2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season	2023–24
Dates	24 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
Relegated	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
Matches played	288
Goals scored	16,953 (58.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manuel Zehnder; (257 goals)
Attendance	1,486,916 (5,163 per match)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024.

The 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga is the 59th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 47th season consisting of only one league. It runs from 24 August 2023 to 2 June 2024.^[1]

Teams[edit]

Locations of the 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes[edit]

Promoted from 2022–23 2. Handball-Bundesliga	Relegated from 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten ThSV Eisenach	ASV Hamm-Westfalen GWD Minden

Venues[edit]

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	Wunderino 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

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Magdeburg	32	28	2	2	1064	872	+192	58	Champions League
2	Füchse Berlin	32	25	4	3	1047	939	+108	54	Champions League
3	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	32	22	4	6	1039	917	+122	48	EHF European League
4	THW Kiel	32	21	2	9	1029	936	+93	44
5	MT Melsungen	32	19	3	10	918	890	+28	41
6	VfL Gummersbach	32	18	3	11	993	960	+33	39
7	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	32	16	4	12	941	939	+2	36
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	32	14	3	15	938	917	+21	31
9	HSV Hamburg^[a]	32	12	4	16	950	1011	−61	28
10	TBV Lemgo	32	11	4	17	914	922	−8	26
11	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	32	12	2	18	916	959	−43	26
12	HSG Wetzlar	32	12	1	19	858	930	−72	25
13	TV Bittenfeld	32	11	2	19	944	995	−51	24
14	ThSV Eisenach	32	11	2	19	895	948	−53	24
15	Frisch Auf Göppingen	32	10	3	19	911	954	−43	23
16	HC Erlangen	32	9	2	21	852	922	−70	20
17	Bergischer HC	32	8	2	22	905	978	−73	18	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R)	32	4	3	25	839	964	−125	11	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2024. Source: HBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ On 3 May 2024, it was announced that HSV Hamburg did not get the license for the next season, which would see them relegated. This is appealed by Hamburg.^[2]

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	BAL	BRG	BER	BIT	EIS	ERL	FLE	GÖP	GUM	HAM	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	RNL	WET
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	—	21–25	26–37	29–28	21–34	25–27	32–34	30–29	31–34		25–29	25–36	17–25	26–30	28–34	22–25	31–33	27–30
Bergischer HC	27–28	—	30–34	33–28	27–30	28–25		33–30	24–31	29–28	26–29	25–29	31–31	31–31	27–30	32–31	29–31	23–28
Füchse Berlin	35–34		—	32–27	37–29	39–32	32–31	29–29	29–26	37–31	34–33	32–32	37–28	30–28	31–26	37–31	38–32	32–30
TV Bittenfeld	30–27	27–26	29–30	—	28–22	29–30	34–31	31–29	29–31	35–26	32–28	31–36	25–27		25–31	33–31	32–31	30–25
ThSV Eisenach	28–28	31–30		33–28	—	28–26	28–27		24–26	28–32	31–31	32–40	25–24	25–30	25–35	24–27	29–26	23–27
HC Erlangen	22–22	28–27	27–35		28–23	—	22–27	28–26	31–34	30–28	25–27	27–31	26–29	26–25	31–31	27–32	28–23	26–27
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	32–28	33–28	31–31	39–31	35–28	32–25	—	35–30		37–32	31–28	28–27	34–24	34–29	29–32	34–24	33–25	33–26
Frisch Auf Göppingen	32–28	31–28	27–32	25–25	35–31	32–29	32–31	—	32–29	27–32	32–25	27–34	27–30	26–32	26–27		27–27	32–27
VfL Gummersbach	33–25	27–33	30–30	35–27	37–31	33–28	32–42		—	24–23	33–33	40–29	30–29	30–27	30–38	37–31	31–26	35–28
HSV Hamburg	28–28	32–30	30–32	31–36		31–23	30–41	33–31	33–33	—	28–30	28–28	35–34	37–33	28–43	29–22	32–36	30–25
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	35–26	37–28	25–28	33–20	31–30		26–26	33–26	32–29	25–26	—	36–33	25–25	34–32	28–27	30–34	34–29	30–33
THW Kiel	36–29	39–30	30–26	39–36	31–27	31–27	26–33	32–27	41–30	34–23	34–20	—		33–29	26–33	30–35	26–30	33–22
SC DHfK Leipzig	26–25	33–22	29–31	36–30	29–31	20–19	32–35	33–35	32–35	39–27	26–27	35–34	—	29–28	27–27	32–27		36–30
TBV Lemgo		31–28	29–32	31–25	26–24	28–27	31–31	21–26	23–26	34–34	28–23	27–28	22–28	—	28–34	25–28	33–25	31–23
SC Magdeburg	43–29	40–28	31–28	40–31	38–31	27–22	31–29	31–27	32–30	35–24	31–29	34–31	30–28	35–28	—	39–24	38–24
MT Melsungen	26–24	31–26	30–28	35–27	27–26	32–25	25–25	29–19	26–25	33–26	34–26		28–27	26–25	29–29	—	30–23	21–23
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	25–21	35–29	28–36	32–24	26–27	34–24	26–35	33–29	28–26	34–36	27–29	25–31	32–28	34–34		23–28	—	26–21
HSG Wetzlar	16–21	28–32	30–36	31–31	31–30	26–31	30–31	29–24	33–31	25–27		27–29	30–27	24–27	15–31	28–27	30–27	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2024. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 26 May 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]	Shots	%
1	Manuel Zehnder	ThSV Eisenach	257	327	60
2	Mathias Gidsel	Füchse Berlin	255	351	73
3	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg	231	330	70
4	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	HSV Hamburg	203	299	68
4	Lasse Andersson	Füchse Berlin	203	353	58
6	Viggó Kristjánsson	SC DHfK Leipzig	189	282	67
7	Hans Lindberg	Füchse Berlin	182	223	82
7	Emil Jakobsen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	182	251	73
9	Domen Novak	HSG Wetzlar	173	237	73
10	Kai Häfner	TV Bittenfeld	172	314	55

References[edit]

^ "Rahmenspielplan 2023–2024" (PDF). liquimoly-hbl.de. 25 March 2023.
^ "Handball Sport Verein Hamburg erfüllt die von der unabhängigen Lizenzierungskommision gesetze Bedingung nicht". liquimoly-hbl.de. 3 May 2024.
^ Top scorers

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_HAM0.10957200644052-3] On 3 May 2024, it was announced that HSV Hamburg did not get the license for the next season, which would see them relegated. This is appealed by Hamburg.^[2]

[1] "Rahmenspielplan 2023–2024" (PDF). liquimoly-hbl.de. 25 March 2023.

[2] "Handball Sport Verein Hamburg erfüllt die von der unabhängigen Lizenzierungskommision gesetze Bedingung nicht". liquimoly-hbl.de. 3 May 2024.

[4] Top scorers

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