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

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and two

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Honours

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

World Championship

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

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penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

.'' :''**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. Head coach: Alfreð Gíslason

History of coaches

* 1925–1933Carl Schelenz * 1934–1939Otto Günther Kaundinya * 1940–1945Carl Schelenz * 1946–1955 Fritz Fromm * 1955–1972Werner Vick * 1972–1974 Horst Käsler * 1974–1982 Vlado Stenzel * 1982–1987 Simon Schobel * 1987–1989 Petre Ivănescu * 1989–1992Horst Bredemeier * 1992–1993 Armin Emrich * 1993–1996 Arno Ehret * 1997–2011 Heiner Brand * 2011–2014 Martin Heuberger * 2014–2017

Dagur Sigurðsson Dagur Sigurðsson (born 3 April 1973) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian men's national team. He spent his career playing for clubs in Iceland, ...

* 2017–2020 Christian Prokop * 2020–present Alfreð Gíslason

References

External links

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IHF profile
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Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf