From Gislason to Apelgren – “Coach” at World Championship 2025 is 52 years and 7 months old!
From Alfred Gislason to Michael Apelgren. In total, 32 coaches will lead their teams at upcoming IHF Men’s World Championship 2025 in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. German NT coach Alfred Gislason is the oldest as 65 years old, while six others are 60+.
When tournament starts on January 14, there will be only five coaches which are under 45.
The average age of this group of coaches is approximately 52.6 years.
Here is the list:
Alfred Gislason Germany September 7, 1959
Veselin Vujovic Qatar January 18, 1961
Said Hadjazi Kuwait February 19, 1961
Jordi Ribera Romans Spain 03/05/1963
Mohamed Ali Sghir Tunisia April 11, 1963
Staffan Olsson Netherlands March 26, 1964
Jorge Rito Cape Verde October 1, 1964
Paulo Pereira Portugal March 21, 1965
Riccardo Trillini Italy June 14, 1965
Luis Albero Martinez Cuesta Cuba August 6, 1965
Robert Hedin USA 02/02/1966
Aitor Echaburu Chile June 17, 1966
Juan Carlos Pastor Egypt 18.05.1968
Nicolaj Jacobsen Denmark 22.11.1971
Aron Kristjansson Bahrain 14.07.1972
Rodolfo Martin Jung Argentina 10.08.1972
Dagur Sigurdsson Croatia 03.04.1973
Farouk Dehili Algeria 20.05.1973
Antonio Gerona Japan 31.07.1973
Jonas Wille Norway 20.05.1976
Guillaume Gille France 12.07.1976
Xavi Sabate Czech Republic 15.08.1976
Marcin Lijewski Poland 21.09.1977
Ales Pajovic Austria 06.01.1979
Marcus Oliveira Brazil 02.12.1979
Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero Hungary 05.01.1980
Uros Zorman Slovenia 09.01.1980
Kiril Lazarov North Macedonia 10.05.1980
Snorri Steinn Gudjonsson Iceland 17.10.1981
Andy Schmid Switzerland 30.08.1983
Kevin Decaux Guinea 02.05.1984
Michael Apelgren Sweden 20.08.1984
