Translate to English Live ticker for the European Championship semi-finals: Germany against Croatia today

Kiel/Herning. Main round mastered, semi-final goal achieved: The German national handball team is now playing for a place in the final at the European Handball Championships. In the first semi-final, coach Alfred Gislason’s team will face Croatia on Friday – the team that Germany beat in two test matches before the European Championship. You’ll find out whether this will work again in the European Championship semi-finals in Herning today from 5:45 p.m here in the live ticker.

Handball European Championship live ticker: Germany vs. Croatia today

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 qualified for the main round.

The finals of the 2026 European Handball Championship

Semi-final 1: Germany vs. Croatia (Friday, January 30th, 5:45 p.m.)

Semi-final 2: Denmark vs. Iceland (Friday, January 30, 8:30 p.m.)

Game for 3rd place: Sunday, February 1st, 3:15 p.m

Finale: Sunday, February 1st, 6 p.m

Germany’s schedule for the 2026 European Handball Championships:

Preliminary round

Main round

• Thursday, January 22nd, 3:30 p.m.: Deutschland vs. Portugal 32:30
• Saturday, January 24th, 8:30 p.m.: Germany vs. Norway, 30:28
• Monday, January 26th, 8:30 p.m.: Germany vs. Denmark, 26:31
• Wednesday, January 28th, 6 p.m.: Germany vs. France, 38:34

Semifinals

• Friday, January 30th, 5:45 p.m.: Germany vs. Croatia

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 semi-final between Germany and Croatia will be shown on ARD.

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)

These were the groups in the preliminary round of the 2026 European Handball Championship

Germany secured group victory in Group A ahead of Spain. The other groups at the 2026 European Handball Championship in the preliminary round were:

• 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 2026 European Handball Championship

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 Boxen with a capacity of 15,000 spectators, where the German games such as Germany against Croatia 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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