Despite football and handball: ice hockey remains number two in Germany. Basketball and American football have no chance against ice hockey.
Kölner Haie set a European record with an average audience of 16,993. 18.5 million fans watched the main round games live on MagentaSport - also a growth of around 20 percent. An average of 5,014 spectators per game (as of March 7, 2024) in the handball Bundesliga is a lot behind the popularity of ice Hockey.