Translate to English Germany wins against Portugal 32:30

Kiel/Herning. That was a game to hold your breath – and quite a feat for the German team. Germany beat Portugal 32:30. At halftime the score was 11:11 in the DHB selection’s first game in the European Handball Championship main round. Things remained close in the second half of the game, with neither team able to break away significantly. You can read the game Germany vs. Portugal again here in the Handball European Championship live ticker.

Handball European Championship live ticker: Germany against Portugal

Die Handball-EM 2026 will be held in three countries. The tournament will take place in Denmark, Sweden and Norway and runs until February 1st. A total of 24 nations took part in the handball tournament. Twelve teams qualify for the main round.

Germany’s schedule for the European Handball Championships:

Preliminary round

Main round

• Thursday, January 22nd, 3:30 p.m.: Germany vs. Portugal
• Saturday, January 24th, 8:30 p.m.: Germany vs. Norway
• Monday, January 26th, 8:30 p.m.: Germany vs. Denmark
• Wednesday, January 28th, 6 p.m.: Germany vs. France

Broadcast of the 2026 European Handball Championship live on TV

All German games at the 2026 European Handball Championship will be shown alternately on free TV and in a live stream between ARD and ZDF. The public broadcasters are also showing more than 30 other games from the Men’s Handball European Championship in a live stream sportschau.de, sportstudio.de, ZDFheute.de and the media libraries of ARD and ZDF. In addition, it shows Streaming service Dyn all games of the European Handball Championship on its platform.

The games of German handball players in the main round will be broadcast as follows: The game between Germany and Portugal will be on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. on ARD. ZDF has secured the rights for the duel against Norway on Saturday evening. And ARD will broadcast the new edition of the final of the Olympic Games between Germany and Denmark on Monday evening from 8:30 p.m. ZDF will take over again on Wednesday when the main round comes to a close against France.

Handball European Championship 2026: Germany squad

National coach Alfred Gislason nominated 18 players for the DHB squad and the 2026 European Handball Championships in Denmark, Norway and Sweden:

• Tor: Andreas Wolff (Tw kiel), David Späth (Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
• Backspace: Tom Kiesler (VfL Gummersbach), Miro Schluroff (VfL Gummersbach), Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach), Juri Knorr (Aalborg Handbold), Matthes Langhoff (Füchse Berlin), Nils Lichtlein (Füchse Berlin), Franz Semper (SC DHfK Leipzig), Renars Uscins (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), Marko Grgic (ThSV Eisenach)
• Outside: Rune Dahmke (THW Kiel), Lukas Mertens (SC Magdeburg), Mathis Häseler (VfL Gummersbach), Lukas Zerbe (THW Kiel)
• Circulator: Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Justus Fischer (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), Jannik Kohlbacher (Rhein-Neckar Löwen)

Groups at the 2026 European Handball Championship

Germany secured group victory in Group A with their success against Spain. The remaining groups at the 2026 European Handball Championship in the preliminary round are:

• Group A: Germany, Austria, Serbia, Spain
• Group B: Denmark, Portugal, North Macedonia, Romania
• Group C: France, Czech Republic, Norway, Ukrainians
• Group D: Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Switzerland, Slovenia
• Group E: Georgia, Croatia, Netherlands, Sweden
• Group F: Iceland, Italy, Poland, Hungary

Tickets for the Handball World Cup 2025

Tickets for the 2026 Men’s Handball European Championship can be purchased via the official DHB-Ticketshop, Eventim and the official EHF page be acquired.

Venues at the 2026 European Handball Championships

The 2026 European Men’s Handball Championship will take place from January 15th to February 1st in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. There are a total of four venues in the three countries where the European Handball Championship takes place live. The venues for the 2026 European Handball Championships are:

• Herning (Denmark): Jyske Bank Boxes with a capacity of 15,000 spectators, where German games such as Germany against Spain are currently being played.
• Oslo (Norway): Unity Arena with a capacity of 8000 spectators.
• Malmo (Sweden): The 12,000-seat Malmö Arena.
• Kristianstad (Sweden): Kristianstad Arena with a capacity of 5000 seats.

The six preliminary round groups were played at these four venues for the European Handball Championship. The two main round groups take place in Herning and Malmö. The semi-finals, the final and the placement games for fifth and third places also take place in Herning. The German team only plays in Herning.

This article is continuously updated with current data on the European Handball Championships. You will find a detailed live ticker for all German games here, in which you can follow the current games of the German handball players.

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