On Thursday evening, the heated fight for the semi-final ticket begins for the German national handball team at the European Championships in Slovakia and Hungary. After the convincing group phase with three wins from three games, several top favorites are now waiting for the DHB selection from national coach Alfred Gislason. Where are Germany’s games broadcast on TV?
The German national team had to digest a lot of bad news in this European Championship tournament. No fewer than nine players from the DHB squad have had to go into quarantine after testing positive for the corona virus.
Julius Kühn was the first positive case in the German team, followed by his teammates Marcel Schiller, Till Klimpke, Andreas Wolff, Kai Häfner, Timo Kastening, Lukas Mertens, Luca Witzke and Hendrik Wagner.
Players can test themselves free from self-isolation by means of two negative PCR tests on the fifth day after infection at the earliest.
Germany’s handball elite will start the first main round game against defending champion Spain on Thursday evening (from 6 p.m.) with a completely different face.
Keeper Daniel Rebmann from Frisch Auf! Göppingen was nominated, as was left winger Patrick Zieker from TVB Stuttgart. Previously, goalkeeper oldie Johannes Bitter, left winger Rune Dahmke, pivot Sebastian Firnhaber and backcourt players Paul Drux and Fabian Wiede joined the team.
How strong is Germany in the European Handball Championship?
The German team surprised all along the line with the smooth 30:23 victory against the Poles after the team was so extremely battered in terms of personnel. Alfred Gislason’s squad is good as a team, as she proved this Tuesday evening at the latest.
But even the greatest team achievements have their limits. In the duels against the co-favorites Spain, Norway and Sweden, it will ultimately depend on individual class, which can make the difference at the top level of a European championship.
The German team will start as outsiders in all three encounters. The German selection should only be considered a slight favorite at the end of the main round against Russia.
Germany’s game plan for the European Handball Championship
The DHB team competed in the preliminary round group D, which took place entirely in Bratislava, Slovakia. Germany was able to win all the positions in Group D:
Friday January 14, 2022
6:00 p.m.: Germany – Belarus 33:29
Sunday 16 January 2022
6:00 p.m.: Germany – Austria 34:29
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
18:00: Poland – Germany 23:30
This appointment will continue in the next few days
Thursday, January 20, 2022
18:00: Germany – Spain
Friday, January 21, 2022
8:30 p.m .: Germany – Norway
Sunday 23 January 2022
18:00: Germany – Sweden
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
18:00: Germany – Russia
The handball championship will be broadcast here on TV and as a live stream
Again this year, the games with German participation will be broadcast on ARD and ZDF. Eurosport also shows selected top games without German participation. The broadcaster has secured up to 18 encounters.
All matches of the European Handball Championship in a complete package can be seen at sportdeutschland.tv. The EM subscription costs a one-off fee of 12.00 euros.
In addition, sport.de offers a comprehensive range of live tickers for the European Championship.
The other German games are shown on TV here:
January 20, Germany – Spain: ARD / sportschau.de and sportdeutschland.tv broadcast live, throw-off at 6:00 p.m
January 21, Germany – Norway: ZDF / sportstudio.de and sportdeutschland.tv broadcast live, throw-off at 8:30 p.m
January 23, Germany vs Sweden: ARD / sportschau.de and sportdeutschland.tv broadcast live, throw-off at 6:00 p.m
January 25, Germany vs. Russia: ZDF / sportstudio.de and sportdeutschland.tv broadcast live, throw-off at 6:00 p.m
By the way: The final of the European Handball Championship will take place on Sunday, January 30th at 6:00 p.m ZDF broadcast live.
The squad of the DHB team at the European Handball Championship
19 players were nominated by national coach Gislason for the tournament in Slovakia and Hungary, 16 of which can be used in the individual games. The German team at a glance:
Goal: Andreas Wolff (KS Vive Kielce/POL, in quarantine after corona infection), Till Klimpke (HSG Wetzlar, in quarantine after corona infection), Johannes Bitter (HSV Hamburg, nominated later), Daniel Rebmann (Frisch Auf Göppingen, nominated later)
Left Wing: Marcel Schiller (Frisch Auf Göppingen, in quarantine after corona infection), Lukas Mertens (SC Magdeburg, in quarantine after corona infection), Patrick Zieker (TVB Stuttgart, subsequently nominated)
Back room left: Julius Kühn (MT Melsungen, in quarantine after corona infection), Sebastian Heymann (Frisch Auf Göppingen), Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach), Hendrik Wagner (Eulen Ludwigshafen, subsequently nominated, in quarantine after corona infection), Paul Drux (Füchse Berlin , post-nominated)
Center back: Philipp Weber (SC Magdeburg), Luca Witzke (SC DHfK Leipzig, in quarantine after a corona infection), Simon Ernst (SC DHfK Leipzig), Rune Dahmke (THW Kiel, subsequently nominated)
back room right: Kai Häfner (MT Melsungen, in quarantine after corona infection), Djibril M’Bengue (FC Porto/POR), Christoph Steinert (HC Erlangen), Fabian Wiede (Füchse Berlin, subsequently nominated)
Right Wing: Timo Kastening (MT Melsungen, in quarantine after corona infection), Lukas Zerbe (TBV Lemgo)
Circle: Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Patrick Wiencek (THW Kiel), Sebastian Firnhaber (HC Erlangen, post-nominated)
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