The full name in German is Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.

Their main rivals are THW Kiel and SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a merger of the former handball clubs VfL Bad Schwartau and HSV Lübeck, which joined forces in 1999.

The club notably won a EHF Champions League in 2013 and a Handball-Bundesliga in 2011.

[1] As a result, the club was relaunched with a new coat of arms, colors and a new image, from HSV Hamburg to Handball Sport Verein Hamburg; although the official name remained unchanged.