ASOBAL has published this Thursday the official schedule for the Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL 2026/2027, which will begin the weekend of September 12-13 with the first matchday and the celebration of the 34th edition of the Copa ASOBAL, one of the great attractions of the new season. The professional competition brings back the prestigious tournament, which will be held within the framework of matchday 1 of the regular season and in a team vs. team format, featuring Dicorpebal Logroño La Rioja and Barça, the current runners-up and champions of the professional competition, respectively. These are all the matchups for the first matchday of the ASOBAL 2026/2027 season:
| Dicorpebal Logroño La Rioja | - | Barça |
| Fraikin BM. Granollers | - | Frigoríficos del Morrazo |
| IRUDEK Bidasoa Irun | - | Viveros Herol BM. Nava |
| EON BM. Alicante | - | Bathco BM. Torrelavega |
| Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda | - | BM. Caserío Ciudad Real |
| REBI Balonmano Cuenca | - | Recoletas Salud At. Valladolid |
| Cajasol Sevilla BM. Proin | - | Cajasol Ángel Ximénez P. Genil |
| Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto | - | ABANCA Ademar León |
The Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL guarantees another year of excitement, talent, and genuine equality until matchday 30, which will be played the weekend of June 5 and 6. A total of 30 matchdays and 240 matches featuring the best idols of the ASOBAL brand, the best version of their clubs, and the strategic partners of the professional competition project, with Nexus Energía as its main sponsor and title sponsor and Decathlon as the main sports partner and official ball supplier.
Derbies and great showdowns of the ASOBAL brand
The schedule has revealed, among other details, the dates of all the derbies of the Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL, the cornerstone of its competitive narrative, connection to the territory, and its fans. The 'Great Derby' of ASOBAL between the Catalan teams Fraikin BM. Granollers and Barça will be played between matchday 8 at the Palau d'Esports blanc-i-blau and matchday 23 at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona.
The new season also sketches a new Andalusian duel in ASOBAL territory between Cajasol Sevilla Bm. Proin and Cajasol Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil (matchday 1 and matchday 16), and brings for the first time to the spotlight of the Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL the Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto vs EON BM. Alicante (matchday 5 and matchday 20). The trio of derbies is completed with REBI Balonmano Cuenca vs BM. Caserío Ciudad Real (matchday 9 and matchday 24), Recoletas Salud At. Valladolid vs Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda (matchday 2 and matchday 17), Recoletas Salud At. Valladolid vs ABANCA Ademar León (matchday 13 and matchday 28), Viveros Herol BM. Nava vs Recoletas Salud At. Valladolid (matchday 7 and matchday 22), ABANCA Ademar León vs Viveros Herol BM. Nava (matchday 5 and matchday 20), ABANCA Ademar León vs Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda (matchday 6 and matchday 21), and Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda vs Viveros Herol BM. Nava (matchday 9 and matchday 24).
Also notable is Barça's visit under Carlos Ortega to the Quijote Arena of BM. Caserío Ciudad Real (matchday 18) - which set the attendance record last year in Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL -, the two 'El Clásico' handball showdowns in ASOBAL between IRUDEK Bidasoa Irun and Fraikin BM. Granollers (matchday 13 and matchday 28), the clashes between Bathco BM. Torrelavega and Dicorpebal Logroño La Rioja (matchday 13 and matchday 28), or the re-debut in the category of Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto against ABANCA Ademar León among other great matches of the circuit.