2025–26 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2025–26
Dates	27 August 2025 – 7 June 2026
Matches	250
Goals	15,120 (60.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mathias Gidsel (227 goals)
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 16 April 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.

Teams

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Eisenach

Erlangen

Flensburg

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hamburg

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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 GWD Minden	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	10,767 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	28	25	2	1	911	755	+156	52	Champions League
2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	28	21	3	4	985	882	+103	45
3	Füchse Berlin	28	22	0	6	1005	842	+163	44	EHF European League
4	VfL Gummersbach	28	20	3	5	891	776	+115	43
5	THW Kiel	28	16	7	5	869	823	+46	39
6	TBV Lemgo	28	16	3	9	831	784	+47	35
7	MT Melsungen	28	15	4	9	820	798	+22	34
8	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	28	14	3	11	846	812	+34	31
9	Frisch Auf Göppingen	28	10	6	12	772	816	−44	26
10	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	28	10	4	14	830	843	−13	24
11	HSV Hamburg	28	11	1	16	874	897	−23	23
12	TVB Stuttgart	28	7	8	13	828	860	−32	22
13	HC Erlangen	28	7	5	16	793	843	−50	19
14	ThSV Eisenach	28	7	5	16	781	837	−56	19
15	Bergischer HC	28	6	3	19	809	895	−86	15
16	GWD Minden	28	4	4	20	772	912	−140	12
17	HSG Wetzlar	28	4	3	21	782	895	−113	11	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	SC DHfK Leipzig	28	2	6	20	770	899	−129	10

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 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	HAM	GUM	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	MIN	RNL	STU	WET
Bergischer HC	—	28–35	27–26	29–33	33–43		35–32	30–39			28–28	27–28	25–27	26–29	23–30	30–27	25–25	35–28
Füchse Berlin	39–27	—	35–23	45–29		42–29	38–39			32–29	39–26	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	26–35	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	29–27	24–24	33–26
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	36–29	40–39		36–30	—	32–26	33–29	37–37	37–29	36–34	36–28		31–35		35–31	33–29	29–29	35–31
Frisch Auf Göppingen	26–21	26–32	26–23	27–24	32–33	—	34–30	24–36	30–26	24–28	24–24	26–33	23–27	26–26	28–28		28–28
HSV Hamburg	34–35	28–36	32–28	34–26	35–38		—	31–30	29–33	27–34	33–35	35–35	29–30	25–23	32–26	33–30
VfL Gummersbach	29–29	34–29	35–27	33–22	33–26		33–27	—	33–27	25–25	34–27	28–27	31–32	29–28			33–26	32–24
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34–30	28–32	32–30	26–32	33–35	22–28	35–37	26–29	—	34–40			22–24		26–26	28–24	28–22	30–25
THW Kiel	43–35		30–30	28–25	37–33	34–30	27–25	26–34	29–29	—			31–29	31–29	33–25	31–31	33–32	34–30
SC DHfK Leipzig	28–35	26–34	29–29		24–42	29–34	29–27	31–37	27–27	34–41	—	29–34	23–36			26–30	29–29	24–25
TBV Lemgo	28–25	33–34	28–19	27–21	34–33	27–30	39–32	31–25	29–30	23–23		—	29–33	26–27		25–22	32–30	28–25
SC Magdeburg	39–30	35–33	34–28	35–31		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	32–28	24–31	29–29	30–29	34–25	28–22	23–34	—	32–28	27–29	33–28	33–32
GWD Minden		28–39		30–29	27–40	28–28	29–30	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	33–36	30–30	35–29	34–32		27–28	30–24	32–30			28–24	—	38–34	41–27
TVB Stuttgart	35–28	30–36	33–31				33–36	22–28	35–34	32–27	33–32	32–32		29–31	35–26		—	30–27
HSG Wetzlar		27–41	33–27		33–33	26–28	25–35	29–31	28–38		26–26	21–26		32–38	39–28	23–30	31–31	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2026. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 15 March 2026

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

External links

• Official website