Spain

For the first time, an edition of the Men’s Handball World Championship will take place in Spain. For this reason, Valero Rivera’s side have a great opportunity to do something big in front of their crowd. The Spanish national team comes to this tournament with a well-drilled unit, in which every player knows each other since years ago and with its key players in a perfect maturity state. Third in the last World Championship, held in Sweden on 2011, it is time for Spain to take a step forward and, maybe, become World champions in front of their own fans.

Nº	Name	Height	Weight	Age	Team	Position
2	Alberto Entrerríos Rodríguez	192	102	36	Nantes	Back
4	Albert Rocas Comas	189	80	30	FC Barcelona Intersport	Wing
5	Jorge Maqueda Peña	197	105	25	Nantes	Back
8	Víctor Tomás González	178	89	28	FC Barcelona Intersport	Wing
11	Daniel Sarmiento Melián	188	85	29	FC Barcelona Intersport	Centre back
12	José Manuel Sierra Méndez	194	92	35	Paris Saint Germain Handball	Goalkeeper
13	Julen Aguinagalde Akizu	195	116	30	At. de Madrid	Line player
16	Arpad Sterbik Capar	200	119	33	FC Barcelona Intersport	Goalkeeper
21	Joan Cañellas Reixac	198	100	26	At. de Madrid	Centre back
22	Ángel Montoro Cabello	210	102	24	FC Barcelona Intersport	Back
24	Viran Morros de Argila	197	92	29	FC Barcelona Intersport	Back
25	Carlos Ruesga Pasarín	184	96	28	Reale Ademar León	Centre back
26	Antonio García Robledo	191	99	29	Paris Saint Germain Handball	Back
28	Valero Rivera Folch	189	90	28	Nantes	Wing
29	Aitor Ariño Bengoechea	185	80	20	FC Barcelona Intersport	Wing
30	Gedeón Guardiola Villaplana	199	103	28	Rhein-Neckar Lowen	Line player

Key players

Julen Aguinagalde

The Basque pivot is the key player of the Spanish offensive game. 30-year-old Aginagalde is enjoying the best moment in his sporting career so far, considered by the press as the best line player in the world. In fact, Julen is one of the five nominees by the IHF to become Best Player of 2012.

Arpad Sterbik

The Serbian-born goalkeeper is considered as one of the best between the sticks. Hombrados’ injury will increase his responsibility, although after three years with the Spanish jersey, Arpad has shown that the home team’s goal is in the very best hands. His height (2 meters) and arm span make of him a wall for his opponents.

Viran Morros

FC Barcelona’s player is one of the best men of Valero Rivera’s defensive system. The Catalan left back barely plays in attack, but his great arm spam and ability to anticipate make of him one of the best defenders in modern handball. Viran is a real expert in blocking the ball, which allows many fast breaks that he usually scores effectively.

Alberto Entrerríos

The 36-year-old Asturian left back returns to the Spanish national team after his absence during the last Olympic Games, and he do it as the captain. Due to Jose Javier Hombrados’ injury, Entrerrios’ elder brother will be the most veteran player of the team in a tournament in which he must lead the group on and off the court. His 683 goals in 228 international games make of him a live legend of Spanish handball.