Germany national handball team

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.

Germany
Information
Association	Deutscher Handballbund
Coach	Alfreð Gíslason
Assistant coach	Erik Wudtke
Captain	Uwe Gensheimer
Most caps	Frank-Michael Wahl (344)
Most goals	Frank-Michael Wahl (1412)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	10 (First in 1936)
Best result	Winners (1936)
World Championship
Appearances	24 (First in 1938)
Best result	Winners (1938, 1978, 2007)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1994)
Best result	Winners (2004, 2016)
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Germany national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
World Championship
	1938 Germany
	1978 Denmark
	2007 Germany
	1954 Sweden
	2003 Portugal
	1958 East Germany
European Championship
	2004 Slovenia
	2016 Poland
	2002 Sweden
	1998 Italy
World Outdoor Championship
	1938 Germany
	1952 Switzerland
	1955 West Germany
	1959 Austria
	1966 Austria
	1963 Switzerland

Honours

Competition				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
1936	Champions	1	5	5	0	0	96	19
1972	Main round	6	6	2	1	3	82	89
1976	Semi-finals	4	6	4	0	2	115	97
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Runners-up	2	6	5	0	1	131	113
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Preliminary round	10	6	1	1	4	116	123
1996	Preliminary round	7	6	4	0	2	144	128
2000	Knockout stage	5	8	5	1	2	203	180
2004	Runners-up	2	8	5	0	3	216	181
2008	Preliminary round	9	5	2	1	2	126	130
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Third place	3	8	6	0	2	246	216
2020	TBD
Total	10/14	1 Title	64	39	4*	21	1473	1276

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1938	Champions	1	3	3	0	0	23	9
1954	Runners-up	2	4	3	0	1	61	30
1958	Third place	3	4	3	0	1	149	70
1961	Fourth place	4	6	4	0	2	107	64
1964	Fourth place	4	6	3	1	2	96	86
1967	Quarter-finals	6	5	3	0	2	158	139
1970	Quarter-finals	5	6	5	0	1	88	81
1974	Preliminary Round	9	6	4	0	2	126	100
1978	Champions	1	6	4	2	0	105	86
1982	Main Round	7	7	4	1	2	128	123
1986	Main Round	7	7	4	0	3	134	135
1990	Did not qualify
1993	Main Group	6	7	3	2	2	154	154
1995	Fourth place	4	9	7	0	2	221	184
1997	Did Did not qualify
1999	Quarter-finals	5	9	8	0	1	244	182
2001	Quarter-finals	8	8	3	1	4	233	189
2003	Runners-up	2	9	7	1	1	306	219
2005	Main Round	9	9	5	1	3	323	232
2007	Champions	1	10	9	0	1	304	260
2009	Main Round	5	8	4	2	2	232	202
2011	Main Round	11	7	5	0	4	268	246
2013	Quarter-finals	5	7	5	0	2	200	176
2015	Quarter-finals	7	9	6	1	2	250	221
2017	Round of 16	9	6	5	0	1	170	128
/ 2019	Fourth place	4	10	6	2	2	269	237
2021	Qualified
/ 2023	To be determined
// 2025
2027	Qualified as host
Total	25/30	3 Titles	153	104	12*	37	3849	3106

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	9th/10th place	9	6	2	1	3	135	131
1996	7th/8th place	8	6	1	1	4	131	135
1998	Third place	3	7	5	0	2	177	159
2000	9th/10th place	9	6	1	2	3	129	136
2002	Runners-up	2	8	5	1	2	201	188
2004	Champion	1	8	6	1	1	244	208
2006	5th/6th place	5	7	5	1	1	223	193
2008	Fourth place	4	8	4	0	4	224	224
2010	Main round	10	6	1	2	3	157	165
2012	Main round	7	6	2	1	3	156	156
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Champion	1	8	7	0	1	223	200
2018	Main round	9	6	2	2	2	156	145
2020	5th/6th place	5	8	6	0	2	232	202
2022	To be determined
2024	Qualified as host
Total	14/16	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 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Christian Prokop

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Johannes Bitter (1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 2.05 m 154 1 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 1.88 m 184 907 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4 P Johannes Golla (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 1.95 m 11 24 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989 2.01 m 144 292 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-08-27) 27 August 1988 1.88 m 91 289 MT Melsungen 13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 2.03 m 109 179 THW Kiel 20 LB Philipp Weber (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 1.94 m 31 83 SC DHfK Leipzig 22 CB Marian Michalczik (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 1.99 m 20 22 GWD Minden 25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 1.92 m 90 195 MT Melsungen 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 1.98 m 100 13 PGE Vive Kielce 35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 1.98 m 62 192 MT Melsungen 38 LB Fabian Böhm (1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 1.98 m 40 64 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 48 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 1.93 m 74 153 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 73 RW Timo Kastening (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 1.80 m 14 43 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 77 RB David Schmidt (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 1.90 m 9 9 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 93 LW Patrick Zieker (1993-12-13) 13 December 1993 1.86 m 13 21 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 1.92 m 91 171 Füchse Berlin

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. "Kader für EM-Auftakt steht". dhb.de. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
2. 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile