Overview

• HB Ludwigsburg confirmed insolvency and pulled out of the HBF, leaving the league to start with 11 teams and the club designated as the first relegated side.
• League officials kept the women’s schedule intact by canceling all Ludwigsburg fixtures without replacements, giving opponents a bye on those dates; affected players were released and many have already signed elsewhere.
• The men’s 60th Bundesliga season begins Wednesday with Hannover-Burgdorf vs Gummersbach, with Berlin vs Magdeburg set for 6 September and the finale on 7 June; Dyn carries all games with select free-TV windows.
• Adopted rule updates include two-minute penalties for specific goalkeeper head impacts, an expanded ‘Nullschritt’ interpretation, roster limits rising to 16 players and five team officials, and adjusted sanctions for minor bench contact.
• Summer moves reshape contenders: Juri Knorr left the HBL for Aalborg, Marko Grgic joined Flensburg earlier than planned, Magdeburg added keeper Matej Mandic and Elvar Örn Jonsson, Berlin brought in Aitor Ariño and Tobias Grøndahl, and Kiel signed Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas.