Hummel International

Hummel International Sport & Leisure A/S, commonly known as Hummel (stylized hummel), is a German-founded Danish manufacturing company of sportswear brand based in Aarhus. It is owned by Thornico. The company currently manufactures apparel for football, rugby league, futsal, handball, basketball, shinty, volleyball and esport teams. Moreover, the company also offers apparel and footwear for children alongside its fashion sub-brand, Hummel HIVE.

The company was founded in 1923 by Albert Messmer and his brother Michael Ludwig Messmer, with the name "Messmer & Co" in Hamburg, Germany; that same year, the Messmer brothers introduced the first football boots to the world. Hummel became Danish after being taken over by Bernhard Weckenbrock in 1956, who moved its base to Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1999, Hummel has been a part of the Danish Thornico Group founded by Christian and Thor Stadil.

Being one of the oldest sportswear brands in the business with roots in football and handball, Hummel has previously been worn by football teams such as Real Madrid, FC Red Star Belgrade, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Benfica and the Denmark national team. Today, Hummel continues to sponsor clubs and players within handball and football.

Historical logo

The Hummel logo is a stylized bumblebee, as Hummel is German for "bumblebee".

Sponsorships

The following teams and association are currently sponsored by Hummel:

Association football

National teams

•  Bahamas
•  Denmark
•  Lithuania
•  Turkmenistan
•  Puerto Rico (from 2024)

Non-national representative teams

Club teams

Basketball

National teams

Tunisia

Club teams

• Spain

Lenovo Tenerife

Paddle Sports

National Federations

• Great Britain

British Canoeing (Olympic & Paralympic Canoe, Kayak & Extreme Kayak GB Teams)

Handball

National teams

•  DR Congo
•  Egypt
•  Iran
•  Lithuania
•  Montenegro
•  Netherlands
•  North Macedonia
•  Norway
•  Romania
•  Serbia
•  United States

Club teams

Rugby Union

Club teams

• Wasps
• Agen Rugby

Rugby League

National teams

• Great Britain Rugby League Lions
• Brazil (female)

Club teams

• Wigan Warriors
• Wakefield Trinity
• Hull FC

Rolling hockey

Club teams

• Manlleu

Volleyball

National teams

•  Germany

Club teams

• Arago de Sète
• Allianz MTV Stuttgart
• Draisma Dynamo Apeldoorn
• Calcit Volley Kamnik
• Las Palmas

Other

• Super League Referees

Esports

Teams

• Apeks
• Astralis
• beGenius
• Brøndby IF eSport
• FUTWIZ
• Future FC
• PENTA
• RedBull Racing Esports
• Tricked Esport
• Team Vitality

Players

• Genki Morita

Cycling

Teams

• AG2R Citroën Team

References

External links

• Official website

1. Hummel
2. Hummel figurines
3. Feyenoord
4. Kartik Aaryan
5. Coventry City F.C.
6. Paul Kaye
7. Johann Nepomuk Hummel
8. Christian Stadil
9. Chungju Hummel FC
10. Mats Hummels
11. International Handball Federation
12. Kit (association football)
13. St Mirren F.C.
14. EHF Champions League
15. Jonas Hummels
16. 1. FC Köln
17. Afghan Premier League
18. The Rock (film)
19. Maria Innocentia Hummel
20. Robbie Hummel