Serbia stick to what they know after EHF EURO success

Serbia’s men’s national team coach Veselin Vuković has announced a list of 28 players for the upcoming 2013 World Championship in Spain.

After the huge success of a silver medal at the Men’s EHF EURO 2012 last January and participation at the Olympic Games in London, Vuković has decided to make some changes for the beginning of the new Olympic cycle.

The goalkeeper position is reinforced with experienced Ivan Gajić from Slovenian RK Gorenje Velenje.  Playmaker Dalibor Čutura is the only one from the Serbian Olympic squad, who was not shortlisted for the World Championship, while two more “silver eagles” line player Rastko Stojković and right wing Miloš Kostadinović did not receive a call up.

Serbia will have four test matches against Romania in Balatonfuredi, Hungary (28 December), Hungary in Veszprem (30 December) and Niš (5 January), and finally against Egypt (6 January).

The “Eagles” are playing in Group C in Zaragoza with Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Belarus, Poland, and Korea.

Serbian squad for their 2013 World Championship preparation:

Goalkeepers: Darko Stanić (RK Metalurg Skopje), Ivan Gajić (RK Gorenje), Mihailo Radovanović (RK Partizan) and Dragan Marjanac (Bern Muri)

Left wings: Ivan Nikčević (Orlen Wisla Plock), Nemanja Ilić (RK Partizan) and Dobrivoje Marković (MRK Vardar Pro)

Right wings: Rajko Prodanović (Pick Szeged), Bogdan Radivojević (RK Partizan), Darko Djukić (RK Železničar Niš)

Line players: Alem Toskić (RK Celje Pivovarna Laško), Mijailo Marsenić (RK Partizan) and Bojan Beljanski (FA Goppingen)

Left back: Momir Ilić (THW Kiel), Žarko Šešum (Rhein Neckar Lowen), Momir Rnić (FA Goppingen) Miloš Dragaš (MRK Vardar Pro), Draško Nenadić (Guadalajara) and Nikola Manojlović (RK Cimos Koper)

Centre backs: Nenad Vučković (MT Melsungen), Petar Nenadić (Orlen Wisla Plock), Uroš Mitrović (RK Partizan), Luka Mitrović (Skive) and Marko Krsmančić (Alpla Hard)

Right backs: Mark Vujin (THW Kiel), Ivan Stanković (US Creteil), Nemanja Zelenović (RK Celje Pivovarna Laško) and Ljubomir Jošić (RK Vojvodina Novi Sad)