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Handball: DHB-Pokal: Northern clubs learn their first cup opponents
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Handball: DHB-Pokal: Northern clubs learn their first cup opponents

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • HSV Hamburg will play MTV Braunschweig in the first round of the DHB-Pokal.
  • TSV Hannover-Burgdorf faces TuS Ferndorf, while SG Flensburg-Handewitt and THW Kiel enter in the second round.
  • The first round matches are scheduled for August 21-23, with the Final Four in April 2027.

The draw for the first round of the 2026/27 DHB-Pokal season has set the initial matchups for handball clubs. HSV Hamburg faces an away game against third-division team MTV Braunschweig.

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is set to compete against second-division club TuS Ferndorf. Meanwhile, two other top-division Northern clubs, SG Flensburg-Handewitt and THW Kiel, will not participate in the first round, receiving a bye directly into the second round.

In a regional contest, third-division TSV Altenholz will host second-division VfL Lübeck-Schwartau. HSG Nordhorn-Lingen, also from the second division, will travel to play Longericher SC, a third-division team. Additionally, third-division club TuS Vinnhorst is scheduled to face the higher-ranked 1. VfL Potsdam.

The initial round of matches is slated to take place between August 21 and 23. The tournament's culmination, the Final Four, is scheduled for April 10 and 11, 2027, in Cologne.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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