SC Magdeburg had to wait a quarter-century for this moment, and on Saturday evening at the sold-out SAP Garden in Munich—packed with 10,199 fans—the moment finally arrived: for the third time, following victories in 1996 and 2001, SCM won the Super Cup. The Opel Handball Bundesliga champions gave the DHB Cup champion, Füchse Berlin, no chance in the 33rd edition of the competition, winning 38–31 (20–15), and rightfully stood on the winner’s podium of the Rexel Super Cup. It was the second-most lopsided Super Cup result after THW Kiel’s 41–31 victory over Kronau-Östringen in 2007, tied with HSV Hamburg’s 35–28 win over Kiel in 2009.

The match between the German champions and the DHB Cup winners for the Super Cup has been a fixture in the HBL calendar since 1994. THW Kiel and SG Wallau-Massenheim faced each other in the competition's debut. The Super Cup proved to be a resounding success, thrilling the audience and bringing handball back into the spotlight at the start of the season. Although SG Wallau-Massenheim was the surprise winner of the premiere, their opponents from Kiel at the time remain the undisputed record winners to this day. With 25 appearances, the Zebras have lifted the trophy 13 times.

For seven years in a row, from 2018 to 2024, the Super Cup was held at the PSD BANK DOME in Düsseldorf. The 2024/25 season opener saw a special premiere: for the first time in the Super Cup's long history, the first titles of the season in the Alsco Handball Bundesliga Women (HBF) and the HBL were played for together. Since 2025, the grand season opener has found a new home at Munich's SAP Garden. In 2026, the 33rd edition of the spectacular season opener will be held for the first time under the name Rexel Super Cup in Germany's most modern arena.