The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the
2016 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.
Sweden was awarded the c ...
.
On 25 October 2016 every coach had to submit a list of a maximum of 28 players, whom which 16 will be selected for the final tournament. Up to three replacements were granted during the tournament. The final squads were released on 3 and 4 December 2016.
''Age, caps and goals are correct of the start of the tournament, 4 December 2016.''
Group A
Serbia
Head coach:
Dragica Đurić
Dragica Đurić, (former Krstić, sr-cyrl, Драгица Ђурић; born 26 March 1963 in Šabac, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian-Yugoslav handball player who played for the Yugoslavia national team and the Serbia and Montenegro natio ...
An 18-player squad was announced on 16 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 2 December 2016.
Slovenia
An 18-player squad was announced on 10 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 1 December 2016.
Head coach:
Uroš Bregar
Uroš Bregar (born 22 February 1979) is a Slovenian handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass ...
Spain
An 18-player squad was announced on 11 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 28 November 2016.
Head coach:
Jorge Dueñas
Sweden
The squad was announced on 1 November 2016. On 13 December 2016,
Marie Wall replaced
Olivia Mellegård
Olivia Mellegård (born 17 June 1996) is a Swedish handball player for IK Sävehof and the Swedish national team.
Mellegård comes from a family of handballers. She is the daughter of former handball player Glenn Gustavsson, niece of former ha ...
because of an injury.
Head coach:
Henrik Signell
Group B
France
A 19-player squad was announced on 8 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 29 November 2016.
Head coach:
Olivier Krumbholz
Olivier Krumbholz (born 12 September 1958) is a French handball coach of German descent for the French women's national team. He brought the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and has later coached ...
Germany
An 18-player squad was announced on 3 November 2016. A 21-player squad was revealed on 16 November 2016. The final squad was announced on 1 December 2016.
Head coach:
Michael Biegler
Michael Biegler (born 5 April 1961) is a German handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ba ...
Netherlands
A 17-player squad was announced on 4 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 26 November 2016.
Head coach:
Helle Thomsen
Helle Thomsen (born 30 November 1970) is a Danish handball coach and former player, who is the current head coach of Neptunes de Nantes.
Previously she was head coach for FC Midtjylland Håndbold between 2012 and 2016, and the Swedish national t ...
Poland
A 17-player squad was announced on 6 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 28 November 2016.
Head coach:
Leszek Krowicki
Group C
Czech Republic
A 19-player squad was announced on 7 November 2016. The squad was reduced to 18 players on 28 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 2 December 2016.
Head coach:
Jan Bašný
Denmark
The squad was announced on 9 November 2016.
Head coach:
Klavs Bruun Jørgensen
Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (born 3 April 1974) is a Danish handball player and coach. As a player, he led FCK Håndbold to the Danish championship in May 2008. He has previously played for many years by Danish Handball League rivals GOG, with whom ...
Hungary
A 22-player squad was announced on 14 November 2016. It was reduced to 21 players on 20 November 2016, to 18 players on 24 November 2016, and to 17 players on 30 November 2016.
Head coach:
Kim Rasmussen
Kim Rasmussen (born 22 September 1972) is a Danish handball coach.
Career
In 2010, Rasmussen took over Poland Women's national team, which he coached until 2016 and led into two semi-final finishes at the World Championships of 2013 and 2015.
...
Montenegro
A 20-player squad was announced on 14 November 2016. It was reduced to 17 on 30 November 2016.
Head coach:
Dragan Adžić
Dragan Adžić (born 13 December 1969) is a Montenegrin handball coach of Krim and the Slovenia women's team.
He led Montenegro at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. With the team, he won silver medal at the 2012 Summer ...
Group D
Croatia
An 18-player squad was announced on 14 November 2016. The final squad was revealed on 3 December 2016.
Head coach:
Goran Mrđen
Goran Mrđen is a Croatian handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...
Norway
The squad was announced on 8 November 2016.
Head coach:
Thorir Hergeirsson
Romania
A 23-player squad was selected. It was trimmed to 18 on 28 November 2016.
Head coach:
Ambros Martín
Russia
A 21-player squad was announced on 16 November 2016. It was reduced to 18 players on 3 December 2016.
Head coach:
Yevgeni Trefilov
Yevgeni Vasilyevich Trefilov (russian: link=no, Евгений Васильевич Трефилов; born 4 September 1955) Was the handball head coach of the Russian women's national team. He has led the Russian team to win the IHF World Wome ...
References
External links
Official website
{{European Handball Championship squads
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In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army do ...
European Women's Handball Championship squads