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.
Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 465 competitors, 278 men and 187 women, took part in 234 events in 26 sports.
Christina Rost is a German former women's team handball player. She had her biggest success with the national team of East Germany, winning the women's world cup in 1975, the Olympic silver medal in 1976 in Montreal and, four years later, the Olympic bronze medal in Moscow.
Heidi Marie Tjugum is a Norwegian team handball player and goalkeeper, and World Champion from 1999.
Renate Urne is a retired Norwegian international handballer. She played in her native Norway for Erdal IL, IL Bjørnar and Tertnes HE, before moving to German side HC Leipzig in 2007. She stayed in Leipzig until her retirement in 2011.
Rikke Nielsen is a former Danish handballer. She previously played for Aalborg DH, and before that she played for the German club HC Leipzig. Before this she played for Aalborg DH and its parent club HS Nord. She won silver medals at the European Championships in 2004. In all she played 54 national games and scored 68 goals. Her first national game was 25 September 2003.
Michaela Erler is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.
Sybille Gruner was a member of the German women's national handball team between 1989 and 1995. In 1993 the team won the world championships in a very close game against Denmark. One year later, during the European championship final in Berlin, they played the Danish team again and lost.
Kerstin Knüpfer née Mühlner is a German handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.
Ulrike Mertesacker is a German former professional handball player. She played for several top-flight handball clubs and the Germany national team in her seven years as a professional. Since 2011 she has lived in London with her husband, Arsenal Academy manager and retired footballer Per Mertesacker, and last played for amateur side Thames Handball Club.
Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir is an Icelandic former team handball player. She played for the Icelandic national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. On 28 August 2018, she announced her retirement from handball due to injuries.
Katja Langkeit is a German former team handball player. She plays on the German national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Louise Knak Lyksborg is a former Danish handball, who last played for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM and the Danish national team.
Susann Müller is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin.
Michaela Ek is a Swedish female handballer who plays for TIF Viking and the Swedish national team.
SC DHfK Leipzig Handball is a German handball team from Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. It was one of the strongest GDR clubs in late 1950s and 1960s.
Michaela Konečná is a Czech handball player for Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE and the Czech national team.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
This article lists the squads and players who competed in the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship played in Netherlands.
This article lists the squads and players who competed in the 1996 European Women's Handball Championship played in Denmark.
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