2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga was the 52nd season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 40th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 2 September 2016 to 10 June 2017.

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2016–17
Champions	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Relegated	Bergischer HC HBW Balingen-Weilstetten HSC 2000 Coburg
Champions League	Rhein-Neckar Löwen SG Flensburg-Handewitt THW Kiel
EHF Cup	Füchse Berlin SC Magdeburg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	16,513 (53.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Philipp Weber (224 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Rhein-Neckar Löwen won their second consecutive title.

Teams

Balingen

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Coburg

Erlangen

Flensburg

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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Locations of the 2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga teams

A total of 18 teams will be participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2015–16 season and the top three sides were directly promoted from the 2. Bundesliga: HC Erlangen, the champions; GWD Minden, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher, HSC 2000 Coburg.

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Balingen	Sparkassen-Arena	2,340
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal Solingen	Uni-Halle Klingenhalle	3,200 2,800
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	9,500
TV Bittenfeld	Stuttgart	Scharrena Stuttgart	2,050
HSC 2000 Coburg	Coburg	HUK-Coburg arena	3,530
HC Erlangen	Erlangen	Nuremberg Arena	8,200
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Flensburg	Flens-Arena	6,300
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	5,600
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Eugen-Haas-Halle	4,132
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hannover	AWD Hall	4,460
THW Kiel	Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig	Leipzig	Arena Leipzig	4,500
TBV Lemgo	Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	5,000
SC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	Bördelandhalle	7,071
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	4,412

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rhein-Neckar Löwen (C)	34	30	1	3	1011	840	+171	61	Champions League
2	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	34	28	2	4	1038	837	+201	58
3	THW Kiel	34	26	1	7	960	849	+111	53
4	Füchse Berlin	34	23	5	6	986	889	+97	51	EHF Cup
5	SC Magdeburg	34	23	5	6	988	902	+86	51
6	HSG Wetzlar	34	20	1	13	897	857	+40	41
7	MT Melsungen	34	18	2	14	947	924	+23	38
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	34	16	3	15	883	871	+12	35
9	HC Erlangen	34	14	0	20	890	941	−51	28
10	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34	12	3	19	934	960	−26	27
11	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34	11	2	21	935	954	−19	24
12	GWD Minden	34	11	2	21	843	948	−105	24
13	TBV Lemgo	34	10	3	21	926	988	−62	23
14	TV Bittenfeld	34	10	3	21	865	944	−79	23
15	VfL Gummersbach	34	10	2	22	867	934	−67	22
16	Bergischer HC (R)	34	10	2	22	868	954	−86	22	Relegated
17	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R)	34	7	3	24	819	933	−114	17
18	HSC 2000 Coburg (R)	34	6	2	26	856	988	−132	14

Source: DKB Handball Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	BRG	BER	COB	ERL	FLE	GÖP	GUM	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	MIN	RNL	STU	WET
Balingen		27–23	30–35	24–24	27–28	24–26	29–36	22–26	30–27	22–25	28–23	27–27	30–35	29–25	23–23	28–33	23–19	22–26
Bergischer HC	23–22		20–31	29–25	28–26	29–32	32–26	25–34	32–24	25–31	24–26	28–29	24–31	26–28	27–25	24–26	26–35	18–18
Berlin	31–21	29–30		29–23	24–21	34–32	31–26	27–28	34–27	18–26	29–20	26–24	25–25	33–31	36–26	30–30	28–25	27–24
Coburg	24–19	28–26	23–29		30–28	24–35	25–29	31–30	27–27	23–30	31–33	25–29	27–42	25–28	29–26	19–31	23–26	27–28
Erlangen	33–25	36–25	21–29	26–24		18–26	30–26	30–29	27–26	26–33	31–22	32–25	27–33	29–25	23–27	26–37	30–26	23–32
Flensburg	36–18	32–25	27–26	37–29	35–23		27–21	33–22	30–25	30–29	31–23	30–27	26–25	29–25	30–23	21–23	36–27	34–31
Göppingen	29–26	26–26	24–28	31–27	22–24	31–27		37–29	23–34	27–31	26–25	31–26	28–29	29–30	34–24	24–28	26–26	36–25
Gummersbach	26–19	21–26	26–26	31–27	19–21	23–28	22–22		30–26	23–29	22–24	31–28	30–27	23–30	28–26	20–27	27–20	27–28
Hannover	26–29	33–27	29–30	29–28	30–25	20–35	31–23	29–26		26–27	24–25	23–27	23–28	30–31	35–27	26–30	24–24	26–23
Kiel	26–23	24–20	32–28	28–26	30–22	24–23	30–21	34–21	27–26		29–25	34–23	28–24	30–28	23–23	26–29	25–24	34–25
Leipzig	34–23	30–21	28–32	33–28	29–25	24–30	29–23	27–25	23–25	34–25		32–27	24–24	23–20	21–19	24–25	25–20	30–26
Lemgo	20–23	23–25	29–34	32–22	28–27	29–33	27–26	32–31	26–31	34–30	25–25		25–34	29–33	26–27	28–33	24–24	29–26
Magdeburg	26–22	41–29	29–29	30–23	27–25	26–26	33–32	32–26	22–37	27–26	21–21	32–21		27–26	37–25	35–32	27–26	30–26
Melsungen	30–22	32–28	28–28	20–25	34–31	24–24	31–27	32–28	33–30	23–30	28–26	32–27	21–27		30–24	26–30	37–25	25–28
Minden	25–22	27–22	26–29	23–20	24–23	17–41	25–32	26–23	27–26	23–34	28–23	25–30	34–24	21–28		23–33	26–28	25–27
RN Löwen	33–23	31–28	30–25	33–20	29–27	17–21	35–26	34–20	34–30	28–19	24–23	35–32	29–20	33–28	26–20		30–21	24–20
Stuttgart	25–21	26–24	27–29	26–20	24–27	28–46	29–35	23–21	30–20	22–27	28–26	30–29	31–32	21–23	29–31	27–35		18–28
Wetzlar	25–17	20–22	22–27	31–24	30–20	23–29	29–19	26–19	34–30	27–24	24–23	31–29	18–26	27–22	26–22	30–24	33–25

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

Teams with an average home attendance of at least 10,000:

Team	Home average
THW Kiel	10,243

Source:

External links

• Official website (in German)