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
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	Third place	3	8	6	0	2	246	216
Total	11/13	1 Title	64	39	4*	21	1473	1276

*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
2017	Qualified
Total	23/25	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	Champion	1	8	7	0	1	223	200
Total	11/13	2 titles	81	40	11*	30	2156	2051

*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 26 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.88 m 129 577 Paris Saint-Germain 6 LB Finn Lemke 30 April 1992 (aged 24) 2.10 m 41 21 SC Magdeburg 7 P Patrick Wiencek 22 March 1989 (aged 27) 2.00 m 92 212 THW Kiel 9 RW Tobias Reichmann 27 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.88 m 56 178 Vive Targi Kielce 10 RB Fabian Wiede 8 February 1994 (aged 22) 1.94 m 49 95 Füchse Berlin 12 GK Silvio Heinevetter 21 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.94 m 148 1 Füchse Berlin 13 P Hendrik Pekeler 2 July 1991 (aged 25) 2.03 m 62 90 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 RB Steffen Weinhold 19 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.91 m 93 243 THW Kiel 19 CB Martin Strobel 5 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.89 m 135 154 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 24 RW Patrick Groetzki 4 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.89 m 100 273 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 RB Kai Häfner 10 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.92 m 39 84 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33 GK Andreas Wolff 3 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.98 m 40 5 THW Kiel 35 LB Julius Kühn 1 April 1993 (aged 23) 1.98 m 21 76 VfL Gummersbach 47 LB Christian Dissinger 15 November 1991 (aged 24) 2.02 m 19 42 THW Kiel 95 CB Paul Drux 7 February 1995 (aged 21) 1.92 m 40 90 Füchse Berlin

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

References

1. "DHB schlägt Handballteam für die Olympischen Spiele vor" [DHB selects the handball team for the Olympics] (in German). German Handball Association. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
2. "Weinhold rückt für Groetzki in die deutsche Handballmannschaft" (in German). German Handball Association. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile