This article displays the squads for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 16 players.
Age, caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2017.
Group A Brazil The squad was announced on 22 December 2016.
Head coach: Washington Nunes
France A 21-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 10 January 2017.
Head coach: Didier Dinart/Guillaume Gille
Japan A 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016.
Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega
Norway A 17-player squad was announced on 12 December 2016. Harald Reinkind was replaced by Magnus Abelvik Rød because of an injury on 4 January 2017. On 19 January 2017, Ole Erevik was replaced by Petter Øverby.
Head coach: Christian Berge
Poland A 21-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 26 December 2016. Piotr Wyszomirski cancelled his participation due to an injury on 29 December 2016. On 2 January 2017, an 18-player squad was revealed after Kamil Syprzak and Michał Szyba were ruled out because of an injury. On 8 January 2017, Mariusz Jurkiewicz was ruled out because of an injury.
Head coach: Talant Duyshebaev
Russia A 21-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 27 December 2016. More players were called up to a 21-player roster on 2 January 2017.
Head coach: Dmitri Torgovanov
Group B Angola The squad was announced on 24 December 2016.
Head coach: Filipe Cruz
Iceland A 23-player squad was announced on 28 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 3 January 2017. The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017.
Head coach: Geir Sveinsson
Macedonia A 24-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 21 on 30 December 2016, and to 19 players on 9 January 2017.
Head coach: Lino Červar
Slovenia A 21-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 4 January 2017.
Head coach: Veselin Vujović
Spain A 17-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. It was renewed on 2 January 2017.
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
Tunisia A 19-player squad was announced on 25 December 2016.
Head coach: Hafedh Zouabi
Group C Belarus A 19-player squad was announced on 19 December 2016. It was reduced to 18 on 27 December 2016.
Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov
Chile The squad was announced on 26 December 2016.
Head coach: Mateo Garralda
Croatia A 16-player squad was announced on 27 December 2016, while players from the German League joined in January 2017. On 29 December 2016, Marino Marić was replaced by Krešimir Kozina due to an injury. On 10 January 2017, a 17-player squad announced.
Head coach: Željko Babić
Germany An 18-player squad was announced on 22 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 9 January 2017.
Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson
Hungary A 28-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 18 on 31 December 2016.
Head coach: Xavi Sabaté
Saudi Arabia A 25-player squad was announced on 30 November 2016.
Head coach: Nenad Kljaić
Group D Argentina An 18-player squad was announced on 27 December 2016.
Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo
Bahrain A 20-player squad was announced on 20 December 2016. It was reduced to 19 on 2 January 2017.
Head coach: Salah Bouchekriou
Denmark A 19-player squad was announced on 16 December 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 9 January 2017.
Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Egypt A 20-player squad was announced on 25 December 2016. The final squad was revealed on 3 January 2017.
Head coach: Marwan Ragab
Qatar A 23-player squad was announced on 14 December 2016.
Head coach: Valero Rivera López
Sweden An 18-player squad was announced on 8 December 2016. Viktor Östlund was replaced by Philip Stenmalm on 28 December 2016 because of an injury.
Head coach: Kristján Andrésson
Statistics Player representation by league system League systems with 10 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members play for clubs in 31 different countries.
Country Players Outsidenationalsquad Germany 51 37 France 41 28 Spain 31 24 Poland 23 8 Hungary 22 9 Saudi Arabia 6 Qatar 18 3 Denmark 14 12 Tunisia 1 Egypt 0 Japan Angola 13 0 Macedonia 12 6 Belarus 2 Croatia 11 4
Player representation by club Clubs with 8 or more players represented are listed.
Club Players Paris Saint-Germain 12 FC Barcelona 10 Zagreb Telekom Veszprém 9 Füchse Berlin 8 THW Kiel Vive Tauron Kielce Montpellier Wisła Płock Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Coaches representation by country Coaches in bold represented their own country. NºCountryCoaches6 SpainTalant Duyshebaev (Poland), Mateo Garralda (Chile), Antonio Carlos Ortega (Japan), Jordi Ribera, Valero Rivera (Qatar), Xavi Sabaté (Hungary)4 IcelandKristján Andrésson (Sweden), Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Denmark), Geir Sveinsson, Dagur Sigurðsson (Germany)3 CroatiaŽeljko Babić, Lino Červar (Macedonia), Nenad Kljaić (Saudi Arabia)1 AlgeriaSalah Bouchekriou (Bahrain) AngolaAlexandre Machado ArgentinaEduardo Gallardo BelarusYuri Shevtsov BrazilWashington Nunes EgyptMarwan Ragab FranceDidier Dinart / Guillaume Gille MontenegroVeselin Vujović (Slovenia) NorwayChristian Berge RussiaDmitri Torgovanov TunisiaHafedh Zouabi
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