Handball Sport in Germany

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handball 1 of popular team sports , historically evolved in germany.


germany together with denmark are regarded as the birthplace of handball. the first match of the modern era was officially recorded on 29 october 1917 in berlin, germany. berlin handball trainer carl schelenz developed most rules of modern handball. outdoor handball had its only olympic games appearance in the xith olympiad (1936 berlin games). the first international match recorded was played on 3 september 1925 between germany and austria. 


handball is widely regarded to second most popular team sport in germany and when a study conducted by repucom asked people which sport besides football they preferred a total of 33% voted  handball  while basketball came in second with 25% of the votes, ice hockey got 24% , volleyball got 11%. especially the national team attracts a lot of attention and around 16 million tv viewers watched as germany beat poland in 2007 world cup as well as 13 million during the 2016 european cup final. is also the second most played team sport in germany with approximately 750,000 active registered players around the country of 2016. during 2014-15 hbl season game between rhein-neckar löwen , hsv hamburg broke world record spectators in handball game 44,189 spectators in commerzbank-arena in frankfurt beeting previous record of 36,651 spectators during 2011 danish league final between ag københavn , bjerringbro-silkeborg.


germany have won the ihf world men s handball championship three times, the very first world cup in 1938, west germany team won it in 1978 and the united german team won it at home in 2007. they also have been crowned european champions twice first in 2004 and then in the 2016 rendition of the tournament. in olympic games their efforts have resulted in one gold medal (1936), two silver medals (1984 , 2004) and one bronze medal (2016). 


the german handball bundesliga is considered to the most competitive professional league in the world and several teams have won the ehf champions league. total of 19 times have team germany won champions league of 2017 out of nation. the most successful team in germany is far thw kiel which have won 20 german titles as well as 3 champions league titles. they are the only team in german sport history to have managed to go a whole season without losing any points, this feat was achieved during the 2011-2012 season. traditionally the teams in the league have been situated in smaller cities where the competition from football have not been so though, but during the 21st century more teams from larger cities have emerged such as hsv hamburg, tsv hannofer-burgdorf, tvb stuttgart, sc dhfk leipzig and füchse berlin.







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