THE REWE FINAL4 2025 AT A GLANCE

The final weekend for the DHB Cup will be held for the third time on April 12 and 13, 2025 in the 19,750-capacity LANXESS arena in Cologne. The two previous events were sold out. The two semi-finals will take place on Saturday (April 12, 2025), followed by the match for third place and the grand final for the 2023/24 DHB Cup on Sunday (April 13, 2025).

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025
Match for 3rd place
Final for the DHB Cup

The kick-off times will be announced as soon as the coordination with the TV stations has been completed.
Current event information can be found here.

REWE Final4 2024: SC Magdeburg is DHB-Pokal winner

"Here reigns the SCM": SC Magdeburg is DHB Cup winner for the third time after 1996 and 2016. After losing three finals in 2019, 2022 and 2023, Bennet Wiegert's team won the final at the REWE Final4 in Cologne on Sunday by 30:19 (13:11) against MT Melsungen, who still have to wait for their first cup win.

It was the second clearest result in a DHB Cup final after THW Kiel's 30:15 win over TV Niederwürzbach in 1998, although it did not look like such a clear result until the 40th minute. Melsungen were on a par up to this point, but then SCM pulled away - and the success had the same name as the 30:25 victory in the semi-final against Füchse Berlin the day before: goalkeeper Sergey Hernandez The Spaniard saved a total of 20 shots and was also deservedly named DKB Player of the Tournament. The best scorers for the new cup winners were Lukas Mertens with seven goals and Omar Ingi Magnusson (6).

Magdeburg had lost to Rhein-Neckar Löwen on seven-meter penalties at the premiere of the REWE Final4 last year, but now celebrated their second success in the final in the LANXESS Arena after last year's Champions League triumph. Albin Lagergren, who moved from the Lions to SCM in the summer of 2023, is therefore the only defending champion in the DHB Cup.

Final: SC Magdeburg - MT Melsungen 30:19 (13:11)

As in the semi-final victory against Flensburg, Melsungen relied on a 7-on-6 in attack and very offensive covering. After a very hectic and nervous start by both sides, SCM took the lead, but then had enormous problems in attack and was therefore not able to open up a gap of more than two goals.

Goalkeeper Sergey Hernandez stood like a wall again, as he did in the semi-final against the Foxes. The Spaniard saved nine shots alone before the break. However, Magdeburg were not able to control the game, which was also due to the fact that MT goalkeeper Adam Morawski saved two seven-meter penalties from Omar Ingi Magnusson. The SCM relied on individual actions against the physically extremely present and agile defense of the club from North Hesse, but these were not always crowned with success. The 13:11 lead at the break for the current Champions League champions was well deserved and could have been even greater.

Magdeburg also had problems against Melsungen's solid defense after the break. The game continued to be tough and thrived on the tension. The SCM fans, who were clearly superior in numbers, tried everything to whip their team forward, but the Melsungen fans in the stands also kept up a loud fight. It was finally DHB international Lukas Mertens who broke the spell with a double to make it 20:16 and give his side its first four-goal lead in the 40th minute.

Even a timeout by Melsungen at 17:22 in the 43rd minute did not turn the game around, on the contrary: Sergey Hernandez's 13th save was followed by Lukas Mertens' sixth goal and with 14 minutes remaining the game was decided at 23:17. The thousands of SCM fans in the LANXESS arena sang "Super SC Magdeburg". And after that it became really clear, with the fans and SCM bench cheering without limits minutes before the end. And the fans knew who they had to thank: "Sergey. Sergey" echoed through the LANXESS arena after the final whistle.

History: The REWE Final4 since 1994

It is the most popular club handball event in the world: The REWE Final4. The 4 best DHB-Pokal teams of the season fight on the final weekend of the DHB-Pokal in 2 semi-final matches (on Saturday) and one final match (on Sunday) in the Barclays Arena Hamburg for the coveted DHB-Pokal.The success story of the Final4 tournament to date, which has played a major role in shaping the great reputation of the DHB-Pokal to this day, is closely linked to Hamburg and today's Barclays Arena. In 1994, the last four clubs remaining in the cup competition met for the first time in the Sporthalle Hamburg in Hamburg Alsterdorf. A year earlier, the DHB-Pokal final celebrated its premiere in the form of a Final4 tournament in Frankfurt's Ballsporthalle.
From 2003 to 2021, the REWE Final4 for the DHB-Pokal then developed into the world's most popular and traditional Final4 tournament in handball at today's Barclays Arena. The REWE Final4 stands for a unique arena atmosphere and also sets standards as a TV and media event. Both semifinals and the final will be shown live in their entirety by Sky on pay TV. ARD or ZDF will broadcast one of the semifinals in parallel, while ARD will also broadcast the final in parallel with Sky. Nationally, the REWE Final4 tournament achieves a broadcast duration of up to 61 hours and an annual reach of up to 43 million viewers. The matches of the DHB-Pokal final weekend are shown live in 30 countries worldwide.  

The DHB Cup winners in chronological order:

2024	SC Magdeburg
2023	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2022	THW Kiel
2020	TBV Lemgo
2019	THW Kiel
2018	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2017	THW Kiel
2016	SC Magdeburg
2015	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2014	Füchse Berlin
2013	THW Kiel
2012	THW Kiel
2011	THW Kiel
2010	Handball Sport Verein Hamburg
2009	THW Kiel
2008	THW Kiel
2007	THW Kiel
2006	Handball Sport Verein Hamburg
2005	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2004	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2003	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2002	TBV Lemgo
2001	VfL Bad Schwartau
2000	THW Kiel
1999	THW Kiel
1998	THW Kiel
1997	TBV Lemgo
1996	SC Magdeburg
1995	TBV Lemgo
1994	SG Wallau/Massenheim
1993	SG Wallau/Massenheim
1992	TuSEM Essen
1991	TuSEM Essen
1990	TSV Milbertshofen
1989	TV Großwallstadt
1988	TuSEM Essen
1987	TV Großwallstadt
1986	MTSV Schwabing
1985	VfL Gummersbach
1984	TV Großwallstadt
1983	VfL Gummersbach
1982	VfL Gummersbach
1981	TuS Nettelstedt
1980	TV Großwallstadt
1979	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen
1978	VfL Gummersbach
1977	VfL Gummersbach
1976	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen
1975	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen