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2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2025–26
Dates27 August 2025 – 7 June 2026
Matches190
Goals11,490 (60.47 per match)
Top goalscorerMathias Gidsel
(200 goals)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 19 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga is the 61st season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 48th season consisting of only one league. It runs from 27 August 2025 to 7 June 2026.[1]

Teams

Locations of the 2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2024–25 2. Handball-Bundesliga 		Relegated from
2024–25 Handball-Bundesliga
Bergischer HC[2]
GWD Minden[3] 		1. VfL Potsdam
SG BBM Bietigheim

Stadiums

Team Location Arena Capacity
Bergischer HC Wuppertal Uni-Halle 3,200
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000
ThSV Eisenach Eisenach Werner-Aßmann-Halle 3,100
HC Erlangen Nuremberg PSD Bank Nürnberg Arena 8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg GP Joule Arena 6,300
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Schwalbe-Arena 4,132
HSV Hamburg Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 7,000
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover ZAG-Arena
Swiss Life Hall 		9,850
4,460
THW Kiel Kiel Wunderino Arena 10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Quarterback Immobilien Arena 6,327
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Phoenix-Contact-Arena 4,520
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg GETEC Arena 6,600
MT Melsungen Kassel Rothenbach-Halle 4,500
GWD Minden Minden Kampa-Halle 4,059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
TVB Stuttgart Stuttgart Porsche-Arena 6,211
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Buderus Arena Wetzlar 4,421

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Magdeburg 21 18 2 1 680 569 +111 38 Champions League
2 Füchse Berlin 22 17 0 5 784 663 +121 34
3 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 21 15 3 3 741 661 +80 33 EHF European League
4 TBV Lemgo 21 15 2 4 585 533 +52 32
5 THW Kiel 21 13 6 2 658 613 +45 32
6 VfL Gummersbach 21 13 3 5 657 587 +70 29
7 MT Melsungen 21 11 4 6 623 593 +30 26
8 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 21 11 2 8 628 601 +27 24
9 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 21 9 4 8 615 614 +1 22
10 HSV Hamburg 22 8 1 13 689 702 −13 17
11 Frisch Auf Göppingen 21 5 6 10 580 636 −56 16
12 ThSV Eisenach 22 7 1 14 619 663 −44 15
13 HC Erlangen 21 5 4 12 590 619 −29 14
14 TVB Stuttgart 21 5 3 13 612 650 −38 13
15 GWD Minden 21 4 3 14 569 676 −107 11
16 Bergischer HC 21 4 2 15 606 679 −73 10
17 HSG Wetzlar 21 3 1 17 578 661 −83 7 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 SC DHfK Leipzig 20 2 3 15 576 670 −94 7
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2026. Source: HBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away BRG BER EIS ERL FLE GÖP GUM HAM HAN KIE LEI LEM MAG MEL MIN RNL STU WET
Bergischer HC — 27–26 29–33 33–43 35–32 28–28 27–28 26–29 23–30 30–27 35–28
Füchse Berlin 39–27 — 35–23 42–29 38–39 32–29 33–34 32–39 30–24 42–27 37–32 35–28
ThSV Eisenach 33–31 — 32–38 31–27 32–29 27–27 31–27 25–30 27–29 33–28 28–24 29–28
HC Erlangen 35–38 24–23 — 28–29 29–30 29–31 30–26 24–25 31–31 26–26 24–24 33–26
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 36–29 40–39 36–30 — 32–26 37–37 33–29 37–29 36–34 31–35 33–29 29–29
Frisch Auf Göppingen 26–21 26–32 32–33 — 24–36 34–30 30–26 24–24 26–33 26–26 28–28 28–28
VfL Gummersbach 29–29 34–29 35–27 33–22 33–26 — 33–27 25–25 34–27 31–32 29–28 33–26
HSV Hamburg 28–36 32–28 34–26 35–38 31–30 — 29–33 33–35 35–35 29–30 32–26 33–30
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 34–30 28–32 32–30 26–32 26–29 — 34–40 22–24 26–26 28–24 28–22 30–25
THW Kiel 43–35 28–25 34–30 27–25 29–29 — 31–29 31–29 33–25 31–31 33–32 34–30
SC DHfK Leipzig 26–34 24–42 29–27 27–27 34–41 — 29–34 23–36 26–30 24–25
TBV Lemgo 28–25 28–19 27–21 34–33 31–25 29–30 23–23 — 29–33 25–22 32–30 28–25
SC Magdeburg 39–30 34–28 37–26 26–26 29–28 36–32 — 31–27 28–24 32–23 33–20
MT Melsungen 33–28 32–32 32–35 31–23 32–28 29–29 34–25 28–22 — 27–29 33–28 33–32
GWD Minden 28–39 30–29 27–40 28–28 23–31 33–30 32–26 24–34 21–36 27–30 — 28–34
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30–33 31–28 35–27 30–30 34–32 35–29 27–28 30–24 28–24 — 38–34
TVB Stuttgart 35–28 30–36 33–31 22–28 33–36 33–32 29–31 35–26 — 30–27
HSG Wetzlar 27–41 33–27 33–33 26–28 29–31 25–35 28–38 21–26 39–28 23–30 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2026. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 16 February 2026[4]
Rank Player Club Goals Shots %
1 Denmark Mathias Gidsel Füchse Berlin 200 265 75
2 Germany Kai Häfner TVB Stuttgart 166 243 69
3 Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 151 204 74
4 Faroe Islands Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu THW Kiel 142 219 65
5 Denmark Emil Jakobsen SG Flensburg-Handewitt 129 170 76
6 Germany Jannik Kohlbacher Rhein-Neckar Löwen 127 151 84
7 Norway August Pedersen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 126 173 73
8 Denmark Simon Pytlick SG Flensburg-Handewitt 194 65
9 Netherlands Niels Versteijnen TBV Lemgo 125 190 66
10 Denmark Nicolaj Jørgensen HSV Hamburg 123 209 59

References

  1. ^ "Rahmenspielplan 2025–2026" (PDF). daikin-hbl.de. 29 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Bergischer HC macht Bundesliga-Rückkehr perfekt". sportschau.de. 26 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Minden macht dramatisch HBL-Rückkehr perfekt". sportschau.de. 7 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Top scorers" (in German). daikin-hbl.de. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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