Naming Right Partner
LIQUI MOLY - Since the season 2019/2020, the "strongest league in the world" has been called LIQUI MOLY HBL. The Ulm-based company, which specializes in the production of additives, lubricants and engine oils, secured the naming rights for the 1st league for at least five years, making it the biggest partner of Handball-Bundesliga GmbH.
Central League Partner
Deutsche Kreditbank - Deutsche Kreditbank AG has been closely associated with sports - and handball in particular - as a central partner for many years. Since 2012, the Handball-Bundesliga has been able to call DKB a strong ally and an important source of inspiration. The official bank partner stands for innovation, digitalization and interactive fan experience.
Naming Right Partner Event
REWE - REWE has been the exclusive naming rights partner for the major cup final weekend REWE Final4 in Cologne and also appears in advertising at all HBL events. The food company places its focus in sports sponsoring particularly on healthy nutrition.
Pixum - Pixum is one of the leading online photo services in Europe and since 2017 has been the official naming rights partner of the traditional Super Cup, the official season opener of the strongest league in the world. For more than 20 years, the Cologne-based company has been ensuring with its photo products that its customers can preserve their most beautiful memories forever.
Premium Partner
DAIKIN - DAIKIN is the world's leading manufacturer of heat pumps, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Since its foundation almost 100 years ago, the company has stood for independence from fossil fuels and has since developed sustainable technologies based on the use of renewable energies.
Kempa - Kempa stands for handball. As a move and as a brand. The brand stands for innovation and quality, and its cooperation with Handball-Bundesliga GmbH underlines its commitment to German handball. As the official partner, Kempa brings its many years of expertise to the collaboration, firmly anchored in the pursuit of top performance on and off the pitch.
Hansa Mineralbrunnen - For over 50 years, Hansa Mineralbrunnen has been bringing refreshment and joie de vivre to athletes' lives with its natural hella mineral water. Our beverage partner based in Schleswig-Holstein has been a key player on and off the field since 2012.
Danfoss - Danfoss is a global market and technology leader with a significant role in promoting energy efficiency, electrification and the transition to a world with lower CO2 emissions. The company, which is headquartered in Nordborg (Denmark), and has numerous offices in Germany, is supporting HBL GmbH with advice and solutions during the current season, in preparation for the HBL General Assembly in July this year, and in the outlook for the coming season.
SELECT - The SELECT Group is the world's largest manufacturer of handballs and the official match ball supplier for a large number of associations, leagues and clubs around the world. In addition to a large number of clubs in the LIQUI MOLY HBL and 2nd HBL, SELECT balls are also used in the REWE Final4 and the Pixum Super Cup.
TicketPAY - TicketPAY Europe GmbH - From the 2021/22 season, the Handball Bundesliga will be relying on the ticketing partner from Hamm in Westphalia. In addition to the Pixum Super Cup, the internationally active company will also be responsible for the REWE Final4 handball premium event for the DHB Cup via its systems.
PASS Consulting Group - PASS stands for Process Automation and Software solutions. PASS Consulting Group has been the official digitalization partner of the LIQUI MOLY HBL since the start of the 2022/23 season. The German company, which is based in Aschaffenburg, is supporting the Handball-Bundesliga in developing a smartphone app for handball fans. PASS core competence is the digitization of large companys, medium-sized businesses, associations, clubs and start-ups. With over 40 years of experience in software development, the company offers their customers sophisticated IT solutions and cloud services for a better digital world.
League Partner
MERKUR - MERKUR is the main brand of the Gauselmann Group. It has been providing entertainment at the highest level for over 60 years and stands for the brand values of gaming fun, passion, innovation, seriousness and reliability. For more than 10 years the provider of slot machines, games of chance and money games has been the official gaming partner of the world's strongest league.
Brother - Brother is a leading provider of office solutions for commercial and private users and has been alongside the world's strongest league since 2015. The product portfolio includes printers, multifunction devices with laser and ink technology, scanners and labelling systems as well as label and receipt printers.
KÜS - KÜS (Motor vehicle monitoring organization of freelance motor vehicle experts e. V.) has been the jersey sponsor of the referees in the "strongest league in the world" since the 2020/2021 season. The KÜS emblem can be seen on the front and back of the referees' shirts until at least 2023.
Cooperation Partner
ALSCO - Alsco is a leading provider of textile care and hygiene solutions for companies worldwide. Alsco has been setting standards in quality, reliability and innovation since 1889. With a wide range of services, including rental textiles, workwear, hygiene products and facility services, Alsco helps its partners to optimize their operations and provide a safe and comfortable working environment for their employees.
Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe - Through its successful partnership with Deutsche Sporthilfe, the HBL has supported more than 4,000 Sporthilfe athletes in over 50 sports since 2014, including Germany's young handball players. Together, Deutsche Sporthilfe and the HBL initiate numerous charity campaigns in aid of Joachim Deckarm, the 1978 handball world champion who died in an accident.
Sportradar - The Swiss company is the global market leader in the collection and provision of sports data. As the "official data partner of the HBL", Sportradar collects and processes match data for all games in the 1st and 2nd Handball-Bundesliga, as well as the REWE Final4 and the Pixum Super Cup.
KINEXON - KINEXON has been providing innovative performance data of all players as well as the match balls for the Handball-Bundesliga since the 2019/20 season. The German company, based in Munich, supplies both hardware for real-time acquisition of precise movement data and software solutions for intelligent data processing and analysis.