The Handball World Championship has been running in Sweden and Poland since Wednesday, January 11th. The German national team has done very well so far in the preliminary round with victories against Qatar, Serbia and Algeria. After two more victories in the main round, the German national team is in the quarter-finals. France is waiting there on Wednesday evening. The start of the knockout round will be broadcast on ZDF from 8:15 p.m.
As in previous years, German fans have to sign up for a paid offer at this World Cup. If you want to follow all 112 games, you can’t avoid a tournament pass from the “sportdeutschland.tv” streaming service. The offer costs 15 euros once and includes over 80 exclusive games.
Above all, the performances of the German national team will be shown on free TV. The public broadcasters ARD and ZDF share the rights. The quarterfinals against France will be shown on ZDF. Should the DHB reach the final, the matches would also be broadcast on ZDF. The first would show Friday’s semifinals if they beat France.
Stephanie Müller-Spirra will moderate the ARD. Former world champion Dominik Klein is once again at her side as an expert. The longtime moderator Alexander Bommes canceled his planned assignment for health reasons. Katrin Müller-Hohenstein leads through the program on ZDF. Ex-world champion Markus Baur sits at her side.
15 other games without German participation will also be broadcast on free TV. In addition to the semi-finals and finals, “Eurosport” also broadcast several games in the group phase, including the opening game between France and Poland. Also in the knockout round, Eurosport is showing a game without German participation on free TV.
Sources: Kicker, Watson, sportdeutschland.tv, Eurosport
