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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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 (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

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