2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga (women)
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 August 2025 – |
| Top goalscorer | Nina Engel (137 goals) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga Frauen is the 50th season of Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, Germany's premier handball league.
On 22 July 2025, the defending champions HB Ludwigsburg declared their bankruptcy, resulting in them withdrawing from the league. Therefore, the league only consists of 11 teams for the 2025/26 season.[1][2][3]
Teams
Location of the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen 2025–26 teams
Team changes
| Promoted from 2024–25 2. Handball-Bundesliga Frauen |
Relegated from 2024–25 Handball-Bundesliga Frauen |
|---|---|
| SV Union Halle-Neustadt | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Arenas
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| Buxtehuder SV | Buxtehude | Neue Halle Nord | 1,800 |
| BSV Sachsen Zwickau | Zwickau | Sparkassen-Arena Zwickau | 3,043 |
| Thüringer HC | Bad Langensalza | Salza-Halle | 1,100 |
| HSG Bensheim/Auerbach | Bensheim | Weststadthalle | 2,000 |
| VfL Oldenburg | Oldenburg | EWE Arena | 2,300 |
| TuS Metzingen | Tübingen | Paul-Horn-Arena | 3,132 |
| Sport-Union Neckarsulm | Neckarsulm | Ballei-Sporthalle | 1,500 |
| HSG Blomberg-Lippe | Blomberg | Sporthalle an der Ulmenallee | 1,300 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Sporthalle Wellinghofen | 2,500 |
| SV Union Halle-Neustadt | Halle | SWH.arena | 1,200 |
Personnel and kits
| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSG Blomberg-Lippe | Steffen Birkner | Laura Rüffieux | Erreà |
| VfL Oldenburg | Niels Bötel | Marie Steffen | Adidas |
| Thüringer HC | Herbert Müller | Josefine Hanfland | Mizuno |
| TuS Metzingen | Miriam Hirsch | Svenja Hübner and Marie Weiss | Kempa |
| BSV Sachsen Zwickau | Norman Rentsch | Laura Szabó | Joma |
| HSG Bensheim/Auerbach | Ilka Fickinger | Lisa Friedberger | Kempa |
| Buxtehuder SV | Nicolaj Andersson | Teresa von Prittwitz | Kempa |
| Sport-Union Neckarsulm | Thomas Zeitz | Munia Smits | JAKO |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Nico Kiener | Louisa de Bellis | Kempa |
| Borussia Dortmund | Henk Groener | Alicia Langer | Puma |
| SV Union Halle-Neustadt | Ines Seidler | Lea Gruber | Hummel |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 602 | 485 | +117 | 31 | Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League |
| 2 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 538 | 429 | +109 | 30 | Championship play-offs |
| 3 | HSG Bensheim/Auerbach | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 576 | 530 | +46 | 24 | |
| 4 | Thüringer HC | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 568 | 540 | +28 | 23 | |
| 5 | VfL Oldenburg | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 488 | 471 | +17 | 18 | |
| 6 | Sport-Union Neckarsulm | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 514 | 532 | −18 | 15 | |
| 7 | TuS Metzingen | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 512 | 560 | −48 | 13 | |
| 8 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 510 | 562 | −52 | 9 | |
| 9 | BSV Sachsen Zwickau | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 462 | 519 | −57 | 7 | Relegation play-off to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
| 10 | SV Union Halle-Neustadt | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 492 | 565 | −73 | 8 | |
| 11 | Buxtehuder SV | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 496 | 565 | −69 | 10 |
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2026. Source: HBLF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
References
- ^ "Kurz vor Liga-Auftakt: Ludwigsburg-Entscheidung gefallen". handball-world.news (in German). 28 August 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Elger, Maike. "Insolvenz-Chaos, Favoritinnen, Modus: Die Frauen-Handball-Bundesliga 2025/26 im Überblick". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ^ "Handball Bundesliga Frauen". www.alsco-hbf.de. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
External links
- Official website (in German)