SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since forming in 1990, the club has been one of Germany's most successful teams domestically and in European tournaments. The club is best known for winning the EHF Champions League in 2014 by defeating arch-rivals THW Kiel in the final 30–28.
THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.
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.
Niklas Landin Jacobsen is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold.
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.
Aron Pálmarsson is an Icelandic handball player for Haukar and the Icelandic national handball team.
Momir Ilić is a Serbian former handball player.
Joan Cañellas Reixach is a Spanish former handball player.
Rasmus Lauge Schmidt is a Danish handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Harald Reinkind is a Norwegian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Norwegian national team.
Andreas Wolff is a German handball player for THW Kiel and the German national team.
Hendrik Pekeler is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel.
Steffen Weinhold is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel. In 2021 he announced the end of his time in the German national team.
Magnus Landin Jacobsen is a Danish professional handballer for THW Kiel and the Danish national team.
Andreas Miroslav Palicka is a Swedish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team.
Rune Dahmke is a German professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Germany national team.
Jim Gottfridsson is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he has won five titles at club level, including the EHF Champions League, league championships and cup titles.
Hampus Wanne is a Swedish professional handballer for FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.
Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson is an Icelandic handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national team. He was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2023.
