Bundesliga
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga
SportHandball
Founded1966 (1966)
Inaugural season1966–67
AdministratorDHB
No. of teams18
CountryGermany
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)		THW Kiel (23rd title)
(2022–23)
Most titlesTHW Kiel (23 titles)
TV partner(s)Sky Sport
HBL TV
Sponsor(s)Liqui Moly
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Relegation to2. Handball-Bundesliga
Domestic cup(s)DHB-Pokal
DHB-Supercup
International cup(s)EHF Champions League
EHF European League
Official websiteliquimoly-hbl.de

The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the Toyota Handball-Bundesliga. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB)[1] became the new sponsor. The official name has consequently been changed to LIQUY MOLY Handball-Bundesliga. The winners of the respective season are the official German handball champions. HBL is headquartered in Dortmund.

History

The Bundesliga was introduced with the 1966/67 season and initially operated with two regional sections, North and South. Since 1977 the Bundesliga has operated with a single section first division, currently composed of eighteen clubs. In 1981 a 2.Bundesliga was introduced as a new second division, supplanting the Regionalliga which became the third tier. The 2.Bundesliga used to consist of two (resp. three in the first two years after the German reunification) sections north and south for thirty years. Starting with the 2011/12 season the 2.Bundesliga is run in a single section consisting of twenty teams.

Season

The season has 34 game days (or weeks) and is played as a Round-robin tournament without playoffs or a final. The season starts in August or September and ends in May. The first and second placed teams are entitled to play in the EHF Champions League the following season. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams additionally play in the EHF European League. The seedings are subject to change, in case a German team wins the Champions League, the EHF European League or the EHF Cup Winner's Cup because each winner of those tournaments is granted an automatic start in next years tournament without taking one of the leagues spots. It also can change if the DHB-Pokal Champion has one of the league spots for the Champions League or the EHF European League.

Relegation and Promotion

The HBL GmbH Headquarters

Until 2011, the two last placed teams would be relegated to the 2. Handball-Bundesliga for the next season, either in its northern or the southern section. The sixteenth placed team used to play in a home and away decider against the winner of the decider between the two-second placed teams of the northern and the southern section of the 2. Bundesliga. The champions of the second divisions received a spot for the Bundesliga automatically.

Since the 2017–18 season, the bottom two teams of the Bundesliga will directly be relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, while the top two teams of the 2. Bundesliga will be directly promoted to the Bundesliga.

Clubs

Members of the 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga.

Team Location Arena Capacity
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Balingen Sparkassen-Arena
Porsche-Arena		 2,320
6,181
Bergischer HC Wuppertal
Solingen
Düsseldorf		 Uni-Halle
Klingenhalle
Mitsubishi Electric Halle
ISS Dome		 3,200
2,800
4,500
12,500
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000
TV Bittenfeld Stuttgart Porsche-Arena 6,211
ThSV Eisenach Eisenach Werner-Aßmann-Halle 3,100
HC Erlangen Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Flens-Arena 6,300
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Schwalbe-Arena 4,132
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
HSV Hamburg Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 7,000
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hanover ZAG-Arena
Swiss Life Hall		 9,850
4,460
THW Kiel Kiel Sparkassen-Arena 10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Arena Leipzig 6,327
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Lipperlandhalle 4,790
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg GETEC Arena 6,600
MT Melsungen Melsungen Rothenbach-Halle 4,500
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Buderus Arena Wetzlar 4,421

Champions

The complete list of the German handball champions since 1950.

SeasonChampion
1949–50SV Polizei Hamburg
1950–51SV Polizei Hamburg
1951–52SV Polizei Hamburg
1952–53SV Polizei Hamburg
1953–54Frisch Auf Göppingen
1954–55Frisch Auf Göppingen
1955–56Berliner SV 1892
1956–57THW Kiel
1957–58Frisch Auf Göppingen
1958–59Frisch Auf Göppingen
1959–60Frisch Auf Göppingen
1960–61Frisch Auf Göppingen
1961–62THW Kiel
1962–63THW Kiel
1963–64Berliner SV 1892
1964–65Frisch Auf Göppingen
1965–66VfL Gummersbach
1966–67VfL Gummersbach
1967–68SG Leutershausen
1968–69VfL Gummersbach
1969–70Frisch Auf Göppingen
1970–71Grün-Weiß Dankersen
1971–72Frisch Auf Göppingen
1972–73VfL Gummersbach
1973–74VfL Gummersbach
1974–75VfL Gummersbach
1975–76VfL Gummersbach
1976–77Grün-Weiß Dankersen
1977–78TV Grosswallstadt
1978–79TV Grosswallstadt
1979–80TV Grosswallstadt
1980–81TV Grosswallstadt
1981–82VfL Gummersbach
1982–83VfL Gummersbach
1983–84TV Grosswallstadt
1984–85VfL Gummersbach
1985–86TUSEM Essen
1986–87TUSEM Essen
1987–88VfL Gummersbach
1988–89TUSEM Essen
1989–90TV Grosswallstadt
1990–91VfL Gummersbach
1991–92SG Wallau-Massenheim
1992–93SG Wallau-Massenheim
1993–94THW Kiel
1994–95THW Kiel
1995–96THW Kiel
1996–97TBV Lemgo
1997–98THW Kiel
1998–99THW Kiel
1999–20THW Kiel
2000–01SC Magdeburg
2001–02THW Kiel
2002–03TBV Lemgo
2003–04SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2004–05THW Kiel
2005–06THW Kiel
2006–07THW Kiel
2007–08THW Kiel
2008–09THW Kiel
2009–10THW Kiel
2010–11HSV Hamburg
2011–12THW Kiel
2012–13THW Kiel
2013–14THW Kiel
2014–15THW Kiel
2015–16Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2016–17Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2017–18SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2018–19SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2019–20THW Kiel
2020–21THW Kiel
2021–22SC Magdeburg
2022–23THW Kiel

Total titles won

Club Winners Years
THW Kiel 23 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
VfL Gummersbach 12 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
Frisch Auf Göppingen 9 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972
TV Großwallstadt 6 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1990
SV Polizei Hamburg 4 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 3 2004, 2018, 2019
TUSEM Essen 3 1986, 1987, 1989
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2 2016, 2017
TBV Lemgo 2 1997, 2003
SG Wallau-Massenheim 2 1992, 1993
GWD Minden 2 1971, 1977
Berliner SV 1892* 2 1956, 1964
SC Magdeburg 2 2001, 2022
HSV Hamburg 1 2011
SG Leutershausen 1 1968

Statistics

EHF coefficients

The following data indicates German coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

See also

References

  1. ↑ DKB wird Namenssponsor der Handball-Bundesliga
  2. ↑ "2023/24 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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