2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga (women)
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 August 2025 – |
| Top goalscorer | Nina Engel (32 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]
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 | 3,850 |
| 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 | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
| HSG Blomberg-Lippe | Steffen Birkner | Erreà |
| VfL Oldenburg | Niels Bötel | Adidas |
| Thüringer HC | Herbert Müller | Mizuno |
| TuS Metzingen | Miriam Hirsch | Kempa |
| BSV Sachsen Zwickau | Norman Rentsch | Mizuno |
| HSG Bensheim/Auerbach | Ilka Fickinger | Kempa |
| Buxtehuder SV | Dirk Leun | Kempa |
| Sport-Union Neckarsulm | Thomas Zeitz | JAKO |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Nico Kiener | Kempa |
| Borussia Dortmund | Henk Groener | Puma |
| SV Union Halle-Neustadt | Ines Seidler | Hummel |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSG Bensheim/Auerbach | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 125 | +21 | 8 | Championship play-offs + advance to Champions League |
| 2 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 76 | +21 | 6 | Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Sport-Union Neckarsulm | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 84 | +5 | 4 | |
| 4 | VfL Oldenburg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 88 | +3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Thüringer HC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 89 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 63 | +9 | 2 | |
| 7 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 2 | |
| 8 | TuS Metzingen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 105 | −14 | 2 | |
| 9 | Buxtehuder SV | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 91 | −14 | 1 | Relegation play-off to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
| 10 | BSV Sachsen Zwickau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 0 | |
| 11 | SV Union Halle-Neustadt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 129 | −19 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2025. 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.
External links
- Official website (in German)