK Alkaloid 88 LB Pavle Atanasijevic (2003-07-09)9 July 2003 (aged 21) 1.95 m 8 9 RK Eurofarm Pelister

Group E

Brazil

A 24-player squad was announced on 20 December 2024. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2025.

Head coach: Marcus Oliveira

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 7 LW Joel Rodrigues (2001-02-24)24 February 2001 (aged 23) 1.83 m 0 0 Praia Clube/Colégio Nacional 14 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 35) 1.98 m 169 234 Barça 15 LB Leandro Monte da Silva (1998-03-09)9 March 1998 (aged 26) 1.91 m 0 0 Mudhar 16 GK Rangel da Rosa (1996-05-11)11 May 1996 (aged 28) 1.89 m 51 3 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 27 RW Marcos da Silva (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 24) 1.86 m 0 0 Pinheiros 37 LB Haniel Langaro (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.97 m 93 398 Dinamo București 47 P Renan Pinheiro (2005-04-19)19 April 2005 (aged 19) 2.02 m 0 0 Pinheiros 57 RB Vinícios Carvalho (1997-03-06)6 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.88 m 3 7 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 75 CB Denys Barros (1994-01-02)2 January 1994 (aged 31) 1.86 m 0 0 AD Ciudad de Guadalajara 77 RW Rudolph Hackbarth (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.89 m 65 159 BM Ciudad Encantada 80 P Edney Silva (1998-06-19)19 June 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 3 9 Sporting CP 82 CB Tarcísio Oliveira (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 24) 1.87 m 0 0 BM Atlético Valladolid 83 LB Bryan Monte (2003-04-06)6 April 2003 (aged 21) 1.92 m 9 26 Montpellier Handball 88 P Guilherme Borges (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 25) 1.93 m 0 0 Istres Provence Handball 94 CB Acácio Filho (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 30) 1.91 m 1 2 Al Arabi SC 95 RB Gustavo Rodrigues (1995-04-09)9 April 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 63 167 Chambéry Handball 97 GK Mateus Martins (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 (aged 25) 1.88 m 4 0 Pinheiros 99 LW Jean-Pierre Dupoux (1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 33) 1.80 m 12 41 Tremblay-en-France Handball

Norway

The squad was announced on 17 December 2024. On 30 December, August Pedersen replaced Alexander Blonz in the squad.

Head coach: Jonas Wille

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 DF Vetle Eck Aga (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 31) 1.90 m 60 4 Kolstad Håndball 5 CB Sander Sagosen (1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 29) 1.95 m 176 865 Kolstad Håndball 6 LW Sebastian Barthold (1991-08-27)27 August 1991 (aged 33) 1.85 m 96 249 Aalborg Håndbold 11 P Petter Øverby (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 32) 2.00 m 147 156 THW Kiel 14 CB Mario Matic (1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 30) 1.80 m 8 12 AEK H.C. 15 RB Kent Robin Tønnesen (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 33) 1.95 m 142 355 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 18 LB William Aar (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 (aged 27) 1.99 m 23 22 TTH Holstebro 19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 36) 1.91 m 209 741 Aalborg Håndbold 21 P Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 33) 1.93 m 199 297 Kolstad Håndball 22 CB Tobias Grøndahl (2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 23) 1.83 m 46 131 GOG Håndbold 24 CB Christian O'Sullivan (c) (1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 33) 1.90 m 202 297 SC Magdeburg 30 GK Torbjørn Bergerud (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 30) 2.01 m 154 0 Kolstad Håndball 31 RW Kasper Lien (2001-04-15)15 April 2001 (aged 23) 1.94 m 17 24 Elverum Håndball 32 P Thomas Solstad (1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 36 69 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 36 GK André Kristensen (2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 24) 1.92 m 5 0 Sporting CP 40 LW August Pedersen (1994-06-24)24 June 1994 (aged 30) 1.80 m 6 10 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 43 LB Simen Lyse (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 24) 1.99 m 27 75 Kolstad Håndball 77 RB Magnus Abelvik Rød (1997-07-07)7 July 1997 (aged 27) 2.04 m 90 208 SC Pick Szeged

Portugal

A 19-player squad was announced on 22 December 2024.

Head coach: Paulo Pereira

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 RW Pedro Portela (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 (aged 35) 1.84 m 146 483 Sporting CP 8 P Victor Iturriza (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 34) 1.94 m 46 154 FC Porto 10 CB Miguel Martins (1997-11-04)4 November 1997 (aged 27) 1.93 m 108 243 Aalborg Håndbold 14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28)28 April 1993 (aged 31) 1.85 m 137 242 FC Porto 16 GK Diogo Rêma Marques (2004-03-17)17 March 2004 (aged 20) 1.89 m 18 0 FC Porto 21 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 26) 1.91 m 52 101 FC Porto 22 P Alexis Borges (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 33) 1.98 m 65 110 Sporting CP 23 LW Diogo Branquinho (1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 30) 1.85 m 94 203 Sporting CP 24 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 28) 2.01 m 87 110 MT Melsungen 25 RW António Areia (1990-06-21)21 June 1990 (aged 34) 1.89 m 99 285 Tremblay-en-France Handball 26 RB Francisco Costa (2005-02-16)16 February 2005 (aged 19) 1.89 m 30 101 Sporting CP 31 LB Salvador Salvador (2001-07-29)29 July 2001 (aged 23) 1.98 m 29 56 Sporting CP 41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 54 0 SL Benfica 66 RB João Gomes (2002-09-06)6 September 2002 (aged 22) 1.78 m 2 3 Sporting CP 79 CB Martim Costa (2002-09-27)27 September 2002 (aged 22) 1.88 m 28 111 Sporting CP 82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 26) 1.93 m 72 160 Barça 86 P Ricardo Brandão (2004-04-28)28 April 2004 (aged 20) 1.99 m 7 11 FC Porto 88 LB Fábio Magalhães (1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 36) 1.94 m 183 351 FC Porto 99 GK Diogo Valério (1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 25) 1.94 m 7 0 C.S. Marítimo

United States

A 28-player squad was announced on 14 November 2024.

Head coach: Robert Hedin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Pál Merkovszky (2000-05-05)5 May 2000 (aged 24) 1.98 m 10 1 Budai Farkasok KKUK 3 RW Sean Corning (1996-11-27)27 November 1996 (aged 28) 1.81 m 8 8 CB Málaga 6 RB Jonas Stromberg (2001-08-27)27 August 2001 (aged 23) 1.91 m 12 20 Lugi HF 7 CB Alex Chan (1993-04-26)26 April 1993 (aged 31) 1.88 m 10 40 Club Cisne de Balonmano 9 LB Gary Hines (1984-03-21)21 March 1984 (aged 40) 1.80 m 81 709 SG Langenfeld 10 P Daniel Hunyadi (2003-11-20)20 November 2003 (aged 21) 1.92 m 0 0 Ferencvárosi TC 11 LB Aboubakar Fofana (1996-07-26)26 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.98 m 110 137 Villeurbanne Handball 13 RB Benjamin Briffe (1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 37) 1.98 m 0 0 New York City THC 14 CB Ian Hueter (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 27) 1.96 m 32 80 TSV Bayer Dormagen 16 GK Douglas Otterström (2001-05-16)16 May 2001 (aged 23) 1.85 m 2 0 Tyresö Handboll 17 P Andrew Donlin (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 32) 2.02 m 40 65 San Francisco CalHeat 21 CB Benjamin Edwards (2006-09-01)1 September 2006 (aged 18) 1.88 m 12 72 Veszprém Handball Academy 22 RB Tristan Morawski (2005-03-12)12 March 2005 (aged 19) 2.02 m 10 0 Pogoń Szczecin 25 P Patrick Hueter (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 29) 1.96 m 18 60 TSV Bayer Dormagen 26 GK Grayson Wide (2004-06-10)10 June 2004 (aged 20) 1.85 m 7 1 Upsala IF 27 P Paul Skorupa (1999-09-07)7 September 1999 (aged 25) 1.93 m 14 0 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau 29 P Maksim McCauley (2005-04-09)9 April 2005 (aged 19) 1.91 m 8 25 IFK Kristianstad 30 LW Oliver Edwards (2003-09-08)8 September 2003 (aged 21) 1.82 m 0 0 Tatabánya KC 31 LW Nikolas Zarikos (1998-05-24)24 May 1998 (aged 26) 1.88 m 23 49 BM Benidorm 33 LW Samuel Hoddersen (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 (aged 27) 1.83 m 35 48 HSG Rodgau Nieder-Roden 34 P Domagoj Sršen (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 34) 2.02 m 16 3 RK Metković 37 RW Rodrigo Campos (1997-10-07)7 October 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 6 20 Balonmano Cuatro Valles 38 LB Csaba Darvas (2005-05-26)26 May 2005 (aged 19) 1.91 m 0 0 Tatabánya KC 39 P Sigurour Guarino (2001-12-29)29 December 2001 (aged 23) 1.80 m 0 0 Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs 44 GK Benjamin Pedersen (2004-03-15)15 March 2004 (aged 20) 2.02 m 6 1 ETO-SZESE Győr FKC 48 RW Maximillian Binderis (2000-04-18)18 April 2000 (aged 24) 1.84 m 4 0 AIK Handboll 87 LW Lukas Hansen (2002-06-14)14 June 2002 (aged 22) 1.87 m 0 0 Fredericia HK 88 RB Martin Brunvold (2006-01-06)6 January 2006 (aged 19) 1.86 m 12 60 Bergen Håndball

Group F

Chile

A 22-player squad was announced on 27 December 2024.

Head coach: Aitor Etxaburu

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Vicente González (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 1.92 m 34 0 Secchia Rubiera 4 LB Erwin Feuchtmann (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 1.90 m 93 515 Fenix Toulouse Handball 6 CB Arian Delgado (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 1.80 m 12 12 Liceo Nacional de Maipu 7 LW Rodrigo Aedo (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 1.77 m 0 0 Balonmano USAB 8 LB Simon Aguilera (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 1.96 m 0 0 CBM Gáldar 9 P Javier Frelijj (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 1.91 m 85 108 Balonmano Ovalle 11 P Esteban Salinas (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 1.83 m 100 369 CD Bidasoa 12 GK Felipe García (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 1.90 m 73 4 CB Zamora 14 P Benjamin Illesca (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 1.96 m 14 10 CBM Gáldar 17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 1.89 m 122 425 CD Bidasoa 18 CB Cristóbal Oyarzún (2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 1.92 m 0 0 CB SantoÑa 22 CB Matias Payá (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 1.76 m 7 8 Balonmano Sinfín 25 RB Joshua Mesías (2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 1.88 m 0 0 IFK Karlskrona 27 GK Esteban Menanteau (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 1.80 m 0 0 CB Cordillera 28 RW Luciano Scaramelli (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 1.82 m 0 0 Pallamano Conversano 30 RB Daniel Ayala (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 1.77 m 54 92 Colo-Colo 32 LW Danilo Salgado (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 1.79 m 9 12 CB Pozuelo De Calatrava 35 RB Nicolás González (2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 1.95 m 0 0 CB SantoÑa 37 CB Christian Moll (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 1.84 m 50 35 BM San Juan 44 LB Aaron Codina (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 1.93 m 23 31 Handball Sassari 54 LB Samuel Moreno (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 1.90 m 7 16 CB Cordillera 55 RW Francisco Ahumada (2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 1.74 m 7 25 CB Nava

Japan

An 18-player squad was announced on 25 December 2024.

Head coach: Toni Gerona

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 28) 1.90 m 43 1 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 9 LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 30) 1.77 m 74 145 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 11 RB Tsubasa Nakamura (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 (aged 25) 1.80 m 4 3 Zeekstar Tokyo 19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 29) 1.78 m 101 312 Al Duhail 21 GK Daisuke Okamoto (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 16 0 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 24 CB Asumi Kitazume (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 28) 1.86 m 28 25 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 26 LW Seito Yano (1999-05-15)15 May 1999 (aged 25) 1.87 m 2 2 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 29) 2.00 m 95 89 Zeekstar Tokyo 31 LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 30) 1.83 m 82 276 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 38 LB Kotaro Mizumachi (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.83 m 22 40 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 39 CB Naoki Fujisaka (2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.80 m 7 31 Nippon Sport Science Univ. 51 RW Kota Nakaa (1999-07-07)7 July 1999 (aged 25) 1.69 m 2 9 Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Red Tornado Saga 56 RB Ren Arase (2002-11-06)6 November 2002 (aged 22) 1.74 m 0 0 Osaka Sport Science Univ. 57 P Nikita Nakaoki (2004-06-24)24 June 2004 (aged 20) 1.92 m 0 0 Nippon Sport Science Univ. 64 GK Go Kawashima (2001-03-13)13 March 2001 (aged 23) 1.88 m 2 0 Toyota Motor East Japan Regarosso Miyagi 67 RB Shu Ishimine (2000-11-12)12 November 2000 (aged 24) 1.81 m 2 2 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 68 P Soya Ichihara (1999-08-24)24 August 1999 (aged 25) 1.89 m 2 1 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 70 LB Naoki Yamaguchi (2000-09-25)25 September 2000 (aged 24) 1.88 m 0 0 Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Red Tornado Saga

Spain

A 19-player squad was announced on 27 December 2024.

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 34) 1.90 m 188 18 Barça 7 CB Jan Gurri (2002-06-10)10 June 2002 (aged 22) 1.90 m 10 12 Sporting CP 8 CB Agustín Casado (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 28) 1.90 m 57 149 Telekom Veszprém 9 CB Ian Tarrafeta (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 26) 1.88 m 56 131 Pays d'Aix Université Club 10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 32) 1.87 m 161 470 KS Kielce 11 RW Kauldi Odriozola (1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 28) 1.83 m 70 194 HBC Nantes 14 RW Ferran Solé (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 32) 1.93 m 110 418 Paris Saint-Germain 15 CB Petar Cikusa (2005-12-08)8 December 2005 (aged 19) 1.88 m 5 8 Barça 18 RB Imanol Garciandia (1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 29) 2.02 m 61 154 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 20 P Abel Serdio (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 (aged 30) 1.95 m 51 101 Orlen Wisła Płock 24 LB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 27) 1.97 m 97 216 KS Kielce 25 GK Sergey Hernández (1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 29) 1.98 m 56 11 SC Magdeburg 37 P Víctor Romero (2004-03-09)9 March 2004 (aged 20) 1.93 m 2 1 BM Granollers 51 LW Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 29) 2.00 m 58 35 SL Benfica 59 CB Ferran Castillo (2004-03-03)3 March 2004 (aged 20) 1.86 m 0 0 BM Granollers 70 LW Daniel Fernández (2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 23) 1.76 m 46 157 TVB Stuttgart 78 RB Djordje Cikusa (2005-12-08)8 December 2005 (aged 19) 1.91 m 5 12 Montpellier Handball 80 LW Ian Barrufet (2004-05-19)19 May 2004 (aged 20) 1.94 m 0 0 MT Melsungen 99 P Javier Rodríguez Moreno (2002-07-22)22 July 2002 (aged 22) 2.00 m 14 24 Barça

Sweden

A 17-player squad was announced on 18 December 2024.

Head coach: Michael Apelgren

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jonathan Carlsbogård (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 29) 1.95 m 77 152 Barça 5 P Max Darj (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 33) 1.92 m 125 149 Füchse Berlin 6 P Felix Möller (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 22) 1.96 m 21 23 Aalborg Håndbold 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 36) 1.91 m 210 841 Ystads IF 12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986-07-10)10 July 1986 (aged 38) 1.89 m 166 19 Paris Saint-Germain 13 RW Sebastian Karlsson (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 (aged 29) 1.78 m 23 70 Montpellier Handball 15 LW Hampus Wanne (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 31) 1.85 m 104 425 Barça 16 GK Tobias Thulin (1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 29) 1.98 m 67 0 Pick Szeged 22 LW Lucas Pellas (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 (aged 29) 1.83 m 78 251 Montpellier Handball 23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 32) 1.86 m 118 351 SC Magdeburg 24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 32) 1.91 m 162 514 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28 CB Jonathan Edvardsson (1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 27 18 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 29 RB Edwin Aspenbäck (2000-08-07)7 August 2000 (aged 24) 1.96 m 2 3 TTH Holstebro 33 RB Lukas Sandell (1997-02-03)3 February 1997 (aged 27) 1.93 m 64 158 Telekom Veszprém 42 LB Eric Johansson (2000-09-28)28 September 2000 (aged 24) 1.97 m 38 101 THW Kiel 45 LB Olle Forsell Schefvert (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 31) 1.96 m 5 3 Rhein Neckar Löwen 51 GK Fabian Norsten (2000-07-11)11 July 2000 (aged 24) 1.96 m 5 0 Aalborg Håndbold

Group G

Cape Verde

A 20-player squad was announced on 20 December 2024.

Head coach: Jorge Rito

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Délcio Pina (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 1.98 m 40 31 Madeira Andebol SAD 4 P Ivo Santos (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 2.00 m 28 1 Bergischer HC 5 LB Edmilson Araújo (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 1.87 m 6 12 Istres Provence Handball 6 LB Leandro Semedo (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 1.94 m 47 19 Kuwait SC 10 RB Bruno Landim (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 1.93 m 24 24 Al-Taraji Club 12 GK Élcio Fernandes (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 1.96 m 16 0 CB Burgos 13 P Paulo Moreno (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 1.97 m 10 28 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 15 LW Alexandre Pereira (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 1.86 m 20 2 C.F. Os Belenenses 16 GK Edmilson Gonçalves (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 1.89 m 13 1 Boa-Hora 17 RB Rafael Andrade (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 1.82 m 34 0 Vitória 19 RW Admilson Furtado (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 1.77 m 22 18 Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður 22 RB Hafsteinn Ramos (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 1.90 m 0 0 Íþróttafélagið Grótta 23 LW Gilson Correia (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 1.75 m 13 1 CHEV Diekirch 33 LB Anderson Rocha (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 1.89 m 0 0 A.P.D Pallamano Camerano 44 CB Gualther Furtado (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 1.85 m 31 21 Club Cisne de Balonmano 45 RB Edmilson García (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 1.85 m 0 0 Associação Artistica de Avanca 48 RW Malvino Varela (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 1.77 m 0 0 Girassol 62 LW Cristian Spínola (2004-05-10) 10 May 2004 1.80 m 0 0 Girassol 66 GK Bruno Fernandes (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 1.92 m 3 0 IFC Torrense

Cuba

The squad was announced on 7 January 2025.

Head coach: Luis Martínez

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Adan Calzada (1998-09-03)3 September 1998 (aged 26) 1.94 m 15 3 MRK Čakovec 2 LB Ronaldo Almeida (2002-08-20)20 August 2002 (aged 22) 1.94 m 35 85 US Ivry Handball 7 LW Frank Cordies (2000-06-03)3 June 2000 (aged 24) 1.93 m 27 105 BM Huesca 10 LW Hanser Rodríguez (2000-05-05)5 May 2000 (aged 24) 1.88 m 36 74 RK Vardar 11 CB Christopher Martinez (2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 24) 1.82 m 15 28 ABC/UMinho 13 RW Victor Dawkins (2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 23) 1.86 m 10 21 C.S. Marítimo 14 LW Maiko Vázquez (2003-09-03)3 September 2003 (aged 21) 1.94 m 20 61 Sporting CP 16 GK Magnol Suárez (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 30) 2.00 m 32 6 L'Arancina Handbol Mallorca 19 CB Samuel Cordies (2002-11-02)2 November 2002 (aged 22) 1.91 m 25 77 BM Huesca 21 P Claudio Ramos (1998-07-28)28 July 1998 (aged 26) 1.95 m 15 38 BM Puente Genil 22 GK Esniel Negret (2003-01-28)28 January 2003 (aged 21) 1.93 m 0 0 Santiago De Cuba 23 LW Freddy Lafontan (2005-05-12)12 May 2005 (aged 19) 1.95 m 5 5 FC Porto 27 P Eduardo Valiente (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 (aged 33) 1.97 m 20 31 Erromoko Eskubaloia 32 LW Dariel García (1996-12-31)31 December 1996 (aged 28) 1.97 m 21 36 CD Bidasoa 34 RW Osmani Miniet (2006-09-05)5 September 2006 (aged 18) 1.81 m 0 0 Club Artemisa 91 RB Adonis García (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 31) 1.89 m 33 66 CB Alarcos Ciudad Real

Iceland

An 18-player squad was announced on 19 December 2024.

Head coach: Snorri Guðjónsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (1985-05-24)24 May 1985 (aged 39) 1.93 m 273 24 Valur 2 RW Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 (aged 27) 1.83 m 42 130 Kadetten Schaffhausen 3 CB Janus Daði Smárason (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 30) 1.84 m 86 146 Pick Szeged 4 LB Aron Pálmarsson (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 34) 1.93 m 177 674 Telekom Veszprém 7 RB Viggó Kristjánsson (1993-12-09)9 December 1993 (aged 31) 1.87 m 59 165 SC DHfK Leipzig 8 LW Bjarki Már Elísson (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 34) 1.90 m 118 401 Telekom Veszprém 9 LB Elvar Örn Jónsson (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.85 m 79 183 MT Melsungen 10 CB Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 25) 1.91 m 62 139 SC Magdeburg 11 P Ýmir Örn Gíslason (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 27) 1.96 m 92 36 Frisch Auf Göppingen 15 LB Þorsteinn Leó Gunnarsson (2002-11-13)13 November 2002 (aged 22) 2.08 m 5 10 FC Porto 16 GK Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson (2000-07-24)24 July 2000 (aged 24) 2.03 m 60 1 Wisła Płock 18 P Elliði Snær Viðarsson (1998-11-15)15 November 1998 (aged 26) 1.92 m 50 109 VfL Gummersbach 19 LW Orri Freyr Þorkelsson (1999-06-25)25 June 1999 (aged 25) 1.83 m 16 41 Sporting CP 21 P Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (1996-03-14)14 March 1996 (aged 28) 2.01 m 100 101 MT Melsungen 22 RW Sigvaldi Guðjónsson (1994-07-04)4 July 1994 (aged 30) 1.92 m 76 214 Kolstad Håndball 24 RB Teitur Örn Einarsson (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 36 36 VfL Gummersbach 25 CB Haukur Þrastarson (2001-04-14)14 April 2001 (aged 23) 1.93 m 35 50 Dinamo București 27 LB Einar Þorsteinn Ólafsson (2001-09-30)30 September 2001 (aged 23) 1.94 m 14 5 Fredericia HK

Group H

Croatia

A 22 player squad was announced on 30 December 2024.

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Dominik Kuzmanović (2002-08-15)15 August 2002 (aged 22) 1.91 m 28 1 VfL Gummersbach 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 36) 1.98 m 263 785 THW Kiel 6 RW Mario Šoštarič (1992-11-25)25 November 1992 (aged 32) 1.93 m 27 110 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 10 P Josip Šimić (2000-05-10)10 May 2000 (aged 24) 1.94 m 0 0 1. VfL Potsdam 11 LB Zvonimir Srna (1998-01-18)18 January 1998 (aged 27) 2.02 m 35 83 RK Zagreb 14 LB Diano Neris Ćeško (2004-04-17)17 April 2004 (aged 20) 1.96 m 0 0 RK Izviđač 20 RB Mateo Maraš (2000-12-17)17 December 2000 (aged 24) 2.03 m 27 40 Tatabánya KC 21 P Veron Načinović (2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 24) 2.04 m 38 84 Montpellier Handball 28 CB Ivano Pavlović (2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (aged 20) 1.91 m 1 1 RK Zagreb 30 LB Marko Mamić (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 29) 2.02 m 89 123 SC DHfK Leipzig 33 CB Luka Cindrić (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 31) 1.81 m 119 339 Veszprém KC 35 GK Ivan Pešić (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 35) 1.94 m 66 1 HBC Nantes 36 GK Matija Špikić (1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.88 m 0 0 ThSV Eisenach 39 LW David Mandić (1997-09-14)14 September 1997 (aged 27) 1.89 m 57 141 MT Melsungen 40 P Nikola Grahovac (1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (aged 26) 2.01 m 22 10 Veszprém KC 41 LB Tin Lučin (1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 25) 1.96 m 39 96 RK Nexe Našice 51 RB Ivan Martinović (1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 27) 1.94 m 51 233 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 52 P Leon Šušnja (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 31) 2.04 m 23 22 Orlen Wisła Płock 53 P Marin Šipić (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.90 m 77 143 HC Kriens-Luzern 57 RW Filip Glavaš (1997-05-06)6 May 1997 (aged 27) 1.84 m 42 133 RK Zagreb 59 RB Luka Lovre Klarica (2001-09-25)25 September 2001 (aged 23) 1.98 m 33 78 RK Zagreb 62 LW Marin Jelinić (1996-12-07)7 December 1996 (aged 28) 1.94 m 40 102 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged