2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2017–18
Matches played	285
Goals scored	5,795 (20.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Casper Ulrich Mortensen (204 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 20 May 2018.

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

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	32	25	2	5	944	806	+138	52	Qualification to Champions League
2	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	31	25	1	5	958	763	+195	51
3	Füchse Berlin	31	23	3	5	890	801	+89	49	Qualification to EHF Cup
4	SC Magdeburg	32	23	2	7	975	865	+110	48
5	THW Kiel	32	22	1	9	926	804	+122	45
6	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	32	20	3	9	892	845	+47	43
7	MT Melsungen	32	18	4	10	907	836	+71	40
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	32	17	3	12	816	786	+30	37
9	TBV Lemgo	32	11	8	13	855	909	−54	30
10	Frisch Auf Göppingen	32	11	7	14	825	836	−11	29
11	HSG Wetzlar	32	12	4	16	837	834	+3	28
12	GWD Minden	32	8	8	16	843	909	−66	24
13	HC Erlangen	32	7	9	16	784	871	−87	23
14	TV Bittenfeld	31	8	4	19	778	872	−94	20
15	VfL Gummersbach	31	7	0	24	789	897	−108	14
16	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke	31	4	6	21	680	773	−93	14
17	TSG Friesenheim	32	5	3	24	770	883	−113	13	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	TV Hüttenberg	32	3	7	22	800	937	−137	13

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: DKB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

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		25–25	36–23	24–20		23–23	32–29	40–31	29–23	29–24
TV Bittenfeld	24–24	—	29–31	28–35	25–22		22–26	26–33	30–30	24–36	27–28	22–27	28–29	31–32	29–27	27–27	23–29
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		23–23	26–26	25–25	25–25
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	29–21	28–17	29–21	—	32–29		34–22	27–27		27–35	25–22	30–27	37–23	29–24	33–29	24–23	27–22	34–27
TSG Friesenheim	19–25	24–25		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		28–26	28–25
VfL Gummersbach	29–31	25–26	24–29	25–29	31–26	28–27	—		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		28–26	32–30	26–23	36–29	23–26	29–27
TV Hüttenberg	28–30	23–28	24–27	23–30	28–27			19–29	—	25–37	24–24	20–24	24–22	31–37	27–28	26–30	23–36	22–22
THW Kiel	25–20		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		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		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	—		34–25	29–32	31–29
MT Melsungen		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		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		31–20	36–26	35–23	31–21	30–28	38–17		36–27	34–29		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		22–23	25–20	27–29	31–28	24–24	24–31	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 22 February 2018

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	157
2	Julius Kühn	MT Melsungen	140
3	Andy Schmid	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	129
4	Robert Weber	SC Magdeburg	127
5	Marcel Schiller	Frisch Auf Göppingen	125
6	Rasmus Lauge Schmidt	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	123
7	Niclas Ekberg	THW Kiel	120
8	Kai Häfner	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	115
9	Holger Glandorf	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	111
10	Michael Damgaard	SC Magdeburg	108

External links

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