Handball: HSV handball players apply for a licence for 2.

HSV Hamburg sets the course for the return to the big handball stage.

With the timely submission of the licence application for the 2. Bundesliga, the former Champions League winner has come one step closer to becoming professional again. The spin-off of the business operations into the newly founded Handball Sport Management und Marketing GmbH was initiated in advance.

“In the event of advancement to the 2nd class, As a result, we are fulfilling the administrative prerequisites for sustainable future planning in sport and business”, said Marc Evermann, President of the Bundesliga. The HSV, coached by 2007 World Champion Torsten Jansen, leads the Regionalliga Nord after two thirds of the season with a six-point lead. The HSV professional team filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of 2016.