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Handball-Bundesliga Opens 60th Season Tonight With Hannover vs. Gummersbach

Defending champion Füchse Berlin face a renewed challenge from SC Magdeburg in an expected two-team title fight.

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Handball-Altmeister VfL Gummersbach will in der neuen Saison für Furore sorgen.
Lukas Hutecek und Constantin Möstl

Overview

  • Hannover hosts Gummersbach at 7 p.m. local time to launch the campaign, with live coverage on Dyn from the ZAG Arena.
  • Offseason moves reshape the field, as Juri Knorr departs the league for Aalborg and top scorer Marko Grgic joins Flensburg earlier than planned alongside other German internationals.
  • SC Magdeburg bolsters its squad after Nikola Portner’s suspension by adding goalkeeper Matej Mandic and key signing Elvar Örn Jonsson, while THW Kiel’s new keeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas has a delayed debut due to injury.
  • The new IHF rules now applied in the HBL swap straight red cards for head hits for a two-minute penalty, allow the zero-step after a catch, and expand benches to 16 players with five officials.
  • Key dates include Berlin vs Magdeburg on September 6, a pause after December 26–27 for Euro 2026, and a June 7 finale, with all 306 league games streamed on Dyn plus select free-TV windows.