MT Melsungen

Germany

Founded

1861

Arena

Rothenbach-Halle · 4,300 cap

MT Melsungen is a handball club from Melsungen, Germany and is competing in the German Handball-Bundesliga. From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 2004/2005 season, he won 29 of 34 matches and took first place in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, making his way to the Handball-Bundesliga. In the debut season of 2005/2006, MT Melsungen took 12th place in the top class. In 1996, 2013 and 2014, the team made it to the DHB-Pokal in Hamburg, but failed there in the semi-finals. In the 2019/20 DHB-Pokal, the team made it to the finals for the first time, but was eliminated against TBV Lemgo there.

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Germany

Founded

2002

Arena

SAP Arena · 14,500 cap

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 Champions League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Arena, with a seating capacity of 14,500. On 1 July 2002, the club was founded, originally named SG Kronau/Östringen, following a merger between two clubs, TSG Kronau and TSV Baden Östringen. Their home ground was Rhein-Neckar-Halle. In their first season, 2002–03, the club succeeded to achieve promoting from the 2. Bundesliga to the top tier of the German handball, the Handball-Bundesliga. A season after, in 2003–04, they were relegated from the 16th position, but they returned again to the first Bundesliga in 2004–05 season, after finishing the season in the 2nd place of the 2. Bundesliga. In 2005–06 season, SG Kronau/Östringen home games were moved from the old Rhein-Neckar-Halle to the newly built SAP Arena in Mannheim. In this season, they reached the final of DHB Cup. They lost 25–26 to HSV Hamburg, and finished 6th in the Handball-Bundesliga. In the following season, they lost again in DHB Cup final, with a 33–31 to THW Kiel, and finished 8th in the Handball-Bundesliga. The club won the German championship two times – in 2016, and in 2017.