Germany women's national handball team

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.

Germany
Information
Association	German Handball Association
Coach	Henk Groener
Assistant coach	André Fuhr Debbie Klijn Alexander Koke
Captain	Kim Naidzinavicius
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	22 (First in 1957)
Best result	1st (1993)
European Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (1994)
Last updated on Unknown.

Germany women's national handball team

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

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
2024	Future event
2028
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	TBD
// 2023
/ 2025	Qualified as host
2027	TBD
Total	23/28	1 Title	149	87	8	55	3553	3092

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
Total	14/14		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 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Henk Groener

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RB Marlene Zapf 6 January 1990 1.70 m 88 194 TuS Metzingen 3 RW Amelie Berger 22 July 1999 1.69 m 32 53 SG BBM Bietigheim 4 CB Alina Grijseels 12 April 1996 1.74 m 37 52 Borussia Dortmund 11 LB Xenia Smits 22 April 1994 1.82 m 65 162 SG BBM Bietigheim 12 GK Dinah Eckerle 16 October 1995 1.71 m 61 2 Metz Handball 13 P Julia Behnke 28 March 1993 1.80 m 85 165 Ferencvárosi TC 15 CB Kim Naidzinavicius 6 April 1991 1.85 m 118 315 SG BBM Bietigheim 16 GK Isabell Roch 26 July 1990 1.74 m 36 0 Borussia Dortmund 20 LB Emily Bölk 26 April 1998 1.82 m 61 205 Ferencvárosi TC 21 LW Ina Großmann 21 August 1990 1.70 m 41 57 Thüringer HC 22 RB/RW Maren Weigel 22 May 1994 1.77 m 36 34 TuS Metzingen 23 LB Annika Lott 7 December 1999 1.80 m 7 2 Buxtehuder SV 27 RB Julia Maidhof 13 March 1998 1.76 m 12 39 SG BBM Bietigheim 29 LW Antje Lauenroth 3 October 1988 1.70 m 35 73 SG BBM Bietigheim 32 CB/LB Ewgenija Minevskaja 31 October 1992 1.83 m 95 183 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 33 P Luisa Schulze 14 September 1990 1.90 m 103 129 SG BBM Bietigheim

Coaches

• Ekke Hoffmann (2001–2005)
• Armin Emrich (2005–2009)[3]
• Rainer Osmann (2009–2011)[4]
• Heine Jensen (2011–2014)
• Jakob Vestergaard (2015–2016)
• Michael Biegler (2016–2017)
• Henk Groener (2018–)

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

1. "Mit 18 Spielerinnen in die EM-Vorbereitung". dhb.de. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
2. "2020 European Women's Handball Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Armin Emrich nicht mehr Frauen-Bundestrainer" (in German). German Handball Federation. January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
4. "Rainer Osmann als neuer Frauen-Bundestrainer des DHB bestellt" (in German). German Handball Federation. 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile