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

Season	2017–18
Champions	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Relegated	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke TV Hüttenberg
Champions League	SG Flensburg-Handewitt Rhein-Neckar Löwen
EHF Cup	Füchse Berlin SC Magdeburg THW Kiel TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Matches played	306
Goals scored	16,367 (53.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Casper Ulrich Mortensen (230 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their second title.

Teams

Berlin

Erlangen

Flensburg

Friesenheim

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hannover

Hüttenberg

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Lübbecke

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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Locations of the 2017–18 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 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

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

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

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
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

External links

• Official website (in German)