Overview

• HB Ludwigsburg filed for insolvency on July 22 and released all players, prompting a provisional administrator and court review.
• The club’s Bundesliga licence and eligibility for domestic and Champions League competition remain unresolved as federation and legal assessments proceed.
• Bundestrainer Markus Gaugisch called the collapse a 'catastrophe' for players who lost their jobs overnight and highlighted the loss of daily national-team training synergies.
• National player Alina Grijseels deemed the collapse incomprehensible in its extremity and warned it marks a negative turn for German women’s handball.
• Gaugisch reported that former Ludwigsburg internationals have since secured new clubs, forcing the national team to adjust preparation plans for the home World Championship.