Germany against France – All information about the cracking game of the European Handball Championship

On Tuesday the DHB team will meet favorite France at the European Championships. A game that is extremely important for the rest of the tournament. All Updates to the game here Live blog.

9:33 p.m

Häfner again against France

Left-hander Kai Häfner will return to the German handball team for the European Championship preliminary round final against France. The 2016 European champion became a father for the second time on Friday evening and initially did not travel to Berlin. Häfner was represented by U21 world champion Nils Lichtlein for the second victory in the second European Championship game. National coach Alfred Gislason has to remove one player from his 17-man squad up to an hour before the start of the game.

19:30 o’clock

Main round group II stands

While the exact field of participants in the German main round group will not be determined until tomorrow, facts have already been established in Group II. After the Faroe Islands lost to Poland earlier in the evening, it is clear: Slovenia and Norway will qualify for the intermediate round in Hamburg. After the second match day, Sweden and the Netherlands from Group E as well as Denmark and Portugal from Group F were already safely ahead. The exact rankings will be determined in the evening when those six teams meet in direct duels.

7:26 p.m

The German handball players are looking forward to the cracker

The night’s rest after the win against North Macedonia was shorter than planned for the German handball players. Nevertheless, the DHB team is looking forward to the game against France and would like to achieve a good starting position.

7:10 p.m

Only evening games in the main round

One opponent in the main round group I, which will be played in Cologne, has already been determined: Hungary. It is still unclear when the games will take place. The German Handball Association (DHB) announced on Monday that all games would take place in the evening. Kick-off is either at 6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. In the main round there are three games played every day, at 3:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

6:07 p.m

Germany is entering the hot phase

The DHB team’s two appearances at the home European Championship were very convincing – but none of that counts against France anymore. Sportschau reporter Robin Tillenburg, who accompanies the team through the tournament, has written down why the main round is already starting and how you can crack the French.

4:30 p.m

Game against France live everywhere on the sports show

On TV, in the live stream and in the full radio report or in the live ticker. You can follow the important preliminary round game between the German handball players on Tuesday evening (January 16, 2024, 8:30 p.m.) against France at the Sportschau in all of these ways.

3:54 p.m

matchdaypress conference only digital due to traffic conditions

Because of the farmers’ protests and the resulting potentially tense traffic situation in Berlin, the DHB only offered its matchday press conference digitally from the team hotel this time. For the French, everything took place on site – and the ARD reporters also successfully made it to the hotel.

3:46 p.m

Points against France mean a top starting position in the main round

If the German team were to win against France, they would definitely take two points into the main round. If she loses, she will start the remaining four games in Berlin without a point and will probably not allow herself a defeat to reach the semi-finals. That’s why this third preliminary round game is so important for the Germans, even though they’ve already secured their place in the main round. Sports director Axel Kromer also says: The European Championships are only just beginning now.