History

Founding & Organization

Within the framework of a meeting on 01.06.1994, the Handball-Bundesliga association HBVM e.V. was founded by 12 club representatives. Task and function of the foundation was the promotion of handball, especially in the range of the Bundesliga as well as the representation of interests and the collaboration of the Bundesliga clubs towards the DHB.

The HBVM e.V. was restructured to the Handball-Bundesliga e.V. in the course of the basic treaty between DHB and the league association on 28.06.2003.

The Handball-Bundesliga GmbH was established on 21.07.2004 for the implementation of the operative business.

Terms

Presidents HBVM e.V./HBL e.V.

1994 – 2004               Heinz Jacobsen
2004 – 2007               Bernd-Uwe Hildebrandt
2007 – 2014               Reiner Witte
Since 2014                 Uwe Schwenker

Managing Direktors HBL GmbH

2012 – 2015               Holger Kaiser
Since 2004                 Frank Bohmann

League Offices

1995 – 2003               Kaiserstraße 35, Kiel
2003 – 2012               Strobelalle 56, Dortmund
2012 – 2016               Phonixseestr. 4, Dortmund
2016 – today              Edmund-Rumpler-Str. 4, Köln

Central Marketing/Alliances

Naming Right

2007/08 – 2011/12                  TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga
2012/13 – 2018/19                  DKB Handball-Bundesliga
Since 2019/20                         LIQUI MOLY HBL

 

TV-Partner

1993/94 – 2016/17                  Diverse right holders (VOX, DSF, Sport1, SportA, Sportfive)
2017/18 – 2022/23                  Sky and SportA
2018/19 – 2019/20                  2. HBL Sublicense Sportdeutschland.TV
from 2022/23                          DYN

 

Geodata

Starting with the season 2019/2020, the provider KINEXON collects geodata of all players during all matches of the LIQUI MOLY HBL and makes these available for stakeholders.