Handball European Championship: Germany – Switzerland live in the ticker today – start of the DHB team in the world record game – live ticker

Germany starts its European Championship adventure on Wednesday, January 10th at 8:45 p.m. At the start, the DHB team, led by national coach Alfred Gislason, meets Switzerland.

It is the first meeting between the two nations at a European Championship. At the World Cup, Germany retained the upper hand three times in four games, and once the teams separated with a draw. However, these comparisons date back over 35 years.

The last duel was a friendly match in January 2022. At that time, Germany won 30:26. Two years later, who is ahead at the start of the European Championship in Düsseldorf?

Eurosport.de accompanies the European Championship game between Germany and Switzerland live here in the ticker.

The DHB team around Juri Knorr is in Group A. In addition to today’s opponent Switzerland, the preliminary round opponents are France and North Macedonia. These two teams played the first European Championship game in Düsseldorf today at 6 p.m. France lived up to their role as favorites and won clearly with 39:29. Of the four teams in the preliminary round group, the first two teams reach the main round, with the result obtained against the team that also reaches the main round being taken into account.

The 2024 European Men’s Handball Championship will open in Düsseldorf’s Merkur Spiel-Arena. And with a crowd that has never been seen before at a handball game: around 53,000 spectators will watch the game between Germany and Switzerland in the Düsseldorf football stadium. It is a very large setting for the opening game of the German national team under national coach Alfred Gislason. The previous record was 44,189 spectators from September 2014 in the Frankfurt Arena. For comparison: around 13,000 fans fit into the largest Bundesliga hall in Mannheim, where the Rhein-Neckar Löwen host their games.

Hello and welcome to the start of the European Championships for the German national handball team. The DHB team meets Switzerland on Wednesday at 8:45 p.m. Eurosport.de accompanies the game live for you here in the ticker – have fun!