Overview
- SC Magdeburg, fresh off reclaiming the 2025 EHF Champions League, sits clear at the Handball-Bundesliga summit at the break and visits ThSV Eisenach on Saturday to protect a five-point cushion.
- SG Flensburg-Handewitt beat Bergischer HC 36:29 to lock in second place before the European Championship pause, trimming the gap to three points pending Magdeburg’s game.
- Kölner Haie defeated Bremerhaven 3:0 before 18,600 fans to take the DEL lead at least temporarily, as Adler Mannheim fell 5:2 at home to Ingolstadt.
- Newly reappointed coach Svetislav Pesic earned his first league win back at Bayern Munich with a 97:69 victory at Skyliners Frankfurt, led by 19 points from Xavier Rathan-Mayes while Spencer Dinwiddie was absent for a family matter.
- MT Melsungen’s playmaker Amine Darmoul is scheduled for knee surgery on December 30, underscoring a spate of injuries even as the team closed the year with a 33:28 win over Stuttgart.