Handball World Cup 2025 on TV and live stream: This is how you can follow the tournament on free TV

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January 23, 2025 at 11:00 am

The main round is underway at the 2025 Handball World Cup in Norway, Denmark and Croatia. We'll show you how you can follow some of the games for free.

• The Handball World Cup will take place in three countries from January 14th to February 2nd.
• You can see all games in the live stream on Sportdeutschland.TV.
• All German games and the finals are available on free TV with ARD and ZDF.

The 2025 Handball World Cup is currently in full swing. A trio from Denmark, Norway and Croatia will act as hosts. Of a total of 32 teams, 24 made it into one of the four main rounds. The goal is the final on February 2nd in the Norwegian capital Norway. The German national team wants to aim high again after the Olympics.

Which channel shows the European Championship games in Germany?

As with the last European Handball Championships, all German games will be shown free of charge on the public channels ARD and ZDF. Both broadcasters split the games between themselves. ARD initially gets two preliminary round games, ZDF gets one game. In the main round the tables turn. The exact distributions for the main round and beyond will be known from January 20th.

Sportdeutschland.TV, on the other hand, shows you all the games of the World Cup. The paid streaming provider is broadcasting a total of 108 games live. Corresponding access costs you 15 dollars. If you only want to see one encounter, you pay 5 dollars. In addition, Eurosport will show up to 15 duels for free without the participation of the DHB team.

Preliminary round schedule

At this point we will show you an overview from which you can see all possible dates and associated channels for the first match day. If there are any changes to the program, the table will be updated promptly.

Thursday, January 23rd

Freitag, 24.01.

Alternative commentary about Dyn on YouTube

If you want to follow the German games from a different perspective, you can take part in Dyn's so-called watch party YouTube participate. Commentator Lennart Wilken-Johannes and social media host Jari Brüggmann will accompany you live in the streaming provider's studio.

There is one expert per game. SC Magdeburg coach Bennet Wiegert and Gummersbach professional Kentin Mahé have already been announced. You would also have the opportunity to participate in the production yourself using the chat function.

To the Dyn Handball YouTube channel❯

Where can I see the highlights?

The highlights will also be shown on public broadcasters and on Sportdeutschland.TV. You can usually see the summaries a few hours after the final whistle in the relevant media libraries or on the respective YouTube channels.

YouTube channel of the ARD Sportschau❯

YouTube channel of the ZDF sports studio❯

Schedule of the 2025 World Cup: All information and dates about the mode

In eight groups of four teams, everyone has to play against each other once. The three best teams then move on to the main round. The 24 remaining nations will be divided into four groups. Points are taken over except for duels against participants who have already been eliminated; again, everyone must have played against each other once. The two best from each group then move on to the quarter-finals. Finally, from there it goes in the knockout system until the final.

• Group stage: January 14th to 19th
• Main round: January 21st to 26th
• Quarterfinals: January 28-29
• Semi-finals: January 30th to 31st
• Match for 3rd place and final: February 2nd

These are the main rounds of the Handball World Cup

The preliminary rounds, main rounds and finals are played in these arenas

So that the teams don't have to constantly travel from country to country, the groups are divided into different locations. The German national team will set up camp in Herning, Denmark. The knockout phase will take place in Oslo and Zagreb. You can see which games will be shown in which city in the table below.

The data for the German national team

• Germany vs Poland: January 15th, 8:30 p.m
• Germany vs. Switzerland: January 17th, 8:30 p.m
• Germany vs. Czech Republic: January 19th, 7:00 p.m

This is the DHB World Cup squad

National coach Alfred Gíslason attaches great importance to continuity. In recent years he has brought a talented team back to the top of the world. There are many familiar faces at the World Cup this year too. We already know a total of 15 players from the 19-man squad from the successful Olympic tournament. New additions include Lukas Zerbe, Timo Kastening, Franz Semper, Nils Lichtlein and Joel Birlehm.

• Tor: Joel Birlehm (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), David Späth (Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel)
• Outside: Rune Dahmke (THW Kiel), Timo Kastening (MT Melsungen), Lukas Mertens (SC Magdeburg), Lukas Zerbe (THW Kiel)
• Backspace: Marko Grgic (ThSV Eisenach), Sebastian Heymann (Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Juri Knorr (Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach), Nils Lichtlein (Füchse Berlin), Franz Semper (SC DhfK Leipzig) Renars Uscins (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), Luca Witzke (SC DhfK Leipzig), Christoph Steinert (HC Erlangen)
• Kreis: Justus Fischer (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Jannik Kohlbacher (Rhein-Neckar Löwen)

Avoid shady streaming portals

Some shady streaming portals may also offer free streams of the game. The use of such streaming portals is punishable. In the worst case, viruses get onto your device. So you should avoid the streams. We'll tell you which streaming providers are reputable and which are not.

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