Germany national handball team

Germany
Information
Association Deutscher Handballbund
Coach Dagur Sigurðsson
Captain Uwe Gensheimer
Most caps Frank-Michael Wahl (344)
Most goals Frank-Michael Wahl (1412)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 11 (First in 1936)
Best result Winners (1936)
World Championship
Appearances 23 (First in 1938)
Best result Winners (1938, 1978, 2007)
European Championship
Appearances 11 (First in 1994)
Best result Winners (2004, 2016)
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Germany 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 Germany
European Championship
2004 Slovenia
2016 Poland
2002 Sweden
1998 Italy
World Cup Field Handball
1938 Germany
1952 Switzerland
1955 Germany
1959 Austria
1966 Austria
1963 Switzerland

The Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world championship in 1938, 1978 and in 2007. As of August 2016, they are the defending European Champions.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1936Champions155009619
West Germany 1972Main round662138289
Canada 1976Semifinals4640211597
Soviet Union 1980Did not qualify
United States 1984Runners-up26501131113
South Korea 1988Did not qualify
Spain 1992Preliminary round106114116123
United States 1996Preliminary round76402144128
Australia 2000Knockout stage58512203180
Greece 2004Runners-up28503216181
China 2008Preliminary round95212126130
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify
Brazil 2016Third place38602246216
Total11/131 Title64394*2114731276
*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
Nazi Germany 1938Champions13300239
Sweden 1954Runners-up243016130
East Germany 1958Third place3430114970
West Germany 1961Fourth place4640210764
Czechoslovakia 1964Fourth place463129686
Sweden 1967Quarter-finals65302158139
France 1970Quarter-finals565 018881
East Germany 1974Preliminary Round96402126100
Denmark 1978Champions1642010586
West Germany 1982Main Round77412128123
Switzerland 1986Main Round77403134135
Czechoslovakia 1990Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1993Main Group67322154154
Iceland 1995Semi-finals49702221184
Japan 1997Did Not Qualify
Egypt 1999Quarter-finals59801244182
France 2001Quarter-finals88314233189
Portugal 2003Runners-up29711306219
Tunisia 2005Main Round99513323232
Germany 2007Champions110901304260
Croatia 2009Main Round58422232202
Sweden 2011Main Round117504268246
Spain 2013Quarterfinals57502200176
Qatar 2015Quarterfinals79612250221
France 2017Qualified
Total23/253 Titles1379310*3434102741
*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
Portugal 19949th/10th Place96213135131
Spain 19967th/8th Place86114131135
Italy 1998Third place3 7502177159
Croatia 20009th/10th Place96123129136
Sweden 2002Runners-up2 8512201188
Slovenia 2004Champion1 8611244208
Switzerland 20065th/6th Place57511223193
Norway 2008Fourth place48404224224
Austria 2010Main round106123157165
Serbia 2012Main round76213156156
Denmark 2014Did Not Qualify
Poland 2016Champion1 8701223200
Total11/132 titles814011*3021562051
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

Team

Current squad

The following is the German roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] Steffen Weinhold replaced Patrick Groetzki on 10 August 2016.[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 21 August 2016.

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 LW Uwe Gensheimer (1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 129 577 France Paris Saint-Germain
6 LB Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992 (aged 24) 2.10 m 41 21 Germany SC Magdeburg
7 P Patrick Wiencek (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 27) 2.00 m 92 212 Germany THW Kiel
9 RW Tobias Reichmann (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 56 178 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
10 RB Fabian Wiede (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 49 95 Germany Füchse Berlin
12 GK Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.94 m 148 1 Germany Füchse Berlin
13 P Hendrik Pekeler (1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.03 m 62 90 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
17 RB Steffen Weinhold (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.91 m 93 243 Germany THW Kiel
19 CB Martin Strobel (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 135 154 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
24 RW Patrick Groetzki (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 100 273 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
25 RB Kai Häfner (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 39 84 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 40 5 Germany THW Kiel
35 LB Julius Kühn (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.98 m 21 76 Germany VfL Gummersbach
47 LB Christian Dissinger (1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 24) 2.02 m 19 42 Germany THW Kiel
95 CB Paul Drux (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (aged 21) 1.92 m 40 90 Germany Füchse Berlin

History of coaches

References

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