The handball Bundesliga goes into its 60th season. As in previous years, the fight for the championship promises to become narrow and exciting. Who are the title candidates, which players will it arrive?
The Bundesliga time plan
The Supercup in Munich heralds the new handball season on Saturday. The first title of the season is awarded in the duel between the German champion Füchse Berlin and Cup winner THW Kiel.
A few days later, from Wednesday August 27th, the 18 Bundesliga clubs will start in the first of 34 match days. In January, league operations for the European Handball Championship, which takes place in Denmark, Sweden and Norway from January 15 to February 1, will be interrupted. At the latest on the last matchday on June 7, 2026, the new master is chosen.
The favorites
The fight for the German championship title is likely to make up four or five teams among themselves in this season: the master Füchse Berlin, Champions League winner and Bundesliga second SC Magdeburg, the record champion THW Kiel and SG Flensburg-Handewitt. But the MT Melsungen will also try to have a say in the championship race.
World handball players and last year MVP Mathias Gidsel from the Foxen Berlin not only wants to repeat the success of the past season, but also top and sent a declaration of war to the competition: “We want to get all the titles this year”he said in an interview with the broadcaster “Dyn”. What is meant are the Supercup, the DHB Cup, the German Championship and the Champions League. “The foxes and I are ready”according to the Dane.
SC Magdeburg is likely to be the biggest adversary. The Berliners had only one point ahead of the SCM at the end of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season. In the finals of the premier class, the foxes lost to Magdeburgers.
The Relegation candidate
The GWD Minden and the Bergische HC are traditionally the number one descending candidate as a promoted. Most promoters have difficulty gaining a foothold in the upper house. But teams such as the TVB Stuttgart, HC Erlangen or HSG Wetzlar could also have more to do with the relegation battle than you would like.
The top transfers of the new season
The Bundesliga gets some star growth in its anniversary season. The THW Kiel has strengthened with Gonzalo Perez de Vargas in the goalkeeper position. However, his first use will be a long time coming due to injury. With the Spaniard Aitor Arino, the Füchse Berlin have committed an experienced left outside and with the Norwegian Tobias Gröndahl a promising 24-year-old back room player. With Dani Bajens, the Rhein-Neckar Löwen will bring a well-known face back to the Bundesliga. The playmaker returns to Paris after a year Saint-Germain Back to Germany.
Within the league, the change from Shootingstar Marko Grgic from THSV Einensach to SG Flensburg-Handewitt is the top transfer. Grgics national team colleague Luca Witzke also changes to the Flensburg Fjord. So far he played in Leipzig.
Where to Handball Bundesliga can pursue
The first and the third programs transmit selected parts of the handball Bundesliga freely receiving freely on TV and stream. The MDR starts on the first matchday with the derby between THSV Eisenach and SC DHfK Leipzig. On the third matchday, the encounter between the Füchsen Berlin and SC Magdeburg will be shown in the first on September 6th. The transmission begins at 3:30 p.m. All games can be followed on Sportschau.de in the live ticker.
The streaming broadcaster “Dyn” broadcasts all games of the handball Bundesliga. In addition, “Welt.TV” shows a game on Sundays.