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.
Ionela Stanca is a Romanian professional handballer who plays for Chambray Touraine Handball. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.
Ágnes Farkas is a former Hungarian handball player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 1995 and 2003 World Championships.
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.
Mariama Camara Signaté is a French handball player. Her playing position is left back.
Nina Müller, née Wörz is a German handball player. She plays for the German club Thüringer HC and for the German national team, having made her international debut on 19 February 1999 against Poland.
Ferencvárosi Torna Club is a Hungarian professional women's handball team from Budapest, that is part of the multi-sports club Ferencvárosi TC. Nicknamed Fradi, the team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. They are one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won eleven Hungarian championships and as many Hungarian cup titles. FTC also enjoy a good reputation in continental competitions: they lifted the EHF Cup Winners' Cup trophy in 1978, 2011, and 2012, and they were also crowned as the EHF Cup winners in 2006. The team also reached the finals of the EHF Champions League two times, however, they fell short in both occasions.
Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectators. They play games in red shirts and black shorts.
Stine Østergaard Jørgensen is a Danish handball player for København Håndbold. She was the team captain of the national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. In May 2020, she announced her retirement from the Danish national team.
Yvette Broch is a retired Dutch professional handball player, who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.
Susann Müller is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin.
Trine Østergaard Jensen is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team.
HB Ludwigsburg is a German professional handball club from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, and internationally in the EHF Champions League. The men's team plays in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga.
Tess Lieder is a Dutch retired handballer for the Dutch national team.
Chambray Touraine Handball is the name of a French handball club from Chambray-lès-Tours. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2016.
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.
Clara Monti Danielsson is a Swedish handball player. She currently plays for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Sweden women's national handball team.
Inger Smits is a Dutch handball player for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Dutch national team.
Maike Schirmer is a German former handball player, who played for VfL Oldenburg, Buxtehuder SV, VfL Bad Schwartau, SG Kisdorf/Leezen and TuS Hartenholm in Germany and Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball in France, as well as the German national team.
Merel Freriks is a Dutch female handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Dutch national team.
