Sunday, 15 September:

• HSVH started the new season with a 25:25 draw in Göppingen, the supposed winning goal was disallowed after video proof.
• SC Magdeburg, which lost to Füchse Berlin in the Handball Super Cup, had problems with HSG Wetzlar for a while, but ultimately won comfortably 35:28 - also because goalkeeper Sergej Hernandez fended off 13 shots.
• In the duels between the current champions and cup winners and the ex-champions and ex-cup winners, there were two clear SCM victories in the previous season: in Hamburg, the Wiegert team won 43:28, at home it was 35:24.
• Hamburg's last victory against the club world champions was in March 2015, but overall, HSVH are ahead in the statistics with 18:14 wins.

• Two losers from the first round lock horns in Wetzlar: HSG lost 28:35 to champions and cup winners SC Magdeburg despite a long-time strong performance, while TSV Hannover-Burgdorf suffered a 28:32 home defeat against VfL Gummersbach despite ten goals of wing player Marius Steinhauser.
• Last season, the match in Wetzlar ended in a 32:32 draw, before, Recken had lost their home game 30:33. Overall, the statistics includes 16 wins for Wetzlar and ten for Hannover-Burgdorf.

• After the relegation of the Bergischer HC, this duel is the only remaining NRW derby in the DAIKIN HBL - and the match is a small anniversary, because both teams face in Bundesliga for the 75th time.
• Gummersbach celebrated a perfect start to the season, winning 32:28 against Hanover in the league and also qualifying for the group phase of the European League with two clear victories against Mors-Thy from Denmark.
• With 18 saves against Hanover, Gummersbach's Croatian newcomer Dominik Kuzmanovic celebrated a dream debut in his first Bundesliga game.
• TBV lost clearly at home to MT Melsungen on the first match day (20:28 ) despite 14 saves by the new Austrian goalkeeper Constantin Möstl.
• VfL won both games against Lemgo in the 2023/24 season (26:23, 30:27), with Lemgos having a total of 35 wins in the statistics, and Gummersbach are on 32. Lemgo's last home win against VfL dates back to 2018.

• Stuttgart started the new season with a clear 24:33 defeat against Leipzig, while SG Flensburg-Handewitt achieved the clearest victory on the first matchday with a 42:28 win against HC Erlangen. Olympic champion Emil Jakobsen scored eleven times for SG.
• The 34:31 win last season was Stuttgart's first victory in a total of 17 duels against SG - compared to 15 wins by the current European League winner and one draw.

• After the 41:35 opening victory in Eisenach, the second East duel awaits the Handball Super Cup winner and runner-up from Berlin.
• World handball player and Olympic MVP Mathias Gidsel and U21 world champion Tim Freihöfer were the most successful overall scorers on the first match day with twelve goals each against Eisenach.
• SC DHfK Leipzig also started the season with a clear victory: after a balanced first half, the score was 33:24 against TVB Stuttgart; Matej Klima scored seven times for the trade fair city team.
• In the previous season, the Füchse won both duels with Leipzig (37:28, 31:29), SC DHfK's last victory over the capital city team dates back to 2019, the overall record includes 13 Füchse victories and four Leipzig successes.