Andreas Wolff

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Andreas Wolff
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Wolff in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 34)
Euskirchen, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club THW Kiel
Number 33
Youth career
YearsTeam
1995–2004
 SG Ollheim/Straßfeld
2004–2007
 HSG Rheinbach-Wormersdorf
2007
 TV Kirchzell
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2009–2013
 TV Kirchzell
2009–2013
 TV Großwallstadt
2013–2016
 HSG Wetzlar
2016–2019
 THW Kiel
2019–2024
 Industria Kielce
2024–
 THW Kiel
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–
 Germany 187 (16)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Poland
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13 January 2026

Andreas Wolff (born 3 March 1991) is a German handball player who plays as a goalkeeper for THW Kiel and the German national team. [1] [2]

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Club career

Wolff played until the age of 15 at SG Ollheim/Straßfeld, before switching to HSG Rheinbach-Wormersdorf. His senior breakthrough came for TV Kirchzell.

Wolff's first major club was TV Großwallstadt, where he played until 2013 before switching to HSG Wetzlar. In 2016 he switched to the German top club THW Kiel. He played here for three years, where he played 102 matches, won the DHB-Pokal twice and won the EHF European League in 2019.

In 2019 he switched to Polish Handball and Vive Kielce. Here he won four Polish championships and was in the EHF Champions League final in 2022, where Kielce lost on penalties to FC Barcelona Handbol and in 2023. where they lost to SC Magdeburg. In 2019 he was appointed the captain of the team. [3]

International career

Wolff debuted for the German B-team in 2013 and only a year later he was on the A team. He was part of the German National team, that won the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship in Poland. In this tournament he was selected as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. [4]

At the 2016 Olympics he won Bronze medal with the German team, for which he was awarded the Silberne Lorbeerblatt. [5]

At the 2018 European Championship, he finished 9th with Germany. [6]

At the 2020 Olympics he once again represented Germany. [7] Germany went out in the quarterfinals to Egypt.

At the 2022 European Championship he played the first game of the tournament, but then had to leave the tournament, due to a positive COVID-19 test. [8]

A year later he played at the 2023 World Championship, where Germany finished 5th. With 112 savess he had the most saves in the tournament. With a save percentage of 37%, 8 saved penalty throws and 3 'player of the match' awards, he was named as part of the tournament all star team.

At the 2024 European Championship he finished 4th with Germany, and was once again named in the all star team. [9] Later the same year he won silver medals at the 2024 Olympics, losing to Denmark in the final. [10]

At the 2025 World Championship he finished 6th with Germany.

At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final. [11] He was also selected for the tournament all-star team as the goalkeeper and had the most saves during the tournament of any goalkeeper. [12]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ DHB profile
  2. ↑ "Andreas Wolff". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ↑ ""Zunächst ein wenig überrascht": Andreas Wolff übernimmt Kapitänsbinde bei Kielce" ["At first a little surprised": Andreas Wolff takes over the captions armband at Kielce] (in German). Handball-world.
  4. ↑ "EHF EURO 2016 All-Stars named". Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes" (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. 1 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Prokop benennt Kader für Vorbereitung auf EHF EURO 2018". dhb.de (in German). German Handball Association. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Match Team Statistics: Germany vs. Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics Germany". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "Denmark snatch spellbinding win to win second Olympics gold medal". ihf.info. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Euro 2026 Final - Match Report". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  12. ↑ Mathias Sørensen (1 February 2026). "Her er statistikkerne fra EM – danskere med i toppen" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  13. ↑ "EHF EURO 2016 All-Stars named". EHF EURO 2016 official website. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "Men's EHF EURO 2026 All-star Team revealed". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. 1 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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