2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2023–24
Dates	24 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
Relegated	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
Matches played	286
Goals scored	16,826 (58.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manuel Zehnder (257 goals)
Attendance	1,476,184 (5,161 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 23 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.

Teams

Balingen

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Eisenach

Erlangen

Flensburg

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hamburg

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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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	31	27	2	2	1034	844	+190	56	Champions League
2	Füchse Berlin	32	25	4	3	1047	939	+108	54
3	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	32	22	4	6	1039	917	+122	48	EHF European League
4	THW Kiel	31	21	2	8	1000	896	+104	44
5	MT Melsungen	32	19	3	10	918	890	+28	41
6	VfL Gummersbach	31	17	3	11	953	931	+22	37
7	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	32	16	4	12	941	939	+2	36
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	31	14	3	14	910	887	+23	31
9	HSV Hamburg	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

Updated to match(es) played on 23 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:

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		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		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		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 23 May 2024. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Shots	%
1	Manuel Zehnder	ThSV Eisenach	257	227	60
2	Mathias Gidsel	Füchse Berlin	255	351	73
3	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg	205	299	69
4	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	HSV Hamburg	203	299	68
	Lasse Andersson	Füchse Berlin		253	58
6	Viggó Kristjánsson	SC DHfK Leipzig	188	278	68
7	Hans Lindberg	Füchse Berlin	182	223	82
	Emil Jakobsen	SG Flensburg-Handewitt		251	73
9	Domen Novak	HSG Wetzlar	173	237	73
10	Kai Häfner	TV Bittenfeld	172	314	55

External links

• Official website