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2009 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Main article: 2009 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship squads. Each team consisted of 16 players.

Appearances, goals and ages as of tournament start, 16 January 2009.

Group A

France

Head coach: Claude Onesta

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jérôme Fernandez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 31) 1.99 m BM Ciudad Real 3 P Didier Dinart (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 31) 1.97 m BM Ciudad Real 5 CB Guillaume Gille (1976-07-12)12 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.92 m HSV Hamburg 8 CB Daniel Narcisse (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 29) 1.89 m Chambéry SMB 9 RW Guillaume Joli (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m Chambéry SMB 12 GK Daouda Karaboué (1975-12-11)11 December 1975 (aged 33) 1.98 m Montpellier Handball 13 CB Nikola Karabatić (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 24) 1.96 m THW Kiel 14 P Christophe Kempé (1975-05-02)2 May 1975 (aged 33) 1.93 m Fenix Toulouse Handball 15 LB Franck Junillon (1978-11-28)28 November 1978 (aged 30) 1.95 m MT Melsungen 16 GK Thierry Omeyer (1976-11-02)2 November 1976 (aged 32) 1.92 m THW Kiel 18 RW Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970 (aged 38) 1.90 m Montpellier Handball 19 RW Luc Abalo (1984-09-06)6 September 1984 (aged 24) 1.82 m BM Ciudad Real 20 P Cédric Sorhaindo (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 24) 1.86 m Paris Saint-Germain 21 LW Michaël Guigou (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 26) 1.80 m Montpellier Handball 23 RB Sébastien Bosquet (1979-02-24)24 February 1979 (aged 29) 1.98 m Montpellier Handball 24 LW Sébastien Ostertag (1979-03-16)16 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.73 m Tremblay-en-France Handball

Hungary

Head coach: János Hajdul

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Nenad Puljezević (1973-03-13)13 March 1973 (aged 35) 1.95 m MOL-Pick Szeged 3 LB Ferenc Ilyés (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 (aged 27) 1.98 m Telekom Veszprém 5 CB Gábor Császár (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 24) 1.86 m Viborg HK 6 RB Tamás Mocsai (1978-12-09)9 December 1978 (aged 30) 1.96 m TBV Lemgo 7 P Gyula Gál (1976-08-18)18 August 1976 (aged 32) 1.94 m Telekom Veszprém 8 LW Gergő Iváncsik (1981-11-30)30 November 1981 (aged 27) 1.90 m Telekom Veszprém 9 RW Tamás Iváncsik (1983-04-03)3 April 1983 (aged 25) 1.79 m Telekom Veszprém 10 RW Gergely Harsányi (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 27) 1.91 m PLER KC 11 LB Barna Putics (1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 24) 2.01 m RK Koper 12 GK Nándor Fazekas (1976-10-16)16 October 1976 (aged 32) 1.92 m VfL Gummersbach 13 LB Dávid Katzirz (1980-06-25)25 June 1980 (aged 28) 1.94 m MOL-Pick Szeged 15 LW Szabolcs Törő (1983-03-10)10 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.83 m Dunaferr SE 19 RB László Nagy (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 27) 2.08 m FC Barcelona 21 P Gábor Herbert (1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 29) 1.94 m MOL-Pick Szeged 23 CB Nikola Eklemović (1978-02-08)8 February 1978 (aged 30) 1.93 m Telekom Veszprém 25 P Szabolcs Zubai (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 24) 1.91 m MOL-Pick Szeged

Slovakia

Head coach: Zoltán Heister

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Téodor Paul (1987-04-22)22 April 1987 (aged 21) 1.95 m Ferencvárosi TC 3 LB Csaba Szücs (1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 21) 2.03 m HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 4 CB Peter Kukučka (1982-07-20)20 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.88 m HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 5 CB František Šulc (1978-12-13)13 December 1978 (aged 30) 1.86 m HSG Düsseldorf 6 RB Peter Vozar (1976-03-27)27 March 1976 (aged 32) 2.03 m HG Saarlouis 7 LB Juraj Niznan (1983-10-06)6 October 1983 (aged 25) 1.93 m HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 8 RW Tomáš Urban (1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 19) 1.88 m Tatran Presov 9 RB Daniel Valo (1979-05-07)7 May 1979 (aged 29) 2.03 m MT Melsungen 10 P Michal Kopčo (1988-01-27)27 January 1988 (aged 20) 1.95 m Dunaferr SE 12 GK Richard Štochl (1975-12-17)17 December 1975 (aged 33) 2.00 m Dunaferr SE 13 LB Radovan Pekar (1980-12-27)27 December 1980 (aged 28) 1.99 m Tatran Presov 14 P Andrej Petro (1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 22) 1.97 m HKM Šaľa 16 GK Michal Shejbal (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.96 m IFK Skövde HK 22 RW Tomáš Straňovský (1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 28) 1.80 m Tatran Presov 23 LW Radoslav Antl (1978-03-02)2 March 1978 (aged 30) 1.80 m ZMC Amicitia Zürich 24 LW Martin Straňovský (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 23) 1.87 m Ademar León

Romania

Head coach: Aihan Omer

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ionuț Stănescu (1979-08-14)14 August 1979 (aged 29) 1.96 m HCM Constanța 6 LW Mihai Timofte (1979-12-01)1 December 1979 (aged 29) 1.87 m HCM Constanța 7 LW George Ionut Buricea (1979-08-01)1 August 1979 (aged 29) 1.79 m HCM Constanța 8 LB Florin Cornel Nicolae (1980-08-11)11 August 1980 (aged 28) 1.88 m HCM Constanța 9 LB Adrian Danut Petrea (1978-06-28)28 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.96 m MOL-Pick Szeged 11 CB Marius Stavrositu (1980-09-03)3 September 1980 (aged 28) 1.82 m HCM Constanța 14 RW Laurențiu Toma (1981-06-28)28 June 1981 (aged 27) 1.94 m HCM Constanța 15 RW Valentin Ghionea (1984-05-29)29 May 1984 (aged 24) 1.97 m MOL-Pick Szeged 16 GK Mihai Popescu (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 23) 1.90 m HCM Constanța 18 P Eremia Piriianu (1975-10-16)16 October 1975 (aged 33) 1.94 m C.S. UCM Resita 20 RB Rareș Jurcă (1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 25) 1.94 m Frisch Auf Göppingen 22 P Gheorghe Irimescu (1980-09-13)13 September 1980 (aged 28) 1.86 m C.S. UCM Resita 23 CB Dan Mihai Rohozneanu (1984-09-17)17 September 1984 (aged 24) 1.86 m Resita 27 RB Sandu Florin Iacob (1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (aged 31) 1.89 m Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau 32 GK Sorin Barza (1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 32) 2.02 m HC Odorheiu Secuiesc 82 LW Marian Cozma (1982-09-08)8 September 1982 (aged 26) 2.11 m Telekom Veszprém

Argentina

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matías Schulz (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 26) 1.90 m Helvetia Anaitasuna 2 P Sergio Crevatin (1980-05-28)28 May 1980 (aged 28) 1.86 m S.A.G. Lomas de Zamora Handball 3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-09-07)7 September 1986 (aged 22) 1.83 m SEDALO 4 CB Sebastián Simonet (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 22) 1.90 m Torrevieja 5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 28) 1.92 m River Plate 7 GK Andrés Kogovsek (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 (aged 35) 1.90 m BM Antequera 8 CB Eric Gull (1973-08-28)28 August 1973 (aged 35) 2.04 m Al-Sadd Sports Club 9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 26) 1.97 m US Ivry 10 CB Mariano Castro (1986-07-28)28 July 1986 (aged 22) 1.90 m CDFC Mitre 11 RW Facundo Torres (1979-02-24)24 February 1979 (aged 29) 1.80 m Municipalidad San Miguel 12 GK Fernando Garcia (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 27) 1.90 m A.S. Albatros 13 CB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 20) 1.92 m Anaitasuna 14 LB Agustín Vidal (1987-07-08)8 July 1987 (aged 21) 1.94 m Guadalajara 15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 29) 1.93 m Ademar León 17 LW Damián Migueles (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 25) 1.93 m Cesson 19 CB Gonzalo Viscovich (1976-11-27)27 November 1976 (aged 32) 1.87 m BM Valladolid

Group B

Croatia

Head coach: : Lino Červar

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 Goalkeeper Venio Losert (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 32) 1.91 m FC Barcelona 25 Goalkeeper Mirko Alilović 2.00 m Ademar León 2 Left wing Mateo Hrvatin (1980-08-15)15 August 1980 (aged 28) 1.81 m RK Zamet 7 Right wing Vedran Zrnić (1979-09-26)26 September 1979 (aged 29) 1.88 m VfL Gummersbach 27 Right wing Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 22) 1.78 m RK Gorenje Velenje 13 Right wing Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 24) 1.79 m RK Zagreb 17 Left wing Goran Šprem (1979-07-06)6 July 1979 (aged 29) 1.83 m HSG Nordhorn 6 ARG Blaženko Lacković (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 28) 1.95 m HSV Hamburg 8 ARD Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 22) 2.10 m RK Zagreb 0 ARG Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 22) 2.03 m RK Siscia 19 ARD Petar Metličić (1976-12-25)25 December 1976 (aged 32) 1.94 m BM Ciudad Real 24 ARG Tonči Valčić (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.94 m RK Zagreb 18 ARG Denis Špoljarić (1979-08-20)20 August 1979 (aged 29) 1.94 m RK Zagreb ARD Denis Buntić (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 26) 1.98 m Ademar León 4 CB Ivano Balić (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 29) 1.90 m RK Zagreb 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 20) 1.97 m RK Zagreb 22 CB Josip Valčić (1984-04-21)21 April 1984 (aged 24) 1.90 m RK Zagreb 9 Pivot Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 28) 2.02 m RK Zagreb Pivot Dalibor Anušić (1976-04-07)7 April 1976 (aged 32) 1.98 m Frisch Auf Göppingen

Sweden

7th

• Andreas Palicka
• Johan Sjöstrand
• Per Sandström
• Henrik Lundström
• Jonas Källman
• Jan Lennartsson
• Kim Andersson
• Oscar Carlén
• Johan Jakobsson
• Jonathan Stenbäcken
• Dalibor Doder
• Jonas Larholm
• Patrik Fahlgren
• Lukas Karlsson
• Mattias Gustafsson
• Magnus Jernemyr
• Robert Arrhenius
• Tobias Karlsson

Group C

Group D

Denmark

Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kasper Hvidt (1976-02-06)6 February 1976 (aged 32) 1.92 m FC Barcelona 12 GK Niklas Landin (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 20) 2.00 m GOG Svendborg TGI 9 Left wing Lars Christiansen (1972-04-18)18 April 1972 (aged 36) 1.82 m SG Flensburg-Handewitt 11 Left wing Anders Eggert (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m Skjern Håndbold 24 Right wing Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 27) 1.86 m HSV Hamburg 4 Left back Lasse Boesen (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 29) 1.93 m SG Flensburg-Handewitt 6 Left back Lars T. Jørgensen (1978-02-03)3 February 1978 (aged 30) 1.93 m Portland San Antonio 10 Right back Klaus Bruun Jørgensen (1974-04-03)3 April 1974 (aged 34) 1.93 m FCK Håndbold 13 Left back Bo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 29) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 18 Left back Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 21) 1.92 m FC Barcelona 22 Right back Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 27) 1.90 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 27 Right back Mads Øris Nielsen (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 27) 1.98 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2 Centre back Thomas Mogensen (1983-09-09)9 September 1983 (aged 25) 1.86 m SG Flensburg-Handewitt 7 Centre back Jesper Jensen (1977-10-30)30 October 1977 (aged 31) 1.88 m Skjern Håndbold 5 Pivot Torsten Laen (1979-11-26)26 November 1979 (aged 29) 1.98 m BM Ciudad Real 14 Pivot Michael Knudsen (1978-11-04)4 November 1978 (aged 30) 1.89 m SG Flensburg-Handewitt