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Germany national handball team

Germany national handball team

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The Germany national handball team is the national handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team...

 team of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup

Olympic Games
Handball at the Summer Olympics
Team Handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics, in Berlin, but dropped after that, only to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory...

  • winner in 1936
  • finalist in 1984 and 2004

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.


*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
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The Germany national handball team is the national handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team...

 team of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup

Achievements


Olympic Games
Handball at the Summer Olympics
Team Handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics, in Berlin, but dropped after that, only to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory...

  • winner in 1936
  • finalist in 1984 and 2004

IHF World Men's Handball Championship
World Men's Handball Championship
The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938.- History :In 1938, the first indoor handball world championship was played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin,Germany on 5 February and 6 February...

 record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938
1938 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1938 World Championship for men in team handball was the first ever World Handball Championship. It was played in Germany.It was contested by just 4 national teams.- Final standings :- Final round :...

Champions 1 3 3 0 0 23 9
Sweden 1954
1954 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1954 World Championship for men in team handball was the second World Handball Championship. It was held in Sweden. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.- Final standings :-Intermediate round:-Finals:...

Runners-up 2 4 3 0 1 61 30
East Germany 1958
1958 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1958 World Championship for men in team handball was the 3rd World Handball Championship. It was held in the German Democratic Republic. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.- Final standings :-Preliminary round:...

Third place 3 4 3 0 1 149 70
West Germany 1961
1961 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1961 World Championship for men in team handball was the 4th World Handball Championship. It was held in West Germany. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.- Final standings :-Preliminary Round:-Main Round:...

Fourth place 4 6 4 0 2 107 64
Czechoslovakia 1964
1964 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1964 World Championship for men in team handball was the 5th World Handball Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia.- Final standings :-Preliminary Round:-Main Round:Results from Preliminary round carried over to Main round.-Final Round:...

Fourth place 4 6 3 1 2 96 86
Sweden 1967
1967 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1967 World Championship for men in team handball was the 6th World Handball Championship. It was held in Sweden.- Final standings :# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # -Preliminary Round:-Main Round:...

Quarter-finals 6 5 3 0 2 158 139
France 1970
1970 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1970 World Championship for men in team handball was the 7th World Handball Championship. It was held in France.- Final standings :# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # -Preliminary Round:-Placement Round :...

Quarter-finals 5 6 5 0 1 88 81
East Germany 1974
1974 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1974 World Championship for men in team handball was the 8th World Handball Championship. It was held in East Germany.-Teams:
- Group A :
- Group B :
- Group C :
...

Preliminary Round 9 6 4 0 2 126 100
Denmark 1978
1978 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1978 World Championship for men in team handball was the 9th World Handball Championship. It was held in Denmark.-Teams:
- Group A :
- Group B :
- Group C :
- Group D :...

Champions 1 6 4 2 0 105 86
West Germany 1982
1982 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1982 World Championship for men in team handball was the 10th World Handball Championship. It was held in West Germany.-Teams:
- Group A :
- Group B :
- Group C :
...

Main Round 7 7 4 1 2 128 123
Switzerland 1986
1986 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1986 World Championship for men in team handball was the 11th World Handball Championship. It was held in Switzerland from February 25 to March 8, 1986.-Teams:
- Group A :
- Group B :
...

Main Round 7 7 4 0 3 134 135
Czechoslovakia 1990
1990 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1990 World Championship for men in team handball was the 12th edition of the World Handball Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia from February 28 to March 10, 1990.-Teams:
- Group A :
- Group B :
...

Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1993
1993 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1993 World Championship for men in team handball was the 13th World Handball Championship. It was held in Sweden.-Teams:
- Group A :
- Group B :
- Group C :
- Group D :...

Main Group 6 7 3 2 2 154 154
Iceland 1995
1995 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1995 World Championship for men in team handball was the 14th World Handball Championship. It was held in Iceland.-Preliminary Round:-Group A :-Group B :-Group C :-Group D :- Finals :- Final standings :# # # # # # # # #...

Semi-finals 4 9 7 0 2 221 184
Japan 1997
1997 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1997 World Championship for men in team handball was the 15th World Handball Championship. It was held in Kumamoto Japan.It was the first World Championship not played in a European country.- Championship Game :- Final standings :# # # #...

Did Not Qualify
Egypt 1999
1999 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1999 World Championship for men in team handball was the 16th edition of the Men's World Handball Championship. It was held in Egypt, from June 2 to June 15, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said.-Preliminary Round:In the following tables:...

Quarter-finals 5 9 8 0 1 244 182
France 2001
2001 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from January 23 to February 4, 2001.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , ,...

Quarter-finals 8 8 3 1 4 233 189
Portugal 2003
2003 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from January 20 to February 2, 2003.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , , ....

Runners-up 2 9 7 1 1 306 219
Tunisia 2005
2005 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2005 World Championship for men in team handball was played in Tunisia between January 23 and February 6, 2005.The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.-Group A :...

Main Round 9 9 5 1 3 323 232
Germany 2007
2007 World Men's Handball Championship
The 20th World Men's Handball Championship took place from January 19 to February 4 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities.The tournament was won by Germany.- Stadiums :...

Champions 1 10 9 0 1 304 260
Croatia 2009
2009 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Croatia from 16 January–1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.Opening game and...

Qualified
Sweden 2011
2011 World Men's Handball Championship
The 22nd World Men's Handball Championship will take place from January, 2011 in Sweden.- Venues :-Qualification:Qualification occurs through the previous years' continental championships:*2010 African Men's Handball Championship...

Not Yet Qualified
Total 18/20 3 Titles 121 82 *9 30 2960 2343
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship
European Men's Handball Championship
The European men's handball championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship...

 record

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Portugal 1994
1994 European Men's Handball Championship
The 1994 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Portugal from 3–12 June, in the cities of Porto and Almada. Sweden won the tournament with Russia second and Croatia third.-Teams:
-Venues:
...

Round 1 6 2 1 3 135 131
Spain 1996
1996 European Men's Handball Championship
The 1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Spain from 24 May–2 June, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament with Spain second and Yugoslavia third.- Teams :
- Venues :...

Round 1 6 1 1 4 131 135
Italy 1998
1998 European Men's Handball Championship
The 1998 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Italy from 29 May–7 June, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden won the tournament with Spain second and Germany third.-Teams:
-Venues:
...

Third Place 7 5 0 2 177 159
Croatia 2000
2000 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2000 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Croatia from 21–30 January, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament with Spain second and Germany third.- Teams :* Group A: , , , , ,...

Round 1 6 1 2 3 129 136
Sweden 2002
2002 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden.-Teams:
-Venues:
-Preliminary Round:The first three of each group reach the main stage...

Runners-up 8 5 1 2 201 188
Slovenia 2004
2004 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship took place from January 22 to February 1, 2004 in Slovenia.- Group A :This group was played out in Velenje.--------- Group B :This group was played out in Ljubljana.- Group C :...

Champions 8 6 1 1 244 208
Switzerland 2006
2006 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2006 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Switzerland from 26 January–5 February, in the cities of Basel, Berne, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. France won the tournament, going through unbeaten after an early defeat to Spain...

Main Group Stage 7 5 1 1 223 193
Norway 2008
2008 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Norway from 17–27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third....

Semi-Finals 8 4 0 4 224 224
Austria 2010
2010 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship will be held in Austria from 19–31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.- Venues :...

Not Yet Qualified
Serbia 2012
2012 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship will be held in Serbia. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.-Qualification:...

Not Yet Qualified
Total 8/8 56 29 7 20 1464 1374

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

GoalKeepers

  • 1 Henning Fritz
    Henning Fritz
    Henning Fritz was born on September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is a German Handball goalkeeper. He is also the first goalkeeper to be named World Handballer, in 2004....

     (THW Kiel
    THW Kiel
    THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 15 titles....

    )
  • 12 Johannes Bitter
    Johannes Bitter
    Johannes Bitter is a German team handball player and goalkeeper. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. Bitter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,...

     (HSV Hamburg)
  • 16 Carsten Lichtlein
    Carsten Lichtlein
    Carsten Lichtlein is a German team handball player and goalkeeper. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He is European champion from 2004, and participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship....

     (TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo is a team handball club from Lemgo, Germany. Currently, TBV Lemgo competes in the German First League of Handball.From 1911 till 1942 the club name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 2...

    )

Field Players

  • 2 Pascal Hens
    Pascal Hens
    Pascal Hens is a German team handball player and World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004....

     (HSV Hamburg)
  • 3 Frank von Behren
    Frank von Behren
    Frank von Behren is a German team handball player. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He received silver medals at the 2002 European championship.-Club player:...

     (VfL Gummersbach
    VfL Gummersbach
    VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...

    )
  • 4 Oliver Roggisch
    Oliver Roggisch
    Oliver Roggisch is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship....

     (Rhein-Neckar-Löwen)
  • 5 Dominik Klein
    Dominik Klein
    Dominik Klein is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team...

     (THW Kiel
    THW Kiel
    THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 15 titles....

    )
  • 6 Holger Glandorf (HSG Nordhorn
    HSG Nordhorn
    HSG Nordhorn-Lingen is a team handball club from Nordhorn, Germany. Currently, HSG Nordhorn-Lingen competes in the Second Division of the German Bundesliga, following a mandatory relegation from the First Division in 2009 owing to insolvency.In 2008 Nordhorn won the EHF Cup.-2008/09 Team:...

    )
  • 7 Michael Haas
    Michael Haas
    Michael Haas is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Hawaii and the Chairman of the International Academic Advisory Board of the University of Cambodia. He played a role in stopping the secret funding of the Khmer Rouge by the administration of President George H. W. Bush...

     (GWD Minden)
  • 9 Jens Tiedtke (TV Großwallstadt
    TV Grosswallstadt
    TV Großwallstadt is a team handball club from Aschaffenburg. Currently, TV Großwallstadt competes in the First Division of the German Handball Bundesliga and the German Handball Cup.-Achievements:*German First League of Handball: 6...

    )
  • 10 Oleg Velyky
    Oleg Velyky
    Oleg Velyky is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team...

     (SG Kronau/Östringen)
  • 11 Michael Hegemann (VfL Gummersbach
    VfL Gummersbach
    VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...

    )
  • 13 Markus Baur
    Markus Baur
    Markus Baur is a German handball player and is considered one of the World's best players on his position.Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, making his debute against the Moroccan national handball team on 4 August in Balingen...

     (TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo is a team handball club from Lemgo, Germany. Currently, TBV Lemgo competes in the German First League of Handball.From 1911 till 1942 the club name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 2...

    )
  • 13 Michael Kraus (TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo is a team handball club from Lemgo, Germany. Currently, TBV Lemgo competes in the German First League of Handball.From 1911 till 1942 the club name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 2...

    )
  • 14 Christian Zeitz
    Christian Zeitz
    Christian Zeitz is a German team handball player and World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004....

     (THW Kiel
    THW Kiel
    THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 15 titles....

    )
  • 15 Torsten Jansen
    Torsten Jansen
    Torsten Jansen is a German team handball player and World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. Jansen represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,...

     (HSV Hamburg)
  • 17 Andrej Klimovets
    Andrej Klimovets
    Andrej Klimovets is a former Belarusian and from 2005 German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team...

     (SG Kronau/Östringen)
  • 19 Florian Kehrmann
    Florian Kehrmann
    Florian Kehrmann is a German handball player.He married his wife Diana in 2006. His first son Len Farell is born on 25 March 2007....

     (TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo is a team handball club from Lemgo, Germany. Currently, TBV Lemgo competes in the German First League of Handball.From 1911 till 1942 the club name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 2...

    )
  • 20 Christian Schöne (Frisch Auf! Göppingen)
  • 21 Lars Kaufmann
    Lars Kaufmann
    Lars Kaufmann is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship....

     (HSG Wetzlar
    HSG Wetzlar
    HSG Wetzlar is a team handball club from Wetzlar. Currently, HSG Wetzlar competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Headcoach: Michael Roth- External links :...

    )
  • 41 Christian Schwarzer
    Christian Schwarzer
    Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer is a German handball player.Born in Braunschweig, he has played for VfL Fredenbeck from 1987 to 1991 and for TV Niederwürzbach from 1991 to 1999...

     (TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo
    TBV Lemgo is a team handball club from Lemgo, Germany. Currently, TBV Lemgo competes in the German First League of Handball.From 1911 till 1942 the club name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911-Accomplishments:*National Championship of Germany: 2...

    )
  • Volker Michel (Frisch Auf! Göppingen)
  • Christian Sprenger
    Christian Sprenger
    Christian Sprenger is an Australian breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Stephan Widmar.At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships he qualified in the 100 m and the 200 m breaststroke, placing second in both events to qualify for the Olympics in...

     (SC Magdeburg
    SC Magdeburg
    SC Magdeburg is a German sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. The club is most famous for its handball team, named SC Magdeburg Gladiators for marketing purposes, which has won the Champions League and...

    )
  • Michael Spatz (VfL Gummersbach
    VfL Gummersbach
    VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...

    )
  • Stefan Schröder
    Stefan Schröder
    Stefan Schröder is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China...

      (HSV Hamburg)

Coaches

  • Heiner Brand
    Heiner Brand
    Heiner Brand is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and has been the German national team's coach since 1997...

     (after 1997)
  • Martin Heuberger