Tournament in three countries
German games on free TV: How to watch the 2025 Handball World Cup
The 2025 Handball World Cup begins on January 14th, and the DHB team starts the tournament one day later. All German games are shown on free TV. Other games can also be seen free of charge.
After the silver medal at the Olympics last year, coach Alfred Gislason’s team is competing with confidence at the 2025 Handball World Championship in Croatia, Norway and Denmark. On the second day of the World Cup, the German team starts the tournament against the selection from Poland.
Gislason sees his team as the clear favorites in the group. “The goal is of course to win the group. I consider us to be the strongest team, without question,” said the 65-year-old Icelander confidently. “That may sound arrogant, but that’s how I see it.”
Handball World Cup: ARD and ZDF broadcast DHB games
The public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have secured the rights for the German games at the Handball World Cup. Good news for TV viewers: you can watch all games from the DHB selection for free. It starts with the preliminary round game against Poland on Wednesday, January 15th at 8:30 p.m. on ARD.
The channels then alternate. ZDF will show the duel with Switzerland on Friday, January 17th at 8:30 p.m. And ARD will broadcast the last group game against the Czech Republic on Sunday, January 19th. Kick-off is at 6 p.m.
The German sports moments of the year
Record game
The opening game of the 2024 European Handball Championship in Germany took place on January 10th in front of over 50,000 spectators in the Düsseldorf stadium – a world record! The DHB selection delighted the fans and clearly beat Switzerland 27:14. At the end of the tournament, coach Alfred Gislason’s team had to settle for 4th place. At the Olympic Games in the summer, the handball players spectacularly won the silver medal
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This channel shows games without German participation
If you want to watch every game of the Handball World Cup, even those without German participation, you can’t avoid a subscription. For this World Cup, the streaming platform Sportdeutschland.TV won the race for the rights to all games. The German games are also included.
But the sports channel Eurosport also shows up to 15 games from other nations. While the knockout games and their broadcasts occur at short notice, the group games that the channel will show have already been determined. The following encounters can be followed there:
- Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – France vs. Qatar
- Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – Egypt vs. Argentina
- Thursday, January 16th, 8:30 p.m. – Tunisia vs. Denmark
- Sunday, January 19th, 8:30 p.m. – Norway vs. Portugal
- Monday, January 20th, 8:30 p.m. – Sweden vs. Spain
Sources: DPA news agency,
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Source: Stern
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