Overview
- Füchse Berlin, which disclosed Monday it had located the Meisterschale in February, said staff found the Handball-Bundesliga champions’ plate hidden behind boxes during a routine inventory.
- The find overturns an earlier theory that the silver trophy was melted after investigators seized a bar of silver and a smelting oven in January.
- Two suspects arrested in mid-January remain in custody, with the trophy held by Berlin police pending crime-lab results from the evidence sweep.
- Club chief Bob Hanning says the perpetrators likely used a master key and a transponder to enter the Gendarmenmarkt offices and stash the plate in the basement.
- The league canceled a replacement order once the original surfaced, highlighting that the plate’s material value is modest but its role in the title handover is significant.