28.01.2026, 07:45
Outstanding Knorr sends Germany to the semi-finals

After 28 years, Germany take their first EHF EURO win against defending champions France

Germany have made it to their seventh EHF EURO semi-final after an epic battle against France, while the defending champions conceded their second defeat in a row at the Men's EHF EURO 2026 .

The 38:34 victory was the first German success against France in an EHF EURO final tournament since 1998 — and the second one in history. 10 goals by Juri Knorr and some saves by Andreas Wolff in crunch time were essential. After Denmark, Germany, Iceland and Croatia complete the semi-finals line-up — and all three of them have Icelandic head coaches.

TEXT: EHF / Björn Pazen