# Germany women's national handball team

The Germany women's national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. It is governed by the Deutscher Handball-Bund and takes part in international handball competitions.

## Results

For East Germany team record, look here.
| Competition | | | | Total |
| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Championship | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| European Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |

### Olympic Games

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1976 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1984 | Main round | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 100 |
| 1988 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1992 | Semifinals | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 111 |
| 1996 | Preliminary round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 73 |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | Preliminary round | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 134 |
| 2012 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | Preliminary round | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 159 | 160 |
| 2028 | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Total | 5/14 | | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 574 | 578 |

### World Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1957 | Third place game | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 38 |
| 1962 | Preliminary round | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 18 |
| 1965 | Third place game | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 30 |
| 1971 | Fifth place game | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 51 |
| 1973 | Placement round | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 66 |
| 1975 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1978 | Placement round | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 77 |
| 1982 | Placement round | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 143 | 114 |
| 1986 | Seventh place game | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 128 |
| 1990 | Third place game | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 131 |
| 1993 | Final | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 111 |
| / 1995 | Fifth place game | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 166 |
| 1997 | Third place game | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 260 | 184 |
| / 1999 | Seventh place game | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 234 | 198 |
| 2001 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | Main round | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 220 | 198 |
| 2005 | Fifth place game | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 278 | 240 |
| 2007 | Third place game | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 324 | 279 |
| 2009 | Seventh place game | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 253 | 242 |
| 2011 | 17th place game | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 165 |
| 2013 | Quarterfinals | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 209 | 168 |
| 2015 | Round of 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 142 |
| 2017 | Round of 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 116 |
| 2019 | Seventh place game | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 248 | 230 |
| 2021 | Quarterfinals | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 195 | 171 |
| // 2023 | Quarterfinals | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 270 | 225 |
| / 2025 | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| / 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 25/30 | 1 Title | 165 | 98 | 8 | 60 | 4018 | 3488 |

### European Championship

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- |
| 1994 | Final | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 143 | +9 |
| 1996 | Third place game | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 165 | +4 |
| 1998 | Preliminary round | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 145 | −5 |
| 2000 | Preliminary round | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 139 | 155 | −16 |
| 2002 | Main round | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 168 | −26 |
| 2004 | Fifth place game | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 183 | 173 | +10 |
| 2006 | Third place game | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 208 | +20 |
| 2008 | Third place game | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 208 | +19 |
| / 2010 | Preliminary round | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 87 | −9 |
| 2012 | Main round | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 132 | +4 |
| / 2014 | Main round | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 164 | 165 | −1 |
| 2016 | Fifth place game | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 155 | +14 |
| 2018 | Main round | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 165 | −3 |
| / 2020 | Main round | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 145 | 158 | −13 |
| 2022 | Main round | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 160 | 0 |
| 2024 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 16/18 | | 95 | 49 | 5 | 41 | 2394 | 2387 | +7 |
    ** Red border colour indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

### Performance in other tournaments

* Møbelringen Cup 2011 – Second place
* Carpathian Trophy 1997 – Third place
* Carpathian Trophy 2008 – Third place
* Carpathian Trophy 2013 – Second place
* Carpathian Trophy 2015 – Third place

## Team
### Current squad

A 19-player squad for the preparations towards the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Markus Gaugisch
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 4
* CB
* Alina Grijseels
* (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)
* 1.75 m
* 95
* 313
* CSM București
* 8
* RB
* Nina Engel
* (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 21)
* 1.75 m
* 1
* 0
* HSG Bensheim-Auerbach
* 9
* P
* Lisa Antl
* (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 24)
* 1.73 m
* 58
* 81
* Borussia Dortmund
* 10
* CB
* Mareike Thomaier
* (2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 (age 24)
* 1.72 m
* 29
* 30
* HB Ludwigsburg
* 11
* LB
* Xenia Smits
* (1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30)
* 1.85 m
* 127
* 306
* HB Ludwigsburg
* 19
* LB
* Nieke Kühne
* (2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 20)
* 1.84 m
* 1
* 0
* HSG Blomberg-Lippe
* 20
* LB
* Emily Bölk
* (1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)
* 1.82 m
* 122
* 371
* Ferencvárosi TC
* 23
* LB
* Annika Lott
* (1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 24)
* 1.80 m
* 35
* 61
* Brest Bretagne Handball
* 24
* GK
* Sarah Wachter
* (1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 24)
* 1.82 m
* 34
* 1
* Borussia Dortmund
* 27
* RB
* Julia Maidhof
* (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)
* 1.76 m
* 61
* 205
* Râmnicu Vâlcea
* 29
* LW
* Antje Döll
* (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 36)
* 1.70 m
* 88
* 239
* HB Ludwigsburg
* 30
* RW
* Jenny Behrend
* (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)
* 1.70 m
* 67
* 123
* HB Ludwigsburgc
* 42
* GK
* Katharina Filter
* (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 25)
* 1.80 m
* 59
* 2
* Brest Bretagne Handball
* 45
* LW
* Jolina Hühnstock
* (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23)
* 1.80 m
* 1
* 1
* Buxtehuder SV
* 77
* RB
* Viola Leuchter
* (2004-06-15) 15 June 2004 (age 20)
* 1.87 m
* 26
* 61
* HB Ludwigsburg
* 93
* P
* Julia Behnke
* (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 (age 31)
* 1.80 m
* 115
* 211
* TuS Metzingen
* N/A
* RW
* Sabrina Tröster
* (2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 (age 20)
* 1.62 m
* 0
* 0
* TuS Metzingen

### Coaches

| Coach | Period |
| Carl Schelenz | 1930 |
| Otto Kaundinya | 1939 |
| Fritz Fromm | 1952–1953 |
| Hans Geilenberg | 1954–1967 |
| Helmut Torka | 1967–1971 |
| Volker Schneller | 1972–1974 |
| Werner Vick | 1974–1981 |
| Gerd Tschochohei | 1981–1983 |
| Ekke Hoffmann | 1983–1988 |
| Ulrich Weiler | 1988–1990 |
| Heinz Strauch | 1991–1992 |
| Lothar Doering | 1992–1994 |
| Ingolf Wiegert | 1994–1995 |
| Ekke Hoffmann | 1995–1999 |
| Lothar Doering | 1999 |
| Dago Leukefeld | 2000–2001 |
| Leszek Krowicki | 2001 |
| Ekke Hoffmann | 2001–2004 |
| Armin Emrich | 2005–2009 |
| Rainer Osmann | 2009–2011 |
| Heine Jensen | 2011–2014 |
| Jakob Vestergaard | 2015–2016 |
| Michael Biegler | 2016–2017 |
| Henk Groener | 2018–2022 |
| Markus Gaugisch | 2022– |

### Former notable players

* Grit Jurack
* Nadine Krause
* Stefanie Melbeck
* Sabine Englert
* Clara Woltering
* Anja Althaus
* Anna Loerper
* Nora Reiche
* Svenja Huber
* Kerstin Wohlbold
* Nina Wörz
* Susann Müller
* Anne Müller
* Katja Kramarczyk
* Laura Steinbach
* Isabell Klein