The country with the strongest handball league in the world, and 2004 European Champion – Germany – will not participate at the upcoming European Championship 2014 in Denmark. The two defeats at the hands of the Montenegrins and the defeat away at Czech Republic have been crucial in the group stage, which will see Czech Republic and Montenegro travel to Denmark, while the Germans will have to watch the championship on TV.
Despite the dominant home win over Israel with 38:19 (21:12), Germany also needed Czech Republic to lose at home against Montenegro, which did not happen. On the contrary, Czech Republic won at home comfortably with 30:25 (16:9), which sees Filip Jicha and company in Denmark 2014.
