Germany national handball team

Germany
Information
Association	Deutscher Handballbund
Coach	Dagur Sigurðsson
Most caps	Frank-Michael Wahl (344)
Most goals	Frank-Michael Wahl (1412)
Colours
File:Kit body blankleftsideshoulderHB15.png Home File:Kit body whiteleftsideshoulderHB15.png Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	9 (First in 1936)
Best result	Winners (1936)
World Championship
Appearances	22 (First in 1938)
Best result	Winners (1938, 1978, 2007)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1994)
Best result	Winners (2004)
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Germany national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
World Championship
	1938 Germany
	1978 Denmark
	2007 Germany
	1954 Sweden
	1970 France
	1974 Germany
	2003 Portugal
	1958 Germany
	1978 Denmark
	1986 Switzerland
European Championship
	2004 Slovenia
	2002 Sweden
	1998 Italy
World Cup Field Handball
	1938 Germany
	1952 Switzerland
	1955 Germany
	1959 Austria
	1963 Switzerland
	1966 Austria
	1963 Switzerland
	1966 Austria

The Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world championship in 1938, 1978 and in 2007.

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	Semifinals	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	To be determined
Total	9/12	1 Title	56	33	4*	19	1229	1060

*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.

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	Semi-finals	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	Quarterfinals	5	7	5	0	2	200	176
2015	Quarterfinals	7	9	6	1	2	250	221
Total	22/24	3 Titles	137	93	10*	34	3410	2741

*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.

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	Qualified
Total	11/13	1 title	74	34	11*	29	1933	1851

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.

Caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2015.

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club GK Carsten Lichtlein (1980-11-04) 4 November 1980 2.02 m 204 1 VfL Gummersbach GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 1.98 m 17 1 HSG Wetzlar RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 1.88 m 34 75 Vive Targi Kielce RW Johannes Sellin (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 1.87 m 42 96 MT Melsungen RB/RW Kai Häfner (1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 1.92 m 23 31 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf RB Steffen Weinhold (c) (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986 1.91 m 81 214 THW Kiel RB Fabian Wiede (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 1.94 m 25 41 Füchse Berlin CB Simon Ernst (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 1.95 m 14 14 VfL Gummersbach CB Niclas Pieczkowski (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 1.93 m 9 16 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke CB Martin Strobel (1986-06-05) 5 June 1986 1.89 m 112 139 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten LB Christian Dissinger (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 2.04 m 7 20 THW Kiel LB Steffen Fäth (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 1.95 m 28 46 HSG Wetzlar LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 2.10 m 17 14 TBV Lemgo LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 1.89 m 6 13 THW Kiel P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 1.93 m 8 23 HSG Wetzlar P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991 2.03 m 40 57 Rhein-Neckar Löwen P Erik Schmidt (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 2.04 m 26 25 TSG Friesenheim

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–present – Dagur Sigurðsson

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile