Although some detail is still missing, it is confirmed, The preseason of Barça de Handball is defined Broadly speaking and, on the expected return of Ludovic Fàbregasspecial of the year 2025-26 Barca, there are two possible trains clashes against rivals of Champions as demanding preparation for the next months of competition.
The Barca team opens this year a new cycle due FABREGAS, Viktor Hallgrimsson, Seif eldera and four young people trained in the quarry back to the first team, Ian Barrufet, Djordje Cikusa, Dani Fernández y Òscar Grau.
Hugo Navarro (MD)
All of them and the rest of the players will return to work in August, in principle on day 5 to do that week a 'Internship' in Andorra. Like last year, Barça will travel to Germany To play their first two preseason games in the HSG Premium Cupwhere the semifinals will play on August 16 against the host club, the Nordhorn-Lingenwhich ended this 7th season in the German Second Division.
The other semifinal will face two European giants, the Füchse Berlinin force champion of the Bundesliga and runner -up of the Championsand the SG Flensburg-Handewittanother candidate for the Bundesliga and winner of the EHF European League The last two seasons. Barça will be measured to one of them on the 17th, in the final if it meets the logic against the Nordhorn or the match for third place in case of an unlikely defeat.
Crossing with the füchse, Barça would meet immediately as a rival to Aitor Ariñonew signing of the Berlin team after a lifetime of the Catalan end in the Palauthe player with more titles in the history of Barca Handball (74), with five Champions in front.
Mathias Gidsel.
Aitor and central Tobias Grondahl They are the reinforcements of a Füchse that will continue with the Danish 'demon' Mathias hostage as leader, chosen the European MVP of the last seasonbest player in the world the last two years (2023, 2024) and on the way to a third nomination in 2025.
To measure yourself with the Flensburg, Barça would also have a first caliber test because the 2014 Champions Champion, directed by Ales Pajovicanother team is armed with players like Simon Pytlick, John Golla o Emil Jakobsen.
Lucas Witzke, Kent Robin Tonnesen y Domen Novak They are his signings: Witzke, one of the sensations of the last bundesliga in the Leipzigwill cover the decline of the central Jim Gottfridssonthat goes to Pick Szeged After 12 years in the German team.
The Super Cup of Catalonia It will be the following commitment of the men of Ortega, on August 22, against the Handball Bordilsthe Training Club of the Cikusa brothers, or the Oar grace sabadellchampion and runner -up of the Catalan Cup 2025. The semifinal raffle will be held next Friday, July 11 in Esplugues de Llobregatwhich will host the final on August 26. He Fraikin BM Granants It will be the other head of the raffle.
The 4th edition of the Iberian Super Cup Play it this year in Portugal. Its handball federation is pending to confirm the tournament data, but it is planned to Matosinhos It is the headquarters on August 30 and 31 and that there are no changes in the matches, so that the Spanish and Portuguese Leagues champions could only be measured in the final.
Both the Barça like him Sporting They won all national titles and, therefore, the semifinalist poster of the Iberian Super Cup will be completed by the finalists of Copa of both countries, the Ademar León and the FC Portothe new destination of Half Valeranother of the 10 players who have left the Catalan club this summer and, therefore, will also soon face their former partners.
Therefore, if there are no unexpected changes, Barça y Sporting-Ademar They will be the semifinals on August 30 and the next day will be the turn of the match for third place and the final. The Barça have won the three editions played so far.
Kiko Costa, at 20, is already a reference of the Portuguese team and Sporting
Sporting represents better than anyone the strength of the last years of Portuguese handball: this year it was about to get into the Final Four of Coloniawhich will be the challenge of the team headed by the brothers again Kiko y Martim Costa. From Fraikin BM Granollers, the pivot is joined this summer Victor Romeroanother of the young 'Hispanos' with greater projection and interesting signing of the Portuguese club.
After this set -up, Barça will begin Champions on September 10 or 11 and the ASOBAL LIGA On the 13th or 14th, the Barca team has been framed in Group B with the Orlen Wisla Place Polish, the French Paris Saint-Germain, the Danish GOG, the German Magdeburg SC, the OTP Bank Pick Szege Hungarian, the HC Zagreb Croata and the HC Eurofarm Pelister Macedonium. The Champions, one more year, will be the main challenge of Barça again.
