2016–17 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2016–17
Matches played	120
Goals scored	6132 (51.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johannes Sellin (87 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

Teams

Balingen

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Coburg

Erlangen

Flensburg

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	14	13	0	1	434	321	+113	26	Champions League
2	THW Kiel	14	13	0	1	405	328	+77	26
3	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	13	12	0	1	376	305	+71	24
4	Füchse Berlin	12	9	1	2	337	291	+46	19	EHF Cup
5	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	14	8	0	6	401	384	+17	16
6	SC Magdeburg	14	7	2	5	375	383	−8	16
7	SC DHfK Leipzig	13	7	1	5	324	320	+4	15
8	HSG Wetzlar	13	7	0	6	335	324	+11	14
9	VfL Gummersbach	13	6	0	7	348	355	−7	12
10	HC Erlangen	14	6	0	8	370	388	−18	12
11	MT Melsungen	13	5	0	8	352	356	−4	10
12	Frisch Auf Göppingen	13	4	1	8	349	370	−21	9
13	GWD Minden	14	4	1	9	346	394	−48	9
14	TV Bittenfeld	13	4	0	9	336	383	−47	8
15	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	13	3	1	9	305	350	−45	7
16	TBV Lemgo	12	3	0	9	328	358	−30	6	Relegated
17	HSC 2000 Coburg	14	3	0	11	344	391	−47	6
18	Bergischer HC	14	2	1	11	340	404	−64	5

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: dkb-handball-bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results

As of 3 December 2016.^[1]

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

References

1. Schedule and results

External links

• Official website (German)