The German national handball team met Algeria in the third and final group game of the World Cup.
The DHB team drove an unchallenged victory.
Handball World Cup: Algeria – Germany 21:37 (9:16)
, 6 p.m
In the third group game of the World Cup, the DHB team was able to win their third win.
Jannik Kohlbacher played particularly well in Katowice, scoring ten goals.
End of the game:
The jubilation is not too great, but the joy is palpable.
Germany beats Algeria 37:21 in a less stressful game, the day after tomorrow we continue against Argentina in the main round.
Jannik Kohlbacher is named Player of the Match, and the 27-year-old accepts the award with a smile.
What national coach Alfred Gislason should be most happy about is that his team will go into the next round without injuries.
Algeria - Germany 21:37 (9:16)
Algeria: Khalifa Ghedbane, Yahia Zemouchi - Noureddine Hellal, Wail Melazem, Zoheir Naim, Rahim Abdelkader, Bounab Abderrafik, Benhalima Nori Selim, Abdi Ayoub, Mokhtar Kouri, Reda Arib, Daoud Hichem, Djedid Yacine, Sami Douchet, Sofiane Bendjilali, Bastien Khermouche |
Germany: Joel Birlehm, Andreas Wolff - Kai Häfner, Paul Drux, Simon Ernst, Juri Knorr, Julian Köster, Philipp Weber, Luca Witzke, Djibril M'Bengue, Christoph Steinert, Lukas Mertens, Patrick Groetzki, Rune Dahmke, Johannes Golla, Jannik Kohlbacher |
Time penalties: 2 - 1 |
60 minutes:
A few seconds before the final siren, Kohlbacher scores his tenth goal, Germany wins 37:21.
60 minutes:
The last minute is already underway, Algeria still scores the 20th and 21st goal, but the North Africans couldn't really put the DHB selection under pressure at any moment today.
57 minutes:
The German defense eases up a bit, and the Gislason team concede two goals within two minutes.
55 minutes:
A few minutes left on the clock.
The German team can be satisfied today, even if the Algerians are not an indicator of the main round.
52 minutes:
Germany does not increase here, Drux adds the next goal to 33:17.
It's a class difference.
Handball World Cup in the live ticker: Dahmke scores 30 goals for Germany
50 minutes:
Dahmke scores the 30th goal for the German national team today and scores the next one as well.
48 minutes:
The Algerians don't quite give themselves out, but Hichem scores the 16:27.
But Germany works magic, Dahmke serves Kohlbacher with a no-look pass, the professional of the Rhein-Neckar-Löwen hits easily.
43 minutes:
The Algerians slowly fall apart, Drux and Kohlbacher score at 13:24 and 13:25.
Two minutes earlier, Algerian Sofiane Bendjilali had seen the red card after colliding with Witzke.
39 minutes:
Kohlbacher increases the score further.
Now Germany leads with ten goals!
37 minutes:
M'Bengue scores the DHB team's 21st goal, Birlehm keeps his nerve on the counterattack and makes his first great save.
The 25-year-old is apparently building on his strong performances so far.
Handball World Cup in the live ticker: Germany starts scoring in the second half
34 minutes:
Jannik Kohlbacher is handed his team's first time penalty after kicking the ball.
Germany scores outnumbered and now leads 20:11.
33 minutes:
It starts with a lot of goals, Germany scores twice, Algeria once.
31 minutes:
Let's continue in Katowice!
At half-time, Gislason changes the goalkeeper, Birlehm comes on for the strong Wolff.
HALF TIME
The DHB team deservedly leads in the last preliminary round game with 16:9 against Algeria.
The second guard of national coach Alfred Gislason gave the opponent too much leeway at the beginning of the game and quickly fell 1:3 behind.
But after several attacks and impressive saves by Andreas Wolff, the German team scored five goals in a row.
At half time, Germany is seven goals ahead of the North Africans after an increase in attack.
30 minutes:
After a foul on Kohlbacher, Knorr is back on the spot and scores from the penalty spot to make it 16:9.
A few seconds later the siren sounds.
28 minutes:
The players from the second row also show what they can do today.
Djibril M'Bengue scored the 14:7 from the perspective of the DHB team, everything looks like another goal-rich victory for the Gislason protégés.
25 minutes:
Andi Wolff has another great day today, the Euskirchen native was able to save six of thirteen shots today.
The German team is now leading 12:7.
21st minute:
Germany is awarded the next seven-metre throw, this time Juri Knorr keeps his nerve and scores to make it 11:6 from a German perspective.
18 minutes:
Alfred Gislason's team has done really well here so far, with Christoph Steinert scoring the ninth goal of the day.
New score: 5:9.
Handball World Cup: Germany against Algeria in the live ticker – fair play action by Wolff
16 minutes:
Fair action from Andi Wolff!
If the Algerians throw it at his head, he immediately sends the referees a signal: the ball apparently came from his own arm.
Thus, the keeper prevents a penalty for the Algerian.
13 minutes:
Wolff shows the next class parade, the Germans have been controlling the game for a few minutes.
But the Algerian keeper Zemouchi also shows a brilliant feat in an attempt by Weber.
11 minutes:
Germany is getting stronger, Golla increases the result to 6:3.
9 minutes:
Kohlbacher puts the German team in the lead for the first time, and keeper Wolff makes a strong save the next time the North Africans have a chance.
HJandball World Cup: Germany vs. Algeria - Contested start in Katowice
7 minutes:
After a foul by the Algerians, Algeria are penalized for the first time.
Juri Knorr forgives, but only a few moments later scores from the game to make it 3:3.
5 minutes:
Algerian Ayoub Abdi gives the Algerians a 3-1 lead, Patirick Groetzki scores the 3-2 goal in the fifth minute after a pass from Philipp Weber.
2 minutes:
The Algerians take the lead, but after a foul on Christoph Steinert, Juri Knorr converts the first seven-metre penalty after just 45 seconds.
1st minute: And off we go with the last group game of the German team!
Update, 5:55 p.m .:
In a few moments it will start in the Spodek Hall in Katowice.
There was almost a delay because the German players were apparently wearing the wrong jerseys.
As reported by ZDF, the Algerians' white uniform caused confusion.
Now the DHB players are in black, they obviously changed their clothes on time.
Update from 5.46 p.m .:
A few minutes until the third and last group game of the DHB team against Algeria.
The game will be officiated by the Hungarian referee team of Ádám Bíró and Olivér Kiss.
Handball World Cup: DHB team wants the third win against eliminated Algerians
Update from 5:13 p.m .:
About three quarters of an hour until the start of the last group game of the German national handball team.
The DHB team can go into the game against the Algerians who have already been eliminated without much pressure, the team of national coach Alfred Gislason is already in the main round and wants to regain self-confidence on Tuesday evening.
Maybe with another offensive exclamation mark?
First report from January 17th:
Katowice - In the first two games, the German handball selection proved that they have their goal firmly in mind.
At this year's Handball World Championships in Poland and Sweden there was a 31:27 win against Qatar and a narrow 34:33 win against the Serbian team in the previous group games.
The DHB team has already reached the main round of the tournament with their second win, but the mandatory task against Algeria is still ahead.
Handball World Cup live today: Winless Algerians challenge Germany in the last group game
The team of national coach Alfred Gislason can play freely against the North Africans, and the Algerians are under no pressure given their results so far.
Both Serbia and Qatar suffered defeats, so Algeria is already eliminated.
Despite this constellation, Germany's sports director Axel Kromer does not believe that there should be any motivation problems in the German team.
"Even if the game is not relevant for the further course of the tournament, we will not give it away.
That would also be far too risky, because you can only lose the flow with something like that," the 46-year-old was quoted as saying.
Handball World Cup: DHB announcement before the Algeria game - "We will get everything out of us"
So the game is meaningless for the table, but Germany wants to be courageous and focused.
After all, it's also about showing the upcoming opponents that the team works.
After all, the main round is already safe against Norway and the Netherlands.
"No one has the ambition to lie down on the couch now," said Kromer.
The motivation also seems to be high among the national players, backcourt player Philipp Weber agreed with the sports director.
“We played into a little flow that we want to keep up.
The boys are all so clear in their heads and know how to approach the game," said the Magdeburg professional, who added: "We'll get everything out of ourselves on the plate."
(ajr)
