2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2025–26
Dates27 August 2025 – 7 June 2026
Matches162
Goals9,777 (60.35 per match)
Top goalscorerMathias Gidsel
(154 goals)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 23 December 2025.

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 18 16 2 0 585 481 +104 34 Champions League
2 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18 13 3 2 641 564 +77 29
3 Füchse Berlin 19 14 0 5 664 575 +89 28 EHF European League
4 TBV Lemgo 18 13 2 3 496 462 +34 28
5 THW Kiel 18 10 6 2 571 532 +39 26
6 VfL Gummersbach 18 10 3 5 556 507 +49 23
7 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18 9 2 7 537 519 +18 20
8 MT Melsungen 18 8 4 6 530 516 +14 20
9 HSV Hamburg 19 8 1 10 594 596 −2 17
10 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 18 7 3 8 529 534 −5 17
11 Frisch Auf Göppingen 18 5 5 8 500 535 −35 15
12 HC Erlangen 18 5 4 9 515 534 −19 14
13 ThSV Eisenach 18 6 1 11 502 533 −31 13
14 TVB Stuttgart 18 4 3 11 519 549 −30 11
15 Bergischer HC 18 4 2 12 521 580 −59 10
16 GWD Minden 18 4 1 13 487 588 −101 9
17 HSG Wetzlar 18 3 1 14 501 562 −61 7 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 SC DHfK Leipzig 18 1 3 14 516 597 −81 5
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2025. 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 23–30 30–27 35–28
Füchse Berlin 39–27 — 35–23 38–39 32–29 33–34 32–39 30–24 42–27 35–28
ThSV Eisenach — 32–38 31–27 32–29 27–27 31–27 27–29 33–28 28–24 29–28
HC Erlangen 35–38 24–23 — 28–29 29–31 30–26 24–25 31–31 26–26 24–24 33–26
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 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
VfL Gummersbach 29–29 34–29 33–22 — 25–25 34–27 31–32 29–28 33–26
HSV Hamburg 28–36 32–28 34–26 31–30 — 29–33 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 28–24 28–22
THW Kiel 43–35 34–30 27–25 29–29 — 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 24–25
TBV Lemgo 28–25 28–19 34–33 31–25 29–30 23–23 — 29–33 25–22 32–30
SC Magdeburg 39–30 34–28 37–26 26–26 29–28 — 31–27 28–24 32–23 33–20
MT Melsungen 33–28 32–32 32–35 32–28 29–29 34–25 28–22 — 27–29 33–32
GWD Minden 28–39 30–29 27–40 28–28 23–31 33–30 32–26 24–34 21–36 27–30 —
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30–33 31–28 35–27 30–30 34–32 35–29 30–24 28–24 — 38–34
TVB Stuttgart 35–28 30–36 22–28 33–36 33–32 29–31 35–26 — 30–27
HSG Wetzlar 33–27 33–33 26–28 29–31 25–35 28–38 21–26 39–28 23–30 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2025. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 14 December 2025[4]
Rank Player Club Goals Shots %
1 Mathias Gidsel Füchse Berlin 154 211 73
2 Kai Häfner TVB Stuttgart 139 198 70
3 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu THW Kiel 127 198 64
4 Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 123 162 76
5 Marko Grgić SG Flensburg-Handewitt 106 156 68
Tim Suton TBV Lemgo 151 70
7 Simon Pytlick SG Flensburg-Handewitt 104 160 65
8 Emil Jakobsen SG Flensburg-Handewitt 99 133 74
9 Nicolaj Jørgensen HSV Hamburg 98 161 61
10 Jannik Kohlbacher Rhein-Neckar Löwen 95 113 84

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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