2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2023–24
Dates	24 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
Relegated	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
Matches played	295
Goals scored	17,383 (58.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manuel Zehnder (257 goals)
Attendance	1,522,011 (5,159 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 30 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	32	28	2	2	1064	872	+192	58	Champions League
2	Füchse Berlin	32	25	4	3	1047	939	+108	54
3	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	33	22	4	7	1067	951	+116	48	EHF European League
4	THW Kiel	33	22	2	9	1066	964	+102	46
5	MT Melsungen	33	20	3	10	950	912	+38	43
6	VfL Gummersbach	33	19	3	11	1027	988	+39	41
7	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	33	16	5	12	973	971	+2	37
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	33	14	3	16	966	954	+12	31
9	HSV Hamburg	33	13	4	16	983	1040	−57	30
10	TBV Lemgo	33	12	4	17	951	949	+2	28
11	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	32	12	2	18	916	959	−43	26
12	HSG Wetzlar	33	12	2	19	890	962	−72	26
13	TV Bittenfeld	33	11	2	20	967	1021	−54	24
14	ThSV Eisenach	33	11	2	20	924	981	−57	24
15	Frisch Auf Göppingen	33	10	3	20	933	986	−53	23
16	HC Erlangen	33	10	2	21	878	945	−67	22
17	Bergischer HC	32	8	2	22	905	978	−73	18	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R)	33	4	3	26	866	1001	−135	11

Updated to match(es) played on 30 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	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		—	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		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		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
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	32–32	27–29	30–27	24–27	15–31	28–27	30–27	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2024. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 26 May 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	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
	Lasse Andersson	Füchse Berlin		353	58
6	Viggó Kristjánsson	SC DHfK Leipzig	189	282	67
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