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 The 2025 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 29th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025. This edition marked the first time the world cha ...

. 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 Vlado Stenzel ( Croatian: Vlado Štencl; born 23 May 1934) is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper and coach. He won the 1972 Summer Olympics gold medal with Yugoslavia and the 1978 World Championship with West Germany. His wife's name is Dia ...

* 1982–1987 Simon Schobel * 1987–1989

Petre Ivănescu Petre Ivănescu (15 April 1936 – 1 April 2022) was a Romanian handball player and coach who played for CS Dinamo București (handball), Dinamo București and for the Romania men's national handball team, Romania national team. Coach Team ...

* 1989–1992Horst Bredemeier * 1992–1993 Armin Emrich * 1993–1996 Arno Ehret * 1997–2011

Heiner Brand Heiner Brand (born 26 July 1952) is a German former handball player and coach. He was the Germany national team coach from 1997 to 2011. He is the only person who has won the world handball championship both as a player (in 1978) and as a coac ...

* 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