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Shortly before Christmas, the German national handball team's program is taking shape: In the year of the Women's World Handball Championship, national coach Markus Gaugisch's team will take on Olympic silver medalists and European Championship runners-up France in the SWT Arena Trier on Thursday, March 6. On Saturday, March 15, Alfred Gislason's men will face Austria in the ZAG arena in Hanover to qualify for the EHF EURO 2026. Tickets for both games go on sale on Friday, December 20, at 12 noon.
"We want to bring enthusiasm to Trier and Hanover with our national teams," says Mark Schober, CEO of the German Handball Federation. "Both cities will host the upcoming World Championships: Trier is expecting two preliminary round groups of the Women's World Championship 2025, Hanover two main round groups of the Men's World Championship 2027. And for handball fans, these two games are already excellent last-minute Christmas presents."
The fact that France will be the women's national team's opponents in their first home game in 2025 brings an almost derby feel to the match-up, given the neighboring French handball power Metz. The two teams last faced each other in the quarter-finals of the Olympic handball tournament in Lille at the beginning of August. Germany was only narrowly beaten on that occasion. "We will start the World Cup year with a big challenge against France," says Ingo Meckes, Sports Director of the German Handball Federation. "It's a top-class start - fascinating for fans and informative for both teams."
The men will return to the international stage just a few days later. Austria and Germany will face each other in Vienna on Thursday, March 13; the second leg will then follow on Saturday, March 15. "This double round will set the tone for the rest of the qualifying campaign. With two wins, it would be almost impossible for us to win the group. The fans of both teams can look forward to intense comparisons," said Sporting Director Ingo Meckes, recalling the close matches in the main round of the EHF EURO 2024 and at the Olympic qualification tournament that followed in March, which also took place in Hanover.
Germany got their qualification campaign off to the best possible start in November with victories against Switzerland (35:26) and Turkey (36:29). Austria also won against Turkey (31:28) and drew in Switzerland (29:29).
In the final double round, the DHB team must travel to Switzerland on May 7/8 and awaits Turkey for the second leg on Sunday, May 11.
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