The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the Toyota Handball-Bundesliga. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became the new sponsor. From 2024 onwards, the league was sponsored by Daikin. The official name has consequently been changed to Daikin Handball-Bundesliga. The winners of the respective season are the official German handball champions. HBL is headquartered in Dortmund.
Alfreð Gíslason is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the German men's national team. He won titles in Iceland, Germany and Spain as a player before starting his coaching career in 1991 with Icelandic team KA as a player-coach. He later coached German club SC Magdeburg, where he won the Bundesliga and the EHF Champions League, the Icelandic men's national team and German club THW Kiel, where he won six Bundesliga, six DHB-Pokal and two EHF Champions League titles. Alfreð was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1989 and inducted into the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame in 2019.
Yoon Kyung-shin is a South Korean handball manager and former player.
Domagoj Duvnjak is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Arena, with a seating capacity of 14,500.
The DHB-Pokal is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga championship.
Šport TV is Slovenia's first sport-only television channel. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana. Television was launched on October 14, 2006. Miro Ćorić is editor-in-chief, Marko Bogovac is general manager.
Buxtehuder SV is a German sports club based in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony. The club is best known for its women's handball team, currently competing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and 2022-23 Women's EHF European League, but also has departments for many other sports, including association football, athletics, swimming, boxing, gymnastics, and volleyball.
Luisa Schulze is a German handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the German national team.
Frankfurter Handball Club is a German women's handball from Frankfurt (Oder).
Susann Müller is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin.
Patrick Wiencek is a German professional handballer playing for THW Kiel.
Hendrik Pekeler is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel.
Andreas Miroslav Palicka is a Swedish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team.
Dinah Eckerle is a German handballer for Team Esbjerg and the Germany national team.
Borussia Dortmund is a German professional women's handball team from Dortmund. They have competed in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen since 2015–2016 season, the top division in Germany.
André Schmid is a Swiss retired handballer. He retired in February 2024. At the same time he announced that he will be taking over as a head coach of the Swiss national team.
Alina Grijseels is a German handball player for CSM București and the German national team.
Lea Rühter is a German handball player for Buxtehuder SV in the Frauen Handball-Bundesliga and the German national team.
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