Germany men's national handball team

The Germany national handball team is the country's national men's handball team and represents Germany in international tournaments in men's handball and 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
Most caps	Frank-Michael Wahl (344)
Most goals	Frank-Michael Wahl (1412)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	12 (First in 1936)
Best result	1st (1936)
World Championship
Appearances	27 (First in 1938)
Best result	1st (1938, 1978, 2007)
European Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1994)
Best result	1st (2004, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

Germany men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2024 Paris	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	3	1	5
World Championship	3	2	1	6
European Championship	2	1	1	4
Total	6	6	3	15

Competitive record

For East Germany team record, look here.

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	87	93
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		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	217
2020	Quarterfinals	6	6	3	0	3	172	162
2024 Paris	Runners-up	2	8	5	1	2	248	228
2028 Los Angeles	TBD
2032 Brisbane
Total	12/15	1 Title	78	47	5*	26	1800	1671

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	6	4	0	2	158	139
1970		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		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		8	9	4	1	4	259	213
2003	Runners-up	2	9	7	1	1	306	219
2005	Main Round	9	9	5	1	3	269	232
2007	Champions	1	10	9	0	1	304	260
2009	Main Round	5	9	5	2	2	259	228
2011		11	9	5	0	4	268	246
2013	Quarter-finals	5	7	5	0	2	200	176
2015		7	9	6	1	2	250	221
2017	Round of 16	9	6	5	0	1	179	128
/ 2019	Fourth place	4	10	6	2	2	269	237
2021	Main Round	12	6	3	1	2	163	122
2023	Quarter-finals	5	9	7	0	2	291	247
2025	Quarter-finals	6	7	5	0	2	220	196
2027	Qualified as host
2029	Qualified as co-host
2031	TBD
Total	29/32	3 Titles	192	128	15*	49	5023	4118

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden

• 1979 : 6th place
• 1984 : 8th place
• 1988 : Champions

EURO Super Cup tournament Germany

• 1979 : Champions
• 1981 : Runner Up
• 1983 : 6th place
• 1985 : Third
• 1987 : Champions
• 1989 : 6th place
• 1991 : 4th place
• 1993 : Runner Up

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	Champions	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		7	6	2	1	3	156	156
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Champions	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	Main round	7	7	4	0	3	194	192
2024	Fourth place	4	9	4	1	4	255	239
2026	TBD
2028
2030
2032	Qualified
Total	15/18	2 titles	106	55	13	38	2837	2673

*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

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK David Späth (2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 22) 2.02 m 31 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 3 CB Nils Lichtlein (2002-07-31) 31 July 2002 (age 22) 1.83 m 17 11 Füchse Berlin 4 P Johannes Golla (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27) 1.95 m 94 334 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 7 CB Luca Witzke (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25) 1.92 m 40 80 SC DHfK Leipzig 15 CB Juri Knorr (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 24) 1.90 m 70 270 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RW Lukas Zerbe (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 29) 1.84 m 34 66 THW Kiel 18 LB Julian Köster (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24) 2.00 m 60 143 VfL Gummersbach 22 CB Marian Michalczik (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 28) 1.99 m 30 26 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 23 RB Renārs Uščins (2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 22) 1.88 m 32 129 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 32 RB Franz Semper (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 27) 1.90 m 24 45 SC DHfK Leipzig 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 33) 1.98 m 173 14 THW Kiel 34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 31) 1.89 m 86 129 THW Kiel 36 LW Lukas Mertens (1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28) 1.82 m 59 135 SC Magdeburg 39 LB Lukas Stutzke (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 27) 1.95 m 14 16 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 44 RB Christoph Steinert (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 35) 1.95 m 59 103 HC Erlangen 54 P Justus Fischer (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 22) 1.94 m 23 26 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 71 LB Marko Grgić (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 21) 1.98 m 16 40 ThSV Eisenach 73 RW Timo Kastening (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 29) 1.80 m 63 199 MT Melsungen

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. "Mit 17 Männern in den Norden" (in German). dhb.de. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. "Team Roster Germany" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile