Germany vs Poland
Handball EM 2022: Here you can follow the games in live stream and TV
Goalkeeper Till Klimpke and Johannes Golla (left) meet Poland with the DHB selection on Tuesday
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After a successful start in the group phase, the national handball team, weakened by the corona virus, will meet Poland on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. The overview shows where you can see which games for free.
Until January 30th, 24 nations will fight for a place in the final of the European Handball Championship in Budapest. On Tuesday, the German team meets Poland in the third matchday of group D. The encounter is considered an absolute top game. Both teams have remained flawless so far and won the encounters against Austria and Belarus. Coach Alfred Gislason had to nominate European champions Paul Drux and Fabian Wiede as well as veteran Johannes Bitter, left winger Rune Dahmke and circle runner Sebastian Firnhaber on Monday due to numerous corona failures. Whether they are ready to play against Poland depends on the result of their PCR test.
Venue raises security issues
A total of 24 European nations are taking part in the tournament. These are initially divided into six groups. After the group phase, the first and second place winners from groups A, B and C or D, E and F compete against each other in the main round. The top two in each group of six advance to the semi-finals. The third-placed teams meet in the match for 5th place.
The full ranks in the halls should make for an unusual sight. Access in Hungary is based on the 3G principle (vaccinated, recovered, tested). There is no viewer limit. In Slovakia, on the other hand, only a maximum hall utilization of 25 percent is permitted. Thus, in Bratislava, where Germany plays its preliminary round matches, a maximum of 2500 spectators are allowed. Access is only possible with a certificate of vaccination or recovery.
ARD and ZDF show DHB games
As usual, the public broadcasters have secured the rights to the games of the German national team. While ARD shows the group stage matches against Belarus and Austria (January 16), ZDF will broadcast the last game of the group stage against Poland on January 18. Germany is the favorite in all games, but getting into the intermediate round is not a sure-fire success.
If the DHB selection succeeds, ARD will broadcast two games and ZDF two games. A semi-final with German participation would be broadcast by ARD. The final on January 30th will definitely be shown on ZDF. The preliminary round game between Croatia and France as well as the duel between the two German group opponents Belarus and Austria (18.01. 20:30) can also be seen in the ZDF media library. Here you will also find at least one game a day in a longer summary.
At ARD, moderator Alexander Bommes and former national player Dominik Klein lead through the program. Presenter Yorck Polus and experts Sven-Sören Christophersen and Markus Baur are on duty for ZDF.
18 more games on free TV
In addition to the public broadcasters, Eurosport also broadcasts 18 games of the European Championship on free TV. Uwe Semrau moderates, while world and European champion Pascal Hens classifies the events. If you don’t want to miss an encounter, you can’t avoid the paid offer from “Sportdeutschland.tv”. The streaming provider was able to secure Stefan Kretzschmar and Maik Thiele as tournament experts. A tournament pass is available for 12 euros, individual games can be purchased for 3.50 euros via the pay-per-view function.
Sources:table football, ZDF, Sportdeutschland.tv