DEUTSCHER HANDBALL-BUND

Strobelallee 56
D-44139 Dortmund

Telephone: +49-231-91191-0
Telefax: +49-231-124061
Qualification group 4 for the 1998 Men’s European Championship: 
ESP - GER  25:16     GER - ESP  23:23
NOR - SVK  31:24     SVK - NOR  31:25
GER - NOR  24:14     NOR - GER  18:23
SVK - ESP  27:26     ESP - SVK  33:23
SVK - GER  18:28     GER - SVK  30:25
NOR - ESP  28:25     ESP - NOR  30:20
1. GER  6  4  1  1  144:123  9
2. ESP  6  3  1  2  162:137  7
3. NOR  6  2  0  4  136:157  4
4. SVK  6  2  0  4  148:173  4
Preparation Programme:
 
March 5-9 Training Camp in Steinbach/GER
March 10-15  Supercup in Germany
May 9-10 2 Friendly matches against Hungary
May 13-15 Training Camp
May 16-17 2 Friendly matches against Czechia
May 20-23 4-Nations Tournament in Paris/FRA
List of players:
Please see the next page with the provisional list of players (status: 20th January 1998)

National Coach:
Heiner Brand born on July 26, 1952 in Gummersbach
131 Matches with the National Team (231 goals) as a player
3x German Champion as a coach (2x Gummersbach, 1x Wallau-Massenheim)
Coach of the German National Team since 1997

Ranking since 1990:
 
1990 World Championship in Czechoslovakia 8th place (GDR)
1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona 10th place
1993 World Championship in Sweden 6th place
1994 European Championship in Portugal 9th place
1995 World Championship in Iceland 4th place
1996 European Championship in Spain 8th place
1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta  7th place
1997 World Championship in Japan did not qualify