2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 41st season consisting of only one league. It ran from 24 August 2017 to 3 June 2018.

Handball-Bundesliga
Season2017–18
ChampionsSG Flensburg-Handewitt
RelegatedTuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
TV Hüttenberg
Champions LeagueSG Flensburg-Handewitt
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
EHF CupFüchse Berlin
SC Magdeburg
THW Kiel
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Matches played306
Goals scored16,367 (53.49 per match)
Top goalscorerCasper Ulrich Mortensen
(230 goals)

SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their second title.[1]

Teams

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A total of 18 teams will be participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2016–17 season and the top three sides were directly promoted from the 2. Bundesliga: TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, the champions; TV Hüttenberg, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher, TSG Friesenheim.

Team Location Arena Capacity
Füchse Berlin Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle 9,000
TV Bittenfeld Bittenfeld Scharrena Stuttgart
Porsche-Arena
2,251
6,211
HC Erlangen Erlangen Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt Flensburg Flens-Arena 6,300
TSG Friesenheim Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 2,250
Frisch Auf Göppingen Göppingen EWS Arena 5,600
VfL Gummersbach Gummersbach Schwalbe-Arena
Lanxess Arena
4,132
19,500
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Hannover TUI Arena
Swiss Life Hall
9,850
4,150
TV Hüttenberg Hüttenberg Sporthalle Gießen-Ost 4,003
THW Kiel Kiel Sparkassen-Arena 10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig Leipzig Arena Leipzig 6,327
TBV Lemgo Lemgo Lipperlandhalle 4,790
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Lübbecke Merkur Arena 3,250
SC Magdeburg Magdeburg GETEC Arena 6,800
MT Melsungen Melsungen Rothenbach-Halle 4,300
GWD Minden Minden Kampa-Halle 4,059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen Mannheim SAP Arena 13,200
HSG Wetzlar Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar 4,421

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (C) 34 27 2 5 993 851 +142 56 Qualification to Champions League
2 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34 27 1 6 1043 838 +205 55
3 Füchse Berlin 34 25 3 6 968 875 +93 53 Qualification to EHF Cup
4 SC Magdeburg 34 24 2 8 1037 927 +110 50
5 THW Kiel 34 24 1 9 989 854 +135 49
6 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 34 22 3 9 953 900 +53 47
7 MT Melsungen 34 19 3 12 952 887 +65 41
8 SC DHfK Leipzig 34 17 3 14 867 854 +13 37
9 TBV Lemgo 34 13 8 13 882 932 −50 34
10 Frisch Auf Göppingen 34 12 7 15 903 909 −6 31
11 HSG Wetzlar 34 13 4 17 896 884 +12 30
12 GWD Minden 34 9 8 17 896 968 −72 26
13 HC Erlangen 34 8 9 17 844 932 −88 25
14 TV Bittenfeld 34 8 4 22 852 959 −107 20
15 VfL Gummersbach 34 8 0 26 841 950 −109 16
16 TSG Friesenheim 34 6 3 25 828 946 −118 15
17 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (R) 34 4 6 24 778 913 −135 14 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 TV Hüttenberg (R) 34 3 7 24 845 988 −143 13
Source: DKB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BER BIT ERL FLE FRI GÖP GUM HAN HÜT KIE LEM LEI LÜB MAG MEL MIN RNL WET
Füchse Berlin 26–24 31–25 26–30 31–24 33–19 31–24 25–24 28–23 25–25 36–23 24–20 26–20 23–23 32–29 40–31 29–23 29–24
TV Bittenfeld 24–24 29–31 28–35 25–22 23–30 22–26 26–33 30–30 24–36 27–28 22–27 28–29 31–32 29–27 27–27 23–29 26–36
HC Erlangen 23–27 25–29 20–29 22–22 28–29 25–22 34–28 26–26 20–31 24–28 27–26 22–22 31–29 23–23 26–26 25–25 25–25
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29–21 28–17 29–21 32–29 22–21 34–22 27–27 38–23 27–35 25–22 30–27 37–23 29–24 33–29 24–23 27–22 34–27
TSG Friesenheim 19–25 24–25 32–29 24–30 25–32 28–24 21–27 32–28 21–25 24–21 21–35 23–23 23–26 27–31 21–21 18–26 31–29
Frisch Auf Göppingen 32–38 21–23 25–28 28–28 32–28 24–16 30–19 28–17 22–29 27–27 20–20 24–19 31–32 29–28 27–28 28–26 28–25
VfL Gummersbach 29–31 25–26 24–29 25–29 31–26 28–27 29–31 28–25 31–27 30–37 29–24 21–22 22–30 17–25 22–24 26–29 22–33
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 33–27 27–20 25–19 32–29 33–23 28–28 28–22 32–25 28–27 27–25 30–26 28–26 32–30 26–23 36–29 23–26 29–27
TV Hüttenberg 28–30 23–28 24–27 23–30 28–27 28–28 22–23 19–29 25–37 24–24 20–24 24–22 31–37 27–28 26–30 23–36 22–22
THW Kiel 25–20 31–25 29–24 25–29 28–21 28–23 29–23 29–31 33–24 29–19 29–26 29–19 34–32 32–31 30–27 27–22 25–26
TBV Lemgo 22–25 24–21 24–24 23–32 29–25 29–27 29–27 27–29 31–30 27–31 33–29 30–27 27–27 26–26 26–26 24–26 28–26
SC DHfK Leipzig 30–31 24–24 34–24 25–22 23–20 33–28 27–24 25–23 26–25 16–28 26–19 26–26 22–23 30–27 20–17 23–29 23–21
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 21–29 24–21 27–27 24–27 28–29 25–25 26–27 21–25 26–26 21–33 22–25 17–22 20–31 19–22 29–22 28–38 17–23
SC Magdeburg 26–30 34–26 28–22 29–23 30–26 30–27 30–24 31–22 33–26 31–26 35–28 37–31 34–24 33–31 34–25 29–32 31–29
MT Melsungen 31–24 33–24 32–21 25–30 25–19 27–30 25–23 31–29 26–28 29–25 33–33 28–20 27–16 29–27 31–27 29–26 29–22
GWD Minden 29–37 26–29 33–22 30–34 29–26 26–26 29–24 29–29 35–28 25–32 24–24 26–29 21–18 29–41 26–30 24–35 26–24
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 37–23 33–23 33–22 32–27 34–26 31–20 36–26 35–23 31–21 30–28 38–17 28–25 36–27 34–29 23–24 27–22 34–25
HSG Wetzlar 26–31 29–23 26–23 19–24 30–21 34–27 30–25 29–26 23–23 30–22 23–24 22–23 25–20 27–29 31–28 24–24 24–31
Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals[2]
1   Casper Ulrich Mortensen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 230
2   Julius Kühn MT Melsungen 224
3   Andy Schmid Rhein-Neckar Löwen 194
4   Marcel Schiller Frisch Auf Göppingen 189
5   Tim Hornke TBV Lemgo 179
  Rasmus Lauge Schmidt SG Flensburg-Handewitt
7   Niclas Ekberg THW Kiel 171
  Michael Damgaard SC Magdeburg
9   Hans Lindberg Füchse Berlin 169
  Robert Weber SC Magdeburg

References

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  1. ^ "Partystimmung in Flensburg – Die SG zittert sich nach 14 Jahren zur zweiten Deutschen Meisterschaft". dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "DKB Handball Bundesliga – Feldspieler". dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. Handball-Bundesliga. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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