2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2023–24
Dates	24 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
Matches played	265
Goals scored	15,567 (58.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mathias Gidsel (241 goals)
Attendance	1,352,940 (5,105 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 28 April 2024.

The 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga is the 59th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 47th season consisting of only one league. It runs from 24 August 2023 to 2 June 2024.

Teams

Balingen

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Eisenach

Erlangen

Flensburg

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hamburg

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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Locations of the 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 2. Handball-Bundesliga	Relegated from 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten ThSV Eisenach	ASV Hamm-Westfalen GWD Minden

Venues

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	Balingen	Sparkassen-Arena Porsche-Arena	2,320 6,181
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal Solingen Düsseldorf	Uni-Halle Klingenhalle Mitsubishi Electric Halle ISS Dome	3,200 2,800 4,500 12,500
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	9,000
TV Bittenfeld	Stuttgart	Porsche-Arena	6,211
ThSV Eisenach	Eisenach	Werner-Aßmann-Halle	3,100
HC Erlangen	Nuremberg	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8,308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Flensburg	Flens-Arena	6,300
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Schwalbe-Arena	4,132
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	5,600
HSV Hamburg	Hamburg	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	7,000
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hanover	ZAG-Arena Swiss Life Hall	9,850 4,460
THW Kiel	Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10,285
SC DHfK Leipzig	Leipzig	Arena Leipzig	6,327
TBV Lemgo	Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	4,790
SC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	GETEC Arena	6,600
MT Melsungen	Melsungen	Rothenbach-Halle	4,500
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Mannheim	SAP Arena	13,200
HSG Wetzlar	Wetzlar	Buderus Arena Wetzlar	4,421

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Magdeburg	28	24	2	2	925	760	+165	50	Champions League
2	Füchse Berlin	30	23	4	3	990	888	+102	50
3	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	29	20	4	5	932	828	+104	44	EHF European League
4	THW Kiel	28	19	2	7	913	812	+101	40
5	MT Melsungen	30	19	2	9	866	836	+30	40
6	VfL Gummersbach	29	16	3	10	896	876	+20	35
7	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	30	15	4	11	887	884	+3	34
8	SC DHfK Leipzig	29	12	3	14	841	833	+8	27
9	HSV Hamburg	29	11	4	14	861	901	−40	26
10	TBV Lemgo	30	11	3	16	855	857	−2	25
11	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	29	11	2	16	833	873	−40	24
12	Frisch Auf Göppingen	30	10	3	17	857	892	−35	23
13	HSG Wetzlar	30	11	1	18	808	880	−72	23
14	TV Bittenfeld	30	10	2	18	883	929	−46	22
15	ThSV Eisenach	30	9	2	19	833	900	−67	20
16	HC Erlangen	30	9	1	20	794	859	−65	19
17	Bergischer HC	30	8	1	21	844	915	−71	17	Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga
18	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	29	4	3	22	762	857	−95	11

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: HBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	BAL	BRG	BER	BIT	EIS	ERL	FLE	GÖP	GUM	HAM	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	RNL	WET
HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	—	21–25	26–37	29–28		25–27	32–34	30–29	31–34		25–29	25–36	17–25	26–30	28–34	22–25	31–33	27–30
Bergischer HC	27–28	—	30–34	33–28	27–30	28–25		33–30	24–31	29–28	26–29	25–29	31–31		27–30	32–31	29–31	23–28
Füchse Berlin	35–34		—	32–27	37–29	39–32	32–31	29–29		37–31	34–33	32–32	37–28	30–28	31–26	37–31	38–32	32–30
TV Bittenfeld		27–26	29–30	—	28–22	29–30	34–31	31–29	29–31	35–26	32–28	31–36	25–27		25–31	33–31	32–31	30–25
ThSV Eisenach	28–28	31–30		33–28	—	28–26			24–26	28–32	31–31	32–40	25–24	25–30	25–35	24–27	29–26	23–27
HC Erlangen	22–22	28–27	27–35		28–23	—	22–27	28–26	31–34	30–28	25–27	27–31	26–29	26–25			28–23	26–27
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	32–28	33–28	31–31		35–28	32–25	—	35–30		37–32	31–28	28–27	34–24	34–29	29–32	34–24	33–25	33–26
Frisch Auf Göppingen	32–28	31–28	27–32	25–25	35–31	32–29	32–31	—	32–29	27–32	32–25	27–34		26–32	26–27		27–27	32–27
VfL Gummersbach	33–25	27–33	30–30	35–27	37–31	33–28	32–42		—	24–23	33–33		30–29	30–27	30–38	37–31		35–28
HSV Hamburg	28–28		30–32	31–36		31–23		33–31	33–33	—	28–30	28–28	35–34	37–33	28–43	29–22	32–36	30–25
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	35–26	37–28		33–20	31–30		26–26	33–26	32–29	25–26	—	36–33	25–25	34–32	28–27	30–34	34–29	30–33
THW Kiel	36–29	39–30	30–26	39–36	31–27	31–27	26–33		41–30	34–23	34–20	—		33–29	26–33	30–35		33–22
SC DHfK Leipzig	26–25	33–22	29–31	36–30	29–31	20–19	32–35	33–35	32–35		26–27	35–34	—	29–28	27–27	32–27		36–30
TBV Lemgo		31–28	29–32	31–25	26–24	28–27	31–31	21–26	23–26	34–34	28–23	27–28	22–28	—		25–28	33–25	31–23
SC Magdeburg		40–28	31–28	40–31	38–31	27–22	31–29	31–27	32–30	35–24	31–29	34–31		35–28	—	39–24	38–24
MT Melsungen	26–24	31–26	30–28	35–27	27–26	32–25	25–25	29–19	26–25	33–26	34–26		28–27	26–25	29–29	—	30–23
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	25–21	35–29	28–36	32–24	26–27	34–24	26–35	33–29	28–26	34–36		25–31	32–28	34–34		23–28	—	26–21
HSG Wetzlar	16–21	28–32	30–36	31–31	31–30	26–31	30–31	29–24	33–31	25–27			30–27	24–27	15–31	28–27	30–27	—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 21 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Shots	%
1	Mathias Gidsel	Füchse Berlin	233	318	73
2	Manuel Zehnder	ThSV Eisenach	230	385	60
3	Casper Ulrich Mortensen	HSV Hamburg	196	285	69
4	Lasse Andersson	Füchse Berlin	191	331	58
5	Ómar Ingi Magnússon	SC Magdeburg	184	270	68
6	Domen Novak	HSG Wetzlar	167	226	74
7	Viggó Kristjánsson	SC DHfK Leipzig	164	245	67
8	Kai Häfner	TV Bittenfeld	158	291	54
	Hans Lindberg	Füchse Berlin		194	81
10	Marcel Schiller	Frisch Auf Göppingen	153	209	73

External links

• Official website