Germany men's 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	Mattias Andersson 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	25 (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 men's 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 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	Main Round	12	6	3	1	2	163	122
/ 2023	To be determined
// 2025
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
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	Qualified
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 2 September 1982 2.05 m 157 1 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 3 LW Uwe Gensheimer 26 October 1986 1.88 m 189 921 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 4 P Johannes Golla 5 November 1997 1.95 m 14 33 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 9 RW Tobias Reichmann 27 August 1988 1.88 m 95 297 MT Melsungen 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter 21 October 1984 1.94 m 196 3 MT Melsungen 15 CB Juri Knorr 9 May 2000 1.90 m 4 9 GWD Minden 18 P Sebastian Firnhaber 18 April 1994 1.98 m 3 7 HC Erlangen 20 CB Philipp Weber 15 September 1992 1.94 m 34 86 SC DHfK Leipzig 22 CB Marian Michalczik 1 February 1997 1.99 m 24 24 Füchse Berlin 24 RW Patrick Groetzki 4 July 1989 1.89 m 145 368 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 RB Kai Häfner 10 July 1989 1.92 m 94 206 MT Melsungen 31 LW Marcel Schiller 15 August 1991 1.89 m 11 44 Frisch Auf Göppingen 33 GK Andreas Wolff 3 March 1991 1.98 m 102 13 Łomża Vive Kielce 35 LB Julius Kühn 1 April 1993 1.98 m 67 213 MT Melsungen 39 LB Lukas Stutzke 14 January 1998 1.95 m 2 0 Bergischer HC 42 P Moritz Preuss 22 May 1995 1.94 m 6 6 SC Magdeburg 38 LB Fabian Böhm 24 June 1989 1.98 m 44 72 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 73 RW Timo Kastening 25 June 1995 1.80 m 15 45 MT Melsungen 77 RB David Schmidt 19 October 1993 1.90 m 9 1 Bergischer HC 95 CB Paul Drux 7 February 1995 1.92 m 91 171 Füchse Berlin 96 RB Antonio Metzner 27 June 1996 2.07 m 1 5 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.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile