Overview

• Thüringer HC clinched the 2025 Women’s European League title with a 34:32 victory over Ikast Handbold in Graz, and Johanna Reichert was named MVP.
• The European League triumph secured the club’s first-ever qualification for the Women’s Champions League.
• On June 5, shareholder Robert Böhm announced the team will forgo the Champions League due to prohibitive costs, extensive travel demands and the need for a larger squad.
• Böhm described the top-tier competition as “a number too big” for the club while calling the European League their comfortable “living room.”
• By declining the Champions League, Thüringer HC will enter the 2026 European League group stage as a seeded team