2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2023–24
Dates24 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
ChampionsSC Magdeburg
RelegatedBergischer HC
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
Champions LeagueSC Magdeburg
Füchse Berlin
EHF European LeagueSG Flensburg-Handewitt
THW Kiel
MT Melsungen
VfL Gummersbach
Matches played306
Goals scored18,023 (58.9 per match)
Top goalscorerManuel Zehnder
(277 goals)
Attendance1,596,370 (5,217 per match)

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

SC Magdeburg won their third title.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes

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

Venues

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Magdeburg (C) 34 30 2 2 1135 927 +208 62 Champions League
2 Füchse Berlin 34 26 4 4 1107 996 +111 56
3 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 34 23 4 7 1107 981 +126 50 EHF European League
4 THW Kiel 34 22 3 9 1089 987 +102 47
5 MT Melsungen 34 20 4 10 973 935 +38 44
6 VfL Gummersbach 34 20 3 11 1060 1020 +40 43
7 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 34 17 5 12 1000 994 +6 39
8 SC DHfK Leipzig 34 15 3 16 995 978 +17 33
9 HSV Hamburg[a] 34 13 4 17 1013 1077 −64 30
10 TBV Lemgo 34 12 4 18 978 978 0 28
11 TV Bittenfeld 34 12 2 20 996 1048 −52 26
12 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34 12 2 20 961 1022 −61 26
13 HSG Wetzlar 34 12 2 20 924 999 −75 26
14 ThSV Eisenach 34 11 2 21 951 1012 −61 24
15 Frisch Auf Göppingen 34 10 3 21 965 1019 −54 23
16 HC Erlangen 34 10 2 22 901 972 −71 22
17 Bergischer HC (R) 34 9 2 23 965 1047 −82 20 Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R) 34 5 3 26 903 1031 −128 13
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 was appealed by Hamburg.[3] Hamburg was given the licence on 31 May with a specific condition.[4]

Results

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 37–30 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 30–40 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 29–30 — 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 29–27 25–31 33–31 32–31 30–25
ThSV Eisenach 28–28 31–30 27–31 33–28 — 28–26 28–27 27–24 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 26–23 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 28–34 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 22–32 27–27 32–27
VfL Gummersbach 33–25 27–33 30–30 35–27 37–31 33–28 32–42 33–32 — 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 23–29 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 27–23 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 — 37–28 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 29–24 36–30
TBV Lemgo 37–27 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 37–34
MT Melsungen 26–24 31–26 30–28 35–27 27–26 32–25 25–25 29–19 26–25 33–26 34–26 23–23 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 21–34 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 32–32 27–29 30–27 24–27 15–31 28–27 30–27 —
Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[5] Shots %
1 Switzerland Manuel Zehnder ThSV Eisenach 277 462 60
2 Denmark Mathias Gidsel Füchse Berlin 263 362 73
3 Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg 239 342 70
4 Denmark Lasse Andersson Füchse Berlin 209 372 56
5 Denmark Casper Ulrich Mortensen HSV Hamburg 203 299 68
6 Iceland Viggó Kristjánsson SC DHfK Leipzig 200 301 66
7 Denmark Hans Lindberg Füchse Berlin 198 243 81
8 Denmark Emil Jakobsen SG Flensburg-Handewitt 197 272 72
9 Slovenia Domen Novak HSG Wetzlar 183 248 74
10 Germany Kai Häfner TV Bittenfeld 179 332 54

Awards

Award Player Club
Most valuable player[6] Denmark Magnus Saugstrup SC Magdeburg
Coach of the season[7] Germany Bennet Wiegert SC Magdeburg
Young player of the season[8] Germany Nils Lichtlein Füchse Berlin

Attendances

Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Eredivisie.

# Football club Home games Total attendance Average attendance[9]
1 THW Kiel 17 172,714 10,160
2 Füchse Berlin 17 142,298 8,370
3 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 17 134,953 7,938
4 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 17 115,062 6,768
5 SC Magdeburg 17 111,722 6,572
6 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 17 105,116 6,183
7 HC Erlangen 17 102,282 6,017
8 TVB Stuttgart 17 80,332 4,725
9 SC DHfK Leipzig 17 78,735 4,631
10 Frisch Auf! Göppingen 17 76,000 4,471
11 Handball Sport Verein Hamburg 17 75,339 4,432
12 VfL Gummersbach 17 67,788 3,988
13 MT Melsungen 17 67,447 3,967
14 TBV Lemgo 17 66,106 3,889
15 HSG Wetzlar 17 59,703 3,512
16 Bergischer HC 17 49,248 2,897
17 ThSV Eisenach 17 49,003 2,883
18 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 17 39,226 2,307

References

  1. ^ "Rahmenspielplan 2023–2024" (PDF). liquimoly-hbl.de. 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Bei emotionalem Gensheimer-Abschied: Magdeburg sichert deutsche Meisterschaft endgültig ab". liquimoly-hbl.de. 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Handball Sport Verein Hamburg erfüllt die von der unabhängigen Lizenzierungskommision gesetze Bedingung nicht". liquimoly-hbl.de. 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Schiedsgericht erteilt HSV Hamburg die Lizenz mit Bedingung". liquimoly-hbl.de. 31 May 2024.
  5. ^ Top scorers
  6. ^ "Magnus Saugstrup ist "DKB MVP der Saison 2023/24"". liquimoly-hbl.de. 7 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Meistertrainer Bennet Wiegert zum zweiten mal zum "Trainer der Saison" gewählt". liquimoly-hbl.de. 2 June 2024.
  8. ^ "U21-Weltmeister Nils Lichtlein ist erster "Nachwuchsspieler der Saison"". liquimoly-hbl.de. 5 June 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.sport.de/handball/deutschland-hbl/se54503/2023-2024/teamstatistik-zuschauer-heim/
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