2026 European Men's Handball Championship final

For the women's tournament, see 2026 European Women's Handball Championship final .

2026 European Men's Handball Championship final

The Jyske Bank Boxen hosted the final.
Event	2026 European Men's Handball Championship
Denmark Germany 34 27
Date	25 January 2026 (2026-01-25)
Venue	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Man of the Match	Kevin Møller
Referee	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
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The 2026 European Men's Handball Championship final was the final match of the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship, the 17th edition of the biannual continental tournament in men's national handball teams, organised by Europe's governing aquatics body, European Handball Federation. The match was played at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark, on 1 February 2026, and was contested by co-hosts Denmark and Germany. ^{[1] [2]}

The tournament involved co-hosts Denmark, Norway and Sweden and 21 other teams. The 24 teams competed in a group stage, from which 12 teams qualified for the main round and 4 later advanced to the semifinals.

For Denmark, it is the fifth final and it is the fourth final for the Germans. This is the first time the two teams have met in a European Championship final, though it is not their first major final; they previously faced each other at the 2024 Olympic Games, where Denmark emerged victorious. Both sides had already met each other earlier in the tournament, with the Danes winning 31–26. Their last appearances for Denmark and Germany in the final were in 2024 and 2016 respectively.

Denmark won their third title after defeating Germany in the final. ^[3]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Denmark		Round	Germany
Opponent	Result	Preliminary round	Opponent	Result
North Macedonia	36–24	Match 1	Austria	30–27
Romania	39–24	Match 2	Serbia	27–30
Portugal	29–31	Match 3	Spain	34–32
Group B placement Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Portugal 3 5 2   Denmark 3 4 3   North Macedonia 3 3 4   Romania 3 0 Source: EHF		Final standings	Group A placement Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Germany 3 4 2   Spain 3 4 3   Austria 3 2 4   Serbia 3 2 Source: EHF
Opponent	Result	Main round	Opponent	Result
France	32–29	Match 4	Portugal	32–30
Spain	36–31	Match 5	Norway	30–28
Germany	31–26	Match 6	Denmark	26–31
Norway	38–24	Match 7	France	38–34
Group I placement Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Denmark (H) 5 8 2   Germany 5 8 3   Portugal 5 5 4   France 5 4 5   Norway (H) 5 3 6   Spain 5 2 Source: EHF (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group I placement Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Denmark (H) 5 8 2   Germany 5 8 3   Portugal 5 5 4   France 5 4 5   Norway (H) 5 3 6   Spain 5 2 Source: EHF (H) Hosts
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Iceland	31–28	Semifinals	Croatia	31–28

Venue

Main article: 2026 European Men's Handball Championship § Venues

The Jyske Bank Boxen hosted the final. This will be the second time they host the final, the first being in 2014.

Herning		Herning
		Jyske Bank Boxen
		Capacity: 15,000

Match

1 February 2026 18:00	Denmark	34–27	Germany	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Pytlick 8	(18–16)	three players 5
	3×	Report	1× 3× 2×

Sources: ^{[4] [5]}

Denmark   Pos Num Player Goals Tot min 2 Min RB 3 Niclas Kirkeløkke 2/3 35:10 1 LW 4 Magnus Landin 0 30:00 0 LW 7 Emil Jakobsen 3/6 29:02 0 CB 11 Rasmus Lauge 0/1 3:23 0 P 15 Magnus Saugstrup 1/1 60:00 0 RB 19 Mathias Gidsel 7/14 59:37 0 CB 22 Mads Mensah Larsen 0 9:20 0 P 25 Lukas Jørgensen Inj RW 26 Jóhan á Plógv Hansen 7/8 13:04 0 LB 28 Lasse Andersson DNP P 33 Emil Bergholt NS P 34 Simon Hald NS RB 38 Mads Hoxer 1/1 43:57 0 CB 42 Thomas Arnoldsen 5/6 40:37 1 LB 43 Simon Pytlick 8/12 34:12 1 RW 49 Frederik Bo Andersen NS CB 59 Mads Svane Knudsen DNP LB 64 Lasse Kjær Møller DNP Goalkeepers Num Player Tot sav Min Goals 12 Emil Nielsen 7/19 (37%) 23:11 0 20 Kevin Møller 8/23 (35%) 32:27 0 Head coach Nikolaj Jacobsen

Denmark   Statistics   Germany 34/52 Goals 27/46 4 Turnovers 9 31 sec Avr Time Attack 39 sec 15/42 Tot sav 14/48 Timeouts Team 1st 2nd   Denmark 1 1   Germany 1 1

Germany Pos Num Player Goals Tot min 2 Min CB 3 Nils Lichtlein 2/3 5:07 P 4 Johannes Golla 0 47:49 1 LB 5 Miro Schluroff DNP LB 13 Matthes Langhoff 0 24:17 0 RW 14 Mathis Häseler NS CB 14 Juri Knorr 5/11 33:24 0 RW 17 Lukas Zerbe 2/3 55:04 0 LB 18 Julian Köster 4/7 47:05 0 RB 23 Renārs Uščins 2/7 26:01 0 CB 30 Tom Kiesler 0 5:17 1 RB 32 Franz Semper 1/2 16:13 0 LW 34 Rune Dahmke DNP LW 36 Lukas Mertens 1/1 46:21 0 54 P Justus Fischer NS LB 71 Marko Grgić 5/6 46:21 1 P 80 Jannik Kohlbacher 0/1 31:46 0 Goalkeepers Num Player Tot sav Min Goals 1 David Späth 0/2 (0%) 1:47 0 33 Andreas Wolff 14/45 (31%) 52:22 0 Head coach Alfreð Gíslason

Reserve referees: Bojan Lah David Sok EHF Observer: Øyvind Togstad EHF Supervisor: Denis Reibel Timekeeper: Svend Zachariassen Scorekeeper: Ernst Hoehrmann

Match rules Two halves of 30 minutes (60 minutes in total). 10 minutes of extra time if necessary. A second 10 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

Squads

Denmark

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 49 RW Frederik Bo Andersen (1998-12-09)9 December 1998 (aged 27) 1.86 m 3 5 HSV Hamburg 28 LB Lasse Andersson (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 31) 1.96 m 86 122 Füchse Berlin 33 P Emil Bergholt (1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 28) 1.90 m 23 13 Skjern Håndbold 19 RB Mathias Gidsel (1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 26) 1.90 m 95 578 Füchse Berlin 38 RB Mads Hoxer (2000-12-06)6 December 2000 (aged 25) 1.95 m 10 24 Aalborg Håndbold 26 RW Jóhan á Plógv Hansen (1994-05-01)1 May 1994 (aged 31) 1.90 m 109 195 Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold 7 LW Emil Jakobsen (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 27) 1.90 m 100 359 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 34 P Simon Hald (1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 31) 2.03 m 112 116 Aalborg Håndbold 25 P Lukas Jørgensen [a] (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 26) 1.94 m 61 174 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 3 RB Niclas Kirkeløkke (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 31) 1.95 m 107 202 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 59 CB Mads Svane Knudsen (2002-03-25)25 March 2002 (aged 23) 1.85 m 0 0 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 4 LW Magnus Landin (1995-08-20)20 August 1995 (aged 30) 2.00 m 161 296 THW Kiel 11 CB Rasmus Lauge (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 34) 1.95 m 184 465 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 22 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 34) 1.88 m 216 338 Skjern Håndbold 20 GK Kevin Møller (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 36) 2.00 m 94 7 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 64 LB Lasse Kjær Møller (1996-06-11)11 June 1996 (aged 29) 1.99 m 19 22 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 12 GK Emil Nielsen (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 28) 1.95 m 68 6 FC Barcelona 43 LB Simon Pytlick (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 25) 1.93 m 60 278 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 15 P Magnus Saugstrup (c) (1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 29) 1.95 m 105 205 SC Magdeburg

Germany

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 34 LW Rune Dahmke (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 32) 1.89 m 94 137 THW Kiel 54 P Justus Fischer (2003-02-06)6 February 2003 (aged 22) 1.93 m 32 40 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 4 P Johannes Golla (c) (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 28) 1.95 m 106 370 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 71 LB Marko Grgic (2003-09-11)11 September 2003 (aged 22) 1.98 m 29 88 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 14 RW Mathis Häseler (2002-06-25)25 June 2002 (aged 23) 1.90 m 4 7 VfL Gummersbach 30 CB Tom Kiesler (2001-04-24)24 April 2001 (aged 24) 1.93 m 2 0 VfL Gummersbach 15 CB Juri Knorr (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 25) 1.94 m 81 311 Aalborg Håndbold 80 P Jannik Kohlbacher (1995-07-19)19 July 1995 (aged 30) 1.90 m 126 239 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 LB Julian Köster (2000-03-16)16 March 2000 (aged 25) 2.03 m 73 192 VfL Gummersbach 13 LB Matthes Langhoff (2002-03-30)30 March 2002 (aged 23) 1.93 m 1 1 Füchse Berlin 3 CB Nils Lichtlein (2002-07-31)31 July 2002 (aged 23) 1.83 m 29 32 Füchse Berlin 36 LW Lukas Mertens (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 29) 1.82 m 68 151 SC Magdeburg 5 LB Miro Schluroff (2000-04-25)25 April 2000 (aged 25) 1.98 m 6 13 VfL Gummersbach 32 RB Franz Semper (1997-07-05)5 July 1997 (aged 28) 1.91 m 28 59 SC DHfK Leipzig 1 GK David Späth (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 23) 2.00 m 44 3 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23 RB Renārs Uščins (2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 23) 1.89 m 43 172 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33 GK Andreas Wolff (1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 34) 1.98 m 185 15 THW Kiel 17 RW Lukas Zerbe (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 (aged 29) 1.84 m 45 98 THW Kiel

Notes

1. Replaced by Thomas Arnoldsen from the main round onwards.

References

1. Bagger, AfOliver Bilberg RavnSebastian Taarsted (January 30, 2026). "Hård fight og fleksede muskler sender Danmark i EM-finalen". DR.
2. "Deutsche Handballer erreichen das EM-Finale". ZDFheute. January 30, 2026.
3. "After 14 years, Denmark are EHF EURO champions again". www.eurohandball.com.
4. "Statistics report".
5. "Match report".

External links

• Official website