Chile

The team of coach Fernando Capurro earned the second qualification for a World Championship. And as they had ranked 22nd in 2011, they are hoping for more this time although their group is a really tough one. At the Pan-American Championship Chile first managed a draw with later champion Argentina in the preliminaries, but then conceded a narrow 33:35 defeat by the Brazilians at the semi-final stage. The match for bronze against Uruguay was all the easier, as their trouble-free 37:27 win over Uruguay brought them the bronze medal and the WCh qualification. Pivot Marco Oneto is the top star of the team. He had been detected by scouts from FC Barcelona at an early stage. After several years at Barcelona crowned with the Champions League title in 2011, Oneto is now playing with the colours of Hungarian top club MKB Veszprem. However, Capurro’s system shall be reorganized, due to Oneto’s fibula injury, which avoids him to play the WCh.

Nº	Name	Height	Weight	Age	Team	Position
1	Felipe Barrientos Castillo	185	90	28	Italiano BM	Goalkeeper
2	Diego Cristian Reyes Figueroa	184	83	20	CD Santiago Wanderers	Wing
3	Alfredo Valenzuela Dupre	183	90	27	Santiago Steel	Line player
4	Erwim Jan Feuchtmann Pérez	192	95	23	HC Ascherleben	Back
5	Nicolas Jofre Alvarado	182	90	28	Santiago Steel	Centre back
6	Rodrigo Diaz Castello	195	95	24	Italiano BM	Back
7	Víctor Andrés Donoso Andalaft	191	98	22	HC Ascherleben	Back
8	Esteban Salinas Muñoz	182	85	21	MMT Seguros BM Zamora	Centre back
10	Emil Ludwig Feuchtmann Pérez	181	80	30	HC Ascherleben	Centre back
11	Felipe Maurín García	190	92	28	BM Limari	Wing
12	Lucas Matías Pacheco Nahuel	189	78	22	Santiago Steel	Goalkeeper
13	Guillermo Araya Proboste	180	88	27	BM Limari	Wing
14	Cristian Moll Ramírez	185	82	20	CD Santiago Wanderers	Centre back
15	Cristobal del Río Rojas	195	98	25	Santiago Steel	Line player
16	René Oliva Cifuentes	195	102	25	BM Bailén	Goalkeeper
17	Rodrigo Salinas	186	89	24	Fraikin BM Granollers	Back
22	Patricio Martínez Chávez	175	81	34	HC Ascherleben	Wing
23	Harald Feutchmann Pérez	178	85	25	TSV Friedberg	Wing

Key players

Rodrigo Salinas

Following the injury of the pivot and Chilean captain Marco Oneto, the "roja" has been replaced by another star, the young BM Granollers player, Rodrigo Salinas. His left-arm will be the main source of attack for Chile. At just 20 years of age, he certainly doesn't lack character.