Handball Bundesliga schedule released | OneFootball

"There's no easy start for us; we have a young, new-look team. There are no easy opponents," said BVB coach André Fuhr of the Women's Handball Bundesliga schedule, which was published on Monday afternoon. The vice-champions' campaign will kick off when they host Union Halle-Neustadt on Saturday 10 September. The first away game will be at SU Neckarsulm a week later.

A crunch clash in Neckarsulm awaits BVB as early as the second matchday. "That'll be our first major challenge. Neckarsulm have strengthened well," explained Fuhr.

A round of fixtures scheduled for Boxing Day, 26 December, will be a new addition to the calendar this year. "You can imagine how the players will celebrate Christmas. And of course it also makes a difference whether you play at home at Christmas or you have a long away journey to Bietigheim," Fuhr said.

Another unusual feature is the early break between 24 October and 20 November due to the European Championship in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. "Last year, we already had 14 or 15 games in the Bundesliga and Champions League behind us when the international break started. This time it'll only be five games. But we have to take it as it is," Fuhr said calmly.

BVB will play their final game of the 2022/23 campaign at home to Bayer Leverkusen on 27 May.

First half-season

10/09/2022: BVB vs. Halle-Neustadt 17.09/2022: SU Neckarsulm vs. BVB 24/09/2022: HSG Bensheim/Auerbach vs. BVB 05/10/2022: BVB vs. VfL Oldenburg 22/10/2022: Buxtehuder SV vs. BVB 27/11/2022: BVB vs. TuS Metzingen 07/12/2022: Sachsen Zwickau vs. BVB 17/12/2022: BVB vs. VfL Waiblingen 26/12/2022: Bietigheim vs. BVB 30/12/2022: BVB vs. Bad Wildungen 07/10/2023: Blomberg-Lippe vs. BVB 14/01/2023: BVB vs. Thüringer HC05/02/2023: Bayer Leverkusen vs. BVB

Second half-season

11/02/2023: Halle-Neustadt vs. BVB 18/02/2023: BVB vs. Neckarsulm 25/02/2023: BVB vs. HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 12/03/2023: VfL Oldenburg vs. BVB 18/03/2023: BVB vs. Buxtehuder SV 25/03/2023: TuS Metzingen vs. BVB 15/04/2023: BVB vs. Sachsen Zwickau 22/04/2023: VfL Waiblingen vs. BVB 29/04/2023: BVB vs. BBM Bietigheim 06/05/2023: Bad Wildungen vs. BVB 13/05/2023: BVB vs. Blomberg-Lippe 20/05/2023: Thüringer HC vs. BVB27/05/2023: BVB vs. Bayer Leverkusen