German men's national handball team

Germany

Association	DHB
confederacy	EHF
Outfitter	puma
Trainer	Alfreð Gíslason
Assistant coach	Erik Wudtke
Team captain	Uwe Gensheimer
Most goals	Frank-Michael Wahl : 1412 (including 1338 for the GDR)
Most games	Frank-Michael Wahl : 344 (including 313 for the GDR)
home Away
Balance sheet
1406 games 852 wins 133 draws 421 defeats
statistics
First international field handball match : Germany 3-6 Austria , September 13, 1925, Halle (Saale) Indoor handball: German Reich 11-3 Denmark February 5, 1938, Germany
Highest victory Germany 46: 4 Luxembourg February 27, 1958, Berlin , GDR
Biggest defeat by the German Empire 10:28 am Sweden January 6, 1942, Gothenburg , Sweden
Olympic games
Participation	10 of 13 (First: 1936 )
best result	Olympic Champion 1936 (field) Olympic Champion 1980 - GDR (Halle)
Handball world championship
Participation	23 of 26 (First: 1938 )
best result	World champion 1938 , 1952 , 1955 , 1959 , 1963 - GDR, 1966 (field) World champion 1938 , 1978 , 2007 (hall)
European handball championship
Participation	11 of 12 (First: 1994 )
best result	European Champion 2004 , 2016
(As of January 25, 2020)

The German men's national handball team represents the German Handball Federation (DHB) as a selection team at international level in international matches against teams from other national associations. The national coach nominates the squad .

The German team is one of the most successful handball teams in the world with eight titles in world championships (2 × 1938, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1978, 2007; six of them in field handball world championships ) and two titles in European championships (2004, 2016). Furthermore, the gold medal was won at the Olympic Games in 1936, the silver medal in 1984 and 2004 and the bronze medal in 2016 . In 1978 and 2007 the men's national handball team was voted Team of the Year . Alfreð Gíslason has been national coach since February 6, 2020 .

During the years when Germany was divided, the GDR men's national handball team represented the GDR at international matches and tournaments. They won gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics and was the most successful team in the Baltic Cup .

Participation in competitions

Olympic games

The German national handball team has qualified ten times for the Summer Olympics . For the first time handball was played at the Olympic Summer Games in 1936 - it was the only tournament that was played in field handball . It was not until 1972 that handball was reintroduced as an indoor sport as an Olympic sport. In 1980 they did not take part in the Summer Olympics because the National Olympic Committee for Germany decided to boycott them. In 1988 and 2012 you could not qualify for the tournament. You could not qualify for the Olympic Summer Games in 1984 either, but were allowed to move up due to the boycott of the former Eastern Bloc countries and won the silver medal. So far, the ten participations have reached the final three times and won one gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

At the Summer Olympics from 1972 to 1988, two German teams competed in the tournaments. For the placements of the GDR national team at world championships, see GDR men's national handball team .

year	venue	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1936 A	Berlin	Finals	Austria	gold medal	Hans Theilig was the top scorer.
1972	Munich	Play for 5th place	Soviet Union	6th place
1976	Montreal	3rd place match	Poland	4th Place
1980	Moscow	-	-	not participated	The (West) German team did not take part in the tournament due to the boycott of the National Olympic Committee .
1984	los Angeles	final	Yugoslavia	Silver medal	The (West) German team did not qualify for the tournament, but due to the boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries at the time , they were still able to participate and won the silver medal for the first time.
1988	Seoul	-	-	not qualified
1992	Barcelona	Play for 9th place	Czechoslovakia	10th place
1996	Atlanta	Game for 7th place	Switzerland	7th place
2000	Sydney	Play for 5th place	France	5th place
2004	Athens	final	Croatia	Silver medal	Henning Fritz as goalkeeper and Christian Schwarzer as circle runner were elected to the All-Star-Team.
2008	Beijing	Group stage	Denmark	9th place
2012	London	-	-	not qualified
2016	Rio de Janeiro	3rd place match	Poland	Bronze medal	Uwe Gensheimer was chosen as the left winger in the All-Star-Team.

^A.The field handball competition was held for the first time and for the last time .

World championships in field handball

German national handball teams took part in six of the seven field handball world championships held up to 1966 and were always able to win the title.

For the placements of the GDR national team at field handball world championships, see also the GDR men's national handball team .

year	Host country	final	Result	Comments and special features
1938	German Empire	German Empire 23: 0 Switzerland	World Champion
1948	France	not eligible		After the Second World War, no new handball association had been founded to represent Germany at the IHF.
1952	Switzerland	FRG 19: 8 Sweden	World Champion
1955	FRG	FRG 25:13 Switzerland	World Champion
1959	Austria	Germany 14:11 Romania	World Champion	Participation with an all-German team under the DHB trainer Werner Vick .
1963	Switzerland	GDR 14: 7 FRG	2nd place
1966	Austria	FRG 15:15 GDR	World Champion	The selection of the FRG won because of their better goal difference of +51 goals.

World championships

The German national handball team has so far qualified for a world championship 21 times . Only in 1990 and 1997 could not qualify for the tournament. You could not qualify for the 2015 World Cup either, but you could still take part in the tournament thanks to a wildcard. Of the 21 participations, the final five times has been reached and this has been decided three times.

In 1958 and 1961, an all-German team started under the then DHB trainer Werner Vick . At the world championships from 1964 to 1990, however, two German teams competed in the world championships. For the placements of the GDR national team at world championships, see also the GDR men's national handball team .

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1938	German Empire	final	Sweden	World Champion	Hans Theilig was the top scorer.
1954	Sweden	final	Sweden	2nd place	Otto Maychrzak was the top scorer. The best player of the tournament was Bernhard Kempa .
1958	GDR	3rd place match	Denmark	3rd place	Participation with an all-German team under the DHB trainer Werner Vick .
1961	FRG	3rd place match	Sweden	4th Place	Participation with an all-German team under the DHB trainer Werner Vick .
1964	Czechoslovakia	3rd place match	Czechoslovakia	4th Place
1967	Sweden	Play for 5th place	Sweden	6th place	Herbert Lübking and Hans-Günther Schmidt were top scorer.
1970	France	Play for 5th place	Sweden	5th place
1974	GDR	Placement round	Bulgaria	9th place
1978	Denmark	final	Soviet Union	World Champion	For the first time after the Second World War, the national team won the world championship title.
1982	FRG	Game for 7th place	Spain	7th place
1986	Switzerland	Game for 7th place	Denmark	7th place
1990	Czechoslovakia	-	-	not qualified
1993	Sweden	Play for 5th place	Spain	6th place
1995	Iceland	3rd place match	Sweden	4th Place	Andreas Thiel was chosen as the goalkeeper in the All-Star-Team.
1997	Japan	-	-	not qualified
1999	Egypt	Play for 5th place	France	5th place
2001	France	Game for 7th place	Ukraine	8th place
2003	Portugal	final	Croatia	2nd place	The best player of the tournament was Christian Schwarzer . He was also elected to the All-Star Team with goalkeeper Henning Fritz .
2005	Tunisia	Play for 9th place	Czech Republic	9th place
2007	Germany	final	Poland	World Champion	The world championship was described in the German media as a "winter fairy tale" and later filmed as Project Gold . Henning Fritz as the goalkeeper and Michael Kraus as the back center were elected to the All-Star-Team.
2009	Croatia	Play for 5th place	Hungary	5th place
2011	Sweden	Game for 11th place	Argentina	11th place	The game ended after the second extra time 40:35 .
2013	Spain	Quarter finals	Spain	5th place
2015	Qatar	Game for 7th place	Slovenia	7th place	Germany moved up as a participant thanks to a wildcard .
2017	France	Round of 16	Qatar	9th place	Germany qualified as European champions in 2016 .
2019	Denmark / Germany	3rd place match	France	4th Place	Fabian Wiede was chosen as the right back space in the All-Star-Team.

European championships

The German national handball team qualified twelve times for a European championship . They reached the final three times and won the European Championship for the first time in 2004 under coach Heiner Brand . Only in 2014 did she miss qualification for the tournament under coach Martin Heuberger .

At the 2016 European Championships, the youngest of the participating teams competed and had to do without captain Uwe Gensheimer , Patrick Groetzki , Michael Allendorf and Patrick Wiencek due to injury . In the main round match against Russia , captain Steffen Weinhold and Christian Dissinger were injured and had to be replaced by Kai Häfner and Julius Kühn . In the final in front of 15,000 spectators in the Tauron Arena in Krakow on January 31, 2016 in Krakow, with a 24:17 against Spain, the European championship title was secured for the second time.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1994	Portugal	Play for 9th place	Slovenia	9th place
1996	Spain	Game for 7th place	France	8th place	Thomas Knorr was the top scorer.
1998	Italy	3rd place match	Russia	3rd place	The best player of the tournament was left backcourt player Daniel Stephan . He was also elected to the all-star team with left winger Stefan Kretzschmar .
2000	Croatia	Play for 9th place	Denmark	9th place
2002	Sweden	final	Sweden	2nd place	Daniel Stephan was chosen as the back center in the All-Star-Team.
2004	Slovenia	final	Slovenia	European champion	Henning Fritz as the goalkeeper and Volker Zerbe as the back space on the right were elected to the All-Star-Team.
2006	Switzerland	Play for 5th place	Russia	5th place
2008	Norway	3rd place match	France	4th Place	Florian Kehrmann was chosen as the right winger in the All-Star team.
2010	Austria	Main round	-	10th place
2012	Serbia	Main round	-	7th place	Christian Sprenger was selected as the right winger in the All-Star team.
2014	Denmark	not qualified			For the first time, the German team could not qualify for a European championship.
2016	Poland	final	Spain	European champion	Andreas Wolff as goalkeeper and Tobias Reichmann as right winger were elected to the All-Star-Team.
2018	Croatia	Main round	-	9th place
2020	Norway Austria Sweden	Play for 5th place	Portugal	5th place	Hendrik Pekeler was voted best defensive player.
2024	Germany			qualified	For the first time, Germany is hosting a European Championship.

Baltic Cup

• Ostseepokal 1968: DHB not partially, DHV 4.
• Ostseepokal 1969: DHB not partially, DHV winner
• Ostseepokal 1970: DHB not partially, DHV A winner , DHV B 5th place
• Ostseepokal 1971: DHB 3rd place, DHV winner
• Ostseepokal 1972: DHB 2nd place, DHV 3rd place
• Ostseepokal 1973: DHB 3rd place, DHV A 3rd place, DHV B 6th place
• Baltic Sea Cup 1974: DHB 4th place, DHV winner
• Ostseepokal 1976: DHB 5th place, DHV 2nd place
• Ostseepokal 1977: DHB 4th place, DHV A winner , DHV B 7th place
• Ostseepokal 1979: DHB 2nd place, DHV winner
• Ostseepokal 1980: DHB A 3rd place, DHB B 4th place, DHV 2nd place
• Ostseepokal 1981: DHB 4th place, DHV winner
• Ostseepokal 1985: DHB partial, DHV 3rd place
• Ostseepokal 1986: DHB not partially, DHV winner
• Ostseepokal 1987: DHB 3rd place, DHV 2nd place
• Ostseepokal 1989: DHB A 2nd place, DHB B 5th place, DHV 3rd place

World cup

• World Cup 1971: DHB partial, DHV 6th place
• World Cup 1974: DHB not part, DHV 3rd place
• World Cup 1979: DHB 6th place, DHV 3rd place
• World Cup 1984: DHB 8th place, DHV 6th place
• World Cup 1988: DHB 2nd place, DHV winner
• World Cup 1992: n. Part.
• World Cup 1996: 5th place
• World Cup 1999: Winner
• World Cup 2002: 3rd place
• World Cup 2006: 3rd place
• World Cup 2008: 5th place
• World Cup 2010: not part.

Supercup

• Supercup 1979: DHB winner , DHV not partially
• Supercup 1981: DHB 2nd place, DHV not partially
• Supercup 1983: DHB 8th place (last), DHV 7th place
• Supercup 1985: DHB 3rd place, DHV 2nd place
• Supercup 1987: DHB winner , DHV 3rd place
• Supercup 1989: DHB A 6th place, DHB B 8th place (last), DHV 2nd place
• Supercup 1991: 4th place
• Supercup 1993: 2nd place
• Supercup 1995: 2nd place
• Supercup 1998: winner
• Supercup 1999: 5th place
• Supercup 2001: Winner
• Supercup 2003: 2nd place
• Supercup 2005: 6th place (last)
• Supercup 2007: 3rd place
• Supercup 2009: Winner
• Supercup 2011: 4th place (last)
• Supercup 2013: Winner
• Supercup 2015: Winner

Current

International matches

→ Main article : List of international matches for the German men's national handball team

The games of the last twelve months are listed with the results from a German perspective as well as planned international matches.

date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
09 Mar 2019	27:29 (10: 9)	Switzerland	H	Dusseldorf		The debut of Kastening , Golla , Heymann a . Rudeck
10 Apr 2019	26:18 (13:10)	Poland	A.	Gliwice	EM 2020 qualification
13 Apr 2019	29:24 (16:16)	Poland	H	Halle (Westphalia)	EM 2020 qualification
June 12, 2019	40:25 (19:14)	Israel	A.	Tel Aviv-Jaffa	EM 2020 qualification	Debut of Klimpke u. Büdel
June 16, 2019	28:17 (16: 5)	Kosovo	H	Nuremberg	EM 2020 qualification
23 Oct 2019	26:25 (13:12)	Croatia	A.	Zagreb ( CRO )
Oct. 26, 2019	24:23 (11:13)	Croatia	H	Hanover		Stutzke's debut
0Jan. 4, 2020	33:25 (16:13)	Iceland	H	Mannheim		Debut of Schmidt a . Zieker
0Jan. 6, 2020	32:28 (15:14)	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )
0Jan. 9, 2020	34:23 (15:13)	Netherlands	*	Trondheim ( NOR )	EM 2020 preliminary round
Jan. 11, 2020	26:33 (11:14)	Spain	*	Trondheim ( NOR )	EM 2020 preliminary round
Jan. 13, 2020	28:27 (16:11)	Latvia	*	Trondheim ( NOR )	EM 2020 preliminary round
Jan. 16, 2020	31:23 (18:11)	Belarus	*	Vienna ( AUT )	EM 2020 main round
Jan. 18, 2020	24:25 (14:11)	Croatia	*	Vienna ( AUT )	EM 2020 main round
Jan. 20, 2020	34:22 (16:13)	Austria	A.	Vienna ( AUT )	EM 2020 main round
Jan. 22, 2020	26:22 (13:10)	Czech Republic	*	Vienna ( AUT )	EM 2020 main round
Jan 25, 2020	29:27 (14:13)	Portugal	*	Stockholm ( SWE )	Euro 2020 game for 5th place
	-: - (- :-)	Netherlands	H	Magdeburg
	-: - (- :-)	Sweden	H	Berlin	Olympic qualification
	-: - (- :-)	Slovenia	H	Berlin	Olympic qualification
	-: - (- :-)	Algeria	H	Berlin	Olympic qualification

Squad

Squad for the EM 2020 (as of the international matches: January 16, 2020)

No.	Surname	birthday	position	logo	society	LS	Gates	T / S
33	Andreas Wolff	March 3, 1991	TW		PGE Vive Kielce	096	011	0.1
01	Johannes Bitter	2nd September 1982	TW		TBV Stuttgart	150	001	0
03	Uwe Gensheimer	October 26, 1986	LA		Rhine-Neckar lion	180	857	4.8
04th	Johannes Golla	November 5, 1997	KR		SG Flensburg-Handewitt	007th	016	2.3
07th	Patrick Wiencek	March 22, 1989	KR		THW Kiel	142	295	2.1
09	Tobias Reichmann	May 27, 1988	RA		MT Melsungen	087	275	3.2
13	Hendrik Pekeler	2nd July 1991	KR		THW Kiel	106	177	1.7
20th	Philipp Weber	15th September 1992	RM		SC DHfK Leipzig	027	071	2.6
22nd	Marian Michalczik	February 1, 1997	RL		GWD Minden	018th	019th	1.1
25th	Kai Häfner	July 10, 1989	RR		MT Melsungen	086	184	2.1
35	Julius Kühn	April 1, 1993	RL		MT Melsungen	058	183	3.2
38	Fabian Boehm	June 24, 1989	RL		TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	036	079	2.2
48	Jannik Kohlbacher	July 19, 1995	KR		Rhine-Neckar lion	070	144	2.1
73	Timo Kastening	June 25, 1995	RA		TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	010	031	3.1
77	David Schmidt	October 19, 1993	RR		TBV Stuttgart	005	005	1
93	Patrick Zieker	December 13, 1993	LA		TBV Stuttgart	009	0015th	1.7
95	Paul Drux	February 7, 1995	RL		Foxes Berlin	087	168	1.9
in the 28-man squad
12	Silvio Heinevetter	October 21, 1984	TW		Foxes Berlin	192	003	0
44	Dario Quenstedt	September 22, 1989	TW		THW Kiel	015th	001	0.1
06th	Finn Lemke	April 30, 1992	RL		MT Melsungen	078	027	0.3
10	Fabian Wiede *	February 8, 1994	RR		Foxes Berlin	079	150	1.9
17th	Steffen Weinhold *	July 19, 1986	RR		THW Kiel	125	298	2.4
18th	Tim Kneule	August 18, 1986	RM		Fresh on Göppingen	030th	044	1.5
24	Patrick Groetzki	4th July 1989	RA		Rhine-Neckar lion	145	368	2.5
26th	Maximilian Janke	February 28, 1993	RL		SC DHfK Leipzig	007th	001	0.1
32	Franz Semper *	5th July 1997	RR		SC DHfK Leipzig	013	028	2.2
52	Marcel Schiller	August 15, 1991	LA		Fresh on Göppingen	007th	024	3.4
	Luca Witzke	April 3, 1999	RM		SC DHfK Leipzig	000	000

^* Cancellation for EM

Record player

See also : German men's national handball team / statistics

Record goal scorers

The German Handball Federation lists several national handball players from the GDR in its statistics, so these statistics may differ.

rank	Surname	Gates	Games	Goals / game	First game	Last game	Title won
01	Christian Schwarzer	965	318	3.0	Nov 21, 1989	Aug 18, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004, MVP WM 2003
02	Uwe Gensheimer	864	184	4.7	Nov 25, 2005	still active
03	Florian Kehrmann	822	223	3.7	0Apr 6, 1997	Aug 18, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004
04th	Stefan Kretzschmar	817	218	3.7	0Oct 8, 1993	Oct 19, 2004
05	Jochen Fraatz	809	185	4.4	June 29, 1983	unknown
06th	Volker Zerbe	777	284	2.7	May 30, 1987	Oct 19, 2004	European champion 2004
07th	Markus Baur	712	228	3.1	0Aug 4, 1994	Jan. 27, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004
08th	Herbert Lübking	650 A	139	4.7	Jan. 20, 1962	unknown	World Champion 1966
09	Martin Schwalb	594	193	3.1	June 29, 1983	0June 7, 1998
10	Daniel Stephan	590	183	3.2	May 14, 1994	Nov 17, 2004	European Champion 2004, MVP EM 1998
11	Holger Glandorf	583	170	3.4	0Jan. 4, 2003	Jan. 22, 2016	World Champion 2007

^A. including 118 goals in 21 field handball games

Most missions

The German Handball Federation lists several national handball players from the GDR in its statistics, so these statistics may differ.

rank	Surname	Games	Gates	Goals / game	First game	Last game	Title won
01	Klaus-Dieter Petersen	340	253	0.7	Nov 21, 1989	Oct 19, 2004	European champion 2004
02	Christian Schwarzer	318	965	3.0	Nov 21, 1989	Aug 18, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004, MVP WM 2003
03	Volker Zerbe	284	777	2.7	May 30, 1987	Oct 19, 2004	European champion 2004
04th	Andreas Thiel	257	0	0.0	Oct. 24, 1980	0Aug 3, 1996
05	Henning Fritz	235	0	0.0	0Nov 4, 1994	Aug 18, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004
06th	Jan Holpert	228	0	0.0	0Apr 1, 1990	Nov 26, 2002
	Markus Baur	228	712	3.1	0Aug 4, 1994	Jan. 27, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004
08th	Florian Kehrmann	223	822	3.7	0Apr 6, 1997	Aug 18, 2008	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004
09	Carsten Lichtlein	220	1	0.0	Nov 27, 2001	still active	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004 and 2016
010	Stefan Kretzschmar	218	817	3.7	0Oct 8, 1993	Oct 19, 2004
011	Oliver Roggisch	204	48	0.2	15th Mar 2002	03rd June 2014	World Champion 2007
012	Pascal Hens	199	565	2.8	13 Mar 2001	Jan 25, 2012	World Champion 2007, European Champion 2004

National coach

→ See also: National coach (German Handball Federation)

• Carl Schelenz (September 13, 1925 to August 28, 1932)
• Otto Kaundinya (August 26, 1934 to June 9, 1940)
• Carl Schelenz (June 9, 1940 to October 18, 1942)
• Fritz Fromm (January 1, 1951 to June 30, 1955)
• Werner Vick (July 1, 1955 to September 30, 1972)
• Horst Käsler (October 1, 1972 to June 30, 1974)
• Vlado Stenzel (July 1, 1974 to April 20, 1982)
• Simon Schobel (April 21, 1982 to March 6, 1987)
• Petre Ivănescu (March 7, 1987 to February 28, 1989)
• Horst Bredemeier (March 1, 1989 to August 7, 1992)
• Armin Emrich (August 8, 1992 to May 31, 1993)
• Arno Ehret (June 1, 1993 to December 31, 1996)
• Heiner Brand (January 1, 1997 to July 5, 2011)
• Martin Heuberger (July 5, 2011 to June 30, 2014)
• Dagur Sigurðsson (September 15, 2014 to January 31, 2017)
• Christian Prokop (March 1, 2017 to February 6, 2020)
• Alfreð Gíslason (since February 6, 2020)

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  Vlado Stenzel

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  Petre Ivănescu

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  Horst Bredemeier

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  Armin Emrich

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  Heiner Brand

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  Martin Heuberger

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  Dagur Sigurðsson

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  Christian Prokop

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  Alfreð Gíslason

Jerseys, suppliers and sponsors

Home shirt

Away shirt

By 1980 Adidas took over the equipment of the handball national team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Then there were various other suppliers such as Puma , Hummel and Nike . From 2004 to 2008 there was an equipment contract with Kempa . For the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , Adidas took over the equipment of all national teams again until the beginning of 2013. Since summer 2013, the current supplier of the DHB has been called Kempa again . Since June 2015, the national teams have also been equipped with Rehband .

In contrast to national soccer teams, national handball teams have their own shirt sponsors. The main sponsor of the German team was the company KiK Textildiscount for four weeks during the World Cup in January 2009 . No main sponsor could be found in the following months. It was only from January 2010 to the end of 2012 that the energy supplier Goldgas was able to be won as the main sponsor. From January 2013 to June 2014 getgoods.de was the main sponsor on the jerseys. AOK has been the official main sponsor since June 2014 . Toyota , the former name sponsor of the Handball Bundesliga , also advertises on the sleeves .

From the QS Supercup in November 2007, the Hamburg-Mannheimer , later under the new name ERGO Group , was represented on the back of the jersey - below the shirt number . Another sponsor is the Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) auf den Hosen.

Nickname

During the European Championship 2016 , the team was referred to as Bad Boys in the media and messages on social media were tagged with the hashtag #badboys . The name is based on a comparison to the tough, but not unfair style of play, the Detroit Pistons , desired by coach Dagur Sigurðsson .

See also

• German Handball Federation
• Handball in Germany
• Men's national handball team of the GDR
• Project gold
• List of international matches for the German men's national handball team

Web links

Commons : German men's national handball team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• DHB - national teams - men

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} appearances of the male national players. DHB, accessed on June 24, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Deutscher Handballbund and adidas sign equipment contract. handball-world.com, April 1, 2008, accessed June 24, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Rehband becomes DHB supplier. DHB, June 19, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 . 
4. ↑ German Handball Federation is looking for a new main sponsor . In: Sponsors . Edition January 2013, p. 9 .
5. ↑ Million deal with AOK: DHB presents new main sponsor. Die Zeit, June 3, 2014, accessed on June 24, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Defense chief with two pages. Schwäbisches Tagblatt, January 22, 2016, accessed on January 31, 2016 .