The left back of Paris SG Handball, Antonio Garcia, returns to the national team after being injured in the last international game for Spain for the European Championship 2014. He got a call-up to the national team, and Valero Rivera is more than happy to see him back to the squad, which has now been shortened to 17 players, only one more to be cut to have the final list for the World Championship 2013.
List: Arpad Sterbik, José Manuel Sierra, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Daniel Sarmiento, Joan Cañellas, Raúl Entrerríos, Jorge Maqueda, Ángel Montoro, Alberto Entrerríos, Antonio J. García, Viran Morros, Albert Rocas, Víctor Tomás, Cristian Ugalde, Valero Rivera Folch, Gedeón Guardiola, Julen Aguinagalde
Spain is playing test games against Chile (4th Jan, 19:00h), Japan (5th Jan, 13:00) and Brazil (6th Jan, 12:30), ahead of the World Championship which is to be played in Spain from 11th to 27th January.
source: marca.es