Germany women's national handball team

Germany
Information
Association	German Handball Association
Coach	Henk Groener
Assistant coach	Debbie Klijn Alexander Koke
Captain	Alina Grijseels
Most caps	Grit Jurack (306)
Most goals	Grit Jurack (1581)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1984)
Best result	4th (1984, 1992)
World Championship
Appearances	23 (First in 1957)
Best result	1st (1993)
European Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (1994)
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Germany women's national handball team

Medal record
World Championship
	1993 Norway
	1965 West Germany
	1997 Germany
	2007 France
European Championship
	1994 Germany

The Germany women's national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. It is governed by the Deutscher Handball-Bund and takes part in international handball competitions.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1976	Did not qualify
1980
1984	Main round	4	5	2	0	3	91	100
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Semifinals	4	5	2	0	3	131	111
1996	Preliminary round	6	3	1	0	2	70	73
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008	Preliminary round	11	5	1	0	4	123	134
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
	Future event
Total	4/14		18	6	0	12	415	418

World Championship[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1957	Third place game	4	5	2	0	3	33	38
1962	Preliminary round	8	2	0	1	1	15	18
1965	Third place game	3	4	3	0	1	37	30
1971	Fifth place game	5	5	2	0	3	52	51
1973	Placement round	11	5	1	0	4	49	66
1975	Did not qualify
1978	Placement round	8	5	2	0	3	78	77
1982	Placement round	9	7	3	1	3	143	114
1986	Seventh place game	7	7	4	0	3	132	128
1990	Third place game	4	7	4	0	3	141	131
1993	Final	1	7	6	0	1	161	111
/ 1995	Fifth place game	5	8	5	1	2	186	166
1997	Third place game	3	9	8	0	1	260	184
/ 1999	Seventh place game	7	9	5	1	3	234	198
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Main round	12	8	3	1	4	220	198
2005	Fifth place game	6	9	6	0	3	278	240
2007	Third place game	3	9	7	1	1	324	279
2009	Seventh place game	7	9	6	0	3	253	242
2011	17th place game	17	7	4	0	3	190	165
2013	Quarterfinals	7	7	6	0	1	209	168
2015	Round of 16	13	6	3	0	3	173	142
2017	Round of 16	12	6	3	1	2	137	116
2019	Seventh place game	8	9	4	1	4	248	230
2021	Quarterfinals	7	7	5	0	2	195	171
// 2023	TBD
/ 2025	Qualified as host
2027	TBD
Total	24/28	1 Title	156	92	8	57	3748	3263

European Championship[]

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1994	Final	2	7	5	0	2	152	143	+9
1996	Third place game	4	7	4	0	3	169	165	+4
1998	Preliminary round	6	6	4	0	2	140	145	−5
2000	Preliminary round	9	6	2	0	4	139	155	−16
2002	Main round	11	6	1	0	5	142	168	−26
2004	Fifth place game	5	7	5	0	2	183	173	+10
2006	Third place game	4	8	5	0	3	228	208	+20
2008	Third place game	4	8	5	1	2	227	208	+19
/ 2010	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	78	87	−9
2012	Main round	7	6	3	1	2	136	132	+4
/ 2014	Main round	10	6	2	1	3	164	165	−1
2016	Fifth place game	6	7	4	1	2	169	155	+14
2018	Main round	10	6	3	0	3	162	166	−4
/ 2020	Main round	7	6	2	1	3	145	150	−5
2022	TBD
2024
2026
2028
Total	14/18		89	46	5	38	2234	2220	+14

** Red border colour indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Performance in other tournaments[]

• Møbelringen Cup 2011 – Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 1997 – Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 2008 – Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 2013 – Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 2015 – Third place

Team[]

Current squad[]

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

Head coach: Henk Groener

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RB Marlene Kalf (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 32) 1.70 m 93 210 TuS Metzingen 3 RW Amelie Berger (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 22) 1.69 m 35 69 Borussia Dortmund 4 CB Alina Grijseels (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 25) 1.74 m 40 59 Borussia Dortmund 7 P Meike Schmelzer (1993-07-19) 19 July 1993 (age 28) 1.80 m 64 76 Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud 9 P (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 21) 1.72 m 0 0 Buxtehuder SV 11 LB Xenia Smits (1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 27) 1.82 m 70 162 SG BBM Bietigheim 12 GK Dinah Eckerle (1995-10-16) 16 October 1995 (age 26) 1.74 m 65 3 Team Esbjerg 13 CB Silje Brøns Petersen (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 27) 1.73 m 1 1 TuS Metzingen 17 RB Alicia Stolle (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 25) 1.82 m 59 128 Ferencvárosi TC 18 CB Mia Zschocke (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 23) 1.78 m 32 19 Borussia Dortmund 20 LB Emily Bölk (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 23) 1.82 m 65 193 Ferencvárosi TC 25 LB (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 22) 1.78 m 2 3 TuS Metzingen 27 RB Julia Maidhof (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 23) 1.76 m 15 54 SG BBM Bietigheim 29 LW Antje Lauenroth (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 33) 1.70 m 38 80 SG BBM Bietigheim 33 P Luisa Schulze (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 31) 1.90 m 108 133 SG BBM Bietigheim 42 GK (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 22) 1.81 m 5 1 Buxtehuder SV 95 LW Johanna Stockschläder (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 26) 1.71 m 4 14 Neckarsulmer SU

Coaches[]

Coach	Period
Carl Schelenz	1930
	1939
Fritz Fromm	1952–1953
	1954–1967
	1967–1971
	1972–1974
	1974–1981
	1981–1983
	1983–1988
	1988–1990
	1991–1992
Lothar Doering	1992–1994
Ingolf Wiegert	1994–1995
	1995–1999
Lothar Doering	1999
	2000–2001
Leszek Krowicki	2001
	2001–2004
Armin Emrich	2005–2009
	2009–2011
Heine Jensen	2011–2014
Jakob Vestergaard	2015–2016
Michael Biegler	2016–2017
Henk Groener	2018–present

Former notable players[]

• Grit Jurack
• Nadine Krause
• Stefanie Melbeck
• Sabine Englert
• Clara Woltering
• Anja Althaus
• Anna Loerper
• Nora Reiche
• Svenja Huber
• Kerstin Wohlbold
• Nina Wörz
• Susann Müller
• Anne Müller
• Katja Kramarczyk
• Laura Steinbach
• Isabell Klein

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• IHF profile