Handball European Championship 2026 schedule: The games of the European Handball Championships

Germany on a title mission

The schedule for the 2026 European Handball Championship

Germany finally wants to win a big title again at the European Handball Championships. This is the game plan for the tournament.

When the European Handball Championship takes place in Denmark, Sweden and Norway from January 15th to February 1st, the German national handball team also wants to attack again at the 2026 European Handball Championship. The DHB selection has been waiting for a major international title for ten years now.

National coach Alfreð Gíslason wants to emulate his Icelandic compatriot Dagur Sigurðsson, who led the German team to the European Championship title in 2016, and end the German title drought. With the silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games, he and his team were already very close.

Now the next step is to follow at the 2026 European Handball Championships. In order to achieve this goal, however, the DHB team has to overcome some difficult tasks, because Germany’s path to the final at the European Handball Championship could include some hammerless games.

Nevertheless, the DHB team wants to compete at the European Men’s Handball Championship with a quick-witted team. The national coach nominated the following players for the DHB squad at the 2026 European Handball Championship:

Goal: David Späth (Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel)

Left wing: Rune Dahmke (THW Kiel), Lukas Mertens (SC Magdeburg)

Back area left: Marko Grgić (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Tom Kiesler (VfL Gummersbach), Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach), Matthes Langhoff (Füchse Berlin), Miro Schluroff (VfL Gummersbach)

Back center: Nils Lichtlein (Füchse Berlin), Juri Knorr (Aalborg Handbold)

Back area right: Franz Semper (SC DHfK Leipzig), Renārs Uščins (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf)

Right wing: Mathis Häseler (VfL Gummersbach), Lukas Zerbe (THW Kiel)

Circle: Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Justus Fischer (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), Jannik Kohlbacher (Rhein-Neckar Löwen)

6:00 p.m.: Spain vs. Serbia (Herning, Denmark)
6:00 p.m.: France vs. Czech Republic (Oslo, Norway)
8.30 p.m.: Germany vs. Austria (Herning, Denmark)
8.30 p.m.: Norway vs. Ukraine (Oslo, Norway)

6:00 p.m.: Iceland vs. Italy (Kristianstad, Sweden)
6:00 p.m.: Portugal vs. Romania (Herning, Denmark)
6:00 p.m.: Slovenia vs. Montenegro (Oslo, Norway)
8.30 p.m.: Faroe Islands vs. Switzerland (Oslo, Norway)
8.30 p.m.: Hungary vs. Poland (Kristianstad, Sweden)
8.30 p.m.: Denmark vs. North Macedonia (Herning, Denmark)

6:00 p.m.: Croatia vs. Georgia (Malmo, Sweden)
6:00 p.m.: Austria vs. Spain (Herning, Denmark)
6:00 p.m.: Ukraine vs. France (Oslo, Norway)
8.30 p.m.: Sweden vs. Netherlands (Malmö, Sweden)
8.30 p.m.: Serbia vs. Germany (Herning, Denmark)
8.30 p.m.: Czech Republic vs. Norway (Oslo, Norway)

6:00 p.m.: Montenegro vs. Faroe Islands (Oslo, Norway)
6:00 p.m.: North Macedonia vs. Portugal (Herning, Denmark)
6:00 p.m.: Poland vs. Iceland (Kristianstad, Sweden)
8.30 p.m.: Switzerland vs. Slovenia (Oslo, Norway)
8.30 p.m.: Romania vs. Denmark (Herning. Denmark)
8.30 p.m.: Italy vs. Hungary (Kristianstad, Sweden)

6:00 p.m.: Austria vs. Serbia (Herning, Denmark)
6:00 p.m.: Netherlands vs. Croatia (Malmö, Sweden)
6:00 p.m.: Czech Republic vs. Ukraine (Oslo, Norway)
8:30 p.mr: Germany vs. Spain (Herning, Denmark)
8.30 p.m.: Georgia vs. Sweden (Malmö, Sweden)
8.30 p.m.: France vs. Norway (Oslo, Austria)