2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2025–26
Dates27 August 2025 – 7 June 2026
Matches223
Goals13,444 (60.29 per match)
Top goalscorerMathias Gidsel
(227 goals)
All statistics correct as of 15 March 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 25 22 2 1 814 668 +146 46 Champions League
2 Füchse Berlin 25 20 0 5 899 748 +151 40
3 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25 18 3 4 879 786 +93 39 EHF European League
4 THW Kiel 25 15 6 4 776 736 +40 36
5 VfL Gummersbach 24 16 3 5 750 664 +86 35
6 TBV Lemgo 25 16 2 7 740 691 +49 34
7 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25 13 3 9 745 720 +25 29
8 MT Melsungen 25 12 4 9 731 715 +16 28
9 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 25 9 4 12 736 749 −13 22
10 Frisch Auf Göppingen 25 8 6 11 688 736 −48 22
11 HSV Hamburg 25 10 1 14 783 799 −16 21
12 TVB Stuttgart 25 7 5 13 740 772 −32 19
13 HC Erlangen 25 6 5 14 709 754 −45 17
14 ThSV Eisenach 25 7 3 15 696 743 −47 17
15 Bergischer HC 25 5 2 18 719 797 −78 12
16 GWD Minden 25 4 4 17 684 815 −131 12
17 HSG Wetzlar 25 4 2 19 700 791 −91 10 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 SC DHfK Leipzig 24 2 5 17 655 760 −105 9
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 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 — 28–35 27–26 29–33 33–43 35–32 28–28 27–28 25–27 26–29 23–30 30–27 35–28
Füchse Berlin 39–27 — 35–23 45–29 42–29 38–39 32–29 33–34 32–39 30–24 42–27 35–28 37–32 35–28
ThSV Eisenach 33–31 — 25–25 32–38 31–27 32–29 27–27 31–27 25–30 27–29 33–28 29–29 28–24 29–28
HC Erlangen 35–38 24–23 — 29–34 28–29 29–30 29–31 30–26 24–25 31–31 26–26 36–31 24–24 33–26
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 36–29 40–39 36–30 — 32–26 37–37 33–29 37–29 36–34 36–28 31–35 33–29 29–29 35–31
Frisch Auf Göppingen 26–21 26–32 26–23 32–33 — 24–36 34–30 30–26 24–28 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 28–27 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 25–23 32–26 33–30
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 34–30 28–32 32–30 26–32 22–28 26–29 35–37 — 34–40 22–24 26–26 28–24 28–22 30–25
THW Kiel 43–35 28–25 37–33 34–30 26–34 27–25 29–29 — 31–29 31–29 33–25 31–31 33–32 34–30
SC DHfK Leipzig 28–35 26–34 24–42 29–27 27–27 34–41 — 29–34 23–36 26–30 29–29 24–25
TBV Lemgo 28–25 28–19 27–21 34–33 27–30 31–25 39–32 29–30 23–23 — 29–33 25–22 32–30 28–25
SC Magdeburg 39–30 34–28 37–26 35–30 26–26 29–28 36–32 — 31–27 38–21 28–24 32–23 33–20
MT Melsungen 33–28 32–32 32–35 31–23 24–31 32–28 29–29 34–25 28–22 23–34 — 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 32–32 31–33
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 28–25 30–33 31–28 35–27 30–30 34–32 35–29 27–28 30–24 32–30 28–24 — 38–34
TVB Stuttgart 35–28 30–36 33–31 22–28 33–36 35–34 32–27 33–32 29–31 35–26 — 30–27
HSG Wetzlar 27–41 33–27 33–33 26–28 29–31 25–35 28–38 26–26 21–26 32–38 39–28 23–30 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2026. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 15 March 2026[4]
Rank Player Club Goals Shots %
1 Mathias Gidsel Füchse Berlin 227 304 74
2 Kai Häfner TVB Stuttgart 202 294 69
3 Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 183 243 75
4 Niels Versteijnen TBV Lemgo 153 233 66
Jannik Kohlbacher Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 3 83
6 Nicolaj Jørgensen HSV Hamburg 152 247 62
7 August Pedersen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 148 202 73
8 Emil Jakobsen SG Flensburg-Handewitt 145 192 74
9 Simon Pytlick SG Flensburg-Handewitt 142 223 64
Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu THW Kiel 219 65

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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