Germany men's national handball team

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Germany
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AssociationDeutscher Handballbund
CoachAlfreð Gíslason
Assistant coachMattias Andersson
Erik Wudtke
Most capsFrank-Michael Wahl (344)
Most goalsFrank-Michael Wahl (1412)
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Home
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances10 (First in 1936)
Best resultWinners (1936)
World Championship
Appearances25 (First in 1938)
Best resultWinners (1938, 1978, 2007)
European Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1994)
Best resultWinners (2004, 2016)
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Germany men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Team
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1938 Germany
Gold medal – first place 1978 Denmark
Gold medal – first place 2007 Germany
Silver medal – second place 1954 Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2003 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place 1958 East Germany
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Slovenia
Gold medal – first place 2016 Poland
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Italy
World Outdoor Championship
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Silver medal – second place

The Germany national handball team is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won three World Championships and two European Championship.

Honours[]

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 1 2 1 4
World Championship 3 2 1 6
European Championship 2 1 1 4
Total 6 5 3 14

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Germany 1936 Champions 1 5 5 0 0 96 19
West Germany 1972 Main round 6 6 2 1 3 82 89
Canada 1976 Semi-finals 4 6 4 0 2 115 97
Soviet Union 1980 Did not qualify
United States 1984 Runners-up 2 6 5 0 1 131 113
South Korea 1988 Did not qualify
Spain 1992 Preliminary round 10 6 1 1 4 116 123
United States 1996 Preliminary round 7 6 4 0 2 144 128
Australia 2000 Knockout stage 5 8 5 1 2 203 180
Greece 2004 Runners-up 2 8 5 0 3 216 181
China 2008 Preliminary round 9 5 2 1 2 126 130
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Third place 3 8 6 0 2 246 216
Japan 2020 Quarterfinals 6 6 3 0 3 172 162
Total 11/14 1 Title 70 42 4* 24 1645 1438

World Championship[]

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938 Champions 1 3 3 0 0 23 9
Sweden 1954 Runners-up 2 4 3 0 1 61 30
East Germany 1958 Third place 3 4 3 0 1 149 70
West Germany 1961 Fourth place 4 6 4 0 2 107 64
Czechoslovakia 1964 Fourth place 4 6 3 1 2 96 86
Sweden 1967 Quarter-finals 6 5 3 0 2 158 139
France 1970 Quarter-finals 5 6 5 0 1 88 81
East Germany 1974 Preliminary Round 9 6 4 0 2 126 100
Denmark 1978 Champions 1 6 4 2 0 105 86
West Germany 1982 Main Round 7 7 4 1 2 128 123
Switzerland 1986 Main Round 7 7 4 0 3 134 135
Czechoslovakia 1990 Did not qualify
Sweden 1993 Main Group 6 7 3 2 2 154 154
Iceland 1995 Fourth place 4 9 7 0 2 221 184
Japan 1997 Did not qualify
Egypt 1999 Quarter-finals 5 9 8 0 1 244 182
France 2001 Quarter-finals 8 8 3 1 4 233 189
Portugal 2003 Runners-up 2 9 7 1 1 306 219
Tunisia 2005 Main Round 9 9 5 1 3 323 232
Germany 2007 Champions 1 10 9 0 1 304 260
Croatia 2009 Main Round 5 8 4 2 2 232 202
Sweden 2011 Main Round 11 7 5 0 4 268 246
Spain 2013 Quarter-finals 5 7 5 0 2 200 176
Qatar 2015 Quarter-finals 7 9 6 1 2 250 221
France 2017 Round of 16 9 6 5 0 1 170 128
Denmark/Germany 2019 Fourth place 4 10 6 2 2 269 237
Egypt 2021 Main Round 12 6 3 1 2 163 122
Poland/Sweden 2023 To be determined
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025
Germany 2027 Qualified as host
Total 25/30 3 Titles 159 107 13* 39 4019 3228

European Championship[]

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 9th/10th place 9 6 2 1 3 135 131
Spain 1996 7th/8th place 8 6 1 1 4 131 135
Italy 1998 Third place 3 Bronze medal europe.svg 7 5 0 2 177 159
Croatia 2000 9th/10th place 9 6 1 2 3 129 136
Sweden 2002 Runners-up 2 Silver medal europe.svg 8 5 1 2 201 188
Slovenia 2004 Champion 1 Gold medal europe.svg 8 6 1 1 244 208
Switzerland 2006 5th/6th place 5 7 5 1 1 223 193
Norway 2008 Fourth place 4 8 4 0 4 224 224
Austria 2010 Main round 10 6 1 2 3 157 165
Serbia 2012 Main round 7 6 2 1 3 156 156
Denmark 2014 Did not qualify
Poland 2016 Champion 1 Gold medal europe.svg 8 7 0 1 223 200
Croatia 2018 Main round 9 6 2 2 2 156 145
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 5th/6th place 5 8 6 0 2 232 202
HungarySlovakia 2022 Qualified
Germany 2024 Qualified as host
Total 15/16 2 titles 95 48 13* 34 2544 2398
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Johannes Bitter (1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 39) 2.05 m 157 1 Germany TVB 1898 Stuttgart
3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 34) 1.88 m 189 921 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
4 P Johannes Golla (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 23) 1.95 m 14 33 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-08-27) 27 August 1988 (age 33) 1.88 m 95 297 Germany MT Melsungen
12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21) 21 October 1984 (age 36) 1.94 m 196 3 Germany MT Melsungen
15 CB Juri Knorr (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 21) 1.90 m 4 9 Germany GWD Minden
18 P (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 27) 1.98 m 3 7 Germany HC Erlangen
20 CB Philipp Weber (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 28) 1.94 m 34 86 Germany SC DHfK Leipzig
22 CB Marian Michalczik (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 24) 1.99 m 24 24 Germany Füchse Berlin
24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04) 4 July 1989 (age 32) 1.89 m 145 368 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 32) 1.92 m 94 206 Germany MT Melsungen
31 LW Marcel Schiller (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991 (age 30) 1.89 m 11 44 Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen
33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 30) 1.98 m 102 13 Poland Łomża Vive Kielce
35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 28) 1.98 m 67 213 Germany MT Melsungen
39 LB (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 23) 1.95 m 2 0 Germany Bergischer HC
42 P (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 (age 26) 1.94 m 6 6 Germany SC Magdeburg
38 LB Fabian Böhm (1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 32) 1.98 m 44 72 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
73 RW Timo Kastening (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 26) 1.80 m 15 45 Germany MT Melsungen
77 RB David Schmidt (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 27) 1.90 m 9 1 Germany Bergischer HC
95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 26) 1.92 m 91 171 Germany Füchse Berlin
96 RB (1996-06-27) 27 June 1996 (age 25) 2.07 m 1 5 Germany HC Erlangen

History of coaches[]

  • 1925–1933 – Carl Schelenz
  • 1934–1939 – Otto Günther Kaundinya
  • 1940–1945 – Carl Schelenz
  • 1946–1955 – Fritz Fromm
  • 1955–1972 – Werner Vick
  • 1972–1974 – Horst Käsler
  • 1974–1982 – Vlado Stenzel
  • 1982–1987 – Simon Schobel
  • 1987–1989 – Petre Ivănescu
  • 1989–1992 – Horst Bredemeier
  • 1992–1993 – Armin Emrich
  • 1993–1996 – Arno Ehret
  • 1997–2011 – Heiner Brand
  • 2011–2014 – Martin Heuberger
  • 2014–2017 – Dagur Sigurðsson
  • 2017–2020 – Christian Prokop
  • 2020–present – Alfreð Gíslason

References[]

  1. ^ "Stutzke rückt in WM-Kader" (in German). dhb.de. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Germany" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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