HSG Wittlich Player’s Season Ends with Cruciate Ligament Injury

March 24, 2026 Alex Carter - Sports Editor Sport

Charlotte Listner, a rising handball talent from Daun, Germany, suffered a torn cruciate ligament during a regional league game on April 10, 2025, jeopardizing her anticipated move to Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy.

The injury occurred during a match between HSG Wittlich, Listner’s team, and DJK St. Matthias Trier in the BBS-Halle. Listner, a backcourt player, had just scored to put Wittlich ahead 2-1 in the third minute when she collapsed after twisting her knee. “I knew straight away that something was broken in my right knee. I immediately thought about the cruciate ligament. And about my change, which was already confirmed at that point,” Listner stated, according to reporting from Volksfreund.

The incident occurred after a typical day at Thomas-Morus-Gymnasium in Daun, where Listner is a student. The injury casts a shadow over her athletic future, particularly as she was set to join the youth program at Borussia Dortmund. The timing of the injury is especially hard, coming after the conclusion of the regular season in the female B-Jugend-Regionalliga.

Listner’s talent has been recognized by the Handballverband Rheinland e.V., which identifies and supports promising young players in the region. She is listed among the talented players from HSG Wittlich being tracked by the organization. The HV Rheinland focuses on identifying athletes with the potential to qualify for the RLP-Auswahl (Rhineland-Palatinate selection) and potentially earn a DHB-Sichtung (German Handball Federation sighting), as outlined on the HV Rheinland website.

HSG Wittlich recently played TV Bassenheim on March 23, 2026, with coach Tobia Quary emphasizing the team’s commitment to “Vollgas bis Ende der Saison” (full throttle until the end of the season) following a critical self-assessment of their previous performance, according to HSG-Wittlich.de. Charlotte Listner was too recently invited to a DHB-Sichtung, according to the same source.

The HSG Wittlich women’s teams have also been involved in recent matches, with the RL Frauen team facing DJK/MJC Trier and the LL Frauen team playing TV Bitburg.