2009 World Men's Handball Championship squads

The 2011 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

File:Flag of France.svg France

Head coach: France Claude Onesta Players^[1]

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

File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

Head coach: Hungary János Hajdul Players^[2]

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

File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

Head coach: Slovakia Zoltán Heister Players^[3]

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

File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania

Head coach: Romania Vasile Stîngă Players^[4]

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

File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Head coach: Argentina Eduardo Gallardo Players^[5]

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